diff --git a/settings/quickshell.nix b/settings/quickshell.nix
index 13eeb57..c6bbd00 100644
--- a/settings/quickshell.nix
+++ b/settings/quickshell.nix
@@ -626,28 +626,30 @@ in
                                         id: sessBtn
                                         required property var modelData
                                         required property int index
+                                        readonly property bool selected: sessionMenu.selIdx === index
                                         width: 40
                                         height: 40
                                         radius: 8
-                                        color: sessionMenu.selIdx === index ? Theme.base02 : "transparent"
+                                        // Same selection grammar as the power-profile pill
+                                        // and calendar "today": base02 surface, base03 border
+                                        color: selected ? Theme.base02 : "transparent"
+                                        border.width: selected ? 1 : 0
+                                        border.color: Theme.base03
                                         Behavior on color { ColorAnimation { duration: 120 } }
 
                                         Text {
                                             anchors.centerIn: parent
                                             text: sessBtn.modelData.icon
-                                            // Qt.lighter: the generated palette's base07 is
-                                            // nearly identical to base05, so brightness must
-                                            // be computed, not picked from a slot
-                                            color: sessBtn.modelData.danger && sessionMenu.selIdx === sessBtn.index
-                                                ? Theme.base08 : Qt.lighter(Theme.base07, 1.2)
+                                            // Accent for the active icon (like the workspace
+                                            // pill), base05 idle, base08 for armed danger
+                                            color: sessBtn.selected
+                                                ? (sessBtn.modelData.danger ? Theme.base08 : Theme.base0D)
+                                                : Theme.base05
                                             Behavior on color { ColorAnimation { duration: 120 } }
                                             font.family: Theme.iconFont
                                             font.pixelSize: 20
-                                            // Thicken the variable font's strokes — outlined
-                                            // Material Symbols read dim at default weight —
-                                            // and render the selected icon filled
                                             font.weight: 600
-                                            font.variableAxes: { "FILL": sessionMenu.selIdx === sessBtn.index ? 1.0 : 0.0 }
+                                            font.variableAxes: { "FILL": sessBtn.selected ? 1.0 : 0.0 }
                                         }
 
                                         MouseArea {