diff --git a/frontend/src/contrast.css b/frontend/src/contrast.css
index 9bb89f2..cd70a29 100644
--- a/frontend/src/contrast.css
+++ b/frontend/src/contrast.css
@@ -104,4 +104,9 @@
 }
 .dark\:border-slate-800:is(.dark *) {
   border-color: rgb(51 65 85 / var(--tw-border-opacity, 1));
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+/* Dark theme: normal (non-muted) UI text — keep one step brighter than the
+   muted gray level so the two remain distinguishable */
+.dark\:text-slate-300:is(.dark *) {
+  color: rgb(226 232 240 / var(--tw-text-opacity, 1));
+}
diff --git a/frontend/style.css b/frontend/style.css
index 44b3f4e..b7c8cca 100644
--- a/frontend/style.css
+++ b/frontend/style.css
@@ -1793,4 +1793,9 @@ video {
 }
 .dark\:border-slate-800:is(.dark *) {
   border-color: rgb(51 65 85 / var(--tw-border-opacity, 1));
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+/* Dark theme: normal (non-muted) UI text — keep one step brighter than the
+   muted gray level so the two remain distinguishable */
+.dark\:text-slate-300:is(.dark *) {
+  color: rgb(226 232 240 / var(--tw-text-opacity, 1));
+}
diff --git a/frontend/sw.js b/frontend/sw.js
index b9954ad..6a5bc4b 100644
--- a/frontend/sw.js
+++ b/frontend/sw.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const CACHE = 'otaman-v96';
+const CACHE = 'otaman-v97';
 const URLS = [
   'index.html',
   'help.html',