diff --git a/settings/quickshell.nix b/settings/quickshell.nix
index 6cd33f2..25400b6 100644
--- a/settings/quickshell.nix
+++ b/settings/quickshell.nix
@@ -634,16 +634,34 @@ in
                 // pasted on. Blending toward the accent 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) {
+                // How far each one is pulled: 0 = pure hue, 1 = pure accent.
+                //
+                // Two knobs, because these colours do two different jobs. err
+                // and warn have to keep reading as red and amber — a critical
+                // temperature is not the place to prioritise harmony — so they
+                // stay lightly tinted. info/ok/alt only exist to tell the
+                // server stats apart, and at 0.25 a fixed blue, green and
+                // purple sat on a cream palette looking imported. Their
+                // captions ("ram", "↓ kb/s") already say which is which, so
+                // they can give up separation for family.
+                //
+                // 0.55 rather than deriving them from the accent's hue
+                // outright: rotating hues off the accent tracks the palette
+                // perfectly but inherits its saturation, which collapses the
+                // three into near-identical greys on a muted wallpaper and
+                // blows them out to neon on a vivid one. Tinting holds a
+                // steady separation on every palette instead.
+                readonly property real statusHarmony: 0.25    // err, warn
+                readonly property real categoryHarmony: 0.55  // info, ok, alt
+                function harmonised(hex, t) {
                     let h = Qt.color(hex);
-                    return Qt.tint(accent, Qt.rgba(h.r, h.g, h.b, 1 - statusHarmony));
+                    return Qt.tint(accent, Qt.rgba(h.r, h.g, h.b, 1 - t));
                 }
-                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 err:  harmonised("#e0525f", statusHarmony)    // critical: temp ≥85, batt ≤15, auth failed
+                readonly property color warn: harmonised("#e0a44b", statusHarmony)    // caution: temp ≥70, batt ≤30
+                readonly property color ok:   harmonised("#68c17c", categoryHarmony)  // connected / active / net down
+                readonly property color info: harmonised("#5aa6e0", categoryHarmony)  // memory
+                readonly property color alt:  harmonised("#b98ce0", categoryHarmony)  // 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
@@ -4420,7 +4438,10 @@ in
                         GlanceStat {
                             value: srvWidget.connected ? Math.round(srvWidget.cpu) + "%" : "--"
                             caption: "cpu"
-                            valueColor: srvWidget.connected ? Theme.accent : Theme.base03
+                            // base05, like temp: the accent was the one fully
+                            // saturated thing in the column, which made the
+                            // stat the eye landed on first for no reason.
+                            valueColor: srvWidget.connected ? Theme.base05 : Theme.base03
                         }
                         GlanceStat {
                             value: srvWidget.connected && srvWidget.memTotal > 0