diff --git a/dspublisher/theme/global.css b/dspublisher/theme/global.css
index b413c75765..bad5995139 100644
--- a/dspublisher/theme/global.css
+++ b/dspublisher/theme/global.css
@@ -90,6 +90,13 @@ html {
   --docs-before-background-color: var(--red-50);
   --docs-after-background-color: var(--green-100);
   --docs-before-after-border-color: var(--gray-300);
+
+  /* Example frame styles currently use hardcoded values from the Lumo theme  */
+  --docs-example-render-font-family:
+    -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Roboto', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif,
+    'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol';
+  --docs-example-render-color: light-dark(hsla(214, 40%, 16%, 0.94), hsla(214, 96%, 96%, 0.9));
+  --docs-example-render-background-color: light-dark(#fff, hsl(214, 35%, 21%));
 }
 
 ::-moz-selection {
diff --git a/frontend/demo/foundation/lumo-tokens.ts b/frontend/demo/foundation/lumo-tokens.ts
index 946e96d2b9..faf08cb4e2 100644
--- a/frontend/demo/foundation/lumo-tokens.ts
+++ b/frontend/demo/foundation/lumo-tokens.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import propsStyles from '@vaadin/vaadin-lumo-styles/src/props/index.css?inline';
 import colorScheme from '@vaadin/vaadin-lumo-styles/src/global/color-scheme.css?inline';
+import propsStyles from '@vaadin/vaadin-lumo-styles/src/props/index.css?inline';
 import utilityStyles from '@vaadin/vaadin-lumo-styles/utility.css?inline';
 import { addStylesheet } from 'Frontend/demo/theme';
 
diff --git a/frontend/demo/init.ts b/frontend/demo/init.ts
index dd05111e0d..7a53673e99 100644
--- a/frontend/demo/init.ts
+++ b/frontend/demo/init.ts
@@ -6,17 +6,18 @@ import '../generated/vaadin-featureflags';
 import { applyTheme } from 'Frontend/demo/theme';
 import client from 'Frontend/generated/connect-client.default';
 
-// Apply the theme to the document, so that notification styles work as expected,
-// as the notification container is added to the document body.
-applyTheme(document);
+// Some Vaadin components add elements to document.body that require theme styles
+// (e.g. Notification). Such components are embedded via iframes, but the same examples
+// can also be opened as standalone pages. To support both cases, apply the theme
+// to the document when the example runs in an iframe or standalone. This is safe
+// because in those modes the styles are isolated from the rest of the site.
+if (window.location.pathname.endsWith('/example')) {
+  applyTheme(document);
+}
 
 // @ts-expect-error Inserted by DS Publisher
 client.prefix = __VAADIN_CONNECT_PREFIX__; // eslint-disable-line no-undef
 
-document.body.style.setProperty('--docs-example-render-font-family', 'var(--lumo-font-family)');
-document.body.style.setProperty('--docs-example-render-color', 'var(--lumo-body-text-color)');
-document.body.style.setProperty('--docs-example-render-background-color', 'var(--lumo-base-color)');
-
 // Ensures standalone UI sample pags have a lang attribute
 document.documentElement.setAttribute('lang', 'en');
 
diff --git a/frontend/demo/theme.ts b/frontend/demo/theme.ts
index a9ae5a5223..475a6cb171 100644
--- a/frontend/demo/theme.ts
+++ b/frontend/demo/theme.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
+import '@vaadin/vaadin-lumo-styles/src/props/icons.css';
 import type { CSSResultGroup } from 'lit';
+import auraCss from '@vaadin/aura/aura.css?inline';
+import lumoCss from '@vaadin/vaadin-lumo-styles/lumo.css?inline';
 import docsCss from 'Frontend/themes/docs/styles.css?inline';
 
 function createStylesheet(css: CSSResultGroup | string): CSSStyleSheet {
@@ -11,14 +14,44 @@ function createStylesheet(css: CSSResultGroup | string): CSSStyleSheet {
   return stylesheet;
 }
 
-const docsStylesheet = createStylesheet(docsCss);
+const lumoStyleSheet = createStylesheet(lumoCss);
+const auraStyleSheet = createStylesheet(auraCss);
+const docsStyleSheet = createStylesheet(docsCss);
+
+function getRootHost(root: DocumentOrShadowRoot) {
+  let host: Element;
+  if (root instanceof ShadowRoot) {
+    host = root.host;
+  } else {
+    host = (root as Document).documentElement;
+  }
+  return host;
+}
 
 export function applyTheme(root: DocumentFragment | DocumentOrShadowRoot | HTMLElement) {
-  // The root parameter type is very broad to handle the default return type of
-  // LitElement.createRenderRoot. In general, we expect this to either be a document or a shadow
-  // root. The adoptedStyleSheets check below makes Typescript accept the parameter type.
-  if ('adoptedStyleSheets' in root && !root.adoptedStyleSheets.includes(docsStylesheet)) {
-    root.adoptedStyleSheets = [...root.adoptedStyleSheets, docsStylesheet];
+  if (root instanceof ShadowRoot || root instanceof Document) {
+    const host = getRootHost(root);
+
+    const updateTheme = () => {
+      const adoptedStyleSheets = root.adoptedStyleSheets.filter(
+        (styleSheet) => ![lumoStyleSheet, auraStyleSheet, docsStyleSheet].includes(styleSheet)
+      );
+
+      if (host.matches('[theme~="aura"]')) {
+        adoptedStyleSheets.push(auraStyleSheet);
+      } else {
+        adoptedStyleSheets.push(lumoStyleSheet);
+      }
+
+      root.adoptedStyleSheets = [...adoptedStyleSheets, docsStyleSheet];
+    };
+
+    new MutationObserver(updateTheme).observe(host, {
+      attributes: true,
+      attributeFilter: ['theme'],
+    });
+
+    updateTheme();
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/frontend/themes/docs/styles.css b/frontend/themes/docs/styles.css
index f0ba261f5d..1e3b5829e1 100644
--- a/frontend/themes/docs/styles.css
+++ b/frontend/themes/docs/styles.css
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-/* Import Lumo theme and utility classes */
-@import '@vaadin/vaadin-lumo-styles/lumo.css';
-@import '@vaadin/vaadin-lumo-styles/utility.css';
-
 /* Import custom styles used in examples */
 @import './app-layout.css';
 @import './basic-layouts.css';
diff --git a/vite.config.ts b/vite.config.ts
index f0d6566c7c..174139711c 100644
--- a/vite.config.ts
+++ b/vite.config.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const customConfig: UserConfigFn = (env) => ({
     },
     {
       name: 'apply-docs-theme',
-      transform(_code, id) {
+      transform(code, id) {
         // This module is imported by web components exported from Flow to inject styles into their
         // shadow root. Instead of importing the docs styles from the Flow bundle again, for example
         // by adding @CssImport to DemoExporter, we provide a global from the docs
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ const customConfig: UserConfigFn = (env) => ({
         if (id.endsWith('generated/css.generated.js')) {
           return 'export const applyCss = window.__applyTheme.applyTheme;';
         }
+
+        // Remove applyCss(document) from `generated/vaadin-web-component.ts` because the global theme
+        // styles injection is handled by `init.ts` in the docs project.
+        if (id.endsWith('generated/vaadin-web-component.ts')) {
+          return code.replace('applyCss(document);', '');
+        }
       },
     },
   ],