diff --git a/static/css/input.css b/static/css/input.css
index 6f6d283..65e35ef 100644
--- a/static/css/input.css
+++ b/static/css/input.css
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
   --text: #1c1917;            /* stone-900 */
   --text-secondary: #57534e;  /* stone-600 */
   --text-muted: #78716c;      /* stone-500 */
+
+  /* Data-viz highlight (RGB triplet for alpha usage in JS) */
+  --highlight-rgb: 194, 65, 12;   /* orange-700, matches --accent */
 }
 
 [data-theme="dark"] {
@@ -50,6 +53,8 @@
   --text: #e7e5e4;
   --text-secondary: #d6d3d1;
   --text-muted: #a8a29e;
+
+  --highlight-rgb: 234, 88, 12;   /* orange-600, matches --accent */
 }
 
 /* ── Theme: map raw vars to Tailwind utilities ─────────────────── */
@@ -66,6 +71,7 @@
   --color-text-secondary: var(--text-secondary);
   --color-text-muted: var(--text-muted);
   --color-border: var(--border);
+  --color-highlight: rgb(var(--highlight-rgb));
 }
 
 /* ── Base: default border color ────────────────────────────────── */
diff --git a/static/js/components/world-map.js b/static/js/components/world-map.js
index e2b41c1..dbf1532 100644
--- a/static/js/components/world-map.js
+++ b/static/js/components/world-map.js
@@ -6,7 +6,16 @@ const WORLD_SVG = `
 customElements.define("world-map", class extends HTMLElement {
   static get observedAttributes() { return ["data-countries", "data-max", "data-selected"]; }
 
-  connectedCallback() { this._scheduleRender(); }
+  connectedCallback() {
+    this._scheduleRender();
+    this._themeObserver = new MutationObserver(() => requestAnimationFrame(() => this._recolor()));
+    this._themeObserver.observe(document.documentElement, { attributes: true, attributeFilter: ['data-theme'] });
+  }
+
+  disconnectedCallback() {
+    this._themeObserver?.disconnect();
+    this._themeObserver = null;
+  }
 
   attributeChangedCallback(name) {
     if (!this.isConnected) return;
@@ -64,23 +73,29 @@ customElements.define("world-map", class extends HTMLElement {
     const counts = this._counts;
     const max = this._max;
 
+    const styles = getComputedStyle(document.documentElement);
+    const rgb = styles.getPropertyValue('--highlight-rgb').trim() || '185, 28, 28';
+    const borderColor = styles.getPropertyValue('--text-muted').trim() || '#9ca3af';
+    const surfaceAlt = styles.getPropertyValue('--surface-alt').trim() || '#f5f5f4';
+    const borderMuted = styles.getPropertyValue('--border').trim() || '#d6d3d1';
+
     const applyStyle = (el, fill) => {
       el.style.fill = fill;
-      el.style.stroke = "#9ca3af";
+      el.style.stroke = borderColor;
       el.style.strokeWidth = "0.3";
     };
 
     const colorFor = (code) => {
       const count = counts.get(code);
       if (selected) {
-        if (code === selected && count) return "rgba(185, 28, 28, 1)";
-        return count ? "#d6d3d1" : "#f5f5f4";
+        if (code === selected && count) return `rgba(${rgb}, 1)`;
+        return count ? borderMuted : surfaceAlt;
       }
       if (count) {
         const alpha = (0.15 + 0.85 * (count / max)).toFixed(2);
-        return `rgba(220, 38, 38, ${alpha})`;
+        return `rgba(${rgb}, ${alpha})`;
       }
-      return "#f5f5f4";
+      return surfaceAlt;
     };
 
     svg.querySelectorAll("path[id], g[id]").forEach((el) => {
diff --git a/templates/partials/stats_map.html b/templates/partials/stats_map.html
index 1994f7e..01b720f 100644
--- a/templates/partials/stats_map.html
+++ b/templates/partials/stats_map.html
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@
           {% if !entry.flag_emoji.is_empty() %}
           <span>{{ entry.flag_emoji }}</span>
           {% endif %}
-          <span class="text-text whitespace-nowrap">{{ entry.country_name }}</span>
+          <span class="font-semibold text-highlight whitespace-nowrap">{{ entry.country_name }}</span>
         </span>
-        <span class="border-l py-1.5 pl-2 pr-3 font-medium text-text">{{ entry.count }}</span>
+        <span class="border-l py-1.5 pl-2 pr-3 font-semibold text-highlight">{{ entry.count }}</span>
       </button>
       {% else %}
       <div class="inline-flex shrink-0 snap-start items-center rounded-full border text-sm">
@@ -52,7 +52,5 @@
       {{ icons::chevron_right("h-4 w-4") }}
     </button>
   </chip-scroll>
-
-  <p class="text-xs text-text-muted">{{ geo_stats.total_countries }} {% if geo_stats.total_countries == 1 %}country{% else %}countries{% endif %}</p>
   {% endif %}
 </div>