diff --git a/settings/quickshell.nix b/settings/quickshell.nix
index b7ee0c0..fac5331 100644
--- a/settings/quickshell.nix
+++ b/settings/quickshell.nix
@@ -282,16 +282,26 @@ in
                 // The one themed accent: active, focused, selected, filled.
                 readonly property color base0D: "#${c.base0D}"
 
-                // ── Status colours, deliberately NOT wallpaper-derived.
-                // stylix's base08-base0F all collapse to near-identical values
-                // on a monochrome wallpaper, which leaves "battery critical"
-                // and "battery low" the same colour. Status has to stay legible
-                // whatever is on the desktop, so these are fixed.
-                readonly property color err:  "#e0525f"  // critical: temp ≥85, batt ≤15, auth failed
-                readonly property color warn: "#e0a44b"  // caution: temp ≥70, batt ≤30
-                readonly property color ok:   "#68c17c"  // connected / active / net down
-                readonly property color info: "#5aa6e0"  // memory
-                readonly property color alt:  "#b98ce0"  // net up
+                // ── Status colours: fixed hues, pulled toward the theme.
+                // Sourcing these from stylix doesn't work — base08-base0F all
+                // collapse to near-identical values on a monochrome wallpaper,
+                // which leaves "battery critical" and "battery low" the same
+                // colour. So the HUE is fixed and only the hue is: each one is
+                // then mixed toward base0D, which keeps red reading as red
+                // while landing it in the wallpaper's family instead of looking
+                // pasted on. Blending toward base0D and not toward the card
+                // keeps luminance roughly intact, so these stay legible as text
+                // on cardBg — mixing into the background would sink them.
+                readonly property real statusHarmony: 0.25   // 0 = pure hue, 1 = pure accent
+                function harmonised(hex) {
+                    let h = Qt.color(hex);
+                    return Qt.tint(base0D, Qt.rgba(h.r, h.g, h.b, 1 - statusHarmony));
+                }
+                readonly property color err:  harmonised("#e0525f")  // critical: temp ≥85, batt ≤15, auth failed
+                readonly property color warn: harmonised("#e0a44b")  // caution: temp ≥70, batt ≤30
+                readonly property color ok:   harmonised("#68c17c")  // connected / active / net down
+                readonly property color info: harmonised("#5aa6e0")  // memory
+                readonly property color alt:  harmonised("#b98ce0")  // net up
 
                 readonly property color barBg: Qt.rgba(base00.r, base00.g, base00.b, 0.70)
                 // Card surfaces are translucent so the compositor's bar-layer