diff --git a/crates/trawler/src/editor.rs b/crates/trawler/src/editor.rs
index 0dc9eb2..d32bd26 100644
--- a/crates/trawler/src/editor.rs
+++ b/crates/trawler/src/editor.rs
@@ -1520,7 +1520,7 @@ impl Element for BlockTextElement {
                         cursor_line_box = Some((line_tops[line_ix] + local.y, line_height));
                         cursor_quad = Some(fill(
                             Bounds::new(point(x, y), size(px(2.), caret_height)),
-                            gpui::blue(),
+                            rgb(crate::THREAD_COLOR),
                         ));
                     }
                 }
@@ -1560,7 +1560,10 @@ impl Element for BlockTextElement {
                             point(start_x, row_top),
                             point(end_x, row_top + line_height),
                         ),
-                        rgba(0x3311ff30),
+                        // The thread accent at 25% alpha, so the selection
+                        // highlight stays in the same family as the
+                        // focused-path thread and the caret.
+                        rgba((crate::THREAD_COLOR << 8) | 0x40),
                     ));
                 }
             }
@@ -1728,7 +1731,7 @@ impl Element for BlockTextElement {
         if focus_handle.is_focused(window) {
             match prepaint.cursor.take() {
                 Some(CaretPaint::Quad(quad)) => window.paint_quad(quad),
-                Some(CaretPaint::Path(path)) => window.paint_path(path, gpui::blue()),
+                Some(CaretPaint::Path(path)) => window.paint_path(path, rgb(crate::THREAD_COLOR)),
                 None => {}
             }
         }
diff --git a/crates/trawler/src/main.rs b/crates/trawler/src/main.rs
index 9e67373..e8b7b46 100644
--- a/crates/trawler/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/trawler/src/main.rs
@@ -2429,8 +2429,10 @@ fn is_query_block(outline: &Outline, id: TreeID) -> bool {
 }
 
 /// Reference color: distinct from body text, matching the spec's "visually
-/// distinct" requirement for node references.
-const REFERENCE_COLOR: u32 = 0x6ab0f3;
+/// distinct" requirement for node references. The accent green (see
+/// `THREAD_COLOR`) — references are interactive, so they wear the same
+/// accent as the rest of the interactive family.
+const REFERENCE_COLOR: u32 = THREAD_COLOR;
 const CODE_BG: u32 = 0x2a2a2a;
 const MUTED_COLOR: u32 = 0x9a9a9a;
 /// Default text color, set on the root element and also baked into each
@@ -2482,7 +2484,10 @@ const BULLET_COLUMN_CENTER: f32 = 7.0;
 /// the elbow's `border_l_2`/`border_b_2` calls (gpui's per-side border
 /// helpers are fixed-step).
 const THREAD_WIDTH: f32 = 2.0;
-const THREAD_COLOR: u32 = 0x7c9dd9;
+/// The app's accent: a muted pistachio green. The editor derives its
+/// caret and selection-highlight colors from this (see `editor.rs`), so
+/// the accent family stays coherent.
+const THREAD_COLOR: u32 = 0x8ecc99;
 /// Corner radius of the thread's elbow bend into a bullet.
 const THREAD_BEND_RADIUS: f32 = 6.0;
 
@@ -2645,8 +2650,10 @@ fn apply_scroll_target(list_state: &ListState, target: ScrollTarget) {
 /// and its (indented) result". `QUERY_ACCENT_COLOR` colors the "RESULT"
 /// label; deliberately not used for a border, which would consume layout
 /// width sibling rows don't have and throw off alignment.
-const QUERY_BG: u32 = 0x22252e;
-const QUERY_ACCENT_COLOR: u32 = 0x7c9dd9;
+// A recessed neutral — darker than the app background rather than a
+// blue-tinted lift, so the card doesn't fight the green accent family.
+const QUERY_BG: u32 = 0x181818;
+const QUERY_ACCENT_COLOR: u32 = THREAD_COLOR;
 /// Blank space rendered as a synthetic trailing row after the real outline
 /// rows, so the last block can be scrolled up away from the window's bottom
 /// edge instead of staying glued to it while editing. Must stay ≥ the