diff --git a/src/components/qr-code/qr-code.test.ts b/src/components/qr-code/qr-code.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cff942eab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/qr-code/qr-code.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+import '../../../dist/shoelace.js';
+import { expect, fixture, html } from '@open-wc/testing';
+import type SlQrCode from './qr-code';
+
+const getCanvas = (qrCode: SlQrCode): HTMLCanvasElement => {
+  const possibleCanvas = qrCode.shadowRoot?.querySelector<HTMLCanvasElement>('.qr-code');
+  expect(possibleCanvas).to.exist;
+  return possibleCanvas!;
+};
+
+const expectCanvasToHaveAriaLabel = (qrCode: SlQrCode, expectedLabel: string): void => {
+  const canvas = getCanvas(qrCode);
+  expect(canvas).to.have.attribute('aria-label', expectedLabel);
+};
+
+class Color {
+  r: number;
+  g: number;
+  b: number;
+  alpha: number;
+
+  constructor(r: number, g: number, b: number, alpha: number) {
+    this.r = r;
+    this.b = b;
+    this.g = g;
+    this.alpha = alpha;
+  }
+
+  equals(other: Color): boolean {
+    return (
+      other === this || (this.r === other.r && this.b === other.b && this.g === other.g && this.alpha === other.alpha)
+    );
+  }
+
+  toString(): string {
+    return JSON.stringify(this);
+  }
+}
+
+interface QrCodeColors {
+  foreground: Color;
+  background: Color;
+}
+
+const getColorFromPixel = (colorArray: Uint8ClampedArray, pixelNumber: number): Color => {
+  const startEntryNumber = pixelNumber * 4;
+  return new Color(
+    colorArray[startEntryNumber],
+    colorArray[startEntryNumber + 1],
+    colorArray[startEntryNumber + 2],
+    colorArray[startEntryNumber + 3]
+  );
+};
+
+const getQrCodeColors = (qrCode: SlQrCode): QrCodeColors => {
+  const canvas = getCanvas(qrCode);
+  const context = canvas.getContext('2d');
+  const imageData = context?.getImageData(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
+  expect(imageData).not.to.be.null;
+  const colorArray = imageData!.data;
+  const numberOfPixels = imageData!.width * imageData!.height;
+  const foregroundColor = getColorFromPixel(colorArray, 0);
+  let backgroundColor: Color | null = null;
+  for (let pixelNumber = 0; pixelNumber < numberOfPixels; pixelNumber++) {
+    const currentColor = getColorFromPixel(colorArray, pixelNumber);
+    if (!currentColor.equals(foregroundColor)) {
+      backgroundColor = currentColor;
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+  return {
+    foreground: foregroundColor,
+    background: backgroundColor!
+  };
+};
+
+const red = new Color(255, 0, 0, 255);
+const white = new Color(255, 255, 255, 255);
+const blue = new Color(0, 0, 255, 255);
+
+const expectQrCodeColorsToBe = (qrCode: SlQrCode, expectedColors: QrCodeColors): void => {
+  const qrCodeColors = getQrCodeColors(qrCode);
+  const backgroundMessage =
+    'expected background color to be ' +
+    expectedColors.background.toString() +
+    ' but got ' +
+    qrCodeColors.background.toString();
+  expect(qrCodeColors.background.equals(expectedColors.background), backgroundMessage).to.be.true;
+  const foregroundMessage =
+    'expected foreground color to be ' +
+    expectedColors.foreground.toString() +
+    ' but got ' +
+    qrCodeColors.foreground.toString();
+  expect(qrCodeColors.foreground.equals(expectedColors.foreground), foregroundMessage).to.be.true;
+};
+
+describe('<sl-qr-code>', () => {
+  it('should render a component', async () => {
+    const qrCode = await fixture<SlQrCode>(html` <sl-qr-code value="test data"></sl-qr-code>`);
+
+    expect(qrCode).to.exist;
+  });
+
+  it('should be accessible', async () => {
+    const qrCode = await fixture<SlQrCode>(html` <sl-qr-code value="test data"></sl-qr-code>`);
+
+    await expect(qrCode).to.be.accessible();
+  });
+
+  it('uses the value as label if none given', async () => {
+    const qrCode = await fixture<SlQrCode>(html` <sl-qr-code value="test data"></sl-qr-code>`);
+
+    expectCanvasToHaveAriaLabel(qrCode, 'test data');
+  });
+
+  it('uses the label if given', async () => {
+    const qrCode = await fixture<SlQrCode>(html` <sl-qr-code value="test data" label="test label"></sl-qr-code>`);
+
+    expectCanvasToHaveAriaLabel(qrCode, 'test label');
+  });
+
+  it('sets the correct color for the qr code', async () => {
+    const qrCode = await fixture<SlQrCode>(html` <sl-qr-code value="test data" fill="red"></sl-qr-code>`);
+
+    expectQrCodeColorsToBe(qrCode, { foreground: red, background: white });
+  });
+
+  it('sets the correct background for the qr code', async () => {
+    const qrCode = await fixture<SlQrCode>(
+      html` <sl-qr-code value="test data" fill="red" background="blue"></sl-qr-code>`
+    );
+
+    expectQrCodeColorsToBe(qrCode, { foreground: red, background: blue });
+  });
+
+  it('has the expected size', async () => {
+    const qrCode = await fixture<SlQrCode>(html` <sl-qr-code value="test data" size="100"></sl-qr-code>`);
+
+    const height = qrCode.getBoundingClientRect().height;
+    const width = qrCode.getBoundingClientRect().width;
+    expect(height).to.equal(100);
+    expect(width).to.equal(100);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/components/qr-code/qr-code.ts b/src/components/qr-code/qr-code.ts
index 11614d943..875c96f76 100644
--- a/src/components/qr-code/qr-code.ts
+++ b/src/components/qr-code/qr-code.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export default class SlQrCode extends ShoelaceElement {
         radius: this.radius,
         ecLevel: this.errorCorrection,
         fill: this.fill,
-        background: null,
+        background: this.background,
         // We draw the canvas larger and scale its container down to avoid blurring on high-density displays
         size: this.size * 2
       },