diff --git a/app/src/main/java/app/closer/ui/settings/SettingsScreen.kt b/app/src/main/java/app/closer/ui/settings/SettingsScreen.kt
index ff0a8837..095b8b4e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/app/closer/ui/settings/SettingsScreen.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/app/closer/ui/settings/SettingsScreen.kt
@@ -355,17 +355,24 @@ fun SettingsScreen(
                     }
                 }
 
-                // Partner card — fully tappable, visually obvious
+                // Partner card — fully tappable, and deliberately tinted so it reads as the one
+                // relationship row rather than another settings row.
+                // The tint must be a near-opaque container: the page behind is a gradient brush, so
+                // a see-through card (this was `primaryContainer` at 52%) lets that gradient bleed
+                // up and the card renders muddy — and its own inner content bounds show as a paler
+                // band against it. The sibling profile card directly above is 96% and never does
+                // this. Content colours are the container's `on*` pair so contrast is correct in
+                // both themes rather than borrowed from the page's ink.
                 val partnerCardColor = if (state.isPaired) {
-                    SettingsSoft.copy(alpha = 0.52f)
+                    MaterialTheme.colorScheme.primaryContainer.copy(alpha = 0.96f)
                 } else if (isCloserDarkTheme()) {
-                    MaterialTheme.colorScheme.surfaceVariant.copy(alpha = 0.74f)
+                    MaterialTheme.colorScheme.surfaceVariant.copy(alpha = 0.96f)
                 } else {
-                    MaterialTheme.colorScheme.secondaryContainer.copy(alpha = 0.46f)
+                    MaterialTheme.colorScheme.secondaryContainer.copy(alpha = 0.96f)
                 }
-                val partnerAccent = if (state.isPaired) SettingsPrimaryDeep else MaterialTheme.colorScheme.secondary
-                val partnerContentColor = if (state.isPaired) SettingsInk else MaterialTheme.colorScheme.onSecondaryContainer
-                val partnerMutedColor = if (state.isPaired) SettingsMuted else MaterialTheme.colorScheme.onSecondaryContainer.copy(alpha = 0.72f)
+                val partnerAccent = if (state.isPaired) MaterialTheme.colorScheme.onPrimaryContainer else MaterialTheme.colorScheme.secondary
+                val partnerContentColor = if (state.isPaired) MaterialTheme.colorScheme.onPrimaryContainer else MaterialTheme.colorScheme.onSecondaryContainer
+                val partnerMutedColor = if (state.isPaired) MaterialTheme.colorScheme.onPrimaryContainer.copy(alpha = 0.72f) else MaterialTheme.colorScheme.onSecondaryContainer.copy(alpha = 0.72f)
                 Card(
                     onClick = {
                         onNavigate(
@@ -386,11 +393,16 @@ fun SettingsScreen(
                         verticalAlignment = Alignment.CenterVertically,
                         horizontalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(12.dp)
                     ) {
-                        if (state.isPaired) {
+                        // A real partner photo shows as the avatar; otherwise fall back to the same
+                        // 48dp tile + 24dp glyph the unpaired state and every settings row use.
+                        // ProfileAvatar's own fallback is a bare 40dp icon with no container, which
+                        // left the paired state showing an outsized naked heart unlike anything
+                        // else on the page.
+                        if (state.isPaired && !state.partnerPhotoUrl.isNullOrBlank()) {
                             ProfileAvatar(
                                 imageUrl = state.partnerPhotoUrl,
                                 fallbackIcon = CloserGlyphs.Heart,
-                                fallbackTint = SettingsPrimaryDeep
+                                fallbackTint = partnerAccent
                             )
                         } else {
                             Box(
@@ -401,7 +413,7 @@ fun SettingsScreen(
                                 contentAlignment = Alignment.Center
                             ) {
                                 Icon(
-                                    CloserGlyphs.HeartOutline,
+                                    if (state.isPaired) CloserGlyphs.Heart else CloserGlyphs.HeartOutline,
                                     contentDescription = null,
                                     tint = partnerAccent,
                                     modifier = Modifier.size(24.dp)