diff --git a/app/app/globals.css b/app/app/globals.css
index 766be9e9..2cc66cce 100644
--- a/app/app/globals.css
+++ b/app/app/globals.css
@@ -186,7 +186,23 @@
   --accent-text: var(--accent-muted);
   --hud-line:       rgba(153, 69, 255, 0.15);
   --hud-line-hover: rgba(153, 69, 255, 0.35);
-  --cyan-muted:     rgba(20, 241, 149, 0.10);
+
+  /* Semantic colors — the dark-theme values are neons tuned for dark
+     surfaces and collapse on white (#14F195 lands at ~1.4:1 — every
+     positive-PnL numeral, Long fill, and APR figure was near-invisible in
+     light mode). These darker tones stay legible as TEXT on the light bg
+     (emerald-600 3.9:1, red-600 4.5:1, amber-700 4.6:1, teal-700 4.9:1)
+     while keeping the two FILL pairings readable: Long fills pair with
+     black text (black on #059669 ≈ 5.9:1), Short fills with white text
+     (white on #DC2626 ≈ 4.6:1). Chart candles use the same values via
+     useChartTheme's LIGHT_THEME — keep the two in sync. */
+  --long:     #059669;
+  --short:    #DC2626;
+  --good:     #059669;
+  --critical: #DC2626;
+  --warning:  #B45309;
+  --cyan:     #0F766E;
+  --cyan-muted: rgba(5, 150, 105, 0.10);
 
   /* Elevation — lighter neutral shadows read correctly on a white surface */
   --shadow-xs: 0 1px 2px rgba(13, 14, 21, 0.06);
diff --git a/app/components/trade/TradingChart.tsx b/app/components/trade/TradingChart.tsx
index cfd09c7d..e5d4d955 100644
--- a/app/components/trade/TradingChart.tsx
+++ b/app/components/trade/TradingChart.tsx
@@ -273,6 +273,12 @@ const TradingChartInner: FC<{ slabAddress: string; mintAddress?: string }> = ({
   // isolated ~10-line leaf (`LiveMarkPriceLabel`, defined above) that
   // subscribes to useLivePrice() itself so only IT re-renders on a tick.
   const chartTheme = useChartTheme();
+  // Ref mirror for the tick handler below — that effect deliberately deps
+  // only on [slabAddress] (rebuilding the subscription on theme change would
+  // be wasteful), so it must read the CURRENT theme through a ref or a theme
+  // flip would leave its closure coloring ticks with the old palette.
+  const chartThemeRef = useRef(chartTheme);
+  chartThemeRef.current = chartTheme;
   const [chartStyle, setChartStyle] = useChartStylePref();
   const [overlayPrefs, setOverlayPref] = useChartOverlayPrefs();
   const {
@@ -716,6 +722,12 @@ const TradingChartInner: FC<{ slabAddress: string; mintAddress?: string }> = ({
       rightPriceScale: { borderColor: chartTheme.borderColor },
       timeScale: { borderColor: chartTheme.borderColor },
     });
+    // Overlay price lines were created with the previous theme's palette —
+    // repaint them too (the tick handler recolors the Mark line on the next
+    // tick anyway, but a flat market shouldn't keep stale-theme lines).
+    priceLineRef.current?.applyOptions({ color: chartTheme.neutralLine });
+    liqLineRef.current?.applyOptions({ color: chartTheme.downColor });
+    entryLineRef.current?.applyOptions({ color: chartTheme.entryLine });
   }, [chartTheme]);
 
   // Derive entry price from user account
@@ -791,7 +803,7 @@ const TradingChartInner: FC<{ slabAddress: string; mintAddress?: string }> = ({
       if (initialPriceUsd != null && Number.isFinite(initialPriceUsd)) {
         priceLineRef.current = s.createPriceLine({
           price: initialPriceUsd,
-          color: "rgba(255,255,255,0.6)",
+          color: chartThemeRef.current.neutralLine,
           lineWidth: 1,
           lineStyle: LineStyle.Dashed,
           axisLabelVisible: true,
@@ -803,7 +815,8 @@ const TradingChartInner: FC<{ slabAddress: string; mintAddress?: string }> = ({
       if (overlayPrefs.liq && liqPriceNum != null && liqPriceNum > 0) {
         liqLineRef.current = s.createPriceLine({
           price: liqPriceNum,
-          color: "#FF3B5C", // matches --short (canvas can't read CSS vars)
+          // Per-theme --short equivalent (canvas can't read CSS vars)
+          color: chartThemeRef.current.downColor,
           lineWidth: 2,
           lineStyle: LineStyle.Solid,
           axisLabelVisible: true,
@@ -814,7 +827,7 @@ const TradingChartInner: FC<{ slabAddress: string; mintAddress?: string }> = ({
       if (overlayPrefs.entry && entryPriceNum != null && entryPriceNum > 0) {
         entryLineRef.current = s.createPriceLine({
           price: entryPriceNum,
-          color: "#22d3ee",
+          color: chartThemeRef.current.entryLine,
           lineWidth: 1,
           lineStyle: LineStyle.Dashed,
           axisLabelVisible: true,
@@ -1074,10 +1087,12 @@ const TradingChartInner: FC<{ slabAddress: string; mintAddress?: string }> = ({
         // long-green/short-red on each tick instead of sitting flat gray —
         // same semantic tokens as MarketInfoBar's MarkPrice flash, applied
         // here via the price line's own color (canvas can't read CSS vars,
-        // so these are the literal --long/--short hex values). Holds its
-        // last color on an exact-equal tick rather than resetting to gray.
+        // so ChartTheme carries the per-theme --long/--short equivalents;
+        // read through the ref, this effect deps only on slabAddress). Holds
+        // its last color on an exact-equal tick rather than resetting to gray.
         const prev = prevTickPriceRef.current;
-        const color = prev == null ? "rgba(255,255,255,0.6)" : usd > prev ? "#14F195" : usd < prev ? "#FF3B5C" : undefined;
+        const t = chartThemeRef.current;
+        const color = prev == null ? t.neutralLine : usd > prev ? t.upColor : usd < prev ? t.downColor : undefined;
         prevTickPriceRef.current = usd;
         priceLineRef.current.applyOptions(color ? { price: usd, color } : { price: usd });
       }
diff --git a/app/hooks/useChartTheme.ts b/app/hooks/useChartTheme.ts
index c1f7168a..ca5a06b4 100644
--- a/app/hooks/useChartTheme.ts
+++ b/app/hooks/useChartTheme.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ export interface ChartTheme {
   downColor: string;
   volUpColor: string;
   volDownColor: string;
+  /** Neutral overlay-line color (the Mark price line before any tick). */
+  neutralLine: string;
+  /** Entry price overlay line — cyan family, per-theme so it stays legible. */
+  entryLine: string;
 }
 
 const DARK_THEME: ChartTheme = {
@@ -36,6 +40,8 @@ const DARK_THEME: ChartTheme = {
   downColor: "#FF3B5C",
   volUpColor: "rgba(20,241,149,0.6)",
   volDownColor: "rgba(255,59,92,0.6)",
+  neutralLine: "rgba(255,255,255,0.6)",
+  entryLine: "#22d3ee",
 };
 
 const LIGHT_THEME: ChartTheme = {
@@ -43,10 +49,14 @@ const LIGHT_THEME: ChartTheme = {
   textColor: "rgba(13,14,21,0.65)",
   gridColor: "rgba(0,0,0,0.05)",
   borderColor: "rgba(0,0,0,0.10)",
-  upColor: "#16a34a",
-  downColor: "#dc2626",
-  volUpColor: "rgba(22,163,74,0.5)",
+  // Same values as the light-theme --long/--short tokens in globals.css —
+  // candles and UI numerals must agree on what "up" green looks like.
+  upColor: "#059669",
+  downColor: "#DC2626",
+  volUpColor: "rgba(5,150,105,0.5)",
   volDownColor: "rgba(220,38,38,0.5)",
+  neutralLine: "rgba(13,14,21,0.55)",
+  entryLine: "#0F766E",
 };
 
 function getThemeFromDOM(): "dark" | "light" {