diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5ad103531..d29107675 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,19 @@
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.27.11] — 2026-07-05 — Consistency, colour, and locale fixes
+
+### Fixed
+
+- An explicitly chosen display language now sticks on every device, permanently. Two causes were fixed together: the server never consulted the profile's language when the locale cookie was missing, and Safari deletes script-written cookies after seven days — which silently flipped the UI back to the system language every week. The cookie is now set server-side and the profile choice wins whenever the cookie is gone.
+- Every insights and dashboard card now shares one measured geometry: the same text edge, the same header-to-body distance, the same foreground colour for body prose. A measurement pass over all pages found and fixed a dozen drifted surfaces, including the "usual range" strip (rebuilt on the standard card) and the blood-pressure explainer.
+- The dose ring on the dashboard paints in the medication hue used across the insights instead of green.
+
+### Changed
+
+- The last raw theme-palette colour utilities are gone — every surface reads from semantic tokens now, and the lint rule that guards this is set to error. A small brand token covers the few places that genuinely carry the brand accent, with computed AA contrast in both themes.
+- Card slots are guarded against padding overrides by a new lint rule, keeping the spacing scale uniform going forward.
+
 ## [1.27.10] — 2026-07-05 — Two new check-ins: wellbeing and sleep
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/docs/api/openapi.yaml b/docs/api/openapi.yaml
index 8513e4890..750a8da58 100644
--- a/docs/api/openapi.yaml
+++ b/docs/api/openapi.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 openapi: 3.1.0
 info:
   title: HealthLog API
-  version: 1.27.10
+  version: 1.27.11
   description: >-
     Self-hosted personal-health-tracking PWA — public API surface for the iOS native client and external ingest.
 
diff --git a/e2e/setup/global-setup.ts b/e2e/setup/global-setup.ts
index 6f9d7f854..111068f4a 100644
--- a/e2e/setup/global-setup.ts
+++ b/e2e/setup/global-setup.ts
@@ -203,6 +203,26 @@ export default async function globalSetup(config: FullConfig): Promise<void> {
   state.cookies = state.cookies.filter((c) =>
     ["healthlog_session", "healthlog-locale", "hl_onboarding"].includes(c.name),
   );
+  // v1.27.11 — pin the shared auth state to English via an explicit locale
+  // cookie. The server now honours `User.locale` when the cookie is absent
+  // (the ITP fix), and the locale-switch spec mirrors its German pick into
+  // the SHARED e2e user's profile — without this cookie every spec running
+  // after it would render German and the English-string assertions fail.
+  // The cookie sits at the top of the resolution ladder, so each spec
+  // context stays deterministically English; locale-switch overrides it
+  // inside its own context only.
+  const base = new URL(baseURL);
+  state.cookies = state.cookies.filter((c) => c.name !== "healthlog-locale");
+  state.cookies.push({
+    name: "healthlog-locale",
+    value: "en",
+    domain: base.hostname,
+    path: "/",
+    expires: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000) + 60 * 60 * 24 * 365,
+    httpOnly: false,
+    secure: false,
+    sameSite: "Lax",
+  });
   await writeFile(STORAGE_STATE_PATH, JSON.stringify(state, null, 2));
   await ctx.dispose();
   console.log(
diff --git a/eslint-plugins/healthlog/__tests__/no-raw-palette-color.test.mjs b/eslint-plugins/healthlog/__tests__/no-raw-palette-color.test.mjs
index b55629c45..5283c827a 100644
--- a/eslint-plugins/healthlog/__tests__/no-raw-palette-color.test.mjs
+++ b/eslint-plugins/healthlog/__tests__/no-raw-palette-color.test.mjs
@@ -159,3 +159,36 @@ ruleTester.run("no-raw-palette-color (dracula check)", rule, {
     },
   ],
 });
+
+ruleTester.run("no-raw-palette-color (dracula blind spots)", rule, {
+  valid: [
+    // Semantic replacements for the directional + paren-var forms.
+    {
+      code: 'const c = "border-l-destructive/70 bg-success border-success";',
+      filename: APP_FILE,
+      options: [{ checks: ["dracula"] }],
+    },
+    // Token references through var() stay legal.
+    {
+      code: 'const c = "shadow-[0_0_0_1px_color-mix(in_oklab,var(--success)_20%,transparent)]";',
+      filename: APP_FILE,
+      options: [{ checks: ["dracula"] }],
+    },
+  ],
+  invalid: [
+    // Directional border form.
+    {
+      code: 'const c = "border-l-dracula-red/70";',
+      filename: APP_FILE,
+      options: [{ checks: ["dracula"] }],
+      errors: [{ messageId: "draculaUtility" }],
+    },
+    // Parenthesised CSS-var utility shorthand.
+    {
+      code: 'const c = "bg-(--dracula-green)";',
+      filename: APP_FILE,
+      options: [{ checks: ["dracula"] }],
+      errors: [{ messageId: "draculaUtility" }],
+    },
+  ],
+});
diff --git a/eslint-plugins/healthlog/__tests__/spacing-scale.test.mjs b/eslint-plugins/healthlog/__tests__/spacing-scale.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6bb22a55c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eslint-plugins/healthlog/__tests__/spacing-scale.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+/**
+ * Unit tests for the `healthlog/spacing-scale` rule — pt-* / pb-* slot
+ * padding on CardHeader/CardContent is banned (the Card is gap-based;
+ * density lives on the Card itself). Covers modifier prefixes,
+ * cn()/ternary/template collection, the safe-area non-match, and the
+ * scope gating shared with the sibling rules.
+ */
+
+import { describe, it } from "vitest";
+import { RuleTester } from "eslint";
+import rule from "../spacing-scale.js";
+
+RuleTester.describe = describe;
+RuleTester.it = it;
+RuleTester.itOnly = it.only;
+
+const ruleTester = new RuleTester({
+  languageOptions: {
+    ecmaVersion: 2023,
+    sourceType: "module",
+    parserOptions: { ecmaFeatures: { jsx: true } },
+  },
+});
+
+const APP_FILE = "/repo/src/components/insights/example.tsx";
+
+ruleTester.run("spacing-scale", rule, {
+  valid: [
+    // Density on the Card itself is the sanctioned pattern.
+    {
+      code: '<Card className="gap-2 py-3 md:py-4"><CardContent>x</CardContent></Card>',
+      filename: APP_FILE,
+    },
+    // Slots without className, or with unrelated classes, are fine.
+    { code: "<CardHeader />", filename: APP_FILE },
+    {
+      code: '<CardContent className="px-0 space-y-4" />',
+      filename: APP_FILE,
+    },
+    // Other paddings on slots are not this rule's business.
+    {
+      code: '<CardContent className="pl-2 pr-2" />',
+      filename: APP_FILE,
+    },
+    // Safe-area helpers are not scale steps and never match.
+    {
+      code: '<CardContent className="pb-safe" />',
+      filename: APP_FILE,
+    },
+    // pt-/pb- on arbitrary elements stays legal — the contract is about
+    // the gap-based Card slots only.
+    { code: '<div className="pb-2" />', filename: APP_FILE },
+    // Outside the enforced roots nothing matches.
+    {
+      code: '<CardHeader className="pb-2" />',
+      filename: "/repo/scripts/tool.tsx",
+    },
+    // Test files are exempt.
+    {
+      code: '<CardHeader className="pb-2" />',
+      filename: "/repo/src/components/__tests__/example.test.tsx",
+    },
+  ],
+  invalid: [
+    {
+      code: '<CardHeader className="pb-2" />',
+      filename: APP_FILE,
+      errors: [{ messageId: "slotPadding" }],
+    },
+    {
+      code: '<CardContent className="pt-0" />',
+      filename: APP_FILE,
+      errors: [{ messageId: "slotPadding" }],
+    },
+    // Modifier-prefixed and fractional steps.
+    {
+      code: '<CardHeader className="md:pb-1.5" />',
+      filename: APP_FILE,
+      errors: [{ messageId: "slotPadding" }],
+    },
+    // Arbitrary-value padding.
+    {
+      code: '<CardContent className="pt-[10px]" />',
+      filename: APP_FILE,
+      errors: [{ messageId: "slotPadding" }],
+    },
+    // Collected through cn() args…
+    {
+      code: '<CardHeader className={cn("pb-3", extra)} />',
+      filename: APP_FILE,
+      errors: [{ messageId: "slotPadding" }],
+    },
+    // …ternaries…
+    {
+      code: '<CardContent className={dense ? "pt-2" : "pt-4"} />',
+      filename: APP_FILE,
+      errors: [{ messageId: "slotPadding" }, { messageId: "slotPadding" }],
+    },
+    // …and template literals.
+    {
+      code: "<CardHeader className={`pb-2 ${extra}`} />",
+      filename: APP_FILE,
+      errors: [{ messageId: "slotPadding" }],
+    },
+    // Member-expression component tails match too.
+    {
+      code: '<UI.CardHeader className="pb-2" />',
+      filename: APP_FILE,
+      errors: [{ messageId: "slotPadding" }],
+    },
+  ],
+});
diff --git a/eslint-plugins/healthlog/index.js b/eslint-plugins/healthlog/index.js
index 57d105ca5..ca06edf90 100644
--- a/eslint-plugins/healthlog/index.js
+++ b/eslint-plugins/healthlog/index.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  *   - `safe-fetch-required`  — outbound fetch must route through safeFetch.
  *   - `api-fetch-required`   — client /api/ calls must route through apiFetch.
  *   - `no-raw-palette-color` — ban raw Tailwind palette utilities in app UI.
+ *   - `spacing-scale`        — no pt-/pb- overrides on gap-based Card slots.
  */
 
 "use strict";
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ const queryKeyFactory = require("./queryKey-factory.js");
 const safeFetchRequired = require("./safe-fetch-required.js");
 const apiFetchRequired = require("./api-fetch-required.js");
 const noRawPaletteColor = require("./no-raw-palette-color.js");
+const spacingScale = require("./spacing-scale.js");
 
 module.exports = {
   rules: {
@@ -21,10 +23,11 @@ module.exports = {
     "safe-fetch-required": safeFetchRequired,
     "api-fetch-required": apiFetchRequired,
     "no-raw-palette-color": noRawPaletteColor,
+    "spacing-scale": spacingScale,
     // Same module as `no-raw-palette-color`, registered under a second
-    // name so the flat config can run the `dracula` check at a different
-    // severity (warn) than the error-level checks. See the staged plan in
-    // the rule header.
+    // name so the flat config can run the `dracula` check as its own
+    // named rule (now error-level too; the staged warn phase ended with
+    // the semantic sweep). See the rule header.
     "no-dracula-utility": noRawPaletteColor,
   },
 };
diff --git a/eslint-plugins/healthlog/no-raw-palette-color.js b/eslint-plugins/healthlog/no-raw-palette-color.js
index 3dfcffc40..4550d7adb 100644
--- a/eslint-plugins/healthlog/no-raw-palette-color.js
+++ b/eslint-plugins/healthlog/no-raw-palette-color.js
@@ -28,14 +28,13 @@
  *     before any stylesheet loads, so it must stay a literal).
  *   - `arbitrary-value` (error) — Tailwind arbitrary colour values
  *     (`bg-[#…]`, `text-[oklch(…)]`). `…-[var(--token)]` never matches.
- *   - `dracula` (WARN, staged) — raw `*-dracula-*` utilities. ~250
- *     legacy sites predate the token system; the light-theme overrides in
- *     `globals.css` defuse their AA failures, so the check ships as a
- *     warning first (registered separately as
- *     `healthlog/no-dracula-utility`). It moves to error once the
- *     semantic sweep (status meaning → `text-success/warning/info/
- *     destructive`, brand use → `--brand-*` tokens) has retired the
- *     legacy sites.
+ *   - `dracula` (error, registered separately as
+ *     `healthlog/no-dracula-utility`) — raw `*-dracula-*` utilities.
+ *     The semantic sweep retired every legacy site: status meaning →
+ *     `text-success/warning/info/destructive`, purple → `primary`,
+ *     pink → the `--brand-pink` token. `var(--dracula-*)` references in
+ *     chart code are token references, not utilities, and never match —
+ *     the light-theme overrides in `globals.css` keep them AA.
  *
  * The `checks` option selects which detectors run, so the flat config can
  * register the same module twice at different severities (see
@@ -78,9 +77,12 @@ const RAW_PALETTE_RE =
 
 // Raw `dracula-*` utility: the pre-token palette accessed directly
 // (`text-dracula-green`, `bg-dracula-orange/15`). Same prefix set and
-// modifier tolerance as the palette check.
+// modifier tolerance as the palette check, plus the directional border
+// forms (`border-l-dracula-red`) and the parenthesised CSS-var utility
+// shorthand (`bg-(--dracula-green)`) — both bypassed the plain prefix
+// match during the staged-warning phase.
 const DRACULA_RE =
-  /\b(?:text|bg|border|ring|stroke|fill|from|to|via)-dracula-[a-z]+\b/;
+  /\b(?:text|bg|border(?:-[lrtbxyse])?|ring|stroke|fill|from|to|via)-(?:dracula-[a-z]+\b|\(--dracula-[a-z]+\))/;
 
 // Tailwind arbitrary colour value: `bg-[#…]`, `text-[rgb(…)]`,
 // `border-[oklch(…)]`. Matching on the bracket-open plus a colour-literal
diff --git a/eslint-plugins/healthlog/spacing-scale.js b/eslint-plugins/healthlog/spacing-scale.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0cf06c9f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eslint-plugins/healthlog/spacing-scale.js
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+/**
+ * @fileoverview ESLint rule — no `pt-*` / `pb-*` overrides on the
+ * gap-based Card slots.
+ *
+ * The Card primitive is gap-based, not padding-based
+ * (`src/components/ui/card.tsx`): the header→body distance comes from
+ * the PARENT flex gap, never from slot padding. A `pb-*` on
+ * `<CardHeader>` or a `pt-*` on `<CardContent>` therefore adds on top
+ * of the gap (or is a no-op) and inverts its own intent — the drift
+ * class the sl-001 sweep cleaned (~35 stale overrides). Density is
+ * expressed on the Card itself (`<Card className="gap-2 py-3 md:py-4">`,
+ * the sanctioned compact tier), never on a slot.
+ *
+ * Detection: JSX elements named `CardHeader` / `CardContent` (any
+ * member-expression tail, so `UI.CardHeader` matches too) whose
+ * `className` attribute carries a static `pt-<n>` / `pb-<n>` fragment —
+ * including modifier-prefixed (`md:pb-2`) and arbitrary-value
+ * (`pb-[10px]`) forms. Strings are collected from the whole attribute
+ * subtree, so `cn("pb-2", …)`, ternaries, and template literals are all
+ * seen. Non-numeric suffixes (`pb-safe`) never match.
+ *
+ * Scope: `src/components/**` + `src/app/**`; test files exempt — same
+ * gating as the sibling rules. `src/components/ui/card.tsx` itself
+ * composes raw `<div>`s and is untouched by construction.
+ *
+ * There is deliberately NO allowlist: no current site has a documented
+ * load-bearing reason for a slot padding override. If one ever appears,
+ * it carries an inline `eslint-disable-next-line` with the reason —
+ * visible in review — rather than a silent registry entry here.
+ *
+ * @see .planning/audits/2026-07-05-fable/UI-STANDARDS.md §1 + §2.
+ */
+
+"use strict";
+
+// Only enforce inside the app UI roots.
+const ENFORCED_ROOTS = ["src/components/", "src/app/"];
+
+// A pt-/pb- utility with a numeric step, `px`, or an arbitrary value,
+// optionally behind modifier prefixes (`md:`, `hover:`, `[.border-b]:`).
+// `pb-safe` (safe-area helpers) and word-suffixed utilities never match.
+const SLOT_PADDING_RE =
+  /(?:^|\s)(?:[^\s"']*:)*(p[tb]-(?:\d+(?:\.\d+)?|px|\[[^\]]+\]))(?=\s|$)/;
+
+const SLOT_NAMES = new Set(["CardHeader", "CardContent"]);
+
+function toPosix(filename) {
+  return filename.replace(/\\/g, "/");
+}
+
+function isTestFile(posix) {
+  return (
+    /\.test\.[cm]?[jt]sx?$/.test(posix) ||
+    /\.spec\.[cm]?[jt]sx?$/.test(posix) ||
+    posix.includes("/__tests__/") ||
+    posix.includes("/__mocks__/")
+  );
+}
+
+function isEnforced(filename) {
+  const posix = toPosix(filename);
+  if (!ENFORCED_ROOTS.some((root) => posix.includes(root))) return false;
+  if (isTestFile(posix)) return false;
+  return true;
+}
+
+/** Resolve the rendered-element name (`CardHeader`, `UI.CardHeader` → tail). */
+function elementName(openingElement) {
+  const nameNode = openingElement.name;
+  if (nameNode.type === "JSXIdentifier") return nameNode.name;
+  if (
+    nameNode.type === "JSXMemberExpression" &&
+    nameNode.property.type === "JSXIdentifier"
+  ) {
+    return nameNode.property.name;
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Collect every static string reachable inside the className attribute
+ * value: plain literals, template chunks, and the arguments of helper
+ * calls (`cn(…)`, `clsx(…)`), conditionals and logical fallbacks.
+ */
+function collectStrings(node, out) {
+  if (!node) return;
+  switch (node.type) {
+    case "Literal":
+      if (typeof node.value === "string") out.push({ node, text: node.value });
+      return;
+    case "TemplateLiteral":
+      for (const quasi of node.quasis) {
+        out.push({ node: quasi, text: quasi.value.cooked ?? quasi.value.raw });
+      }
+      for (const expr of node.expressions) collectStrings(expr, out);
+      return;
+    case "CallExpression":
+      for (const arg of node.arguments) collectStrings(arg, out);
+      return;
+    case "ConditionalExpression":
+      collectStrings(node.consequent, out);
+      collectStrings(node.alternate, out);
+      return;
+    case "LogicalExpression":
+      collectStrings(node.left, out);
+      collectStrings(node.right, out);
+      return;
+    case "ArrayExpression":
+      for (const el of node.elements) collectStrings(el, out);
+      return;
+    case "JSXExpressionContainer":
+      collectStrings(node.expression, out);
+      return;
+    default:
+      return;
+  }
+}
+
+/** @type {import("eslint").Rule.RuleModule} */
+const spacingScaleRule = {
+  meta: {
+    type: "problem",
+    docs: {
+      description:
+        "Ban pt-*/pb-* overrides on CardHeader/CardContent — the Card is gap-based; density is expressed via the Card's own gap/py, never via slot padding.",
+    },
+    schema: [],
+    messages: {
+      slotPadding:
+        '"{{match}}" on <{{element}}> fights the gap-based Card contract — the header→body distance comes from the parent flex gap, so slot padding stacks on top of it (or is a no-op). Tune density on the Card itself instead: <Card className="gap-2 py-3 md:py-4">.',
+    },
+  },
+  create(context) {
+    const filename = context.filename ?? context.getFilename?.();
+    if (!filename || !isEnforced(filename)) {
+      return {};
+    }
+
+    return {
+      JSXOpeningElement(node) {
+        const name = elementName(node);
+        if (!name || !SLOT_NAMES.has(name)) return;
+
+        const classNameAttr = node.attributes.find(
+          (attr) =>
+            attr.type === "JSXAttribute" &&
+            attr.name?.type === "JSXIdentifier" &&
+            attr.name.name === "className",
+        );
+        if (!classNameAttr) return;
+
+        const strings = [];
+        collectStrings(classNameAttr.value, strings);
+        for (const { node: strNode, text } of strings) {
+          const m = SLOT_PADDING_RE.exec(text);
+          if (m) {
+            context.report({
+              node: strNode,
+              messageId: "slotPadding",
+              data: { match: m[1], element: name },
+            });
+          }
+        }
+      },
+    };
+  },
+};
+
+module.exports = spacingScaleRule;
diff --git a/eslint.config.mjs b/eslint.config.mjs
index 4776807ab..992d0e885 100644
--- a/eslint.config.mjs
+++ b/eslint.config.mjs
@@ -59,11 +59,17 @@ const eslintConfig = defineConfig([
         "error",
         { checks: ["palette", "color-props", "arbitrary-value"] },
       ],
-      // Staged: raw `*-dracula-*` utilities warn for now — ~250 legacy
-      // sites predate the token system and the light-theme overrides in
-      // globals.css keep them readable. Moves to error once the semantic
-      // sweep has retired the legacy sites (see the rule header).
-      "healthlog/no-dracula-utility": ["warn", { checks: ["dracula"] }],
+      // The semantic sweep retired every raw `*-dracula-*` utility site
+      // (status meaning → success/warning/info/destructive, purple →
+      // primary, pink → the --brand-pink token), so the staged warning is
+      // now a hard error. `var(--dracula-*)` references in chart code are
+      // token references, not utilities, and stay legal — the light-theme
+      // overrides in globals.css keep them AA on both themes.
+      "healthlog/no-dracula-utility": ["error", { checks: ["dracula"] }],
+      // The Card primitive is gap-based; pt-/pb- on CardHeader/CardContent
+      // fights the gap and re-opens the sl-001 drift class. Density lives
+      // on the Card itself (`gap-2 py-3 md:py-4`). See the rule header.
+      "healthlog/spacing-scale": "error",
     },
   },
 ]);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d9c828e9f..bd1d8ff2f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "healthlog",
-  "version": "1.27.10",
+  "version": "1.27.11",
   "description": "Self-hosted personal-health-tracking PWA with Withings integration, AI insights, and doctor-report PDF export.",
   "license": "PolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0",
   "homepage": "https://healthlog.dev",
diff --git a/public/sw.js b/public/sw.js
index 00a96c38a..9383fd92d 100644
--- a/public/sw.js
+++ b/public/sw.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ try {
 // v1.4.38.4 → v1.4.42. Do not hand-edit; bump `package.json` and rebuild.
 const CACHE_VERSION =
   (typeof self !== "undefined" && self.__APP_VERSION__) ||
-  /* @sw-version-fallback */ "v1.27.10";
+  /* @sw-version-fallback */ "v1.27.11";
 const STATIC_CACHE = `healthlog-static-${CACHE_VERSION}`;
 const PAGE_CACHE = `healthlog-pages-${CACHE_VERSION}`;
 // v1.18.6 — read-only data cache for a curated allowlist of safe GET `/api/*`
diff --git a/src/app/api/auth/me/locale/route.ts b/src/app/api/auth/me/locale/route.ts
index 06681f44a..2b793be89 100644
--- a/src/app/api/auth/me/locale/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/auth/me/locale/route.ts
@@ -20,11 +20,13 @@
  * holds a value the resolver would later have to defend against.
  */
 import { NextRequest } from "next/server";
+import { cookies } from "next/headers";
 import { prisma } from "@/lib/db";
 import { apiHandler, requireAuth } from "@/lib/api-handler";
 import { apiError, apiSuccess, safeJson } from "@/lib/api-response";
 import { annotate } from "@/lib/logging/context";
 import { locales, type Locale } from "@/lib/i18n/config";
+import { setLocaleCookie } from "@/lib/i18n/locale-cookie";
 
 export const dynamic = "force-dynamic";
 
@@ -58,5 +60,15 @@ export const PUT = apiHandler(async (request: NextRequest) => {
     annotate({ meta: { locale_next: locale } });
   }
 
+  // Mirror the accepted locale into the `healthlog-locale` cookie via
+  // Set-Cookie. The client's own `document.cookie` write is capped at 7
+  // days by Safari ITP; the server-set copy is not, so an explicit choice
+  // survives on every device. Runs on the idempotent path too — the
+  // mount-time backfill hitting this route is exactly the weekly refresh
+  // that keeps the cookie alive. Harmless no-op payload for Bearer
+  // callers (native clients ignore cookies).
+  const cookieStore = await cookies();
+  setLocaleCookie(cookieStore, locale);
+
   return apiSuccess({ locale });
 });
diff --git a/src/app/coach/conversations/page.tsx b/src/app/coach/conversations/page.tsx
index c2677c2d7..6110786cb 100644
--- a/src/app/coach/conversations/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/coach/conversations/page.tsx
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ function CoachConversationsBody() {
                         className={cn(
                           "shrink-0",
                           isConfirming &&
-                            "text-dracula-red hover:text-dracula-red",
+                            "text-destructive hover:text-destructive",
                         )}
                       >
                         <Trash2 className="size-4" aria-hidden="true" />
diff --git a/src/app/globals.css b/src/app/globals.css
index 7d80d2e82..7ee458730 100644
--- a/src/app/globals.css
+++ b/src/app/globals.css
@@ -104,6 +104,17 @@
   --color-warning: var(--warning);
   --color-info: var(--info);
 
+  /*
+   * Brand accent tokens — identity colours with no semantic (status)
+   * twin. `--brand-pink` is the Coach-gradient / Apple-Health accent
+   * (`from-primary to-brand-pink`, the iOS-source badge, the recording
+   * mic). Per-theme values ride the `--dracula-pink` primitive, which
+   * the light theme overrides to its AA-tuned counterpart:
+   * dark #ff79c6 — 6.86:1 card / 5.97:1 bg; light #a3134d — 7.32:1
+   * card / 6.83:1 bg (WCAG relative-luminance, computed).
+   */
+  --color-brand-pink: var(--brand-pink);
+
   /*
    * Status-pill text tokens. The target status pill paints coloured text
    * on a 10% same-hue tint; the raw Dracula green/orange/red would fail
@@ -160,6 +171,14 @@
   --warning: var(--dracula-orange);
   --info: var(--dracula-cyan);
 
+  /*
+   * Brand accent (see the @theme re-export). Aliased over the pink
+   * primitive so the light theme's AA-tuned `--dracula-pink` override
+   * carries through automatically — pixel-identical to the raw utility
+   * sites it replaced.
+   */
+  --brand-pink: var(--dracula-pink);
+
   /*
    * Foreground for glyphs/labels painted on a solid `bg-success` fill. The
    * raw Dracula green (`#50fa7b`) is a bright tone, so white-on-green reads
@@ -337,13 +356,15 @@
   --chart-5: #a34d14;
   /*
    * Light-mode (Alucard) overrides for the raw `--dracula-*` primitives.
-   * ~250 legacy `text-dracula-*` / opacity-suffixed `bg-dracula-*` call
-   * sites still read these directly; without an override the dark neons render on the white
-   * card at 1.2–1.6:1. Each value below is tuned to the AA light palette
-   * already in this block (same hue family, measured >=4.5:1 on both
-   * `--card` oklch(0.988 0.003 300) and `--background` oklch(0.964 0.004
-   * 300)), so every legacy utility inherits a readable tone until the
-   * semantic sweep retires it.
+   * The semantic sweep retired every `text-dracula-*` / `bg-dracula-*`
+   * UTILITY site (lint-enforced via healthlog/no-dracula-utility), but
+   * chart code still passes `var(--dracula-*)` token references
+   * (Recharts stroke/fill maps) and the Coach gradient CSS below reads
+   * the purple/pink primitives — without an override the dark neons
+   * render on the white card at 1.2–1.6:1. Each value below is tuned to
+   * the AA light palette already in this block (same hue family,
+   * measured >=4.5:1 on both `--card` oklch(0.988 0.003 300) and
+   * `--background` oklch(0.964 0.004 300)).
    */
   --dracula-cyan: #036a96; /* shadows --info            — 5.78:1 card / 5.39:1 bg */
   --dracula-green: #14720a; /* shadows --success         — 5.89:1 card / 5.49:1 bg */
diff --git a/src/app/insights/blood-pressure/page.tsx b/src/app/insights/blood-pressure/page.tsx
index 252395a67..36518729c 100644
--- a/src/app/insights/blood-pressure/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/insights/blood-pressure/page.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { useTranslations } from "@/lib/i18n/context";
 import { useInsightsLayoutPrefs } from "@/hooks/use-insights-layout-prefs";
 import { useChartDomainStats } from "@/hooks/use-chart-domain-stats";
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
+import { Card, CardContent } from "@/components/ui/card";
 import { HealthChartDynamic } from "@/components/charts/health-chart-dynamic";
 import { SlugInsightStatusCard } from "@/components/insights/slug-insight-status-card";
 import { MeasurementDiversityNudge } from "@/components/insights/measurement-diversity-nudge";
@@ -189,18 +190,24 @@ export default function InsightsBlutdruckPage() {
         const pp = Math.round(sbp - dbp);
         const map = Math.round((sbp + 2 * dbp) / 3);
         return (
-          <p
-            data-slot="bp-derived-caption"
-            className="text-muted-foreground text-sm leading-relaxed"
-          >
-            {t("insights.subPage.bpDerived.pulsePressure", {
-              value: pp,
-            })}{" "}
-            {t("insights.subPage.bpDerived.meanArterialPressure", {
-              value: map,
-            })}{" "}
-            {t("insights.subPage.bpDerived.caveat")}
-          </p>
+          // Card shell at the compact density so the explainer shares the
+          // spine's left text edge (the bare paragraph sat at the container
+          // edge, ~16–24 px left of every neighbouring card's text) — and
+          // foreground, not muted: multi-sentence explainer prose is
+          // content, muted stays reserved for meta.
+          <Card data-slot="bp-derived-caption" className="gap-2 py-3 md:py-4">
+            <CardContent>
+              <p className="text-sm leading-relaxed">
+                {t("insights.subPage.bpDerived.pulsePressure", {
+                  value: pp,
+                })}{" "}
+                {t("insights.subPage.bpDerived.meanArterialPressure", {
+                  value: map,
+                })}{" "}
+                {t("insights.subPage.bpDerived.caveat")}
+              </p>
+            </CardContent>
+          </Card>
         );
       })()}
 
diff --git a/src/app/insights/medications/page.tsx b/src/app/insights/medications/page.tsx
index e5b7d4af7..02eef163f 100644
--- a/src/app/insights/medications/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/insights/medications/page.tsx
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ export default function InsightsMedikamentePage() {
                 ? t("medications.categoryVitamin")
                 : t("medications.categoryOther");
           return (
-            <Card key={med.id} className="gap-2 py-4 md:gap-3 md:py-5">
+            <Card key={med.id} className="gap-2 py-3 md:py-4">
               <CardHeader>
                 <TileHeader icon={Pill} title={med.name} />
                 <div className="text-muted-foreground mt-1 flex flex-wrap items-center gap-x-2 gap-y-1 text-xs">
diff --git a/src/app/layout.tsx b/src/app/layout.tsx
index 1322ebb68..0643c3cba 100644
--- a/src/app/layout.tsx
+++ b/src/app/layout.tsx
@@ -1,32 +1,14 @@
 import type { Metadata, Viewport } from "next";
 import { Inter } from "next/font/google";
-import { headers, cookies } from "next/headers";
+import { headers } from "next/headers";
 import "./globals.css";
 import { Providers } from "@/components/providers";
 import { AuthShell } from "@/components/layout/auth-shell";
 import { MonitoringBootstrap } from "@/components/monitoring/bootstrap";
 import { WebVitalsReporter } from "@/components/monitoring/web-vitals-reporter";
-import { parseLocaleFromAcceptLanguage } from "@/lib/format-locale";
-import { locales, type Locale } from "@/lib/i18n/config";
+import { resolveInitialLocale } from "@/lib/i18n/resolve-initial-locale";
 import { allMessages } from "@/lib/i18n/shared-resolve";
 
-async function resolveInitialLocale(): Promise<Locale> {
-  // Both cookies() and headers() can throw (DynamicServerError, etc.) —
-  // fall back to the default so a locale hiccup never crashes the root
-  // layout into global-error.tsx.
-  try {
-    const cookieStore = await cookies();
-    const cookieLocale = cookieStore.get("healthlog-locale")?.value;
-    if (cookieLocale && (locales as readonly string[]).includes(cookieLocale)) {
-      return cookieLocale as Locale;
-    }
-    const headerList = await headers();
-    return parseLocaleFromAcceptLanguage(headerList.get("accept-language"));
-  } catch {
-    return "en";
-  }
-}
-
 const inter = Inter({
   variable: "--font-sans",
   subsets: ["latin"],
diff --git a/src/components/admin/__tests__/coach-feedback-section.test.tsx b/src/components/admin/__tests__/coach-feedback-section.test.tsx
index a475ac91f..2dd8500d1 100644
--- a/src/components/admin/__tests__/coach-feedback-section.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/admin/__tests__/coach-feedback-section.test.tsx
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ describe("CoachFeedbackSection", () => {
     // Two bucket rows in the table.
     const matches = (html.match(/coach-feedback-bucket/g) ?? []).length;
     expect(matches).toBe(2);
-    // Helpful-rate column carries the band tint.
-    expect(html).toContain("text-dracula-green"); // 80% bucket
-    expect(html).toContain("text-dracula-yellow"); // 50% bucket
+    // Helpful-rate column carries the band tint (semantic urgency ramp).
+    expect(html).toContain("text-success"); // 80% bucket
+    expect(html).toContain("text-warning"); // 50% bucket
     // Numbers visible in the markup.
     expect(html).toContain("80%");
     expect(html).toContain("50%");
diff --git a/src/components/admin/_shared.tsx b/src/components/admin/_shared.tsx
index 52bc60302..bb9b87736 100644
--- a/src/components/admin/_shared.tsx
+++ b/src/components/admin/_shared.tsx
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ export interface ApiTokenInfo {
 export function ConfiguredBadge() {
   const { t } = useTranslations();
   return (
-    <Badge className="border-dracula-green/30 bg-dracula-green/15 text-dracula-green">
+    <Badge className="border-success/30 bg-success/15 text-success">
       {t("admin.configured")}
     </Badge>
   );
@@ -488,11 +488,14 @@ export function useSystemStatus() {
 }
 
 /** Helpful-rate tint shared by the AI-quality + Coach-feedback tables.
- * Green ≥80 %, yellow ≥50 %, orange below. */
+ * The standard urgency ramp (the medication-status-pill precedent):
+ * ≥80 % success, ≥50 % warning, below destructive — a sub-50 % helpful
+ * rate is a genuine quality alarm, and the percent label always carries
+ * the exact value alongside the tint. */
 export function helpfulRateColour(rate: number): string {
-  if (rate >= 0.8) return "text-dracula-green";
-  if (rate >= 0.5) return "text-dracula-yellow";
-  return "text-dracula-orange";
+  if (rate >= 0.8) return "text-success";
+  if (rate >= 0.5) return "text-warning";
+  return "text-destructive";
 }
 
 export interface PublicVersion {
diff --git a/src/components/admin/ai-quality-section.tsx b/src/components/admin/ai-quality-section.tsx
index 3b0e75ab0..98e31a7a7 100644
--- a/src/components/admin/ai-quality-section.tsx
+++ b/src/components/admin/ai-quality-section.tsx
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ interface FeedbackSummary {
 }
 
 const SEVERITY_TINT: Record<string, string> = {
-  info: "text-dracula-cyan",
-  suggestion: "text-dracula-purple",
-  important: "text-dracula-orange",
-  urgent: "text-dracula-red",
+  info: "text-info",
+  suggestion: "text-primary",
+  important: "text-warning",
+  urgent: "text-destructive",
 };
 
 export function AiQualitySection() {
diff --git a/src/components/admin/api-token-overview-section.tsx b/src/components/admin/api-token-overview-section.tsx
index aa3af44c2..507a74ad6 100644
--- a/src/components/admin/api-token-overview-section.tsx
+++ b/src/components/admin/api-token-overview-section.tsx
@@ -92,9 +92,7 @@ function TokenStatusBadge({
     );
   }
   return (
-    <Badge
-      className={`bg-dracula-green/15 text-dracula-green shrink-0 ${sizeClass}`}
-    >
+    <Badge className={`bg-success/15 text-success shrink-0 ${sizeClass}`}>
       {t("common.active")}
     </Badge>
   );
diff --git a/src/components/admin/app-log-preview-section.tsx b/src/components/admin/app-log-preview-section.tsx
index 995619b62..099fba76f 100644
--- a/src/components/admin/app-log-preview-section.tsx
+++ b/src/components/admin/app-log-preview-section.tsx
@@ -75,12 +75,12 @@ function levelIcon(level: LogLevel) {
     case "error":
       return <AlertCircle className="text-destructive h-4 w-4" />;
     case "warn":
-      return <AlertTriangle className="text-dracula-yellow h-4 w-4" />;
+      return <AlertTriangle className="text-warning h-4 w-4" />;
     case "debug":
       return <Info className="text-muted-foreground h-4 w-4" />;
     case "info":
     default:
-      return <CheckCircle2 className="text-dracula-green h-4 w-4" />;
+      return <CheckCircle2 className="text-success h-4 w-4" />;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/components/admin/danger-zone-section.tsx b/src/components/admin/danger-zone-section.tsx
index 923099bde..105e33893 100644
--- a/src/components/admin/danger-zone-section.tsx
+++ b/src/components/admin/danger-zone-section.tsx
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ export function DangerZoneSection() {
       {wipeMsg && (
         <p
           className={`mt-3 pl-7 text-sm ${
-            wipeAllData.isError ? "text-destructive" : "text-dracula-green"
+            wipeAllData.isError ? "text-destructive" : "text-success"
           }`}
         >
           {wipeMsg}
diff --git a/src/components/admin/invite-tokens-section.tsx b/src/components/admin/invite-tokens-section.tsx
index 3eebf3546..7e911c3be 100644
--- a/src/components/admin/invite-tokens-section.tsx
+++ b/src/components/admin/invite-tokens-section.tsx
@@ -145,20 +145,20 @@ const STATUS_STYLES: Record<InviteStatus, { dot: string; chip: string }> = {
   // Quiet tinted chips with a colour dot — the dot carries the state at
   // a glance, the tint stays low so a table of mixed states reads calm.
   active: {
-    dot: "bg-dracula-green",
-    chip: "border-dracula-green/30 bg-dracula-green/10 text-dracula-green",
+    dot: "bg-success",
+    chip: "border-success/30 bg-success/10 text-success",
   },
   expired: {
     dot: "bg-muted-foreground/60",
     chip: "border-border bg-muted/40 text-muted-foreground",
   },
   exhausted: {
-    dot: "bg-dracula-cyan",
-    chip: "border-dracula-cyan/30 bg-dracula-cyan/10 text-dracula-cyan",
+    dot: "bg-info",
+    chip: "border-info/30 bg-info/10 text-info",
   },
   revoked: {
-    dot: "bg-dracula-red",
-    chip: "border-dracula-red/30 bg-dracula-red/10 text-dracula-red",
+    dot: "bg-destructive",
+    chip: "border-destructive/30 bg-destructive/10 text-destructive",
   },
 };
 
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ export function InviteTokensSection() {
                             type="button"
                             variant="ghost"
                             size="sm"
-                            className="text-dracula-red hover:text-dracula-red"
+                            className="text-destructive hover:text-destructive"
                             aria-label={t("admin.invites.revokeAria")}
                             disabled={revoke.isPending}
                             onClick={() => setRevokeTarget(invite)}
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ export function InviteTokensSection() {
                         type="button"
                         variant="ghost"
                         size="sm"
-                        className="text-dracula-red hover:text-dracula-red"
+                        className="text-destructive hover:text-destructive"
                         disabled={revoke.isPending}
                         onClick={() => setRevokeTarget(invite)}
                       >
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ export function InviteTokensSection() {
                           className={cn(
                             "min-h-11 rounded-lg border px-3 py-2 text-sm font-medium transition-colors",
                             ttlDays === days
-                              ? "border-dracula-purple/50 bg-dracula-purple/10 text-dracula-purple"
+                              ? "border-primary/50 bg-primary/10 text-primary"
                               : "border-border text-foreground hover:bg-accent",
                           )}
                         >
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ export function InviteTokensSection() {
               </DialogHeader>
               {/* The ticket — dashed edge marks the one-time nature. */}
               <div
-                className="border-dracula-purple/40 bg-background rounded-xl border border-dashed p-4"
+                className="border-primary/40 bg-background rounded-xl border border-dashed p-4"
                 data-testid="admin-invites-minted"
               >
                 <div className="flex flex-col items-center gap-4">
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ export function InviteTokensSection() {
                   >
                     {copied ? (
                       <Check
-                        className="text-dracula-green size-4"
+                        className="text-success size-4"
                         aria-hidden="true"
                       />
                     ) : (
diff --git a/src/components/admin/login-overview-section.tsx b/src/components/admin/login-overview-section.tsx
index 601a67d80..1af12d217 100644
--- a/src/components/admin/login-overview-section.tsx
+++ b/src/components/admin/login-overview-section.tsx
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ export function LoginOverviewSection() {
                           {isFailed ? (
                             <XCircle className="text-destructive h-4 w-4" />
                           ) : (
-                            <CheckCircle2 className="text-dracula-green h-4 w-4" />
+                            <CheckCircle2 className="text-success h-4 w-4" />
                           )}
                         </td>
                         <td
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ export function LoginOverviewSection() {
                               </span>
                               {copiedIp === entry.id ? (
                                 <Check
-                                  className="text-dracula-green h-3 w-3 shrink-0"
+                                  className="text-success h-3 w-3 shrink-0"
                                   aria-hidden="true"
                                 />
                               ) : (
diff --git a/src/components/admin/recent-audit-preview.tsx b/src/components/admin/recent-audit-preview.tsx
index 6f112b24c..bacf31e5a 100644
--- a/src/components/admin/recent-audit-preview.tsx
+++ b/src/components/admin/recent-audit-preview.tsx
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ export function RecentAuditPreview() {
                       {isFailed ? (
                         <XCircle className="text-destructive h-4 w-4" />
                       ) : (
-                        <CheckCircle2 className="text-dracula-green h-4 w-4" />
+                        <CheckCircle2 className="text-success h-4 w-4" />
                       )}
                     </span>
                     <span
diff --git a/src/components/admin/system-status-section.tsx b/src/components/admin/system-status-section.tsx
index 244087d7c..2fff4d5c1 100644
--- a/src/components/admin/system-status-section.tsx
+++ b/src/components/admin/system-status-section.tsx
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export function SystemStatusSection() {
               }
               className={
                 status.database === "connected"
-                  ? "text-dracula-green"
+                  ? "text-success"
                   : "text-destructive"
               }
             />
@@ -108,9 +108,7 @@ export function SystemStatusSection() {
                   : t("admin.workerStopped")
               }
               className={
-                status.worker.running
-                  ? "text-dracula-green"
-                  : "text-destructive"
+                status.worker.running ? "text-success" : "text-destructive"
               }
             />
             {status.worker.lastReminderCheck && (
@@ -131,7 +129,7 @@ export function SystemStatusSection() {
                 }
                 className={
                   status.integrations.umami.enabled
-                    ? "text-dracula-green"
+                    ? "text-success"
                     : "text-destructive"
                 }
               />
@@ -147,7 +145,7 @@ export function SystemStatusSection() {
                 }
                 className={
                   status.integrations.glitchtip.enabled
-                    ? "text-dracula-green"
+                    ? "text-success"
                     : "text-destructive"
                 }
               />
@@ -157,7 +155,7 @@ export function SystemStatusSection() {
                 icon={BellRing}
                 label={t("admin.integrationWebPush")}
                 value={t("admin.configured")}
-                className="text-dracula-green"
+                className="text-success"
               />
             )}
             {/* v1.4.27 R5 — offline GeoLite2 availability. Renders only
@@ -175,9 +173,7 @@ export function SystemStatusSection() {
                       })
                 }
                 className={
-                  version.offlineGeoEnabled
-                    ? "text-dracula-green"
-                    : "text-dracula-yellow"
+                  version.offlineGeoEnabled ? "text-success" : "text-warning"
                 }
               />
             )}
diff --git a/src/components/admin/system-status-summary.tsx b/src/components/admin/system-status-summary.tsx
index c21a0ed3e..85ab28048 100644
--- a/src/components/admin/system-status-summary.tsx
+++ b/src/components/admin/system-status-summary.tsx
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export function SystemStatusSummary() {
             }
             className={
               status.database === "connected"
-                ? "text-dracula-green"
+                ? "text-success"
                 : "text-destructive"
             }
           />
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export function SystemStatusSummary() {
                 : t("admin.workerStopped")
             }
             className={
-              status.worker.running ? "text-dracula-green" : "text-destructive"
+              status.worker.running ? "text-success" : "text-destructive"
             }
           />
           <StatusItem
@@ -112,9 +112,7 @@ export function SystemStatusSummary() {
                     })
               }
               className={
-                version.offlineGeoEnabled
-                  ? "text-dracula-green"
-                  : "text-dracula-yellow"
+                version.offlineGeoEnabled ? "text-success" : "text-warning"
               }
             />
           )}
diff --git a/src/components/admin/user-management-section.tsx b/src/components/admin/user-management-section.tsx
index f9412c43b..6fcea4781 100644
--- a/src/components/admin/user-management-section.tsx
+++ b/src/components/admin/user-management-section.tsx
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ export function UserManagementSection() {
       <Button
         variant="ghost"
         size="sm"
-        className={`min-h-11 min-w-11 px-3 text-xs ${u.mfaEnforced ? "text-dracula-green" : ""}`}
+        className={`min-h-11 min-w-11 px-3 text-xs ${u.mfaEnforced ? "text-success" : ""}`}
         onClick={() =>
           updateUser.mutate({
             id: u.id,
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ export function UserManagementSection() {
             </div>
             {resetMsg && (
               <p
-                className={`text-sm ${resetMsg === t("admin.passwordReset") ? "text-dracula-green" : "text-destructive"}`}
+                className={`text-sm ${resetMsg === t("admin.passwordReset") ? "text-success" : "text-destructive"}`}
               >
                 {resetMsg}
               </p>
diff --git a/src/components/admin/version-tile-section.tsx b/src/components/admin/version-tile-section.tsx
index 7389d6c0b..0f51d4f60 100644
--- a/src/components/admin/version-tile-section.tsx
+++ b/src/components/admin/version-tile-section.tsx
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ export function VersionTileSection() {
               }
               target="_blank"
               rel="noopener noreferrer"
-              className="bg-dracula-yellow/15 text-dracula-yellow border-dracula-yellow/30 inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-full border px-2.5 py-1 text-xs font-medium transition-opacity hover:opacity-80"
+              className="bg-warning/15 text-warning border-warning/30 inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-full border px-2.5 py-1 text-xs font-medium transition-opacity hover:opacity-80"
             >
               <ArrowUpCircle className="h-3.5 w-3.5" aria-hidden="true" />
               {t("admin.overview.versionTileUpdateAvailable", {
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ export function VersionTileSection() {
               })}
             </a>
           ) : upToDate ? (
-            <span className="text-dracula-green inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 text-xs font-medium">
+            <span className="text-success inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 text-xs font-medium">
               <CheckCircle2 className="h-3.5 w-3.5" aria-hidden="true" />
               {t("admin.overview.versionTileUpToDate")}
             </span>
diff --git a/src/components/charts/medication-compliance-chart.tsx b/src/components/charts/medication-compliance-chart.tsx
index 949cf9b25..b3e5707e4 100644
--- a/src/components/charts/medication-compliance-chart.tsx
+++ b/src/components/charts/medication-compliance-chart.tsx
@@ -315,9 +315,7 @@ export function MedicationComplianceChart({
   // mood tiles.
   const trendColor = ((): string => {
     if (!trend || trend.direction === "stable") return "text-muted-foreground";
-    return trend.direction === "up"
-      ? "text-dracula-green"
-      : "text-dracula-orange";
+    return trend.direction === "up" ? "text-success" : "text-warning";
   })();
 
   const TrendIcon = !trend
diff --git a/src/components/custom-metrics/custom-metric-detail.tsx b/src/components/custom-metrics/custom-metric-detail.tsx
index 829d89886..9caf25593 100644
--- a/src/components/custom-metrics/custom-metric-detail.tsx
+++ b/src/components/custom-metrics/custom-metric-detail.tsx
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ export function CustomMetricDetail({
           <h1 className="text-2xl font-bold tracking-tight">
             {metric?.name ?? t("customMetrics.detail.title")}
           </h1>
-          <p className="text-muted-foreground text-sm leading-relaxed">
+          <p className="text-foreground text-sm leading-relaxed">
             {description}
           </p>
         </header>
@@ -262,9 +262,7 @@ export function CustomMetricDetail({
         </div>
       </div>
 
-      <p className="text-muted-foreground text-sm leading-relaxed">
-        {description}
-      </p>
+      <p className="text-foreground text-sm leading-relaxed">{description}</p>
 
       {isLoading ? (
         <Card>
diff --git a/src/components/dashboard/hero/__tests__/dashboard-hero.test.tsx b/src/components/dashboard/hero/__tests__/dashboard-hero.test.tsx
index e093e3a8f..81cc88758 100644
--- a/src/components/dashboard/hero/__tests__/dashboard-hero.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/dashboard/hero/__tests__/dashboard-hero.test.tsx
@@ -395,12 +395,20 @@ describe("<DashboardHero> — ring row (v1.27.7)", () => {
     expect(rings).toHaveLength(3);
     // Labels (de locale): the derived ring reuses its wellness-strip
     // title; the dose ring names today's tally and shows it as
-    // taken/scheduled over the constant green arc — never the band
-    // gradient (a pending morning dose is not an alert state).
+    // taken/scheduled over the constant med-family arc (`--primary`,
+    // the hue the medication surfaces in Insights paint) — never the
+    // band gradient (a pending morning dose is not an alert state) and
+    // never the ring system's green (reserved for band semantics).
     expect(html).toContain("Bereitschaft");
     expect(html).toContain("Dosen heute");
     expect(html).toContain(">1/3<");
-    expect(html).toContain("var(--ring-green-from)");
+    // Window the assertion to the dose ring's own SVG (its gradient defs
+    // close with the svg) so the trailing health-score ring's band-green
+    // gradient can't mask a regression.
+    const medIdx = html.indexOf('data-ring="MED_COMPLIANCE"');
+    const doseRing = html.slice(medIdx, html.indexOf("</svg>", medIdx));
+    expect(doseRing).toContain("var(--primary)");
+    expect(doseRing).not.toContain("var(--ring-green-from)");
     expect(html).not.toContain("var(--ring-yellow-from)");
   });
 
diff --git a/src/components/dashboard/hero/dashboard-hero.tsx b/src/components/dashboard/hero/dashboard-hero.tsx
index 08133cb84..7845ef737 100644
--- a/src/components/dashboard/hero/dashboard-hero.tsx
+++ b/src/components/dashboard/hero/dashboard-hero.tsx
@@ -101,16 +101,18 @@ const CTA_LABEL_KEY: Partial<Record<DashboardVerdictVariant, string>> = {
 /**
  * Per-ring hue for the selected score rings — the wellness-strip
  * vocabulary, so every hero ring paints EXACTLY the hue its insights
- * sibling paints. MED_COMPLIANCE carries no per-metric hue entry: the
- * dose ring pins the ring system's green arc (`band="green"`, constant)
- * — the same green family the medication compliance surfaces in
- * Insights paint for a taken dose — instead of a band gradient that
- * would flash yellow/red over pending morning doses.
+ * sibling paints. MED_COMPLIANCE rides the `meds` hue: the medication
+ * family in Insights paints `--primary` on every surface (compliance
+ * bars, compliance trend line, drug-level / dose-strength curves), so
+ * the dose ring holds that one constant tone — never a band gradient
+ * that would flash yellow/red over pending morning doses, and not the
+ * green arc the ring system reserves for band semantics.
  */
 const RING_HUE_BY_ID: Partial<Record<ScoreRingId, RingHue>> = {
   READINESS: "readiness",
   RECOVERY_SCORE: "recovery",
   SLEEP_SCORE: "sleep",
+  MED_COMPLIANCE: "meds",
 };
 
 /** Per-ring label key — reuses the existing score labels; the dose ring
@@ -328,13 +330,19 @@ export function DashboardHero({
                 className="flex shrink-0 items-center"
               >
                 {/* Dose ring — today's tally ("1/3") over the constant
-                    green arc; the arc still sweeps on the 0..100
-                    progress `score`. Falls through to the score render
-                    when a cached pre-doses snapshot carries no tally. */}
+                    med-family arc (`hue="meds"` = --primary, the tone
+                    every medication surface in Insights paints); the arc
+                    still sweeps on the 0..100 progress `score`.
+                    `band="green"` stays as the stable data-band anchor —
+                    a pending morning dose is not an alert state — while
+                    the hue owns the paint. Falls through to the score
+                    render when a cached pre-doses snapshot carries no
+                    tally. */}
                 {ring.id === "MED_COMPLIANCE" && ring.doses ? (
                   <ScoreRing
                     score={ring.score}
                     band="green"
+                    hue="meds"
                     valueText={`${ring.doses.taken}/${ring.doses.scheduled}`}
                     ariaLabel={t("dashboard.hero.ringDosesAria", {
                       taken: ring.doses.taken,
diff --git a/src/components/dashboard/recent-workouts-tile.tsx b/src/components/dashboard/recent-workouts-tile.tsx
index ad111d972..a4557b5c0 100644
--- a/src/components/dashboard/recent-workouts-tile.tsx
+++ b/src/components/dashboard/recent-workouts-tile.tsx
@@ -103,7 +103,9 @@ export function RecentWorkoutsTile() {
   return (
     <div
       data-slot="recent-workouts-tile"
-      className={cn("bg-card border-border space-y-3 rounded-xl border p-4")}
+      className={cn(
+        "bg-card border-border space-y-3 rounded-xl border p-4 md:p-6",
+      )}
     >
       <div className="flex items-center justify-between gap-3">
         <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
diff --git a/src/components/gamification/recent-achievements-card.tsx b/src/components/gamification/recent-achievements-card.tsx
index df45024f8..061af2df7 100644
--- a/src/components/gamification/recent-achievements-card.tsx
+++ b/src/components/gamification/recent-achievements-card.tsx
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ export function RecentAchievementsCard() {
   return (
     <div
       data-slot="recent-achievements-card"
-      className="bg-card border-border space-y-3 rounded-xl border p-4"
+      className="bg-card border-border space-y-3 rounded-xl border p-4 md:p-6"
     >
       <div className="flex items-center justify-between gap-3">
         <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
diff --git a/src/components/insights/__tests__/confidence-meter.test.tsx b/src/components/insights/__tests__/confidence-meter.test.tsx
index 1e85c018e..0ed33d0cd 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/__tests__/confidence-meter.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/__tests__/confidence-meter.test.tsx
@@ -62,22 +62,24 @@ describe("<ConfidenceMeter> bars variant (default)", () => {
     expect(lit).toBe(2);
   });
 
-  it("uses green band class at value>=80", () => {
+  it("uses the success tint at value>=80", () => {
     const html = render(<ConfidenceMeter value={85} />);
     expect(html).toContain('data-confidence-band="high"');
-    expect(html).toMatch(/dracula-green/);
+    expect(html).toMatch(/bg-success/);
   });
 
-  it("uses yellow band class at value 50..79", () => {
+  it("uses the caution tint at value 50..79", () => {
     const html = render(<ConfidenceMeter value={65} />);
     expect(html).toContain('data-confidence-band="medium"');
-    expect(html).toMatch(/dracula-yellow/);
+    expect(html).toMatch(/bg-warning/);
   });
 
-  it("uses orange band class at value 25..49", () => {
+  // Medium and low share the caution tint (coverage-meter precedent);
+  // the band attribute + lit-bar count carry the distinction.
+  it("uses the caution tint at value 25..49", () => {
     const html = render(<ConfidenceMeter value={35} />);
     expect(html).toContain('data-confidence-band="low"');
-    expect(html).toMatch(/dracula-orange/);
+    expect(html).toMatch(/bg-warning/);
   });
 
   it("renders the 'draft' pill INSTEAD of bars when value<25", () => {
diff --git a/src/components/insights/__tests__/recommendations-grid.test.tsx b/src/components/insights/__tests__/recommendations-grid.test.tsx
index 15dc74dcc..28c90c81c 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/__tests__/recommendations-grid.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/__tests__/recommendations-grid.test.tsx
@@ -148,13 +148,13 @@ describe("<RecommendationsGrid>", () => {
       rec("d", "info", "info-rec"),
     ];
     const html = render(<RecommendationsGrid recs={recs} />);
-    // Each card gets a Dracula-token border-l class. The exact class
+    // Each card gets a semantic-token border-l class. The exact class
     // varies by severity; we assert at least one of each is in the
     // output.
-    expect(html).toMatch(/border-l-dracula-red/);
-    expect(html).toMatch(/border-l-dracula-orange/);
-    expect(html).toMatch(/border-l-dracula-purple/);
-    expect(html).toMatch(/border-l-dracula-cyan/);
+    expect(html).toMatch(/border-l-destructive/);
+    expect(html).toMatch(/border-l-warning/);
+    expect(html).toMatch(/border-l-primary/);
+    expect(html).toMatch(/border-l-info/);
   });
 
   it("renders nothing when recs is empty", () => {
diff --git a/src/components/insights/__tests__/suggested-prompts.test.tsx b/src/components/insights/__tests__/suggested-prompts.test.tsx
index 6ada6debc..21cb02ab3 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/__tests__/suggested-prompts.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/__tests__/suggested-prompts.test.tsx
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ describe("<SuggestedPrompts>", () => {
     expect(matches.length).toBe(2);
   });
 
-  it("uses Dracula purple chip styling tokens", () => {
+  it("uses the primary-token chip styling", () => {
     const html = render(<SuggestedPrompts onPick={() => {}} />);
-    expect(html).toMatch(/border-dracula-purple\/18/);
+    expect(html).toMatch(/border-primary\/18/);
   });
 
   it("invokes onPick with the localised prompt string when a chip is clicked", () => {
diff --git a/src/components/insights/coach-panel/coach-conversation.tsx b/src/components/insights/coach-panel/coach-conversation.tsx
index 1457ed0fc..0d07d2e25 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/coach-panel/coach-conversation.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/coach-panel/coach-conversation.tsx
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ export function CoachConversation({
         ) : null}
         <div
           aria-hidden="true"
-          className="from-dracula-purple to-dracula-pink flex size-9 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-gradient-to-br shadow-sm"
+          className="from-primary to-brand-pink flex size-9 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-gradient-to-br shadow-sm"
         >
           <Sparkles className="text-background size-4" />
         </div>
diff --git a/src/components/insights/coach-panel/coach-hero.tsx b/src/components/insights/coach-panel/coach-hero.tsx
index cd67c0d54..eab7e482c 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/coach-panel/coach-hero.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/coach-panel/coach-hero.tsx
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export function CoachHero({ composer, scopeHint }: CoachHeroProps) {
         aria-hidden="true"
         className={cn(
           "pointer-events-none absolute inset-0 -z-10",
-          "bg-[radial-gradient(60%_50%_at_50%_38%,color-mix(in_srgb,var(--dracula-purple)_14%,transparent),transparent_70%)]",
+          "bg-[radial-gradient(60%_50%_at_50%_38%,color-mix(in_srgb,var(--primary)_14%,transparent),transparent_70%)]",
         )}
       />
 
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export function CoachHero({ composer, scopeHint }: CoachHeroProps) {
         <div
           aria-hidden="true"
           className={cn(
-            "from-dracula-purple to-dracula-pink flex size-12 items-center justify-center rounded-2xl bg-gradient-to-br shadow-sm",
+            "from-primary to-brand-pink flex size-12 items-center justify-center rounded-2xl bg-gradient-to-br shadow-sm",
             "motion-safe:animate-in motion-safe:fade-in-0 motion-safe:zoom-in-95 motion-safe:duration-500",
           )}
         >
diff --git a/src/components/insights/coach-panel/coach-input.tsx b/src/components/insights/coach-panel/coach-input.tsx
index cd3954b6f..2755572aa 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/coach-panel/coach-input.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/coach-panel/coach-input.tsx
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ export function CoachInput({
       className={cn(
         "size-11 shrink-0 rounded-xl transition-colors sm:size-9",
         listening
-          ? "text-dracula-pink bg-dracula-pink/10 hover:text-dracula-pink"
+          ? "text-brand-pink bg-brand-pink/10 hover:text-brand-pink"
           : "text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground",
       )}
     >
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ export function CoachInput({
         className={cn(
           "border-border/60 bg-muted/40 group rounded-2xl border",
           "shadow-sm transition-colors",
-          "focus-within:border-dracula-purple/50 focus-within:ring-dracula-purple/15 focus-within:bg-background focus-within:ring-2",
+          "focus-within:border-primary/50 focus-within:ring-primary/15 focus-within:bg-background focus-within:ring-2",
           // Both surfaces share ONE baseline row: the drawer flanks the
           // textarea with mic (left) + send (right); the page leads with a
           // `+` actions menu, then the textarea, then mic + send. `items-end`
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ export function CoachInput({
             // v1.18.7 — calm, thin scrollbar inside the composer when
             // dictation overruns 6 lines (see also the thread/history
             // scroll regions). Scoped here, not in globals.css.
-            "[scrollbar-width:thin] [scrollbar-color:color-mix(in_srgb,var(--dracula-purple)_35%,transparent)_transparent]",
+            "[scrollbar-width:thin] [scrollbar-color:color-mix(in_srgb,var(--primary)_35%,transparent)_transparent]",
             "placeholder:text-muted-foreground disabled:opacity-60",
             // Keep the placeholder a single line on narrow phones: a long
             // hint used to wrap to two lines inside the one-row composer and
diff --git a/src/components/insights/coach-panel/guided-dialog-bubbles.tsx b/src/components/insights/coach-panel/guided-dialog-bubbles.tsx
index 7790cc5f3..12f998855 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/coach-panel/guided-dialog-bubbles.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/coach-panel/guided-dialog-bubbles.tsx
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import { TypingDots } from "./message-thread";
 /** Shared quiet text-button styling for the per-question actions. */
 const guidedActionClass = cn(
   "text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground inline-flex min-h-8 items-center rounded-full px-2.5 text-xs",
-  "hover:bg-dracula-purple/10 focus-visible:ring-dracula-purple/40 focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:outline-none",
+  "hover:bg-primary/10 focus-visible:ring-primary/40 focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:outline-none",
   "disabled:opacity-60",
 );
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ function GuidedAvatar({ icon: Icon }: { icon: typeof ClipboardCheck }) {
   return (
     <div
       aria-hidden="true"
-      className="from-dracula-purple to-dracula-pink mt-0.5 flex size-8 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-gradient-to-br"
+      className="from-primary to-brand-pink mt-0.5 flex size-8 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-gradient-to-br"
     >
       <Icon className="text-background size-3.5" />
     </div>
@@ -66,9 +66,8 @@ function ProgressDots({ current, total }: { current: number; total: number }) {
           key={i}
           className={cn(
             "size-1.5 rounded-full",
-            i + 1 < current && "bg-dracula-purple",
-            i + 1 === current &&
-              "ring-dracula-purple bg-dracula-purple/40 ring-1",
+            i + 1 < current && "bg-primary",
+            i + 1 === current && "ring-primary bg-primary/40 ring-1",
             i + 1 > current && "bg-muted-foreground/25",
           )}
         />
@@ -125,7 +124,7 @@ export function GuidedQuestionBubble({
       <div className="flex max-w-[calc(80%-2.625rem)] min-w-0 flex-col gap-1.5">
         <div
           className={cn(
-            "border-dracula-purple/30 bg-dracula-purple/10 text-foreground",
+            "border-primary/30 bg-primary/10 text-foreground",
             "rounded-xl rounded-tl-sm border px-3.5 py-2.5",
             "text-sm leading-relaxed",
           )}
@@ -134,7 +133,7 @@ export function GuidedQuestionBubble({
             <>
               <p
                 data-slot="coach-guided-progress"
-                className="text-dracula-purple mb-1 flex items-center gap-2 text-[10px] font-semibold tracking-wider uppercase"
+                className="text-primary mb-1 flex items-center gap-2 text-[10px] font-semibold tracking-wider uppercase"
               >
                 {t("insights.coach.guided.progress", {
                   current: progress.current,
@@ -208,7 +207,7 @@ export function GuidedSummaryBubble({
       <GuidedAvatar icon={ClipboardCheck} />
       <div
         className={cn(
-          "border-dracula-purple/30 bg-dracula-purple/10 text-foreground",
+          "border-primary/30 bg-primary/10 text-foreground",
           "max-w-[calc(80%-2.625rem)] min-w-0 rounded-xl rounded-tl-sm border px-3.5 py-2.5",
         )}
       >
@@ -226,8 +225,8 @@ export function GuidedSummaryBubble({
           href="/settings/ai"
           data-slot="coach-guided-summary-link"
           className={cn(
-            "text-dracula-purple mt-2 inline-flex min-h-8 items-center gap-1 text-xs font-medium",
-            "focus-visible:ring-dracula-purple/40 rounded hover:underline focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:outline-none",
+            "text-primary mt-2 inline-flex min-h-8 items-center gap-1 text-xs font-medium",
+            "focus-visible:ring-primary/40 rounded hover:underline focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:outline-none",
           )}
         >
           {t("insights.coach.guided.summaryLink")}
diff --git a/src/components/insights/coach-panel/guided-questions-card.tsx b/src/components/insights/coach-panel/guided-questions-card.tsx
index 3587cadfb..413237b09 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/coach-panel/guided-questions-card.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/coach-panel/guided-questions-card.tsx
@@ -44,14 +44,14 @@ export function GuidedQuestionsCard({
     <div
       data-slot="coach-guided-offer"
       className={cn(
-        "border-dracula-purple/30 from-dracula-purple/10 to-dracula-pink/5",
+        "border-primary/30 from-primary/10 to-brand-pink/5",
         "mb-2 rounded-lg border bg-gradient-to-r px-3 py-2.5",
       )}
     >
       <div className="flex items-start gap-2.5">
         <div
           aria-hidden="true"
-          className="from-dracula-purple to-dracula-pink mt-0.5 flex size-7 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-gradient-to-br"
+          className="from-primary to-brand-pink mt-0.5 flex size-7 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-gradient-to-br"
         >
           <MessageCircleQuestion className="text-background size-3.5" />
         </div>
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ export function GuidedQuestionsCard({
               disabled={disabled}
               onClick={onStart}
               className={cn(
-                "bg-dracula-purple/15 text-dracula-purple inline-flex min-h-8 items-center rounded-full px-3 text-xs font-medium",
-                "hover:bg-dracula-purple/25 focus-visible:ring-dracula-purple/40 focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:outline-none",
+                "bg-primary/15 text-primary inline-flex min-h-8 items-center rounded-full px-3 text-xs font-medium",
+                "hover:bg-primary/25 focus-visible:ring-primary/40 focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:outline-none",
                 "disabled:opacity-60",
               )}
             >
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ export function GuidedQuestionsCard({
               onClick={onLater}
               className={cn(
                 "text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground inline-flex min-h-8 items-center rounded-full px-2.5 text-xs",
-                "hover:bg-dracula-purple/10 focus-visible:ring-dracula-purple/40 focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:outline-none",
+                "hover:bg-primary/10 focus-visible:ring-primary/40 focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:outline-none",
                 "disabled:opacity-60",
               )}
             >
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ export function GuidedQuestionsCard({
               onClick={onDismissAll}
               className={cn(
                 "text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground inline-flex min-h-8 items-center rounded-full px-2.5 text-xs",
-                "hover:bg-dracula-purple/10 focus-visible:ring-dracula-purple/40 focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:outline-none",
+                "hover:bg-primary/10 focus-visible:ring-primary/40 focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:outline-none",
                 "disabled:opacity-60",
               )}
             >
diff --git a/src/components/insights/coach-panel/history-rail.tsx b/src/components/insights/coach-panel/history-rail.tsx
index f450ca08f..d970706f6 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/coach-panel/history-rail.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/coach-panel/history-rail.tsx
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ export function HistoryRail({
                   "group flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-lg px-2.5 py-2",
                   "text-sm transition-colors",
                   isActive
-                    ? "bg-dracula-purple/15 text-foreground"
+                    ? "bg-primary/15 text-foreground"
                     : "text-muted-foreground hover:bg-muted/40 hover:text-foreground",
                 )}
               >
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ export function HistoryRail({
                   data-confirming={isConfirming ? "true" : undefined}
                   className={cn(
                     "size-11 shrink-0",
-                    isConfirming && "text-dracula-red hover:text-dracula-red",
+                    isConfirming && "text-destructive hover:text-destructive",
                   )}
                 >
                   <Trash2 className="size-4" aria-hidden="true" />
diff --git a/src/components/insights/coach-panel/message-thread.tsx b/src/components/insights/coach-panel/message-thread.tsx
index 45e617c13..a911d8537 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/coach-panel/message-thread.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/coach-panel/message-thread.tsx
@@ -181,14 +181,14 @@ export function placeInterleaved(
  * is mixed down so the bar reads as a hairline accent, not a hard edge.
  */
 export const COACH_SCROLLBAR = cn(
-  "[scrollbar-color:color-mix(in_srgb,var(--dracula-purple)_30%,transparent)_transparent] [scrollbar-width:thin]",
+  "[scrollbar-color:color-mix(in_srgb,var(--primary)_30%,transparent)_transparent] [scrollbar-width:thin]",
   "[&::-webkit-scrollbar]:w-2 [&::-webkit-scrollbar]:h-2",
   "[&::-webkit-scrollbar-track]:bg-transparent",
   "[&::-webkit-scrollbar-button]:hidden [&::-webkit-scrollbar-button]:size-0",
   "[&::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb]:rounded-full",
   "[&::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb]:border-[3px] [&::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb]:border-transparent [&::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb]:bg-clip-content",
-  "[&::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb]:bg-[color-mix(in_srgb,var(--dracula-purple)_30%,transparent)]",
-  "hover:[&::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb]:bg-[color-mix(in_srgb,var(--dracula-purple)_45%,transparent)]",
+  "[&::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb]:bg-[color-mix(in_srgb,var(--primary)_30%,transparent)]",
+  "hover:[&::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb]:bg-[color-mix(in_srgb,var(--primary)_45%,transparent)]",
 );
 
 function isPinnedToBottom(el: HTMLElement, slack = 64): boolean {
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ function CopyMessageButton({
       className={COACH_ICON_BUTTON}
     >
       {copied ? (
-        <Check className="text-dracula-green size-3.5" aria-hidden="true" />
+        <Check className="text-success size-3.5" aria-hidden="true" />
       ) : (
         <Copy className="size-3.5" aria-hidden="true" />
       )}
@@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ export function MessageThread({
       >
         <div
           aria-hidden="true"
-          className="from-dracula-purple to-dracula-pink flex size-12 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-gradient-to-br"
+          className="from-primary to-brand-pink flex size-12 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-gradient-to-br"
         >
           <Sparkles className="text-background size-5" />
         </div>
@@ -1257,7 +1257,7 @@ function ChatBubble({
     >
       <div
         aria-hidden="true"
-        className="from-dracula-purple to-dracula-pink mt-0.5 flex size-8 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-gradient-to-br"
+        className="from-primary to-brand-pink mt-0.5 flex size-8 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-gradient-to-br"
       >
         {providerType === "refusal" ? (
           <Bot className="text-background size-3.5" />
@@ -1545,7 +1545,7 @@ function RememberUserMessage({ content }: { content: string }) {
         data-slot="coach-remember-message-done"
         className="text-muted-foreground flex items-center gap-1 text-xs outline-none"
       >
-        <Check className="text-dracula-green size-3" aria-hidden="true" />
+        <Check className="text-success size-3" aria-hidden="true" />
         {t(
           settled === "adopted"
             ? "insights.coach.rememberMessage.done"
@@ -1616,7 +1616,7 @@ export function TypingDots({ label }: { label: string }) {
         {[0, 1, 2].map((i) => (
           <span
             key={i}
-            className="bg-dracula-purple/70 size-1.5 animate-bounce rounded-full motion-reduce:animate-none"
+            className="bg-primary/70 size-1.5 animate-bounce rounded-full motion-reduce:animate-none"
             style={{ animationDelay: `${i * 150}ms`, animationDuration: "1s" }}
           />
         ))}
diff --git a/src/components/insights/coach-panel/reminder-suggestion-card.tsx b/src/components/insights/coach-panel/reminder-suggestion-card.tsx
index 517eff767..e182e4941 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/coach-panel/reminder-suggestion-card.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/coach-panel/reminder-suggestion-card.tsx
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export function ReminderSuggestionCard({
         data-slot="coach-reminder-suggestion-done"
         className="text-muted-foreground flex items-center gap-1.5 text-xs"
       >
-        <Check className="text-dracula-green size-3.5" aria-hidden="true" />
+        <Check className="text-success size-3.5" aria-hidden="true" />
         {t(
           settled === "accepted"
             ? "coach.reminderSuggestion.accepted"
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ export function ReminderSuggestionCard({
       <div className="flex items-start gap-2">
         <div
           aria-hidden="true"
-          className="from-dracula-purple to-dracula-pink mt-0.5 flex size-6 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-gradient-to-br"
+          className="from-primary to-brand-pink mt-0.5 flex size-6 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-gradient-to-br"
         >
           <BellPlus className="text-background size-3.5" />
         </div>
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ export function ReminderSuggestionCard({
           onClick={() => act.mutate("accept")}
           disabled={busy}
           className={cn(
-            "bg-dracula-purple/90 text-background hover:bg-dracula-purple",
+            "bg-primary/90 text-background hover:bg-primary",
             "focus-visible:ring-ring/50 inline-flex min-h-9 items-center gap-1.5",
             "rounded-md px-3 py-1.5 text-xs font-medium outline-none",
             "focus-visible:ring-2 disabled:opacity-50",
diff --git a/src/components/insights/coach-panel/scope-hint-badge.tsx b/src/components/insights/coach-panel/scope-hint-badge.tsx
index 8fbc980ec..d4d9b98c3 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/coach-panel/scope-hint-badge.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/coach-panel/scope-hint-badge.tsx
@@ -83,10 +83,7 @@ export function ScopeHintBadge({
           "text-xs font-medium",
         )}
       >
-        <Icon
-          className="text-dracula-purple size-3.5 shrink-0"
-          aria-hidden="true"
-        />
+        <Icon className="text-primary size-3.5 shrink-0" aria-hidden="true" />
         <span className="truncate">{prefix}</span>
       </span>
 
diff --git a/src/components/insights/coach-panel/self-context-adopt-offer.tsx b/src/components/insights/coach-panel/self-context-adopt-offer.tsx
index b5f6632a8..753f5ea64 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/coach-panel/self-context-adopt-offer.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/coach-panel/self-context-adopt-offer.tsx
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ export function SelfContextAdoptOffer({
     <div
       data-slot="coach-self-context-adopt"
       className={cn(
-        "border-dracula-purple/30 bg-dracula-purple/10 mb-2 flex items-center gap-2 rounded-lg border px-3 py-2",
+        "border-primary/30 bg-primary/10 mb-2 flex items-center gap-2 rounded-lg border px-3 py-2",
       )}
     >
       {settled ? (
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ export function SelfContextAdoptOffer({
           className="text-muted-foreground flex items-center gap-1.5 text-xs"
         >
           <Check
-            className="text-dracula-green size-3.5 shrink-0"
+            className="text-success size-3.5 shrink-0"
             aria-hidden="true"
           />
           {t(
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ export function SelfContextAdoptOffer({
       ) : (
         <>
           <BookmarkPlus
-            className="text-dracula-purple size-3.5 shrink-0"
+            className="text-primary size-3.5 shrink-0"
             aria-hidden="true"
           />
           <p className="text-muted-foreground min-w-0 flex-1 text-xs">
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ export function SelfContextAdoptOffer({
             disabled={adopt.isPending}
             onClick={() => adopt.mutate()}
             className={cn(
-              "text-dracula-purple inline-flex min-h-8 shrink-0 items-center gap-1 rounded-full px-2.5 text-xs font-medium",
-              "hover:bg-dracula-purple/15 focus-visible:ring-dracula-purple/40 focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:outline-none",
+              "text-primary inline-flex min-h-8 shrink-0 items-center gap-1 rounded-full px-2.5 text-xs font-medium",
+              "hover:bg-primary/15 focus-visible:ring-primary/40 focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:outline-none",
               "disabled:opacity-60",
             )}
           >
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ export function SelfContextAdoptOffer({
             }}
             className={cn(
               "text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground flex min-h-8 items-center rounded-full px-1.5",
-              "hover:bg-dracula-purple/15 focus-visible:ring-dracula-purple/40 focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:outline-none",
+              "hover:bg-primary/15 focus-visible:ring-primary/40 focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:outline-none",
             )}
           >
             <X className="size-3" aria-hidden="true" />
diff --git a/src/components/insights/coach-panel/source-chips.tsx b/src/components/insights/coach-panel/source-chips.tsx
index 7bb73d1a4..3b6352a7c 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/coach-panel/source-chips.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/coach-panel/source-chips.tsx
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ export function SourceChips({ provenance, className }: SourceChipsProps) {
           data-slot="coach-source-chip"
           data-metric={chip.metric}
           className={cn(
-            "border-dracula-cyan/25 text-dracula-cyan/90",
+            "border-info/25 text-info/90",
             "inline-flex items-center gap-1 rounded-full border bg-transparent",
             "px-2 py-0.5 text-[11px] leading-none",
           )}
diff --git a/src/components/insights/coach-panel/sources-rail.tsx b/src/components/insights/coach-panel/sources-rail.tsx
index 9e878d85e..e674b8e5d 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/coach-panel/sources-rail.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/coach-panel/sources-rail.tsx
@@ -139,10 +139,10 @@ export function SourcesRail({ className, activeScopeLabel }: SourcesRailProps) {
       {activeScopeLabel ? (
         <div
           data-slot="coach-sources-active-scope"
-          className="border-dracula-purple/30 bg-dracula-purple/5 text-foreground flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-lg border px-3 py-2 text-xs font-medium"
+          className="border-primary/30 bg-primary/5 text-foreground flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-lg border px-3 py-2 text-xs font-medium"
         >
           <Target
-            className="text-dracula-purple size-3.5 shrink-0"
+            className="text-primary size-3.5 shrink-0"
             aria-hidden="true"
           />
           <span className="min-w-0 truncate">
diff --git a/src/components/insights/coach-panel/suggested-action-card.tsx b/src/components/insights/coach-panel/suggested-action-card.tsx
index 8540da323..bba60b15f 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/coach-panel/suggested-action-card.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/coach-panel/suggested-action-card.tsx
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export function SuggestedActionCard({
         data-slot="coach-suggested-action-done"
         className="text-muted-foreground flex items-center gap-1.5 text-xs"
       >
-        <Check className="text-dracula-green size-3.5" aria-hidden="true" />
+        <Check className="text-success size-3.5" aria-hidden="true" />
         {t(
           settled === "applied"
             ? "coach.suggestedAction.applied"
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export function SuggestedActionCard({
       <div className="flex items-start gap-2">
         <div
           aria-hidden="true"
-          className="from-dracula-purple to-dracula-cyan mt-0.5 flex size-6 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-gradient-to-br"
+          className="from-primary to-info mt-0.5 flex size-6 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-gradient-to-br"
         >
           <Sparkles className="text-background size-3.5" />
         </div>
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ export function SuggestedActionCard({
           onClick={() => apply.mutate()}
           disabled={busy}
           className={cn(
-            "bg-dracula-purple/90 text-background hover:bg-dracula-purple",
+            "bg-primary/90 text-background hover:bg-primary",
             "focus-visible:ring-ring/50 inline-flex min-h-11 items-center gap-1.5 sm:min-h-9",
             "rounded-md px-3 py-1.5 text-xs font-medium outline-none",
             "focus-visible:ring-2 disabled:opacity-50",
diff --git a/src/components/insights/confidence-badge.ts b/src/components/insights/confidence-badge.ts
index e1693048e..c0cc7e819 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/confidence-badge.ts
+++ b/src/components/insights/confidence-badge.ts
@@ -12,5 +12,9 @@ export type ConfidenceBand = "low" | "moderate" | "high";
 export const CONFIDENCE_BADGE_CLASS: Record<ConfidenceBand, string> = {
   high: "border-success/40 bg-success/10 text-success",
   moderate: "border-warning/40 bg-warning/10 text-warning",
-  low: "border-dracula-comment/40 bg-dracula-comment/10 text-muted-foreground",
+  // Neutral (non-status) tier. The former `*-dracula-comment/*` classes
+  // had no generated utility (`--color-dracula-comment` was never in the
+  // @theme block) and silently painted nothing; border/muted is the real
+  // neutral vocabulary.
+  low: "border-border bg-muted/50 text-muted-foreground",
 };
diff --git a/src/components/insights/confidence-meter.tsx b/src/components/insights/confidence-meter.tsx
index ec1d5e43f..c254a7fe0 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/confidence-meter.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/confidence-meter.tsx
@@ -47,22 +47,26 @@ function litBarsFor(value: number): number {
   return lit;
 }
 
+// Semantic severities only (the coverage-meter precedent): medium and
+// low both ride the caution `--warning` — the lit-bar count and the
+// numeric aria-label carry the medium↔low distinction, never colour
+// alone.
 const BAR_LIT_COLOUR_BY_BAND: Record<
   Exclude<ConfidenceBand, "draft">,
   string
 > = {
-  high: "bg-dracula-green",
-  medium: "bg-dracula-yellow",
-  low: "bg-dracula-orange",
+  high: "bg-success",
+  medium: "bg-warning",
+  low: "bg-warning",
 };
 
 const RING_STROKE_COLOUR_BY_BAND: Record<
   Exclude<ConfidenceBand, "draft">,
   string
 > = {
-  high: "stroke-dracula-green",
-  medium: "stroke-dracula-yellow",
-  low: "stroke-dracula-orange",
+  high: "stroke-success",
+  medium: "stroke-warning",
+  low: "stroke-warning",
 };
 
 function DraftPill({ ariaLabel }: { ariaLabel: string }) {
@@ -72,7 +76,7 @@ function DraftPill({ ariaLabel }: { ariaLabel: string }) {
       data-confidence-band="draft"
       role="img"
       aria-label={ariaLabel}
-      className="bg-dracula-red/10 text-dracula-red border-dracula-red/25 inline-flex items-center rounded-full border px-2 py-0.5 text-[10px] font-medium tracking-wide uppercase"
+      className="bg-destructive/10 text-destructive border-destructive/25 inline-flex items-center rounded-full border px-2 py-0.5 text-[10px] font-medium tracking-wide uppercase"
     >
       {t("insights.recommendation.confidenceDraft")}
     </span>
diff --git a/src/components/insights/correlation-card.tsx b/src/components/insights/correlation-card.tsx
index 8229a2e47..12dd518ec 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/correlation-card.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/correlation-card.tsx
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ interface CorrelationCardProps {
 }
 
 const TONE_BAR_CLASSNAME: Record<CorrelationResult["kind"], string> = {
-  "bp-compliance": "bg-dracula-pink",
-  "mood-pulse": "bg-dracula-cyan",
-  "weight-weekday": "bg-dracula-purple",
+  "bp-compliance": "bg-brand-pink",
+  "mood-pulse": "bg-info",
+  "weight-weekday": "bg-primary",
 };
 
 const TITLE_KEY: Record<CorrelationResult["kind"], string> = {
@@ -208,12 +208,13 @@ export function CorrelationCard({ result }: CorrelationCardProps) {
 }
 
 function tonesByKind(kind: CorrelationResult["kind"]): string {
+  // Keep in step with TONE_BAR_CLASSNAME above — same token per kind.
   switch (kind) {
     case "bp-compliance":
-      return "var(--dracula-pink)";
+      return "var(--brand-pink)";
     case "mood-pulse":
-      return "var(--dracula-cyan)";
+      return "var(--info)";
     case "weight-weekday":
-      return "var(--dracula-purple)";
+      return "var(--primary)";
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/insights/derived/coach-read-strip.tsx b/src/components/insights/derived/coach-read-strip.tsx
index 6e5eb68aa..8971fd4ea 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/derived/coach-read-strip.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/derived/coach-read-strip.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { useMounted } from "@/hooks/use-mounted";
 import { useTranslations } from "@/lib/i18n/context";
 import { queryKeys } from "@/lib/query-keys";
 import { apiGet } from "@/lib/api/api-fetch";
+import { Card, CardContent, CardHeader } from "@/components/ui/card";
 import { TileHeader } from "@/components/insights/tile-header";
 import type { CoachReadStripData } from "@/lib/insights/derived/coach-read-shape";
 
@@ -109,28 +110,35 @@ export function CoachReadStrip({
   // fires defensively.)
   if (!baselineLine && !driverLine) return null;
 
-  // Standard card anatomy — the same TileHeader-led shape as every other
-  // insights card (foreground icon + title), instead of the former inline
-  // mini-icon strip that read as chrome outside the card system. Body prose
-  // in the regular foreground; muted stays reserved for meta lines.
+  // Standard card anatomy — the real Card + TileHeader + CardContent
+  // primitives at the compact density (the metric-stat-strip reference),
+  // so background, radius, icon spacing and the left text edge match
+  // every other insights tile. The former hand-rolled shell
+  // (`bg-card/60 … px-4 py-3.5`) painted a translucent background and a
+  // text edge ~8 px left of the card norm on md+. Body prose in the
+  // regular foreground; muted stays reserved for meta lines.
   return (
-    <div
-      data-slot="coach-read-strip"
-      className="bg-card/60 border-border/60 space-y-2 rounded-xl border px-4 py-3.5"
-    >
-      <TileHeader icon={Sparkles} title={t("insights.coach.readStrip.label")} />
-      <div className="text-foreground min-w-0 space-y-1 text-sm leading-relaxed">
-        {baselineLine ? (
-          <p data-slot="coach-read-baseline" className="text-pretty">
-            {baselineLine}
-          </p>
-        ) : null}
-        {driverLine ? (
-          <p data-slot="coach-read-driver" className="text-pretty">
-            {driverLine}
-          </p>
-        ) : null}
-      </div>
-    </div>
+    <Card data-slot="coach-read-strip" className="gap-2 py-3 md:py-4">
+      <CardHeader>
+        <TileHeader
+          icon={Sparkles}
+          title={t("insights.coach.readStrip.label")}
+        />
+      </CardHeader>
+      <CardContent>
+        <div className="min-w-0 space-y-1 text-sm leading-relaxed">
+          {baselineLine ? (
+            <p data-slot="coach-read-baseline" className="text-pretty">
+              {baselineLine}
+            </p>
+          ) : null}
+          {driverLine ? (
+            <p data-slot="coach-read-driver" className="text-pretty">
+              {driverLine}
+            </p>
+          ) : null}
+        </div>
+      </CardContent>
+    </Card>
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/components/insights/derived/ring-hues.ts b/src/components/insights/derived/ring-hues.ts
index 0bba33290..5f9e1817d 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/derived/ring-hues.ts
+++ b/src/components/insights/derived/ring-hues.ts
@@ -22,8 +22,17 @@
 
 import type { ScoreBand } from "./band-tokens";
 
-/** The per-metric hue keys the wellness strip passes to `<ScoreRing>`. */
-export type RingHue = "readiness" | "sleep" | "recovery" | "stress" | "strain";
+/** The per-metric hue keys the wellness strip passes to `<ScoreRing>`.
+ *  `meds` is the dashboard dose ring: the medication family in Insights
+ *  paints `--primary` everywhere (the compliance Progress bars, the
+ *  compliance trend line, the drug-level and dose-strength curves), so
+ *  the ring rides the same token — constant, never a band gradient.
+ *  Contrast (computed): dark #bd93f9 — 6.78:1 card / 5.90:1 bg; light
+ *  #644ac9 — 6.00:1 card / 5.60:1 bg — far above the 3:1 graphics
+ *  floor in both themes, and a future `--primary` retune carries the
+ *  ring along. */
+export type RingHue =
+  "readiness" | "sleep" | "recovery" | "stress" | "strain" | "meds";
 
 /**
  * Near-flat single-hue arc `[from, to]` per metric, plus a band fallback for
@@ -38,6 +47,9 @@ export const RING_GRADIENT: Record<RingHue | ScoreBand, [string, string]> = {
   sleep: ["var(--ring-sleep-from)", "var(--ring-sleep-to)"],
   stress: ["var(--ring-stress-from)", "var(--ring-stress-to)"],
   strain: ["var(--ring-strain-from)", "var(--ring-strain-to)"],
+  // Perfectly flat by design (both stops on the one token) — the med
+  // family's `--primary`, not a hand-tuned from/to pair.
+  meds: ["var(--primary)", "var(--primary)"],
   // Band fallback for the anatomy detail view (no per-metric hue passed):
   green: ["var(--ring-green-from)", "var(--ring-green-to)"],
   yellow: ["var(--ring-yellow-from)", "var(--ring-yellow-to)"],
@@ -54,4 +66,7 @@ export const TILE_HUE: Record<RingHue, string> = {
   recovery: "var(--tile-recovery)",
   stress: "var(--tile-stress)",
   strain: "var(--tile-strain)",
+  // No wellness tile carries the meds hue; the dose ring lives on the
+  // dashboard hero only. Primary keeps the record total.
+  meds: "var(--primary)",
 };
diff --git a/src/components/insights/device-score-tile.tsx b/src/components/insights/device-score-tile.tsx
index 40a10fd9c..178617bb1 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/device-score-tile.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/device-score-tile.tsx
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ export function DeviceScoreTile({
           </CardAction>
         ) : null}
       </CardHeader>
-      <CardContent className="space-y-3 pb-1">
+      <CardContent className="space-y-3">
         {isLearning ? (
           <LearningGate
             compact
diff --git a/src/components/insights/health-score-card.tsx b/src/components/insights/health-score-card.tsx
index 9eab66de4..1dc4a637b 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/health-score-card.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/health-score-card.tsx
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ export function HealthScoreCard({
       data-slot="health-score-card"
       data-band={band}
       className={cn(
-        "bg-card/65 rounded-xl border px-4 py-4 shadow-sm backdrop-blur-sm",
+        "bg-card/65 rounded-xl border p-4 shadow-sm backdrop-blur-sm md:p-6",
         BAND_BORDER_CLASS[band],
         // v1.4.27 MB7 / CF-34 — basis-based width so the score column
         // flexes inside the hero strip's `md:flex-row` split. Earlier
diff --git a/src/components/insights/hero-strip.tsx b/src/components/insights/hero-strip.tsx
index c145ed62c..d97dbf8b9 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/hero-strip.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/hero-strip.tsx
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ export function HeroStrip({
           <div className="flex flex-col gap-3">
             <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
               <Sparkles
-                className="text-dracula-purple h-5 w-5 shrink-0"
+                className="text-primary h-5 w-5 shrink-0"
                 aria-hidden="true"
               />
               <h1
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ export function HeroStrip({
             data-slot="health-score-card-skeleton"
             aria-hidden="true"
             className={cn(
-              "bg-card/65 border-border/60 rounded-xl border px-4 py-4 shadow-sm backdrop-blur-sm",
+              "bg-card/65 border-border/60 rounded-xl border p-4 shadow-sm backdrop-blur-sm md:p-6",
               "w-full md:shrink-0 md:grow-0 md:basis-[22rem] xl:basis-[26rem]",
               "flex h-full min-h-64 flex-col gap-3.5",
             )}
diff --git a/src/components/insights/insight-status-card.tsx b/src/components/insights/insight-status-card.tsx
index 08c86e806..9067a7b5d 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/insight-status-card.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/insight-status-card.tsx
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ export function InsightStatusCard({
         aria-busy="true"
         aria-live="polite"
         data-testid="insight-status-card-preparing"
-        className="gap-1.5 py-4 md:py-5"
+        className="gap-2 py-3 md:py-4"
       >
         <CardHeader>
           <TileHeader icon={nodeIcon(icon)} title={title} />
@@ -140,11 +140,10 @@ export function InsightStatusCard({
         aria-busy="true"
         aria-live="polite"
         data-testid="insight-status-card-loading"
-        // v1.13.1 — match the canonical `gap-1.5` + `pb-1` heading-to-body
-        // rhythm the populated / preparing / empty states use, so the
-        // heading and the first skeleton line sit on the same tight
-        // baseline across every assessment-card state.
-        className="gap-1.5 py-4 md:py-5"
+        // Compact card density — the same tier the populated / preparing /
+        // empty states use, so the heading and the first skeleton line sit
+        // on the same baseline across every assessment-card state.
+        className="gap-2 py-3 md:py-4"
       >
         <CardHeader>
           <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
@@ -165,7 +164,7 @@ export function InsightStatusCard({
 
   if (!hasProvider) {
     return (
-      <Card className="gap-1.5 py-4 opacity-80 md:py-5">
+      <Card className="gap-2 py-3 opacity-80 md:py-4">
         <CardHeader>
           <TileHeader icon={nodeIcon(icon)} title={title} />
         </CardHeader>
@@ -187,7 +186,7 @@ export function InsightStatusCard({
 
   if (!text) {
     return (
-      <Card className="gap-1.5 py-4 md:py-5">
+      <Card className="gap-2 py-3 md:py-4">
         <CardHeader>
           <TileHeader icon={nodeIcon(icon)} title={title} />
         </CardHeader>
@@ -211,25 +210,15 @@ export function InsightStatusCard({
       // v1.12.2 — stable hook for the spine guard test, which asserts the
       // assessment is the LAST content block on every bespoke metric page.
       data-slot="insight-assessment"
-      // v1.8.5 W4a — the `Card` primitive ships `gap-4 md:gap-6` as the flex
-      // gap between header and content, which floated the "Einschätzung"
-      // heading ~16-24 px above its prose. Override to `gap-2 md:gap-3` (the
-      // `CardHeader`'s own `pb-2` does not touch the flex gap) and trim the
-      // shell padding to `py-4 md:py-5` so the assessment block reads tight
-      // in the denser sub-page rhythm. The same override lands on every
-      // status variant below so the gap is consistent across states.
-      //
-      // v1.8.6 — drop the purple left accent (`border-l-dracula-purple
-      // border-l-2`). The coloured rule made the assessment card read as
-      // restless against the calmer surrounding cards; the plain card
-      // border carries enough separation on its own.
-      //
-      // v1.12.8 — tighten the header-to-prose gap. The card flex gap is
-      // `gap-1.5` (was `gap-2 md:gap-3`) and the `CardHeader` trims its
-      // bottom padding to `pb-1` (was `pb-2`), so the `<TileHeader>` sits
-      // close to the prose and matches the header-to-body rhythm of the
-      // sibling tiles. The loading skeleton keeps its own spacing.
-      className="animate-insight-in gap-1.5 py-4 md:py-5"
+      // Compact card density (`gap-2 py-3 md:py-4`) — the sanctioned tight
+      // tier, so the assessment shares one header→body rhythm with the
+      // target summary, the read strip, and the stat strip on the same
+      // spine. Earlier bespoke values (`gap-1.5` + `md:py-5`) predate the
+      // two-density contract and were normalised onto it. The same class
+      // lands on every status variant so the gap is consistent across
+      // states. (The one-time purple left accent stays dropped — the plain
+      // card border carries enough separation.)
+      className="animate-insight-in gap-2 py-3 md:py-4"
     >
       <CardHeader>
         {/* v1.11.5 — the top-right "cached" label was removed: it surfaced
diff --git a/src/components/insights/layout-coach-fab.tsx b/src/components/insights/layout-coach-fab.tsx
index 00c925615..0d652d85e 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/layout-coach-fab.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/layout-coach-fab.tsx
@@ -252,8 +252,8 @@ export function LayoutCoachFab() {
           // Dark glyph on the purple/pink gradient — white sat at
           // ≈2.3:1 against the gradient midpoint; the background token
           // reads ≈6.5:1.
-          "from-dracula-purple to-dracula-pink text-background bg-gradient-to-br",
-          "hover:from-dracula-purple/90 hover:to-dracula-pink/90",
+          "from-primary to-brand-pink text-background bg-gradient-to-br",
+          "hover:from-primary/90 hover:to-brand-pink/90",
           // The default ring alone is hard to see against the gradient;
           // the offset ring draws a clear halo around the circle.
           "focus-visible:ring-offset-background focus-visible:ring-offset-2",
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ export function LayoutCoachFab() {
           <span
             data-slot="coach-fab-unread"
             aria-hidden="true"
-            className="border-background bg-dracula-cyan absolute top-0.5 right-0.5 size-3 rounded-full border-2"
+            className="border-background bg-info absolute top-0.5 right-0.5 size-3 rounded-full border-2"
           />
         ) : null}
       </Button>
diff --git a/src/components/insights/measurement-diversity-nudge.tsx b/src/components/insights/measurement-diversity-nudge.tsx
index 46f5bada6..ad4d1e775 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/measurement-diversity-nudge.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/measurement-diversity-nudge.tsx
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ export function MeasurementDiversityNudge({
             type="button"
             data-slot="measurement-diversity-nudge"
             aria-label={triggerLabel}
-            className="text-dracula-yellow hover:text-dracula-yellow/80 focus-visible:ring-ring/50 -mx-2 -my-3 inline-flex min-h-11 min-w-11 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full transition-colors focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:outline-none"
+            className="text-warning hover:text-warning/80 focus-visible:ring-ring/50 -mx-2 -my-3 inline-flex min-h-11 min-w-11 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full transition-colors focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:outline-none"
           >
             <Lightbulb className="size-4" aria-hidden="true" />
           </button>
diff --git a/src/components/insights/metric-target-summary.tsx b/src/components/insights/metric-target-summary.tsx
index 2f5622e2b..41d4eec69 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/metric-target-summary.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/metric-target-summary.tsx
@@ -296,14 +296,14 @@ function TargetReferencePanel({
     target.consistency7d.length > 0;
 
   return (
-    // Card-wrapped so the header-to-body offset matches the `<CardHeader
-    // pb-2>` tiles on the same subpage spine rather than the old bare-div
-    // `space-y-3`. The body keeps its inter-row `space-y-3` inside
+    // Card-wrapped at the compact density so the header-to-body offset
+    // matches the assessment / read-strip / stat-strip tiles on the same
+    // subpage spine. The body keeps its inter-row `space-y-3` inside
     // `CardContent`; every data-slot is preserved.
     <Card
       data-slot="metric-target-summary"
       data-target-type={target.type}
-      className="gap-2 py-4 md:gap-3 md:py-5"
+      className="gap-2 py-3 md:py-4"
     >
       {/* Row 1: the canonical tile header — a single-word "Ziel" / "Target"
           heading (the range numbers live on the range bar below, so the
diff --git a/src/components/insights/mood/mood-insights-sections.tsx b/src/components/insights/mood/mood-insights-sections.tsx
index 025993f3f..5fe0d9385 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/mood/mood-insights-sections.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/mood/mood-insights-sections.tsx
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ export function MoodInsightsSections({
         // v1.13.1 — match the canonical `gap-1.5` + `pb-1` heading-to-body
         // rhythm the other assessment cards use, so the heading sits tight
         // above its body instead of floating ~16-24 px above it.
-        className="animate-insight-in gap-1.5 py-4 md:py-5"
+        className="animate-insight-in gap-2 py-3 md:py-4"
       >
         <CardHeader>
           <TileHeader
diff --git a/src/components/insights/personal-record-badge.tsx b/src/components/insights/personal-record-badge.tsx
index 949c1cdb2..3776c55a6 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/personal-record-badge.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/personal-record-badge.tsx
@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ export function PersonalRecordBadge({
         // `--success` resolves to the AA-tuned green per theme: a deep
         // forest green on the light card (#14720a) and Dracula's neon
         // green on the dark card (#50fa7b). Both clear 4.5:1 against
-        // their card background — the previous `text-dracula-green` on
-        // `bg-dracula-green/10` measured ~2.6:1 in dark mode.
+        // their card background — the previous `text-success` on
+        // `bg-success/10` measured ~2.6:1 in dark mode.
         "border-success/40 bg-success/15 text-success inline-flex shrink-0 items-center rounded-full border px-1.5 py-0.5 text-[10px] leading-none font-semibold tracking-wide uppercase tabular-nums",
         className,
       )}
diff --git a/src/components/insights/recommendations-grid.tsx b/src/components/insights/recommendations-grid.tsx
index d6f47bbf1..ac107799c 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/recommendations-grid.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/recommendations-grid.tsx
@@ -62,10 +62,10 @@ export function sortRecommendationsBySeverity(
 }
 
 const SEVERITY_BORDER_CLASSES: Record<string, string> = {
-  urgent: "border-l-dracula-red/70",
-  important: "border-l-dracula-orange/70",
-  suggestion: "border-l-dracula-purple/70",
-  info: "border-l-dracula-cyan/70",
+  urgent: "border-l-destructive/70",
+  important: "border-l-warning/70",
+  suggestion: "border-l-primary/70",
+  info: "border-l-info/70",
 };
 
 const SEVERITY_BORDER_FALLBACK = "border-l-border";
diff --git a/src/components/insights/recovery/recovery-metric-block.tsx b/src/components/insights/recovery/recovery-metric-block.tsx
index 88527e76e..e560aedd1 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/recovery/recovery-metric-block.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/recovery/recovery-metric-block.tsx
@@ -84,9 +84,7 @@ export function RecoveryMetricBlock({
               with no skipped level. */}
           <h2 className="text-base font-semibold">{title}</h2>
         </div>
-        <p className="text-muted-foreground text-sm leading-relaxed">
-          {explainer}
-        </p>
+        <p className="text-foreground text-sm leading-relaxed">{explainer}</p>
       </div>
 
       <MetricStatStrip
diff --git a/src/components/insights/recovery/resilience-tile.tsx b/src/components/insights/recovery/resilience-tile.tsx
index e2b5422b5..dc7233802 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/recovery/resilience-tile.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/recovery/resilience-tile.tsx
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ export function ResilienceTile() {
         ) : null}
       </CardHeader>
       <CardContent className="space-y-3">
-        <p className="text-muted-foreground text-sm leading-relaxed">
+        <p className="text-foreground text-sm leading-relaxed">
           {t("insights.resilience.explainer")}
         </p>
         {count < MIN_TREND_READINGS ? (
diff --git a/src/components/insights/sleep-hypnogram.tsx b/src/components/insights/sleep-hypnogram.tsx
index fed7b4ec0..2fe5610f7 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/sleep-hypnogram.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/sleep-hypnogram.tsx
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ export function SleepHypnogram({ session }: SleepHypnogramProps) {
     // v1.12.0 — card tightened: drop the default Card `gap-4 md:gap-6` to
     // `gap-3` so the header sits closer to the timeline, reclaiming the empty
     // band the maintainer flagged. The chart keeps its 200 px footprint.
-    <Card data-slot="sleep-hypnogram" className="gap-3 md:gap-3">
+    <Card data-slot="sleep-hypnogram" className="gap-2">
       <CardHeader>
         <div className="flex flex-col gap-0.5">
           <TileHeader title={t("insights.sleep.hypnogram.title")} />
diff --git a/src/components/insights/suggested-prompts.tsx b/src/components/insights/suggested-prompts.tsx
index 85b57b39a..a372dc1e3 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/suggested-prompts.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/suggested-prompts.tsx
@@ -91,11 +91,11 @@ export function SuggestedPrompts({
           // target clears the 44 px iOS/WCAG floor on phones (`min-h-11`)
           // and relaxes to the denser 36 px from `sm` up.
           className={cn(
-            "border-dracula-purple/18 hover:border-dracula-purple/40 hover:text-foreground",
+            "border-primary/18 hover:border-primary/40 hover:text-foreground",
             "text-muted-foreground inline-flex min-h-11 items-center gap-1.5 sm:min-h-9",
             "rounded-full border bg-transparent px-3 py-1.5 text-xs",
             "transition-colors focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:outline-none",
-            "focus-visible:ring-dracula-purple/50",
+            "focus-visible:ring-primary/50",
           )}
         >
           <Quote className="h-3 w-3 shrink-0" aria-hidden="true" />
diff --git a/src/components/insights/trend-annotation.tsx b/src/components/insights/trend-annotation.tsx
index 1a69766db..b2495195b 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/trend-annotation.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/trend-annotation.tsx
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ export function TrendCaptionCard({
       className="border-border/60 bg-card/40 flex items-start gap-2 rounded-md border p-3"
     >
       <Sparkles
-        className="text-dracula-purple mt-0.5 h-3.5 w-3.5 shrink-0"
+        className="text-primary mt-0.5 h-3.5 w-3.5 shrink-0"
         aria-hidden="true"
       />
       <div className="min-w-0 flex-1 space-y-1">
diff --git a/src/components/labs/lab-biomarker-detail.tsx b/src/components/labs/lab-biomarker-detail.tsx
index 3c009438a..329bd622b 100644
--- a/src/components/labs/lab-biomarker-detail.tsx
+++ b/src/components/labs/lab-biomarker-detail.tsx
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ export function LabBiomarkerDetail({ biomarkerId }: { biomarkerId: string }) {
           <h1 className="text-2xl font-bold tracking-tight">
             {marker?.name ?? t("labs.detail.title")}
           </h1>
-          <p className="text-muted-foreground text-sm leading-relaxed">
+          <p className="text-foreground text-sm leading-relaxed">
             {description}
           </p>
         </header>
@@ -340,9 +340,7 @@ export function LabBiomarkerDetail({ biomarkerId }: { biomarkerId: string }) {
           heading, mirroring the metric sub-pages' explainer caption. Computed
           once above (catalog desc → user `context` → generic fallback) so a
           catalog-less marker still carries a description. */}
-      <p className="text-muted-foreground text-sm leading-relaxed">
-        {description}
-      </p>
+      <p className="text-foreground text-sm leading-relaxed">{description}</p>
 
       {isLoading ? (
         <Card>
diff --git a/src/components/measurements/__tests__/measurement-list-apple-health-badge.test.tsx b/src/components/measurements/__tests__/measurement-list-apple-health-badge.test.tsx
index 7d325e0fc..0368f7b19 100644
--- a/src/components/measurements/__tests__/measurement-list-apple-health-badge.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/measurements/__tests__/measurement-list-apple-health-badge.test.tsx
@@ -70,15 +70,15 @@ describe("MeasurementList — APPLE_HEALTH badge", () => {
     expect(html).not.toContain(">APPLE_HEALTH<");
   });
 
-  it("paints the badge with the Dracula-pink utility classes", () => {
+  it("paints the badge with the brand-pink utility classes", () => {
     const html = render("en");
-    // The chip class composition (`border-dracula-pink/50`,
-    // `bg-dracula-pink/15`, `text-dracula-pink`) is what gives the
+    // The chip class composition (`border-brand-pink/50`,
+    // `bg-brand-pink/15`, `text-brand-pink`) is what gives the
     // badge its iOS-accent identity. Asserting all three keeps the
     // colour contract from drifting silently.
-    expect(html).toMatch(/border-dracula-pink\/50/);
-    expect(html).toMatch(/bg-dracula-pink\/15/);
-    expect(html).toMatch(/text-dracula-pink/);
+    expect(html).toMatch(/border-brand-pink\/50/);
+    expect(html).toMatch(/bg-brand-pink\/15/);
+    expect(html).toMatch(/text-brand-pink/);
   });
 
   it("renders the localised label in German too", () => {
diff --git a/src/components/measurements/measurement-list.tsx b/src/components/measurements/measurement-list.tsx
index d5afe7ffe..2d5488a1f 100644
--- a/src/components/measurements/measurement-list.tsx
+++ b/src/components/measurements/measurement-list.tsx
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ function dayBoundaryIso(
  */
 function sourceBadgeClass(source: string): string {
   if (source === "APPLE_HEALTH") {
-    return "border-dracula-pink/50 bg-dracula-pink/15 text-dracula-pink";
+    return "border-brand-pink/50 bg-brand-pink/15 text-brand-pink";
   }
   return "";
 }
@@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@ export function MeasurementList({
                   <ListRow
                     key={m.id}
                     data-state={isSelected ? "selected" : undefined}
-                    className="bg-card border-border data-[state=selected]:border-dracula-purple/60 data-[state=selected]:bg-dracula-purple/5"
+                    className="bg-card border-border data-[state=selected]:border-primary/60 data-[state=selected]:bg-primary/5"
                   >
                     <div className="flex items-center justify-between">
                       <div className="flex items-center gap-2 overflow-hidden">
diff --git a/src/components/medications/card-parts/medication-compliance-bars.tsx b/src/components/medications/card-parts/medication-compliance-bars.tsx
index ed64eb5da..1227288e8 100644
--- a/src/components/medications/card-parts/medication-compliance-bars.tsx
+++ b/src/components/medications/card-parts/medication-compliance-bars.tsx
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ function ComplianceMetaRow({
  * The streak flame uses the semantic `text-warning` token (an alias over
  * Dracula orange in dark mode, AA-safe on the light card). The generic card
  * historically drifted onto Tailwind stock `text-orange-400`, and the flame
- * later carried the raw `text-dracula-orange` palette token; v1.12.2 routes
+ * later carried the raw `text-warning` palette token; v1.12.2 routes
  * it through the semantic vocabulary the rest of the status surface uses.
  */
 export function MedicationComplianceBars({
diff --git a/src/components/medications/intake-history-list-v2.tsx b/src/components/medications/intake-history-list-v2.tsx
index 7cf66557b..ad2d831ca 100644
--- a/src/components/medications/intake-history-list-v2.tsx
+++ b/src/components/medications/intake-history-list-v2.tsx
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ export function IntakeHistoryListV2({
           {t("medications.intakeHistory")}
         </CardTitle>
       </CardHeader>
-      <CardContent className="pb-4 md:pb-6">
+      <CardContent>
         {isLoading ? (
           <div className="flex h-24 items-center justify-center">
             <Loader2 className="text-muted-foreground h-5 w-5 animate-spin motion-reduce:animate-none" />
diff --git a/src/components/medications/research-mode-acknowledgment-dialog.tsx b/src/components/medications/research-mode-acknowledgment-dialog.tsx
index 6a4f86557..391a232f1 100644
--- a/src/components/medications/research-mode-acknowledgment-dialog.tsx
+++ b/src/components/medications/research-mode-acknowledgment-dialog.tsx
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ export function ResearchModeAcknowledgmentDialog({
       onOpenChange={onOpenChange}
       title={
         <span className="flex items-center gap-2">
-          <BookOpenCheck className="text-dracula-purple h-5 w-5 shrink-0" />
+          <BookOpenCheck className="text-primary h-5 w-5 shrink-0" />
           {t("medications.researchMode.dialog.title")}
         </span>
       }
diff --git a/src/components/medications/scheduling/schedule-history-timeline.tsx b/src/components/medications/scheduling/schedule-history-timeline.tsx
index 779a405d7..de912f70a 100644
--- a/src/components/medications/scheduling/schedule-history-timeline.tsx
+++ b/src/components/medications/scheduling/schedule-history-timeline.tsx
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ export function ScheduleHistoryTimeline({
       <ol className="space-y-0">
         {/* Live plan — the accent node. */}
         <TimelineRow
-          dotClassName="bg-dracula-green"
+          dotClassName="bg-success"
           railVisible={expanded && revisions.length > 0}
           dataSlot="zeitplan-history-current"
         >
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ export function ScheduleHistoryTimeline({
                         : t("medications.detail.zeitplan.history.noTimes")}
                       {revision.source === "MANUAL" && (
                         <span
-                          className="border-dracula-purple/30 bg-dracula-purple/10 text-dracula-purple ml-2 inline-flex rounded-full border px-2 py-px align-middle text-[11px] font-medium"
+                          className="border-primary/30 bg-primary/10 text-primary ml-2 inline-flex rounded-full border px-2 py-px align-middle text-[11px] font-medium"
                           data-slot="zeitplan-history-manual-chip"
                         >
                           {t("medications.detail.zeitplan.history.manualChip")}
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ export function ScheduleHistoryTimeline({
                         type="button"
                         variant="ghost"
                         size="icon"
-                        className="text-muted-foreground hover:text-dracula-red size-8"
+                        className="text-muted-foreground hover:text-destructive size-8"
                         aria-label={t(
                           "medications.detail.zeitplan.history.deleteAria",
                         )}
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ function EraDialog({
           </p>
           {validationKey !== null && (
             <p
-              className="text-dracula-red text-sm"
+              className="text-destructive text-sm"
               role="alert"
               data-slot="zeitplan-history-validation"
             >
diff --git a/src/components/mood/mood-list.tsx b/src/components/mood/mood-list.tsx
index 89ead15cf..9fe2e15af 100644
--- a/src/components/mood/mood-list.tsx
+++ b/src/components/mood/mood-list.tsx
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ export function MoodList({ onAddFirst }: MoodListProps = {}) {
                     key={entry.id}
                     data-testid="mood-row"
                     data-state={isSelected ? "selected" : undefined}
-                    className="bg-card border-border data-[state=selected]:border-dracula-purple/60 data-[state=selected]:bg-dracula-purple/5 flex items-center justify-between rounded-lg border p-3"
+                    className="bg-card border-border data-[state=selected]:border-primary/60 data-[state=selected]:bg-primary/5 flex items-center justify-between rounded-lg border p-3"
                   >
                     <div className="flex items-center gap-2 overflow-hidden">
                       {/* v1.15.13 MEDIUM-1 kept the 16px Radix Checkbox
@@ -1098,7 +1098,7 @@ function MoodNoteText({
           aria-expanded={expanded}
           aria-controls={noteId}
           data-testid="mood-note-toggle"
-          className="text-dracula-purple cursor-pointer text-[11px] font-medium"
+          className="text-primary cursor-pointer text-[11px] font-medium"
         >
           {expanded ? t("mood.noteCollapse") : t("mood.noteExpand")}
         </button>
diff --git a/src/components/onboarding/done-screen.tsx b/src/components/onboarding/done-screen.tsx
index c11ef44cf..e08f67ada 100644
--- a/src/components/onboarding/done-screen.tsx
+++ b/src/components/onboarding/done-screen.tsx
@@ -74,14 +74,14 @@ export function DoneScreen() {
       <div className="border-border/60 bg-muted/30 mx-auto flex w-full max-w-md flex-col items-center gap-2 rounded-lg border p-4 text-center">
         <span
           aria-hidden="true"
-          className="from-dracula-purple to-dracula-pink flex size-9 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-gradient-to-br"
+          className="from-primary to-brand-pink flex size-9 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-gradient-to-br"
         >
           <Sparkles className="text-background size-4" />
         </span>
         <p className="text-foreground text-sm font-medium">
           {t("onboarding.done.aiTitle")}
         </p>
-        <p className="text-muted-foreground text-sm leading-relaxed">
+        <p className="text-foreground text-sm leading-relaxed">
           {t("onboarding.done.aiBody")}
         </p>
         <Link
diff --git a/src/components/onboarding/welcome-carousel.tsx b/src/components/onboarding/welcome-carousel.tsx
index 9647e3c5f..d78c6d945 100644
--- a/src/components/onboarding/welcome-carousel.tsx
+++ b/src/components/onboarding/welcome-carousel.tsx
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ export function WelcomeCarousel() {
               >
                 {t(slide.titleKey)}
               </h2>
-              <p className="text-muted-foreground text-sm leading-relaxed">
+              <p className="text-foreground text-sm leading-relaxed">
                 {t(slide.bodyKey)}
               </p>
             </article>
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ export function WelcomeCarousel() {
         />
         <label
           htmlFor={disclaimerId}
-          className="text-muted-foreground text-sm leading-relaxed"
+          className="text-foreground text-sm leading-relaxed"
         >
           {t("onboarding.disclaimer.acknowledge")}{" "}
           <Link
diff --git a/src/components/settings/about-me-section.tsx b/src/components/settings/about-me-section.tsx
index 874c7715d..45f5cf626 100644
--- a/src/components/settings/about-me-section.tsx
+++ b/src/components/settings/about-me-section.tsx
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ export function AboutMeSection({
               aria-hidden="true"
               className={cn(
                 "h-1 w-5 rounded-full transition-colors",
-                i < answered ? "bg-dracula-purple" : "bg-border",
+                i < answered ? "bg-primary" : "bg-border",
               )}
             />
           ))}
@@ -272,11 +272,11 @@ export function AboutMeSection({
       {pendingQuestions.length > 0 && (
         <div
           data-testid="settings-about-me-questions"
-          className="border-dracula-purple/30 bg-dracula-purple/5 rounded-lg border p-4"
+          className="border-primary/30 bg-primary/5 rounded-lg border p-4"
         >
           <p className="flex items-center gap-2 text-sm font-medium">
             <MessageCircleQuestion
-              className="text-dracula-purple size-4 shrink-0"
+              className="text-primary size-4 shrink-0"
               aria-hidden="true"
             />
             {t("settings.ai.aboutMe.questionsTitle")}
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ export function AboutMeSection({
           <p className="mt-3 text-xs">
             <Link
               href="/coach"
-              className="text-dracula-purple underline-offset-4 hover:underline"
+              className="text-primary underline-offset-4 hover:underline"
             >
               {t("settings.ai.aboutMe.questionsOpenCoach")}
             </Link>
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ export function AboutMeSection({
         {t("settings.ai.aboutMe.recordsLink")}{" "}
         <Link
           href="/settings/anamnesis"
-          className="text-dracula-purple underline-offset-4 hover:underline"
+          className="text-primary underline-offset-4 hover:underline"
         >
           {t("settings.ai.aboutMe.recordsLinkCta")}
         </Link>
diff --git a/src/components/settings/coach-reminders-section.tsx b/src/components/settings/coach-reminders-section.tsx
index b57eb612d..914a39abb 100644
--- a/src/components/settings/coach-reminders-section.tsx
+++ b/src/components/settings/coach-reminders-section.tsx
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export function CoachRemindersSection({
         data-status={r.status}
         className={
           highlighted
-            ? "border-dracula-purple/40 bg-dracula-purple/5 flex flex-col gap-2 rounded-lg border p-3"
+            ? "border-primary/40 bg-primary/5 flex flex-col gap-2 rounded-lg border p-3"
             : "border-border bg-background flex flex-col gap-2 rounded-lg border p-3"
         }
       >
diff --git a/src/components/settings/injection-sites-card.tsx b/src/components/settings/injection-sites-card.tsx
index 78cfb3a24..04473f624 100644
--- a/src/components/settings/injection-sites-card.tsx
+++ b/src/components/settings/injection-sites-card.tsx
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ export function InjectionSitesCard({
         title={t("settings.globalExcludedInjectionSitesLabel")}
         description={t("settings.globalExcludedInjectionSitesHint")}
       />
-      <div className="mt-3 grid grid-cols-1 gap-2 pl-7 sm:grid-cols-2">
+      <div className="mt-4 grid grid-cols-1 gap-2 pl-7 sm:grid-cols-2">
         {INJECTION_SITE_KEYS.map((site) => (
           <label key={site} className="flex items-center gap-2 text-sm">
             <Checkbox
diff --git a/src/components/settings/modules-section.tsx b/src/components/settings/modules-section.tsx
index d38419b5b..145219093 100644
--- a/src/components/settings/modules-section.tsx
+++ b/src/components/settings/modules-section.tsx
@@ -121,16 +121,15 @@ export function ModulesSection() {
   // was removed: a domain that can't be turned off doesn't need to be listed.
   return (
     <SettingsCard>
+      {/* The "what this section does" hint rides the header's standard
+          description slot; the body follows at the settings-wide mt-4
+          header→content rhythm instead of the former mb-2/mb-3 one-offs. */}
       <SettingsCardHeader
         icon={Blocks}
         title={t("settings.sections.modules.toggleable.title")}
-        className="mb-2"
+        description={t("settings.sections.modules.toggleable.description")}
       />
-      {/* v1.18.6 — restore the one-line "what this section does" hint. */}
-      <p className="text-muted-foreground mb-3 pl-7 text-sm leading-relaxed">
-        {t("settings.sections.modules.toggleable.description")}
-      </p>
-      <div className="divide-border divide-y pl-7">
+      <div className="divide-border mt-4 divide-y pl-7">
         {(Object.keys(MODULE_REGISTRY) as ModuleKey[])
           // Modules switched off in code (pending a rebuild) carry no live
           // toggle — drop the row entirely so a user can't turn one on.
diff --git a/src/components/targets/__tests__/range-bar.test.tsx b/src/components/targets/__tests__/range-bar.test.tsx
index ac03547b7..5a5dd962a 100644
--- a/src/components/targets/__tests__/range-bar.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/targets/__tests__/range-bar.test.tsx
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ function render(props: Parameters<typeof RangeBar>[0]) {
 }
 
 describe("<RangeBar>", () => {
-  it("renders the bar slot + green/orange/red zones with Dracula tokens", () => {
+  it("renders the bar slot + green/orange/red zones with semantic tokens", () => {
     const html = render({
       value: 72,
       min: 60,
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ describe("<RangeBar>", () => {
       unit: "bpm",
     });
     expect(html).toContain('data-slot="target-range-bar"');
-    expect(html).toContain("bg-dracula-green/20");
-    expect(html).toContain("bg-dracula-orange/15");
-    expect(html).toContain("bg-dracula-red/10");
+    expect(html).toContain("bg-success/20");
+    expect(html).toContain("bg-warning/15");
+    expect(html).toContain("bg-destructive/10");
     // Pin the absence of the legacy raw Tailwind palette so the swap
     // doesn't silently regress on future merges.
     expect(html).not.toContain("bg-green-500/20");
@@ -38,23 +38,23 @@ describe("<RangeBar>", () => {
     expect(html).not.toContain("bg-red-500/8");
   });
 
-  it("paints the marker with the green token when the value is in range", () => {
+  it("paints the marker with the success token when the value is in range", () => {
     const html = render({
       value: 80,
       min: 60,
       max: 100,
       unit: "bpm",
     });
-    expect(html).toContain("var(--dracula-green)");
+    expect(html).toContain("var(--success)");
   });
 
-  it("paints the marker with the red token when the value is out of band", () => {
+  it("paints the marker with the destructive token when the value is out of band", () => {
     const html = render({
       value: 180,
       min: 60,
       max: 100,
       unit: "bpm",
     });
-    expect(html).toContain("var(--dracula-red)");
+    expect(html).toContain("var(--destructive)");
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/components/targets/consistency-strip.tsx b/src/components/targets/consistency-strip.tsx
index 38dda9237..2e502b879 100644
--- a/src/components/targets/consistency-strip.tsx
+++ b/src/components/targets/consistency-strip.tsx
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ export interface ConsistencyStripProps {
 // encoded inside the value via color-mix so the opacity modifier is
 // no longer needed and the bracketed form parses cleanly.
 const BAND_STYLES: Record<NonNullable<ConsistencyBand>, string> = {
-  in: "bg-(--dracula-green) border-(--dracula-green) shadow-[0_0_0_1px_color-mix(in_oklab,var(--dracula-green)_20%,transparent)]",
-  near: "bg-(--dracula-orange) border-(--dracula-orange)",
-  out: "bg-(--dracula-red) border-(--dracula-red)",
+  in: "bg-success border-success shadow-[0_0_0_1px_color-mix(in_oklab,var(--success)_20%,transparent)]",
+  near: "bg-warning border-warning",
+  out: "bg-destructive border-destructive",
 };
 
 const BAND_ARIA: Record<NonNullable<ConsistencyBand>, string> = {
diff --git a/src/components/targets/range-bar.tsx b/src/components/targets/range-bar.tsx
index 89537bace..2231adbbb 100644
--- a/src/components/targets/range-bar.tsx
+++ b/src/components/targets/range-bar.tsx
@@ -76,10 +76,10 @@ export function RangeBar({
     !inGreen && value >= effectiveOrangeMin && value <= effectiveOrangeMax;
 
   const markerColor = inGreen
-    ? "var(--dracula-green)"
+    ? "var(--success)"
     : inYellow
-      ? "var(--dracula-orange)"
-      : "var(--dracula-red)";
+      ? "var(--warning)"
+      : "var(--destructive)";
   const minLabelPosition = Math.max(5, Math.min(95, greenStart));
   const maxLabelPosition = Math.max(5, Math.min(95, greenEnd));
 
@@ -99,18 +99,18 @@ export function RangeBar({
             chart palette stays aligned with PR-badge, alerts, and the
             marker dot itself. Raw Tailwind palettes drift from the
             theme over time and never get dark-mode tuned. */}
-        <div className="bg-dracula-red/10 absolute inset-0 rounded-full" />
+        <div className="bg-destructive/10 absolute inset-0 rounded-full" />
         {/* Orange (caution) side zones — `--dracula-orange` matches the
             marker's out-of-band tint. */}
         <div
-          className="bg-dracula-orange/15 absolute top-0 h-full"
+          className="bg-warning/15 absolute top-0 h-full"
           style={{
             left: `${yellowLeftStart}%`,
             width: `${greenStart - yellowLeftStart}%`,
           }}
         />
         <div
-          className="bg-dracula-orange/15 absolute top-0 h-full"
+          className="bg-warning/15 absolute top-0 h-full"
           style={{
             left: `${greenEnd}%`,
             width: `${yellowRightEnd - greenEnd}%`,
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ export function RangeBar({
         />
         {/* In-band green zone — `--dracula-green`. */}
         <div
-          className="bg-dracula-green/20 absolute top-0 h-full"
+          className="bg-success/20 absolute top-0 h-full"
           style={{
             left: `${greenStart}%`,
             width: `${greenEnd - greenStart}%`,
diff --git a/src/components/ui/checkbox.tsx b/src/components/ui/checkbox.tsx
index c7922bedd..3fa35c4c5 100644
--- a/src/components/ui/checkbox.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ui/checkbox.tsx
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ function Checkbox({
       data-slot="checkbox"
       className={cn(
         "peer border-border/70 size-4 shrink-0 rounded border",
-        "data-[state=checked]:bg-dracula-purple data-[state=checked]:border-dracula-purple data-[state=checked]:text-background",
+        "data-[state=checked]:bg-primary data-[state=checked]:border-primary data-[state=checked]:text-background",
         "focus-visible:ring-ring/50 focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:outline-none",
         "disabled:cursor-not-allowed disabled:opacity-50",
         "transition-colors",
diff --git a/src/lib/auth/session.ts b/src/lib/auth/session.ts
index 4e82e949a..bcddcc777 100644
--- a/src/lib/auth/session.ts
+++ b/src/lib/auth/session.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import { ensureDbCompatibility } from "@/lib/db-compat";
 import { getEvent } from "@/lib/logging/context";
 import { shouldEmitSecureCookie } from "@/lib/auth/secure-cookie";
 import { isP2025 } from "@/lib/prisma-errors";
+import { locales, type Locale } from "@/lib/i18n/config";
+import { LOCALE_COOKIE, setLocaleCookie } from "@/lib/i18n/locale-cookie";
 
 const SESSION_COOKIE = "healthlog_session";
 const SESSION_MAX_AGE_MS = 30 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000; // 30 days
@@ -170,12 +172,56 @@ export async function getSession(): Promise<{
       .catch(() => {});
   }
 
+  // Locale-cookie refresh: Safari's ITP expires the script-written
+  // `healthlog-locale` cookie after 7 days, so a returning user's first
+  // paint fell back to the browser language once a week. When the user
+  // has a persisted locale but the cookie is gone, re-emit it here —
+  // Set-Cookie is exempt from the ITP cap. Absent-only on purpose: a
+  // locale switch writes the cookie client-side before the PUT persists
+  // the column, and overwriting a *differing* cookie here would revert
+  // that fresh choice mid-flight. Fail-soft: in a server-component
+  // render the cookie store is read-only and `set` throws — the next
+  // route-handler request re-attempts.
+  if (
+    session.user.locale &&
+    (locales as readonly string[]).includes(session.user.locale) &&
+    !cookieStore.get(LOCALE_COOKIE)
+  ) {
+    try {
+      setLocaleCookie(cookieStore, session.user.locale as Locale);
+    } catch {
+      // Read-only cookie context — skip; nothing depends on this write.
+    }
+  }
+
   return {
     session: { id: session.id, expiresAt: session.expiresAt },
     user: session.user,
   };
 }
 
+/**
+ * Lightweight read of the signed-in user's persisted locale for the root
+ * layout's first-paint language resolution. Deliberately NOT
+ * `getSession()`: no db-compat check, no sliding-expiry write, no cookie
+ * mutation — the root layout renders on every request in a context where
+ * the cookie store is read-only, so the full session touch is both dead
+ * weight and a throw hazard there. Returns null for missing/expired
+ * sessions and users without a persisted locale.
+ */
+export async function getSessionUserLocale(): Promise<string | null> {
+  const cookieStore = await cookies();
+  const sessionId = cookieStore.get(SESSION_COOKIE)?.value;
+  if (!sessionId) return null;
+
+  const session = await prisma.session.findUnique({
+    where: { id: sessionId },
+    select: { expiresAt: true, user: { select: { locale: true } } },
+  });
+  if (!session || session.expiresAt < new Date()) return null;
+  return session.user.locale;
+}
+
 export async function destroySession(): Promise<void> {
   const cookieStore = await cookies();
   const sessionId = cookieStore.get(SESSION_COOKIE)?.value;
diff --git a/src/lib/i18n/__tests__/resolve-initial-locale.test.ts b/src/lib/i18n/__tests__/resolve-initial-locale.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..91cd2cc50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/i18n/__tests__/resolve-initial-locale.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+/**
+ * First-paint locale ladder (root layout): cookie → User.locale →
+ * Accept-Language → "en" hard floor.
+ *
+ * The User.locale step is the Safari-ITP fix: the script-written
+ * `healthlog-locale` cookie expires after 7 days there, and before this
+ * ladder existed the first paint fell back to the browser language once
+ * a week even though the user had explicitly chosen one.
+ */
+import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from "vitest";
+
+const mockCookies = vi.fn();
+const mockHeaders = vi.fn();
+vi.mock("next/headers", () => ({
+  cookies: (...args: unknown[]) => mockCookies(...args),
+  headers: (...args: unknown[]) => mockHeaders(...args),
+}));
+
+const mockGetSessionUserLocale = vi.fn();
+vi.mock("@/lib/auth/session", () => ({
+  getSessionUserLocale: (...args: unknown[]) =>
+    mockGetSessionUserLocale(...args),
+}));
+
+import { resolveInitialLocale } from "@/lib/i18n/resolve-initial-locale";
+
+function cookieStoreWith(value: string | undefined) {
+  return {
+    get: (name: string) =>
+      name === "healthlog-locale" && value !== undefined
+        ? { name, value }
+        : undefined,
+  };
+}
+
+function headersWith(acceptLanguage: string | null) {
+  return {
+    get: (name: string) =>
+      name.toLowerCase() === "accept-language" ? acceptLanguage : null,
+  };
+}
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  vi.clearAllMocks();
+  mockCookies.mockResolvedValue(cookieStoreWith(undefined));
+  mockHeaders.mockResolvedValue(headersWith(null));
+  mockGetSessionUserLocale.mockResolvedValue(null);
+});
+
+describe("resolveInitialLocale", () => {
+  it("returns the cookie locale without consulting the session", async () => {
+    mockCookies.mockResolvedValue(cookieStoreWith("de"));
+    await expect(resolveInitialLocale()).resolves.toBe("de");
+    expect(mockGetSessionUserLocale).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("ignores an unsupported cookie value and walks the ladder", async () => {
+    mockCookies.mockResolvedValue(cookieStoreWith("tlh"));
+    mockGetSessionUserLocale.mockResolvedValue("fr");
+    await expect(resolveInitialLocale()).resolves.toBe("fr");
+  });
+
+  it("falls back to User.locale on a cookie miss (the ITP case)", async () => {
+    mockGetSessionUserLocale.mockResolvedValue("pl");
+    mockHeaders.mockResolvedValue(headersWith("en-US,en;q=0.9"));
+    await expect(resolveInitialLocale()).resolves.toBe("pl");
+  });
+
+  it("ignores an unsupported User.locale value", async () => {
+    mockGetSessionUserLocale.mockResolvedValue("tlh");
+    mockHeaders.mockResolvedValue(headersWith("it-IT,it;q=0.9"));
+    await expect(resolveInitialLocale()).resolves.toBe("it");
+  });
+
+  it("uses Accept-Language when there is no cookie and no session", async () => {
+    mockHeaders.mockResolvedValue(headersWith("es-ES,es;q=0.9,en;q=0.5"));
+    await expect(resolveInitialLocale()).resolves.toBe("es");
+  });
+
+  it("survives a session-read failure and still honours Accept-Language", async () => {
+    mockGetSessionUserLocale.mockRejectedValue(new Error("db down"));
+    mockHeaders.mockResolvedValue(headersWith("de-DE,de;q=0.9"));
+    await expect(resolveInitialLocale()).resolves.toBe("de");
+  });
+
+  it("hard-floors to en when cookies() itself throws", async () => {
+    mockCookies.mockRejectedValue(new Error("DynamicServerError"));
+    await expect(resolveInitialLocale()).resolves.toBe("en");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/i18n/locale-cookie.ts b/src/lib/i18n/locale-cookie.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3925bc666
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/i18n/locale-cookie.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import type { cookies } from "next/headers";
+import { shouldEmitSecureCookie } from "@/lib/auth/secure-cookie";
+import type { Locale } from "@/lib/i18n/config";
+
+/**
+ * The SSR handoff cookie for the active UI locale. The client-side
+ * switcher writes it via `document.cookie` (src/lib/i18n/context.tsx),
+ * but Safari's ITP caps script-written cookies at 7 days — a user who
+ * doesn't open the app for a week silently falls back to the browser
+ * language on first paint. Server-side `Set-Cookie` writes are exempt
+ * from that cap, so every server seam that knows the persisted locale
+ * re-emits the cookie through this one helper.
+ */
+export const LOCALE_COOKIE = "healthlog-locale";
+
+// One year — mirrors the client-side `persistLocale` write.
+const LOCALE_COOKIE_MAX_AGE_S = 60 * 60 * 24 * 365;
+
+type CookieStore = Awaited<ReturnType<typeof cookies>>;
+
+/**
+ * Emit the locale cookie server-side. Throws when the cookie store is
+ * read-only (server-component render) — callers on that path catch and
+ * skip; the next route-handler request re-attempts.
+ */
+export function setLocaleCookie(cookieStore: CookieStore, locale: Locale) {
+  cookieStore.set(LOCALE_COOKIE, locale, {
+    // NOT HttpOnly — the client reads it (format helpers, hydration
+    // handoff in src/lib/format.ts and i18n/context.tsx).
+    httpOnly: false,
+    secure: shouldEmitSecureCookie(),
+    sameSite: "lax",
+    maxAge: LOCALE_COOKIE_MAX_AGE_S,
+    path: "/",
+  });
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/i18n/resolve-initial-locale.ts b/src/lib/i18n/resolve-initial-locale.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5407735db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/i18n/resolve-initial-locale.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import { headers, cookies } from "next/headers";
+import { parseLocaleFromAcceptLanguage } from "@/lib/format-locale";
+import { locales, type Locale } from "@/lib/i18n/config";
+import { LOCALE_COOKIE } from "@/lib/i18n/locale-cookie";
+import { getSessionUserLocale } from "@/lib/auth/session";
+
+/**
+ * First-paint locale ladder for the root layout:
+ *
+ *   1. `healthlog-locale` cookie — the SSR handoff the client writes on
+ *      every switch and the server re-emits on session touch.
+ *   2. `User.locale` — the persisted preference. Consulted only on a
+ *      cookie miss (Safari ITP expires the script-written cookie after
+ *      7 days; without this step the app fell back to the browser
+ *      language once a week even though the user had chosen one).
+ *   3. Accept-Language — users who never chose stay on the browser
+ *      language ("automatic").
+ *
+ * Fail-soft throughout: cookies()/headers() can throw
+ * (DynamicServerError, …) and the session read can hit a DB hiccup — a
+ * locale resolution problem must never crash the root layout into
+ * global-error.tsx.
+ */
+export async function resolveInitialLocale(): Promise<Locale> {
+  try {
+    const cookieStore = await cookies();
+    const cookieLocale = cookieStore.get(LOCALE_COOKIE)?.value;
+    if (cookieLocale && (locales as readonly string[]).includes(cookieLocale)) {
+      return cookieLocale as Locale;
+    }
+
+    let userLocale: string | null = null;
+    try {
+      userLocale = await getSessionUserLocale();
+    } catch {
+      // DB hiccup — fall through to Accept-Language rather than "en".
+    }
+    if (userLocale && (locales as readonly string[]).includes(userLocale)) {
+      return userLocale as Locale;
+    }
+
+    const headerList = await headers();
+    return parseLocaleFromAcceptLanguage(headerList.get("accept-language"));
+  } catch {
+    return "en";
+  }
+}