diff --git a/src/app/globals.css b/src/app/globals.css
index 7ee458730..68abd833c 100644
--- a/src/app/globals.css
+++ b/src/app/globals.css
@@ -283,9 +283,11 @@
   --ring-strain-from: #e06aa8;
   --ring-strain-to: #ea74b1;
   --tile-strain: #ff79c6;
-  /* Band fallback (anatomy detail view, no per-metric hue). */
-  --ring-green-from: #3fb868;
-  --ring-green-to: #48c473;
+  /* Band fallback (anatomy detail view, no per-metric hue). Lands on the
+     app-wide --success green (#50fa7b) so a "green" ring matches the green
+     of every positive signal / trend delta beside it. */
+  --ring-green-from: #35d76a;
+  --ring-green-to: #50fa7b;
   --ring-yellow-from: #e0a050;
   --ring-yellow-to: #e8ab5c;
   --ring-red-from: #e0594a;
@@ -409,8 +411,10 @@
   --ring-strain-from: #b62478;
   --ring-strain-to: #bd2a7e;
   --tile-strain: #b0277d;
-  --ring-green-from: #138043;
-  --ring-green-to: #168a48;
+  /* Light: lands on the light-theme --success (#14720a) so ring green
+     matches every positive signal beside it. */
+  --ring-green-from: #12760f;
+  --ring-green-to: #14720a;
   --ring-yellow-from: #b27018;
   --ring-yellow-to: #bd7a1e;
   --ring-red-from: #b22e20;
diff --git a/src/components/dashboard/hero/dashboard-hero.tsx b/src/components/dashboard/hero/dashboard-hero.tsx
index 48ec8c1e1..4d615f84f 100644
--- a/src/components/dashboard/hero/dashboard-hero.tsx
+++ b/src/components/dashboard/hero/dashboard-hero.tsx
@@ -254,11 +254,13 @@ export function DashboardHero({
         "min-h-[8.75rem] p-4 md:min-h-[9.5rem] md:p-6",
       )}
     >
-      {/* Vertical rhythm: the section gap (greeting/ring row → briefing)
-          reads one step larger than the intra-block spacing so the two
-          zones separate cleanly; the card's own padding stays symmetric. */}
-      <div className="flex h-full flex-col gap-4 md:gap-6">
-        <div className="flex flex-col gap-4 md:flex-row md:items-center md:justify-between">
+      {/* Vertical rhythm: greeting/ring row and the briefing sit one
+          spacing step apart — tight enough that the briefing doesn't feel
+          adrift below a floating greeting. The top row aligns to its start
+          on desktop so the greeting anchors to the top edge instead of
+          drifting to the vertical centre of the taller ring column. */}
+      <div className="flex h-full flex-col gap-4">
+        <div className="flex flex-col gap-4 md:flex-row md:items-start md:justify-between">
           <div className="min-w-0 flex-1 space-y-3">
             {/* Greeting leads the typographic hierarchy: larger + heavier
               than the verdict so the personalised line reads first.