diff --git a/vector/build.gradle b/vector/build.gradle
index 7bdc496c91..a64d64b377 100644
--- a/vector/build.gradle
+++ b/vector/build.gradle
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ android {
         debug {
             applicationIdSuffix ".debug"
             resValue "string", "app_name", "Element dbg"
+            resValue "color", "launcher_background", "#0DBD8B"
 
             buildConfigField "boolean", "LOW_PRIVACY_LOG_ENABLE", "false"
             // Set to true if you want to enable strict mode in debug
@@ -260,6 +261,7 @@ android {
 
         release {
             resValue "string", "app_name", "Element"
+            resValue "color", "launcher_background", "#0DBD8B"
 
             buildConfigField "boolean", "LOW_PRIVACY_LOG_ENABLE", "false"
             buildConfigField "boolean", "ENABLE_STRICT_MODE_LOGS", "false"
@@ -279,6 +281,7 @@ android {
             initWith release
             applicationIdSuffix ".nightly"
             resValue "string", "app_name", "Element nightly"
+            resValue "color", "launcher_background", "#07007E"
             matchingFallbacks = ['release']
             signingConfig signingConfigs.nightly
         }
diff --git a/vector/src/main/res/drawable/ic_launcher_background.xml b/vector/src/main/res/drawable/ic_launcher_background.xml
index f58c9aeb53..0792f1686b 100644
--- a/vector/src/main/res/drawable/ic_launcher_background.xml
+++ b/vector/src/main/res/drawable/ic_launcher_background.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
     android:viewportHeight="108">
   <path
       android:pathData="m0,0h108v108h-108z"
-      android:fillColor="#0DBD8B"
+      android:fillColor="@color/launcher_background"
       android:fillType="evenOdd"/>
 </vector>