diff --git a/containers/libreportal/frontend/components/apps/core/css/apps.css b/containers/libreportal/frontend/components/apps/core/css/apps.css
index 4fdc49b..b0f49f0 100644
--- a/containers/libreportal/frontend/components/apps/core/css/apps.css
+++ b/containers/libreportal/frontend/components/apps/core/css/apps.css
@@ -612,13 +612,19 @@
   font-weight: 600;
   cursor: pointer;
   background: transparent;
-  color: var(--status-danger, #e5484d);
-  border: 1px solid rgba(var(--status-danger-rgb, 229, 72, 77), 0.45);
+  /* The TEXT variant, not the fill one. --status-danger is tuned to sit under
+     white (as the confirm button in the modal does), and reused as text on the
+     app's own background it measures 3.8:1 on all three dark themes — under the
+     4.5:1 AA floor, which is why this button read as barely there. The token
+     falls back to --status-danger so a theme that has not defined it is no
+     worse off than before. */
+  color: var(--status-danger-text, var(--status-danger, #e5484d));
+  border: 1px solid rgba(var(--status-danger-text-rgb, var(--status-danger-rgb, 229, 72, 77)), 0.5);
   transition: background 0.15s, border-color 0.15s;
 }
 .instance-remove:hover {
-  background: rgba(var(--status-danger-rgb, 229, 72, 77), 0.12);
-  border-color: var(--status-danger, #e5484d);
+  background: rgba(var(--status-danger-text-rgb, var(--status-danger-rgb, 229, 72, 77)), 0.14);
+  border-color: var(--status-danger-text, var(--status-danger, #e5484d));
 }
 
 /* Modal */
diff --git a/containers/libreportal/frontend/themes/dark-blue/theme.css b/containers/libreportal/frontend/themes/dark-blue/theme.css
index fd991b2..dd8043e 100644
--- a/containers/libreportal/frontend/themes/dark-blue/theme.css
+++ b/containers/libreportal/frontend/themes/dark-blue/theme.css
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@
   --status-danger:        #dc3545;
   --status-danger-hover:  #c82333;
   --status-danger-rgb:    220, 53, 69;
+  /* Danger as TEXT on this theme's own background. --status-danger is tuned as a
+     FILL (white sits on top of it); reused as text it drops to 3.8:1 here, under
+     the 4.5:1 AA floor. Two jobs, two values. */
+  --status-danger-text: #f87171;
+  --status-danger-text-rgb: 248, 113, 113;
   --status-warning:       #ffc107;
   --status-warning-rgb:   255, 193, 7;
   --status-info:          #17a2b8;
diff --git a/containers/libreportal/frontend/themes/example/theme.css b/containers/libreportal/frontend/themes/example/theme.css
index 72dac83..afb7a2c 100644
--- a/containers/libreportal/frontend/themes/example/theme.css
+++ b/containers/libreportal/frontend/themes/example/theme.css
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@
   --status-danger:        #dc3545;
   --status-danger-hover:  #c82333;
   --status-danger-rgb:    220, 53, 69;
+  /* Danger as TEXT on this theme's own background. --status-danger is tuned as a
+     FILL (white sits on top of it); reused as text it drops to 3.8:1 here, under
+     the 4.5:1 AA floor. Two jobs, two values. */
+  --status-danger-text: #f87171;
+  --status-danger-text-rgb: 248, 113, 113;
   --status-warning:       #ffc107;
   --status-warning-rgb:   255, 193, 7;
   --status-info:          #17a2b8;
diff --git a/containers/libreportal/frontend/themes/light/theme.css b/containers/libreportal/frontend/themes/light/theme.css
index 6423156..43c3be3 100644
--- a/containers/libreportal/frontend/themes/light/theme.css
+++ b/containers/libreportal/frontend/themes/light/theme.css
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@
   --status-danger:        #dc3545;
   --status-danger-hover:  #c82333;
   --status-danger-rgb:    220, 53, 69;
+  /* Danger as TEXT on this theme's own background. --status-danger is tuned as a
+     FILL (white sits on top of it); reused as text it drops to 3.8:1 here, under
+     the 4.5:1 AA floor. Two jobs, two values. */
+  --status-danger-text: #c92a37;
+  --status-danger-text-rgb: 201, 42, 55;
   --status-warning:       #ff9800;
   --status-warning-rgb:   255, 152, 0;
   --status-info:          #17a2b8;
diff --git a/containers/libreportal/frontend/themes/nebula/theme.css b/containers/libreportal/frontend/themes/nebula/theme.css
index 909d20c..ccc4cef 100644
--- a/containers/libreportal/frontend/themes/nebula/theme.css
+++ b/containers/libreportal/frontend/themes/nebula/theme.css
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@
   --status-danger:        #dc3545;
   --status-danger-hover:  #c82333;
   --status-danger-rgb:    220, 53, 69;
+  /* Danger as TEXT on this theme's own background. --status-danger is tuned as a
+     FILL (white sits on top of it); reused as text it drops to 3.8:1 here, under
+     the 4.5:1 AA floor. Two jobs, two values. */
+  --status-danger-text: #f87171;
+  --status-danger-text-rgb: 248, 113, 113;
   --status-warning:       #ffc107;
   --status-warning-rgb:   255, 193, 7;
   --status-info:          #17a2b8;