diff --git a/app/globals.css b/app/globals.css
index e5ac6a0..f2892ce 100644
--- a/app/globals.css
+++ b/app/globals.css
@@ -980,6 +980,34 @@ html.theme-blueprint {
 html.theme-blueprint [data-slot="button"] {
   position: relative;
 }
+
+/* Paper surfaces (dialogs, popovers, dropdown menus) carry cobalt ink:
+   they set `text-popover-foreground`, but the generic button and editor
+   styles also read `--foreground` / `--background` expecting the usual
+   light-theme semantics (dark ink, light surface). In blueprint those
+   tokens are board-level (near-white ink, cobalt surface), so ghost
+   buttons wash to white-on-white, outline buttons go blue-on-blue, and
+   the markdown editor's text is invisible on the sheet. Restoring the
+   paper semantics locally makes every descendant render correctly. */
+html.theme-blueprint [data-slot="dialog-content"],
+html.theme-blueprint [data-slot="popover-content"],
+html.theme-blueprint [data-slot="dropdown-menu-content"] {
+  --foreground: var(--card-foreground);
+  --background: var(--card);
+}
+
+/* The sidebar and scheduled rail are cobalt board chrome with near-white
+   ink. The ghost buttons there (theme trigger, log out, collapse, rail
+   actions) reference `--muted` / `--foreground` for hover + expanded
+   states, which in blueprint are both paper-bright: a white-on-white
+   wash-out. Re-target those states to the sidebar's own accent pair:
+   a slightly lighter cobalt with the same near-white ink. */
+html.theme-blueprint .bg-sidebar :is([data-slot="button"], [data-slot="dropdown-menu-trigger"]):hover,
+html.theme-blueprint .bg-sidebar :is([data-slot="button"], [data-slot="dropdown-menu-trigger"]):focus-visible,
+html.theme-blueprint .bg-sidebar :is([data-slot="button"], [data-slot="dropdown-menu-trigger"])[aria-expanded="true"] {
+  background-color: var(--sidebar-accent);
+  color: var(--sidebar-accent-foreground);
+}
 html.theme-blueprint [data-slot="button"]::before,
 html.theme-blueprint [data-slot="button"]::after {
   content: "";