diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/static/css/rustdoc.css b/src/librustdoc/html/static/css/rustdoc.css
index a08b8d89db67d..8ff8ea088be91 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/static/css/rustdoc.css
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/static/css/rustdoc.css
@@ -1907,9 +1907,15 @@ in storage.js
 }
 .scraped-example:not(.expanded) .code-wrapper:before {
 	top: 0;
+	background: linear-gradient(to bottom,
+		var(--scrape-example-code-wrapper-background-start),
+		var(--scrape-example-code-wrapper-background-end));
 }
 .scraped-example:not(.expanded) .code-wrapper:after {
 	bottom: 0;
+	background: linear-gradient(to top,
+		var(--scrape-example-code-wrapper-background-start),
+		var(--scrape-example-code-wrapper-background-end));
 }
 
 .scraped-example .code-wrapper .example-wrap {
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/static/css/themes/ayu.css b/src/librustdoc/html/static/css/themes/ayu.css
index 979e7e0f999ed..ed779bf6166ee 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/static/css/themes/ayu.css
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/static/css/themes/ayu.css
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ Original by Dempfi (https://github.com/dempfi/ayu)
 	--scrape-example-help-color: #eee;
 	--scrape-example-help-hover-border-color: #fff;
 	--scrape-example-help-hover-color: #fff;
+	--scrape-example-code-wrapper-background-start: rgba(15, 20, 25, 1);
+	--scrape-example-code-wrapper-background-end: rgba(15, 20, 25, 0);
 }
 
 h1, h2, h3, h4 {
@@ -203,10 +205,3 @@ above the `@media (max-width: 700px)` rules due to a bug in the css checker */
 #source-sidebar div.files > a.selected {
 	color: #ffb44c;
 }
-
-.scraped-example:not(.expanded) .code-wrapper::before {
-	background: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(15, 20, 25, 1), rgba(15, 20, 25, 0));
-}
-.scraped-example:not(.expanded) .code-wrapper::after {
-	background: linear-gradient(to top, rgba(15, 20, 25, 1), rgba(15, 20, 25, 0));
-}
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/static/css/themes/dark.css b/src/librustdoc/html/static/css/themes/dark.css
index fb15863b027ca..3766f0daa42ff 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/static/css/themes/dark.css
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/static/css/themes/dark.css
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@
 	--scrape-example-help-color: #eee;
 	--scrape-example-help-hover-border-color: #fff;
 	--scrape-example-help-hover-color: #fff;
+	--scrape-example-code-wrapper-background-start: rgba(53, 53, 53, 1);
+	--scrape-example-code-wrapper-background-end: rgba(53, 53, 53, 0);
 }
 
 #search-tabs > button:not(.selected) {
@@ -103,10 +105,3 @@
 	border-top-color: #0089ff;
 	background-color: #353535;
 }
-
-.scraped-example:not(.expanded) .code-wrapper::before {
-	background: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(53, 53, 53, 1), rgba(53, 53, 53, 0));
-}
-.scraped-example:not(.expanded) .code-wrapper::after {
-	background: linear-gradient(to top, rgba(53, 53, 53, 1), rgba(53, 53, 53, 0));
-}
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/static/css/themes/light.css b/src/librustdoc/html/static/css/themes/light.css
index 053fa78d1dc58..8a7f6abcf8d8e 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/static/css/themes/light.css
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/static/css/themes/light.css
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@
 	--scrape-example-help-color: #333;
 	--scrape-example-help-hover-border-color: #000;
 	--scrape-example-help-hover-color: #000;
+	--scrape-example-code-wrapper-background-start: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1);
+	--scrape-example-code-wrapper-background-end: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);
 }
 
 #search-tabs > button:not(.selected) {
@@ -100,10 +102,3 @@
 	background-color: #ffffff;
 	border-top-color: #0089ff;
 }
-
-.scraped-example:not(.expanded) .code-wrapper::before {
-	background: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(255, 255, 255, 1), rgba(255, 255, 255, 0));
-}
-.scraped-example:not(.expanded) .code-wrapper::after {
-	background: linear-gradient(to top, rgba(255, 255, 255, 1), rgba(255, 255, 255, 0));
-}
diff --git a/tests/rustdoc-gui/scrape-examples-color.goml b/tests/rustdoc-gui/scrape-examples-color.goml
index 40f31b2771b25..67c58826efc26 100644
--- a/tests/rustdoc-gui/scrape-examples-color.goml
+++ b/tests/rustdoc-gui/scrape-examples-color.goml
@@ -58,3 +58,39 @@ call-function: ("check-colors", {
     "help_hover_border": "rgb(0, 0, 0)",
     "help_hover_color": "rgb(0, 0, 0)",
 })
+
+// Now testing the top and bottom background in case there is only one scraped examples.
+goto: "file://" + |DOC_PATH| + "/scrape_examples/fn.test.html"
+
+define-function: (
+    "check-background",
+    (theme, background_color_start, background_color_end),
+    block {
+        local-storage: { "rustdoc-theme": |theme|, "rustdoc-use-system-theme": "false", }
+        reload:
+        assert-css: (".scraped-example:not(.expanded) .code-wrapper::before", {
+            "background-image": "linear-gradient(" + |background_color_start| + ", " +
+                |background_color_end| + ")",
+        })
+        assert-css: (".scraped-example:not(.expanded) .code-wrapper::after", {
+            "background-image": "linear-gradient(to top, " + |background_color_start| + ", " +
+                |background_color_end| + ")",
+        })
+    },
+)
+
+call-function: ("check-background", {
+    "theme": "ayu",
+    "background_color_start": "rgb(15, 20, 25)",
+    "background_color_end": "rgba(15, 20, 25, 0)",
+})
+call-function: ("check-background", {
+    "theme": "dark",
+    "background_color_start": "rgb(53, 53, 53)",
+    "background_color_end": "rgba(53, 53, 53, 0)",
+})
+call-function: ("check-background", {
+    "theme": "light",
+    "background_color_start": "rgb(255, 255, 255)",
+    "background_color_end": "rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)",
+})