diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/keyguard/AnimatableClockController.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/keyguard/AnimatableClockController.java
index e0b11d83bf75e..15b16ff971ea2 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/keyguard/AnimatableClockController.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/keyguard/AnimatableClockController.java
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ import android.content.Intent;
 import android.content.IntentFilter;
 import android.content.res.Resources;
 import android.graphics.Color;
+import android.graphics.Rect;
 import android.icu.text.NumberFormat;
+import android.view.View;
 
 import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
 import androidx.annotation.VisibleForTesting;
@@ -30,16 +32,24 @@ import androidx.annotation.VisibleForTesting;
 import com.android.settingslib.Utils;
 import com.android.systemui.R;
 import com.android.systemui.broadcast.BroadcastDispatcher;
+import com.android.systemui.dagger.qualifiers.Background;
 import com.android.systemui.dagger.qualifiers.Main;
+import com.android.systemui.flags.FeatureFlags;
+import com.android.systemui.flags.Flags;
 import com.android.systemui.plugins.statusbar.StatusBarStateController;
 import com.android.systemui.shared.clocks.AnimatableClockView;
+import com.android.systemui.shared.navigationbar.RegionSamplingHelper;
 import com.android.systemui.statusbar.policy.BatteryController;
 import com.android.systemui.util.ViewController;
 
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.TimeZone;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
+
+import javax.inject.Inject;
 
 /**
  * Controller for an AnimatableClockView on the keyguard. Instantiated by
@@ -54,7 +64,10 @@ public class AnimatableClockController extends ViewController<AnimatableClockVie
     private final KeyguardUpdateMonitor mKeyguardUpdateMonitor;
     private final BatteryController mBatteryController;
     private final int mDozingColor = Color.WHITE;
+    private Optional<RegionSamplingHelper> mRegionSamplingHelper = Optional.empty();
+    private Rect mSamplingBounds = new Rect();
     private int mLockScreenColor;
+    private final boolean mRegionSamplingEnabled;
 
     private boolean mIsDozing;
     private boolean mIsCharging;
@@ -67,13 +80,17 @@ public class AnimatableClockController extends ViewController<AnimatableClockVie
     private final float mBurmeseLineSpacing;
     private final float mDefaultLineSpacing;
 
+    @Inject
     public AnimatableClockController(
             AnimatableClockView view,
             StatusBarStateController statusBarStateController,
             BroadcastDispatcher broadcastDispatcher,
             BatteryController batteryController,
             KeyguardUpdateMonitor keyguardUpdateMonitor,
-            @Main Resources resources
+            @Main Resources resources,
+            @Main Executor mainExecutor,
+            @Background Executor bgExecutor,
+            FeatureFlags featureFlags
     ) {
         super(view);
         mStatusBarStateController = statusBarStateController;
@@ -86,6 +103,40 @@ public class AnimatableClockController extends ViewController<AnimatableClockVie
                 R.dimen.keyguard_clock_line_spacing_scale_burmese);
         mDefaultLineSpacing = resources.getFloat(
                 R.dimen.keyguard_clock_line_spacing_scale);
+
+        mRegionSamplingEnabled = featureFlags.isEnabled(Flags.REGION_SAMPLING);
+        if (!mRegionSamplingEnabled) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        mRegionSamplingHelper = Optional.of(new RegionSamplingHelper(mView,
+                new RegionSamplingHelper.SamplingCallback() {
+                    @Override
+                    public void onRegionDarknessChanged(boolean isRegionDark) {
+                        if (isRegionDark) {
+                            mLockScreenColor = Color.WHITE;
+                        } else {
+                            mLockScreenColor = Color.BLACK;
+                        }
+                        initColors();
+                    }
+
+                    @Override
+                    public Rect getSampledRegion(View sampledView) {
+                        mSamplingBounds = new Rect(sampledView.getLeft(), sampledView.getTop(),
+                                sampledView.getRight(), sampledView.getBottom());
+                        return mSamplingBounds;
+                    }
+
+                    @Override
+                    public boolean isSamplingEnabled() {
+                        return mRegionSamplingEnabled;
+                    }
+                }, mainExecutor, bgExecutor)
+        );
+        mRegionSamplingHelper.ifPresent((regionSamplingHelper) -> {
+            regionSamplingHelper.setWindowVisible(true);
+        });
     }
 
     private void reset() {
@@ -169,6 +220,10 @@ public class AnimatableClockController extends ViewController<AnimatableClockVie
 
         mStatusBarStateController.addCallback(mStatusBarStateListener);
 
+        mRegionSamplingHelper.ifPresent((regionSamplingHelper) -> {
+            regionSamplingHelper.start(mSamplingBounds);
+        });
+
         refreshTime();
         initColors();
         mView.animateDoze(mIsDozing, false);
@@ -180,6 +235,9 @@ public class AnimatableClockController extends ViewController<AnimatableClockVie
         mKeyguardUpdateMonitor.removeCallback(mKeyguardUpdateMonitorCallback);
         mBatteryController.removeCallback(mBatteryCallback);
         mStatusBarStateController.removeCallback(mStatusBarStateListener);
+        mRegionSamplingHelper.ifPresent((regionSamplingHelper) -> {
+            regionSamplingHelper.stop();
+        });
     }
 
     /** Animate the clock appearance */
@@ -223,8 +281,10 @@ public class AnimatableClockController extends ViewController<AnimatableClockVie
     }
 
     private void initColors() {
-        mLockScreenColor = Utils.getColorAttrDefaultColor(getContext(),
-                com.android.systemui.R.attr.wallpaperTextColorAccent);
+        if (!mRegionSamplingEnabled) {
+            mLockScreenColor = Utils.getColorAttrDefaultColor(getContext(),
+                    com.android.systemui.R.attr.wallpaperTextColorAccent);
+        }
         mView.setColors(mDozingColor, mLockScreenColor);
         mView.animateDoze(mIsDozing, false);
     }
@@ -235,5 +295,8 @@ public class AnimatableClockController extends ViewController<AnimatableClockVie
     public void dump(@NonNull PrintWriter pw) {
         pw.println(this);
         mView.dump(pw);
+        mRegionSamplingHelper.ifPresent((regionSamplingHelper) -> {
+            regionSamplingHelper.dump(pw);
+        });
     }
 }
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/flags/Flags.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/flags/Flags.java
index 064388fa45141..2fa104a7ce18c 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/flags/Flags.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/flags/Flags.java
@@ -161,6 +161,11 @@ public class Flags {
     public static final ResourceBooleanFlag MONET =
             new ResourceBooleanFlag(800, R.bool.flag_monet);
 
+    /***************************************/
+    // 801 - region sampling
+    public static final BooleanFlag REGION_SAMPLING =
+            new BooleanFlag(801, false);
+
     /***************************************/
     // 900 - media
     public static final BooleanFlag MEDIA_TAP_TO_TRANSFER = new BooleanFlag(900, true);
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/keyguard/AnimatableClockControllerTest.java b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/keyguard/AnimatableClockControllerTest.java
index df506b479b88a..b5e9e8decb4c0 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/keyguard/AnimatableClockControllerTest.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/keyguard/AnimatableClockControllerTest.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import com.android.keyguard.KeyguardUpdateMonitor;
 import com.android.settingslib.Utils;
 import com.android.systemui.SysuiTestCase;
 import com.android.systemui.broadcast.BroadcastDispatcher;
+import com.android.systemui.flags.FeatureFlags;
 import com.android.systemui.plugins.statusbar.StatusBarStateController;
 import com.android.systemui.shared.clocks.AnimatableClockView;
 import com.android.systemui.statusbar.policy.BatteryController;
@@ -53,6 +54,8 @@ import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;
 import org.mockito.MockitoSession;
 import org.mockito.quality.Strictness;
 
+import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
+
 @SmallTest
 @RunWith(AndroidTestingRunner.class)
 @TestableLooper.RunWithLooper
@@ -69,6 +72,12 @@ public class AnimatableClockControllerTest extends SysuiTestCase {
     private KeyguardUpdateMonitor mKeyguardUpdateMonitor;
     @Mock
     private Resources mResources;
+    @Mock
+    private Executor mMainExecutor;
+    @Mock
+    private Executor mBgExecutor;
+    @Mock
+    private FeatureFlags mFeatureFlags;
 
     private MockitoSession mStaticMockSession;
     private AnimatableClockController mAnimatableClockController;
@@ -96,7 +105,10 @@ public class AnimatableClockControllerTest extends SysuiTestCase {
                 mBroadcastDispatcher,
                 mBatteryController,
                 mKeyguardUpdateMonitor,
-                mResources
+                mResources,
+                mMainExecutor,
+                mBgExecutor,
+                mFeatureFlags
         );
         mAnimatableClockController.init();
         captureAttachListener();