diff --git a/frontend/apps/artcraft/app/src/components/signaled/TopBar/AppsQuickMenu.tsx b/frontend/apps/artcraft/app/src/components/signaled/TopBar/AppsQuickMenu.tsx
index 4a8ce8af8b..cebd524848 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/artcraft/app/src/components/signaled/TopBar/AppsQuickMenu.tsx
+++ b/frontend/apps/artcraft/app/src/components/signaled/TopBar/AppsQuickMenu.tsx
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ const AppsQuickMenuSection = ({
             onClick={() => goToApp(app.action)}
             disabled={!app.action}
             className={twMerge(
-              "group flex w-full items-center gap-3 px-2 py-2 text-left transition-colors",
+              "group flex w-full items-center gap-3 rounded-[3px] px-2 py-2 text-left transition-colors",
               app.action
-                ? "cursor-pointer hover:bg-white/10"
+                ? "cursor-pointer hover:bg-white/[0.08]"
                 : "cursor-default opacity-60",
             )}
           >
diff --git a/frontend/apps/artcraft/app/src/config/appMenu.tsx b/frontend/apps/artcraft/app/src/config/appMenu.tsx
index 5fae79778a..0e90686e62 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/artcraft/app/src/config/appMenu.tsx
+++ b/frontend/apps/artcraft/app/src/config/appMenu.tsx
@@ -105,10 +105,10 @@ const APP_CARD_PALETTES: Record<string, AppCardPalette> = {
     hoverStyle: "hover:border-blue-400/60 hover:bg-blue-500/10",
   },
   "image-to-video": {
-    accent: "from-amber-500/20 to-amber-500/0",
-    iconBg: "bg-amber-500/20 border-amber-400/40",
-    iconColor: "text-amber-300",
-    hoverStyle: "hover:border-amber-400/60 hover:bg-amber-500/10",
+    accent: "from-purple-500/20 to-purple-500/0",
+    iconBg: "bg-purple-500/20 border-purple-400/40",
+    iconColor: "text-purple-300",
+    hoverStyle: "hover:border-purple-400/60 hover:bg-purple-500/10",
   },
   "create-audio": {
     accent: "from-pink-500/20 to-pink-500/0",
@@ -117,17 +117,65 @@ const APP_CARD_PALETTES: Record<string, AppCardPalette> = {
     hoverStyle: "hover:border-pink-400/60 hover:bg-pink-500/10",
   },
   "image-to-3d-object": {
+    accent: "from-cyan-500/20 to-cyan-500/0",
+    iconBg: "bg-cyan-500/20 border-cyan-400/40",
+    iconColor: "text-cyan-300",
+    hoverStyle: "hover:border-cyan-400/60 hover:bg-cyan-500/10",
+  },
+  "image-to-3d-world": {
+    accent: "from-teal-500/20 to-teal-500/0",
+    iconBg: "bg-teal-500/20 border-teal-400/40",
+    iconColor: "text-teal-300",
+    hoverStyle: "hover:border-teal-400/60 hover:bg-teal-500/10",
+  },
+  "3d-editor": {
+    accent: "from-amber-500/20 to-amber-500/0",
+    iconBg: "bg-amber-500/20 border-amber-400/40",
+    iconColor: "text-amber-300",
+    hoverStyle: "hover:border-amber-400/60 hover:bg-amber-500/10",
+  },
+  "background-change": {
     accent: "from-emerald-500/20 to-emerald-500/0",
     iconBg: "bg-emerald-500/20 border-emerald-400/40",
     iconColor: "text-emerald-300",
     hoverStyle: "hover:border-emerald-400/60 hover:bg-emerald-500/10",
   },
-  "image-to-3d-world": {
+  "video-editor": {
+    accent: "from-rose-500/20 to-rose-500/0",
+    iconBg: "bg-rose-500/20 border-rose-400/40",
+    iconColor: "text-rose-300",
+    hoverStyle: "hover:border-rose-400/60 hover:bg-rose-500/10",
+  },
+  moodboard: {
+    accent: "from-indigo-500/20 to-indigo-500/0",
+    iconBg: "bg-indigo-500/20 border-indigo-400/40",
+    iconColor: "text-indigo-300",
+    hoverStyle: "hover:border-indigo-400/60 hover:bg-indigo-500/10",
+  },
+  "video-frame-extractor": {
+    accent: "from-orange-500/20 to-orange-500/0",
+    iconBg: "bg-orange-500/20 border-orange-400/40",
+    iconColor: "text-orange-300",
+    hoverStyle: "hover:border-orange-400/60 hover:bg-orange-500/10",
+  },
+  "edit-image": {
     accent: "from-sky-500/20 to-sky-500/0",
     iconBg: "bg-sky-500/20 border-sky-400/40",
     iconColor: "text-sky-300",
     hoverStyle: "hover:border-sky-400/60 hover:bg-sky-500/10",
   },
+  "2d-canvas": {
+    accent: "from-sky-500/20 to-sky-500/0",
+    iconBg: "bg-sky-500/20 border-sky-400/40",
+    iconColor: "text-sky-300",
+    hoverStyle: "hover:border-sky-400/60 hover:bg-sky-500/10",
+  },
+  "remove-background": {
+    accent: "from-violet-500/20 to-violet-500/0",
+    iconBg: "bg-violet-500/20 border-violet-400/40",
+    iconColor: "text-violet-300",
+    hoverStyle: "hover:border-violet-400/60 hover:bg-violet-500/10",
+  },
   angles: {
     accent: "from-lime-500/20 to-lime-500/0",
     iconBg: "bg-lime-500/20 border-lime-400/40",
@@ -140,59 +188,17 @@ const APP_CARD_PALETTES: Record<string, AppCardPalette> = {
     iconColor: "text-fuchsia-300",
     hoverStyle: "hover:border-fuchsia-400/60 hover:bg-fuchsia-500/10",
   },
-  "2d-canvas": {
-    accent: "from-sky-500/20 to-sky-500/0",
-    iconBg: "bg-sky-500/20 border-sky-400/40",
-    iconColor: "text-sky-300",
-    hoverStyle: "hover:border-sky-400/60 hover:bg-sky-500/10",
-  },
-  "3d-editor": {
-    accent: "from-emerald-500/20 to-emerald-500/0",
-    iconBg: "bg-emerald-500/20 border-emerald-400/40",
-    iconColor: "text-emerald-300",
-    hoverStyle: "hover:border-emerald-400/60 hover:bg-emerald-500/10",
-  },
-  "edit-image": {
-    accent: "from-purple-500/20 to-purple-500/0",
-    iconBg: "bg-purple-500/20 border-purple-400/40",
-    iconColor: "text-purple-300",
-    hoverStyle: "hover:border-purple-400/60 hover:bg-purple-500/10",
-  },
-  "remove-background": {
-    accent: "from-violet-500/20 to-violet-500/0",
-    iconBg: "bg-violet-500/20 border-violet-400/40",
-    iconColor: "text-violet-300",
-    hoverStyle: "hover:border-violet-400/60 hover:bg-violet-500/10",
-  },
-  "video-frame-extractor": {
-    accent: "from-rose-500/20 to-rose-500/0",
-    iconBg: "bg-rose-500/20 border-rose-400/40",
-    iconColor: "text-rose-300",
-    hoverStyle: "hover:border-rose-400/60 hover:bg-rose-500/10",
-  },
-  "background-change": {
-    accent: "from-orange-500/20 to-orange-500/0",
-    iconBg: "bg-orange-500/20 border-orange-400/40",
-    iconColor: "text-orange-300",
-    hoverStyle: "hover:border-orange-400/60 hover:bg-orange-500/10",
-  },
-  "video-editor": {
-    accent: "from-teal-500/20 to-teal-500/0",
-    iconBg: "bg-teal-500/20 border-teal-400/40",
-    iconColor: "text-teal-300",
-    hoverStyle: "hover:border-teal-400/60 hover:bg-teal-500/10",
-  },
   "video-watermark-removal": {
-    accent: "from-cyan-500/20 to-cyan-500/0",
-    iconBg: "bg-cyan-500/20 border-cyan-400/40",
-    iconColor: "text-cyan-300",
-    hoverStyle: "hover:border-cyan-400/60 hover:bg-cyan-500/10",
+    accent: "from-yellow-500/20 to-yellow-500/0",
+    iconBg: "bg-yellow-500/20 border-yellow-400/40",
+    iconColor: "text-yellow-300",
+    hoverStyle: "hover:border-yellow-400/60 hover:bg-yellow-500/10",
   },
   "image-watermark-removal": {
-    accent: "from-indigo-500/20 to-indigo-500/0",
-    iconBg: "bg-indigo-500/20 border-indigo-400/40",
-    iconColor: "text-indigo-300",
-    hoverStyle: "hover:border-indigo-400/60 hover:bg-indigo-500/10",
+    accent: "from-red-500/20 to-red-500/0",
+    iconBg: "bg-red-500/20 border-red-400/40",
+    iconColor: "text-red-300",
+    hoverStyle: "hover:border-red-400/60 hover:bg-red-500/10",
   },
 };
 
diff --git a/frontend/apps/artcraft/app/src/pages/PageApps/AppsIndexPage.tsx b/frontend/apps/artcraft/app/src/pages/PageApps/AppsIndexPage.tsx
index afd5daffd2..cead11f663 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/artcraft/app/src/pages/PageApps/AppsIndexPage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/apps/artcraft/app/src/pages/PageApps/AppsIndexPage.tsx
@@ -90,7 +90,9 @@ function AppCard({ app }: { app: FullAppItem }) {
                 <span
                   className={twMerge(
                     "shrink-0 border px-1.5 py-1 font-mono text-[9px] font-medium leading-none tracking-wider",
-                    getBadgeStyles(app.badge),
+                    app.badge === "SOON"
+                      ? getBadgeStyles(app.badge)
+                      : "border-primary/30 text-ui-accent-ink",
                   )}
                 >
                   {app.badge}
diff --git a/frontend/apps/artcraft/tailwind.config.ts b/frontend/apps/artcraft/tailwind.config.ts
index 7d9fa35957..d3063797d2 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/artcraft/tailwind.config.ts
+++ b/frontend/apps/artcraft/tailwind.config.ts
@@ -326,6 +326,9 @@ export default {
   },
   plugins: [],
   safelist: [
+    // lucide-react adds this class at runtime; keep the base-layer sizing rule
+    // in styles/tailwind.css from being purged.
+    "lucide",
     "bg-character-selected",
     "bg-character-unselected",
     "bg-character-clip",
diff --git a/frontend/libs/components/button/src/lib/ToggleButton.tsx b/frontend/libs/components/button/src/lib/ToggleButton.tsx
index f2b90ea7b8..41ad3f4912 100644
--- a/frontend/libs/components/button/src/lib/ToggleButton.tsx
+++ b/frontend/libs/components/button/src/lib/ToggleButton.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { LucideIcon } from "lucide-react";
 import { DynamicIcon } from "@storyteller/icons";
-import { Button } from "./button";
+import { Button, NEUTRAL_BUTTON_HOVER_CLASSES } from "./button";
 import { twMerge } from "tailwind-merge";
 
 interface ToggleButtonProps {
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ export const ToggleButton = ({
   return (
     <Button
       className={twMerge(
-        // 34px matches the sibling toolbar controls (GenerateButton, the
-        // PopoverMenu triggers). Flat control surface + hairline border,
-        // same idiom as the PopoverMenu triggers beside it.
-        "flex h-[34px] items-center justify-center rounded-[3px] border border-ui-controls-border bg-ui-controls text-white transition-colors",
+        // Same box and type as the PopoverMenu triggers beside it (34px,
+        // text-sm sans, flat control surface + hairline border), overriding
+        // the Button base's mono uppercase label.
+        "flex h-[34px] items-center justify-center rounded-[3px] border border-ui-controls-border bg-ui-controls py-0 font-sans text-sm font-medium normal-case tracking-normal text-base-fg transition-colors",
         hasLabel ? "px-3" : "w-[34px] p-0",
         isActive
-          ? "border-white/30 bg-brand-primary/40 hover:border-white/30 hover:bg-brand-primary/40"
-          : "hover:bg-ui-controls hover:bg-[linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,0.07),rgba(255,255,255,0.07))]",
+          ? "border-white/40 bg-white/10 hover:border-white/40 hover:bg-white/15"
+          : NEUTRAL_BUTTON_HOVER_CLASSES,
         className,
       )}
       variant="secondary"
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export const ToggleButton = ({
           />
         )}
         {label && (
-          <span className="whitespace-nowrap text-white/90">{label}</span>
+          <span className="whitespace-nowrap">{label}</span>
         )}
       </span>
     </Button>
diff --git a/frontend/libs/components/menu-icon-selector/src/lib/menu-icon-selector.tsx b/frontend/libs/components/menu-icon-selector/src/lib/menu-icon-selector.tsx
index e4916496eb..356a7b6727 100644
--- a/frontend/libs/components/menu-icon-selector/src/lib/menu-icon-selector.tsx
+++ b/frontend/libs/components/menu-icon-selector/src/lib/menu-icon-selector.tsx
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ export const MenuIconSelector: React.FC<MenuIconSelectorProps> = ({
         {/* Active tab background */}
         {selectedIndex >= 0 && (
           <div
-            className="absolute z-10 rounded-[2px] bg-base-fg transition-all duration-150 ease-in-out"
+            className="absolute z-10 rounded-[2px] bg-base-fg/[0.08] transition-all duration-150 ease-in-out after:absolute after:inset-x-1.5 after:-bottom-1 after:h-0.5 after:bg-base-fg"
             style={{
               left: activeStyle.left,
               width: activeStyle.width,
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ export const MenuIconSelector: React.FC<MenuIconSelectorProps> = ({
         {/* Hover background (only if hovering a different tab) */}
         {hoveredIndex !== -1 && hoveredIndex !== selectedIndex && (
           <div
-            className="absolute z-20 rounded-[2px] bg-base-fg/10 transition-all duration-150 ease-in-out pointer-events-none"
+            className="absolute z-20 rounded-[2px] bg-base-fg/[0.08] transition-all duration-150 ease-in-out pointer-events-none"
             style={{
               left: hoverStyle.left,
               width: hoverStyle.width,
@@ -136,10 +136,7 @@ export const MenuIconSelector: React.FC<MenuIconSelectorProps> = ({
               closeOnClick={true}
               interactive={interactive}
               disabled={disabled}
-              className={twMerge(
-                "text-sm font-semibold",
-                item.large && "text-md",
-              )}
+              className="font-sans text-xs font-medium normal-case tracking-normal"
               imageSrc={imageSrc || undefined}
               description={description || undefined}
             >
@@ -153,7 +150,7 @@ export const MenuIconSelector: React.FC<MenuIconSelectorProps> = ({
                 className={twMerge(
                   "relative z-30 flex flex-col items-center justify-center px-3 py-2 rounded-[2px] transition-colors duration-150",
                   idx === selectedIndex
-                    ? "text-ui-panel"
+                    ? "text-base-fg"
                     : "text-base-fg/70 hover:text-base-fg",
                   disabled ? "cursor-not-allowed opacity-60" : "",
                 )}
diff --git a/frontend/libs/components/promptbox/src/lib/PromptBoxVideo.tsx b/frontend/libs/components/promptbox/src/lib/PromptBoxVideo.tsx
index d6c23116fe..1bf1f72388 100644
--- a/frontend/libs/components/promptbox/src/lib/PromptBoxVideo.tsx
+++ b/frontend/libs/components/promptbox/src/lib/PromptBoxVideo.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@ import { JobContextType } from "@storyteller/common";
 import { PopoverMenu, PopoverItem } from "@storyteller/ui-popover";
 import { SliderV2 } from "@storyteller/ui-sliderv2";
 import { Tooltip } from "@storyteller/ui-tooltip";
-import { ToggleButton, GenerateIconButton } from "@storyteller/ui-button";
+import {
+  ToggleButton,
+  GenerateIconButton,
+  NEUTRAL_BUTTON_HOVER_CLASSES,
+} from "@storyteller/ui-button";
 import { GenerateVideo, GenerateVideoRequest, commandErrorMessage } from "@storyteller/tauri-api";
 import { AudioLinesIcon, ChevronDownIcon, ChevronUpIcon, ClockIcon, InfoIcon } from "lucide-react";
 import { DynamicIcon } from "@storyteller/icons";
@@ -1317,7 +1321,7 @@ export const PromptBoxVideo = ({
       <button
         type="button"
         onClick={() => setIsCharactersModalOpen(true)}
-        className="flex h-9 items-center justify-center gap-1 rounded-[3px] border border-ui-controls-border bg-ui-controls px-3 font-mono text-[11px] font-semibold uppercase tracking-[0.12em] text-base-fg transition-colors duration-150 hover:bg-ui-controls/80"
+        className={`flex h-[34px] items-center justify-center gap-2 rounded-[3px] border border-ui-controls-border bg-ui-controls px-3 text-sm font-medium text-base-fg transition-colors duration-150 ${NEUTRAL_BUTTON_HOVER_CLASSES}`}
       >
         @Characters
       </button>
@@ -1531,11 +1535,6 @@ export const PromptBoxVideo = ({
                     icon={AudioLinesIcon}
                     activeIcon={AudioLinesIcon}
                     onClick={() => setGenerateWithSound(!generateWithSound)}
-                    className={
-                      generateWithSound
-                        ? "bg-white/10 hover:bg-white/15 border-white/40"
-                        : undefined
-                    }
                   />
                 </Tooltip>
               )}