diff --git a/src/styles/globals.css b/src/styles/globals.css
index 4940d1e..ff07eb0 100644
--- a/src/styles/globals.css
+++ b/src/styles/globals.css
@@ -1108,13 +1108,13 @@ button {
 
 /* A compact personal workspace, across every section. */
 :root {
-  --background: 42 30% 96%;
-  --card: 45 35% 99%;
-  --border: 35 15% 82%;
-  --studio-rule: #ddd8cd;
+  --background: 204 44% 97%;
+  --card: 205 45% 99%;
+  --border: 202 24% 86%;
+  --studio-rule: #d6e1e7;
 }
 .site-header {
-  background: #f8f6f0f5;
+  background: #f6f9fcf5;
 }
 .nav-inner {
   height: 76px;
@@ -1212,7 +1212,7 @@ button {
 }
 .corner-card {
   display: block;
-  background: #fffdf7;
+  background: #fbfdff;
   border: 1px solid var(--studio-rule);
   padding: 9px 9px 15px;
   border-radius: 4px;
@@ -1285,7 +1285,7 @@ button {
   width: 100%;
   min-width: 0;
   border: 1px solid var(--studio-rule);
-  background: #fffdf8;
+  background: #fbfdff;
   padding: 10px 12px;
   border-radius: 6px;
   margin-top: 8px;
@@ -1351,7 +1351,7 @@ button {
   border: 1px solid var(--studio-rule);
   border-radius: 8px;
   overflow: hidden;
-  background: #fffdf8;
+  background: #fbfdff;
 }
 .travel-strip {
   display: flex;
@@ -1432,7 +1432,7 @@ button {
     overflow-y: auto;
     padding: 25px 18px;
     border-right: 1px solid var(--studio-rule);
-    background: #f1eee5;
+    background: #edf4f8;
   }
   .rail-group {
     margin-top: 19px;
@@ -1458,7 +1458,7 @@ button {
     opacity: 0;
   }
   .rail-group a:hover {
-    background: #e6e4d9;
+    background: #e4edf3;
   }
   .rail-group a:hover span {
     opacity: 1;
@@ -1587,7 +1587,7 @@ button {
   padding: 8px 13px;
   border: 1px solid var(--studio-rule);
   border-radius: 5px;
-  background: #fffdf8;
+  background: #fbfdff;
   color: var(--studio-blue);
 }
 
@@ -1597,7 +1597,7 @@ button {
   align-items: center;
   gap: 20px;
   border: 1px solid var(--studio-rule);
-  background: #fffdf8;
+  background: #fbfdff;
   padding: 16px 24px;
   border-radius: 8px;
 }
@@ -1637,7 +1637,7 @@ button {
   border: 1px solid var(--studio-rule);
   border-radius: 9px;
   overflow: hidden;
-  background: #fffdf8;
+  background: #fbfdff;
 }
 .mark-choice[aria-pressed="true"] {
   border-color: var(--studio-blue);
@@ -1648,7 +1648,7 @@ button {
   display: flex;
   justify-content: center;
   align-items: center;
-  background: #eeeee6;
+  background: #edf3f7;
   padding: 20px;
 }
 .mark-large svg {
@@ -1745,7 +1745,7 @@ button {
   flex: 1;
   min-width: 180px;
   padding: 12px 15px;
-  background: var(--studio-paper, #fffdf8);
+  background: var(--studio-paper, #fbfdff);
   border: 1px solid var(--studio-rule);
   border-radius: 6px;
 }
@@ -1765,7 +1765,7 @@ button {
 .coffee-map-panel {
   min-width: 0;
   position: relative;
-  background: #e8e9df;
+  background: #e7eff4;
 }
 .coffee-map {
   height: 520px;
@@ -1778,7 +1778,7 @@ button {
   left: 60px;
   right: 25px;
   padding: 15px;
-  background: #fffdf8;
+  background: #fbfdff;
 }
 .coffee-pin {
   background: var(--studio-blue);
@@ -1798,7 +1798,7 @@ button {
 .coffee-shop-list {
   max-height: 520px;
   overflow: auto;
-  background: #fffdf8;
+  background: #fbfdff;
   padding: 18px 12px;
 }
 .coffee-shop-list > .studio-label {
@@ -1816,7 +1816,7 @@ button {
 }
 .coffee-shop:hover,
 .coffee-shop[aria-pressed="true"] {
-  background: #eeeee6;
+  background: #edf3f7;
 }
 .coffee-shop > span:nth-child(2) {
   flex: 1;
@@ -1837,7 +1837,7 @@ button {
   font-size: 12px;
 }
 .coffee-detail {
-  background: #fffdf8;
+  background: #fbfdff;
   padding: 22px;
   border-top: 1px solid var(--studio-rule);
 }
@@ -2101,7 +2101,7 @@ button {
   padding: 12px;
   border: 1px solid var(--studio-rule);
   border-radius: 8px 8px 0 0;
-  background: #f0efe8;
+  background: #edf3f7;
 }
 .control-group {
   display: flex;
@@ -2115,7 +2115,7 @@ button {
   padding: 6px 10px;
   border: 1px solid var(--studio-rule);
   border-radius: 4px;
-  background: #fffdf8;
+  background: #fbfdff;
 }
 .control-group button:disabled {
   opacity: 0.35;
@@ -2132,7 +2132,7 @@ button {
   min-height: 420px;
   overflow: auto;
   padding: 16px;
-  background: #e9e8e1;
+  background: #e7eff4;
   border: 1px solid var(--studio-rule);
   border-top: 0;
 }
@@ -2202,7 +2202,7 @@ button {
 
 /* A centered site with one consistent, compact navigation. */
 .site-header {
-  background: #f8f6f0f5;
+  background: #f6f9fcf5;
   backdrop-filter: blur(18px);
   border-bottom: 1px solid var(--studio-rule);
 }
@@ -2338,7 +2338,7 @@ button {
   width: 190px;
   padding: 6px;
   border: 1px solid var(--studio-rule);
-  background: #fffdf8;
+  background: #fbfdff;
   border-radius: 8px;
   box-shadow: 0 10px 25px #24231f12;
 }
@@ -2349,7 +2349,7 @@ button {
 }
 .header-dropdown a:hover,
 .header-dropdown a[aria-current="page"] {
-  background: #eeeee6;
+  background: #edf3f7;
   color: var(--studio-blue);
 }
 .primary-links .header-resume {
@@ -2397,25 +2397,25 @@ button {
   }
 }
 
-/* Hadlock palette, with soft paper surfaces and lake-blue contour lines. */
+/* Hadlock palette, with cool blue-white surfaces and lake-blue contour lines. */
 :root {
   --font-sans: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
-  --background: 40 31% 94%;
+  --background: 204 44% 97%;
   --foreground: 205 34% 16%;
-  --card: 48 100% 99%;
+  --card: 205 45% 99%;
   --card-foreground: 205 34% 16%;
   --primary: 196 100% 31%;
   --ring: 196 100% 31%;
   --muted-foreground: 207 10% 40%;
   --studio-blue: #0076a0;
   --studio-muted: #616a6e;
-  --studio-rule: #d9d3c6;
+  --studio-rule: #d6e1e7;
   --studio-ink: #173441;
 }
 body {
   background:
-    radial-gradient(ellipse at 95% 5%, #dce8e7 0, transparent 38rem),
-    radial-gradient(ellipse at 0 65%, #e9e4d5 0, transparent 40rem), #f4f1ea;
+    radial-gradient(ellipse at 95% 5%, #e4f2f7 0, transparent 38rem),
+    radial-gradient(ellipse at 0 65%, #edf4f8 0, transparent 40rem), #f6f9fc;
   font-family: var(--font-sans);
 }
 ::selection {
@@ -2423,8 +2423,8 @@ body {
   color: #163542;
 }
 .site-header {
-  background: #f4f1eaed;
-  border-color: #d9d3c680;
+  background: #f6f9fcf0;
+  border-color: #d6e1e780;
 }
 .wordmark-name {
   font-weight: 600;
@@ -2434,7 +2434,7 @@ body {
   font-size: 14px;
 }
 .header-dropdown {
-  background: #fffefa;
+  background: #fbfdff;
   box-shadow: 0 14px 40px #17344116;
 }
 .header-dropdown a:hover,
@@ -2458,10 +2458,10 @@ body {
   margin-bottom: 44px;
   border: 1px solid #245565;
   border-radius: 22px;
-  color: #fff8e9;
+  color: #173441;
   background:
-    radial-gradient(ellipse at 100% 110%, #0076a073, transparent 65%),
-    linear-gradient(115deg, #102e3c, #1c4b5b);
+    radial-gradient(ellipse at 100% 110%, #8dc4d1aa, transparent 65%),
+    linear-gradient(115deg, #e9f3f1, #cce5e9);
   box-shadow:
     0 14px 40px #1734410c,
     inset 0 1px 0 #ffffff10;
@@ -2481,7 +2481,7 @@ body {
   vector-effect: non-scaling-stroke;
 }
 .studio-intro .intro-topline {
-  color: #c0d4d7;
+  color: #496f7b;
   font-size: 11px;
   letter-spacing: 0.08em;
   text-transform: uppercase;
@@ -2492,43 +2492,43 @@ body {
   margin-top: 25px;
 }
 .studio-intro h1 {
-  color: #fff8e9;
+  color: #143744;
   font-size: clamp(54px, 6vw, 84px);
   font-weight: 400;
   letter-spacing: -0.04em;
   margin-bottom: 22px;
 }
 .studio-intro h1 span {
-  color: #91c2ce;
+  color: #0076a0;
 }
 .studio-intro .intro-statement {
-  color: #fff8e9;
+  color: #173b49;
   font-size: 23px;
   line-height: 1.45;
   letter-spacing: -0.025em;
 }
 .studio-intro .intro-statement a {
-  color: #b3dfe7;
-  text-decoration-color: #8bbacb65;
+  color: #006c90;
+  text-decoration-color: #0076a080;
 }
 .studio-intro .intro-detail {
-  color: #c0d1d6;
+  color: #42606a;
   font-size: 15px;
   line-height: 1.8;
   max-width: 590px;
 }
 .studio-intro .intro-links {
-  color: #fff8e9;
+  color: #173b49;
   margin-top: 25px;
 }
 .studio-intro .intro-links a {
   font-size: 13px;
 }
 .studio-intro .intro-links a:first-child {
-  border: 1px solid #b9d4d45c;
+  border: 1px solid #47879b75;
   border-radius: 5px;
   padding: 9px 13px;
-  background: #ffffff09;
+  background: #ffffff66;
 }
 .studio-intro .intro-portrait {
   transform: none;
@@ -2559,9 +2559,9 @@ body {
   font-size: 11px;
 }
 .studio-grid > article {
-  background: #fffefa;
+  background: #fbfdff;
   padding: 12px 12px 20px;
-  border: 1px solid #d9d3c6;
+  border: 1px solid #d6e1e7;
   border-radius: 16px;
   box-shadow: 0 4px 12px #17344104;
 }
@@ -2595,8 +2595,8 @@ body {
   padding-top: 20px;
 }
 .corner-card {
-  background: #fffefa;
-  border: 1px solid #d9d3c6;
+  background: #fbfdff;
+  border: 1px solid #d6e1e7;
   box-shadow: 0 5px 16px #17344106;
   border-radius: 10px;
 }
@@ -2730,13 +2730,14 @@ body {
   width: 100vw;
   z-index: -2;
   background:
-    radial-gradient(ellipse at 100% 110%, #0076a073, transparent 65%),
-    linear-gradient(115deg, #102e3c, #1c4b5b);
+    radial-gradient(ellipse at 100% 110%, #8dc4d1aa, transparent 65%),
+    linear-gradient(115deg, #e9f3f1, #cce5e9);
 }
 .studio-intro > .contour-lines {
   left: calc((100% - 100vw) / 2);
   width: 100vw;
 }
+.studio-intro > .contour-lines path { stroke: #468ca0; }
 @media (max-width: 700px) {
   .studio-home .studio-intro {
     padding: 30px 0 36px;
@@ -2995,7 +2996,7 @@ body {
   position: fixed;
   inset: 64px 0 0;
   z-index: 40;
-  background: linear-gradient(180deg, #f4f1ea10, #f4f1ea8c 70%);
+  background: linear-gradient(180deg, #f6f9fc10, #f6f9fc8c 70%);
   -webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(14px);
   backdrop-filter: blur(14px);
   -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, transparent, #000 42%);
@@ -3106,7 +3107,7 @@ body {
   padding: 28px 30px;
   border: 1px solid var(--studio-rule);
   border-radius: 14px;
-  background: #fffefa;
+  background: #fbfdff;
 }
 .media-story-top { color: #54717c; }
 .media-story-top svg { flex-shrink: 0; }
@@ -3144,7 +3145,7 @@ body {
   padding: 30px;
   border: 1px solid var(--studio-rule);
   border-radius: 14px;
-  background: #fffefa;
+  background: #fbfdff;
 }
 .writing-page .writing-entry:first-child {
   position: relative;
@@ -3211,7 +3212,7 @@ body {
   padding: 13px;
   border: 1px solid var(--studio-rule);
   border-radius: 12px;
-  background: #fffefa;
+  background: #fbfdff;
 }
 .portfolio-page .project-tools label { position: relative; min-width: 260px; }
 .portfolio-page .project-tools label > svg { position: absolute; top: 50%; left: 14px; transform: translateY(-50%); color: #67808a; }
@@ -3226,7 +3227,7 @@ body {
 .portfolio-page .archive-card--featured {
   padding: 12px;
   border-radius: 16px;
-  background: #fffefa;
+  background: #fbfdff;
   box-shadow: 0 6px 18px #17344108;
 }
 .archive-card--featured .archive-image { border-radius: 9px; aspect-ratio: 1.62; }
@@ -3338,6 +3339,18 @@ body {
   .header-dropdown a:hover, .header-dropdown a[aria-current="page"] { background: #294451; color: var(--studio-blue); }
   .mobile-menu-backdrop { background: linear-gradient(180deg, #10263010, #102630b8 70%); }
 
+  .studio-home .studio-intro { color: #fff8e9; }
+  .studio-home .studio-intro::before {
+    background: radial-gradient(ellipse at 100% 110%, #0076a073, transparent 65%), linear-gradient(115deg, #102e3c, #1c4b5b);
+  }
+  .studio-intro > .contour-lines path { stroke: #92b8bc; }
+  .studio-intro .intro-topline { color: #c0d4d7; }
+  .studio-intro h1, .studio-intro .intro-statement, .studio-intro .intro-links { color: #fff8e9; }
+  .studio-intro h1 span { color: #91c2ce; }
+  .studio-intro .intro-statement a { color: #b3dfe7; text-decoration-color: #8bbacb65; }
+  .studio-intro .intro-detail { color: #c0d1d6; }
+  .studio-intro .intro-links a:first-child { border-color: #b9d4d45c; background: #ffffff09; }
+
   .studio-grid > article, .studio-hadlock, .media-story,
   .writing-page .writing-entry:not(:first-child),
   .portfolio-page .project-tools, .portfolio-page .archive-card--featured,