style: Phase 18 Wave 2 — appbar navy, dark hero legibility, true page ground, green-on-green play chip

DeepDrftPublic.Client/Controls/AudioPlayerBar/AudioPlayerBar.razor.css

@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@
 
 /* PLAYER-BAR play-chip override (Phase 18, T3). PlayStateIcon's chip defaults to the solid
    --deepdrft-play-chip (moss-green in dark) used on release heroes and Cut track rows. On the
-   bright player dock that solid green reads too hot, so here — and only here — swap to the
-   translucent --deepdrft-play-chip-soft (same green, much less opaque). The glyph stays the
-   palette green/primary on this context (the navy default-glyph would vanish on the translucent
-   wash), so we let MudIconButton's own Color.Primary stand by neutralising the default override. */
+   player dock that solid green reads too hot, so here — and only here — swap to the
+   translucent --deepdrft-play-chip-soft (same green, much less opaque).
+   The glyph stays --mud-palette-primary (green on the soft translucent wash), giving the
+   preferred green-on-green look on the player bar in dark mode. */
 ::deep .player-surface .icon-container {
     background-color: var(--deepdrft-play-chip-soft);
 }

DeepDrftPublic.Client/Controls/DeepDrftHero.razor.css

@@ -81,3 +81,18 @@
         align-items: stretch;
     }
 }
+
+/* Dark-mode text overrides (Phase 18, Correction B).
+   Light mode is pixel-identical — no changes to the rules above.
+   In dark, the navy page ground makes --deepdrft-navy text invisible; invert to light tokens. */
+:global(.deepdrft-theme-dark) .hero-title {
+    color: var(--deepdrft-page-text);
+}
+
+:global(.deepdrft-theme-dark) .hero-title em {
+    color: var(--deepdrft-green-accent);
+}
+
+:global(.deepdrft-theme-dark) .hero-desc {
+    color: var(--deepdrft-page-text);
+}

DeepDrftPublic.Client/Pages/About.razor.css

@@ -607,6 +607,14 @@
 
 .btn-outline-white:hover { border-color: var(--deepdrft-white); }
 
+/* ── DARK-MODE OVERRIDES ── */
+/* In dark mode, decorative em accents that use --deepdrft-green (#1A3C34) become
+   near-invisible on the navy ground. Switch to --deepdrft-green-accent (#3D7A68). */
+:global(.deepdrft-theme-dark) .hero-title em,
+:global(.deepdrft-theme-dark) .movement-title em {
+    color: var(--deepdrft-green-accent);
+}
+
 /* ══════════════════ RESPONSIVE COLLAPSE ══════════════════
 
    Below 960px the rail collapses: the spine + vertical numeral can't survive a

DeepDrftPublic.Client/Pages/Home.razor.css

@@ -560,6 +560,14 @@
 
 .btn-outline-white:hover { border-color: var(--deepdrft-white); }
 
+/* ── DARK-MODE OVERRIDES ── */
+/* In dark mode, decorative em accents that use --deepdrft-green (#1A3C34) become
+   near-invisible on the navy ground. Switch to --deepdrft-green-accent (#3D7A68). */
+:global(.deepdrft-theme-dark) .section-title em,
+:global(.deepdrft-theme-dark) .connect-title em {
+    color: var(--deepdrft-green-accent);
+}
+
 @media (max-width: 599px) {
     .cta-banner {
         flex-direction: column;