diff --git a/Flipcash/Core/Screens/Main/Home/HomeTabBar.swift b/Flipcash/Core/Screens/Main/Home/HomeTabBar.swift
index 9dc1a5194..8c6508d82 100644
--- a/Flipcash/Core/Screens/Main/Home/HomeTabBar.swift
+++ b/Flipcash/Core/Screens/Main/Home/HomeTabBar.swift
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ import FlipcashUI
 /// The floating pill tab bar for the v2 UI. A Liquid Glass capsule holds one
 /// button per ``HomeTab``, with a white selection pill that slides to the active
 /// tab. Ported from Android's `NavigationBarV2` (Figma frame 9013-5434):
-/// translucent capsule, white-20% sliding indicator, icons at full/half opacity.
+/// translucent capsule, white-20% sliding indicator, white icons and labels in
+/// both states. Only the profile photo dims when unselected.
 struct HomeTabBar: View {
 
     @Binding var selection: HomeTab
@@ -80,7 +81,6 @@ struct HomeTabBar: View {
                                     .frame(height: Self.labelLineHeight)
                                     .accessibilityHidden(true)
                             }
-                            .opacity(selection == tab ? 1 : 0.5)
                             .frame(width: itemWidth, height: Self.itemHeight)
                             .contentShape(Capsule())
                         }
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ struct HomeTabBar: View {
     private func icon(for tab: HomeTab) -> some View {
         if tab == .tipCard, let profileSlot {
             ProfileTabIcon(photo: profileSlot.preview, isSelected: tab == selection)
+                .opacity(tab == selection ? 1 : 0.5)
                 .scaleEffect(Self.iconSize / ProfileTabIcon.slotSize)
                 .frame(width: Self.iconSize, height: Self.iconSize)
         } else {
diff --git a/Flipcash/Core/Screens/Main/Home/HomeTabView.swift b/Flipcash/Core/Screens/Main/Home/HomeTabView.swift
index 7f46238f9..5b3214e91 100644
--- a/Flipcash/Core/Screens/Main/Home/HomeTabView.swift
+++ b/Flipcash/Core/Screens/Main/Home/HomeTabView.swift
@@ -38,18 +38,19 @@ struct HomeTabView: View {
         _selection = State(initialValue: initialTab)
         _hasOpenedChat = State(initialValue: initialTab == .chat)
 
-        // Color the tab glyphs per state: selected white, the rest secondary.
-        // The iOS 26 tab bar ignores UITabBar.unselectedItemTintColor, so drive
-        // it through a full item appearance instead. A transparent background
+        // Color the tab glyphs white in both states, as iOS 27 already does; the
+        // outline-vs-filled glyph carries the selection. The iOS 26 tab bar
+        // ignores UITabBar.unselectedItemTintColor, so drive it through a full
+        // item appearance instead. A transparent background
         // keeps the system's Liquid Glass. No-op on the legacy pill path, which
         // draws its own buttons rather than a `UITabBar`.
         if #available(iOS 26, *) {
             let items = UITabBarItemAppearance()
-            items.normal.iconColor = UIColor(Color.textSecondary)
+            items.normal.iconColor = UIColor(Color.textMain)
             items.selected.iconColor = UIColor(Color.textMain)
             // Labels per node 10642:1325: 10pt Avenir Demi, colored like the glyph above.
             let titleFont = UIFont.default(size: 10, weight: .semibold)
-            items.normal.titleTextAttributes = [.font: titleFont, .foregroundColor: UIColor(Color.textSecondary)]
+            items.normal.titleTextAttributes = [.font: titleFont, .foregroundColor: UIColor(Color.textMain)]
             items.selected.titleTextAttributes = [.font: titleFont, .foregroundColor: UIColor(Color.textMain)]
 
             let appearance = UITabBarAppearance()
diff --git a/Flipcash/Core/Screens/Main/Home/TabBarBadgedIcon.swift b/Flipcash/Core/Screens/Main/Home/TabBarBadgedIcon.swift
index 168862e85..427e7bd2e 100644
--- a/Flipcash/Core/Screens/Main/Home/TabBarBadgedIcon.swift
+++ b/Flipcash/Core/Screens/Main/Home/TabBarBadgedIcon.swift
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ enum TabBarBadgedIcon {
             .renderingMode(.template)
             .resizable()
             .scaledToFit()
-            .foregroundStyle(glyphColor(isSelected: isSelected))
+            .foregroundStyle(Color.textMain)
             .frame(width: glyphSize, height: glyphSize)
             .overlay(alignment: .topTrailing) {
                 Bubble(size: .regular, count: count, color: .unreadIndicator)
@@ -59,15 +59,6 @@ enum TabBarBadgedIcon {
             .padding(.trailing, bubbleOverhang)
     }
 
-    /// The color the bar paints its template glyphs in for the state. iOS 27
-    /// ignores the unselected `iconColor` from `HomeTabView` and paints every
-    /// glyph in the main text color, so the Chat glyph follows suit there.
-    private static func glyphColor(isSelected: Bool) -> Color {
-        if isSelected { return .textMain }
-        if #available(iOS 27, *) { return .textMain }
-        return .textSecondary
-    }
-
     private static func image(of icon: some View) -> UIImage? {
         let renderer = ImageRenderer(content: icon)
         renderer.scale = UIScreen.main.scale
diff --git a/Flipcash/Core/Screens/Main/Home/TabBarProfilePhoto.swift b/Flipcash/Core/Screens/Main/Home/TabBarProfilePhoto.swift
index 42b5abc59..03fc4907a 100644
--- a/Flipcash/Core/Screens/Main/Home/TabBarProfilePhoto.swift
+++ b/Flipcash/Core/Screens/Main/Home/TabBarProfilePhoto.swift
@@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ final class TabBarProfilePhoto {
     ///
     /// The bar tints template glyphs per state, but a photo has to render as its
     /// own colours — so the unselected state is baked in here instead: the
-    /// thinner half-opacity ring, and the half opacity the pill applies to every
-    /// other icon.
+    /// thinner half-opacity ring, and the half opacity the pill draws the photo
+    /// at.
     static func render(_ photo: UIImage?) -> ItemImages? {
         guard let selected = image(of: ProfileTabIcon(photo: photo, isSelected: true)),
               let normal = image(of: ProfileTabIcon(photo: photo, isSelected: false).opacity(0.5))