diff --git a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/Theme.swift b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/Theme.swift
index 8406b5f..fa9ff7a 100644
--- a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/Theme.swift
+++ b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/Theme.swift
@@ -142,7 +142,10 @@ struct ResolvedPalette {
 
     static func make(_ mode: ColorVisionMode) -> ResolvedPalette {
         var p = base(mode)
-        p.accent = Palette.nightSoft(p.accent)
+        // The accent is the interactive tint (buttons, menus, toggles, links), not a calm
+        // status hue — night-softening the already-deep teal made it vanish on dark
+        // backgrounds, so dark mode brightens it instead.
+        p.accent = Palette.nightBright(p.accent)
         p.active = Palette.nightSoft(p.active)
         p.attention = Palette.nightSoft(p.attention)
         p.success = Palette.nightSoft(p.success)