diff --git a/containers/libreportal/frontend/css/admin.css b/containers/libreportal/frontend/css/admin.css
index bc2f70f..00fab6d 100644
--- a/containers/libreportal/frontend/css/admin.css
+++ b/containers/libreportal/frontend/css/admin.css
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 /* Admin area — Overview board + shared admin-page chrome. Visually aligned
    with the backup dashboard (tile/card style) and the config page header. */
 
+:root {
+    /* Per-area identity hues. Each admin area owns one colour, reused going
+       forward (Overview action buttons today; page headers/accents next).
+       The *-rgb companions feed rgba() tints. */
+    --page-updates: #4f8cff;  --page-updates-rgb: 79, 140, 255;
+    --page-backups: #1fb88a;  --page-backups-rgb: 31, 184, 138;
+    --page-ssh:     #9b7bf0;  --page-ssh-rgb:     155, 123, 240;
+    --page-system:  #f0883e;  --page-system-rgb:  240, 136, 62;
+}
+
 .admin-page {
     padding: 4px 2px 40px;
 }
@@ -110,6 +120,38 @@
     color: rgba(var(--text-rgb), 0.55);
 }
 
+/* Per-page identity button. The card sets --page / --page-rgb inline; the
+   button (and its icon, via currentColor) takes the area's hue. Reusable on any
+   admin surface going forward — set the two vars and use .admin-action-btn. */
+.admin-action-btn {
+    display: inline-flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    gap: 8px;
+    padding: 9px 16px;
+    border-radius: 8px;
+    font-size: 0.875rem;
+    font-weight: 600;
+    cursor: pointer;
+    color: var(--page, var(--accent));
+    background: rgba(var(--page-rgb, var(--accent-rgb)), 0.14);
+    border: 1px solid rgba(var(--page-rgb, var(--accent-rgb)), 0.35);
+    transition: background 0.12s ease, transform 0.12s ease, box-shadow 0.12s ease;
+}
+.admin-action-btn:hover {
+    background: rgba(var(--page-rgb, var(--accent-rgb)), 0.22);
+    transform: translateY(-1px);
+}
+.admin-action-btn:disabled { opacity: 0.6; cursor: default; transform: none; box-shadow: none; }
+/* Primary action (e.g. Update now): filled with the area's hue. */
+.admin-action-btn.is-primary {
+    color: #fff;
+    background: var(--page, var(--accent));
+    border-color: transparent;
+}
+.admin-action-btn.is-primary:hover {
+    box-shadow: 0 6px 18px rgba(var(--page-rgb, var(--accent-rgb)), 0.40);
+}
+
 /* ============================================================
    Admin → System (in-depth statistics page)
    ============================================================ */
diff --git a/containers/libreportal/frontend/js/components/admin/admin-overview.js b/containers/libreportal/frontend/js/components/admin/admin-overview.js
index 7ceb40f..b414430 100644
--- a/containers/libreportal/frontend/js/components/admin/admin-overview.js
+++ b/containers/libreportal/frontend/js/components/admin/admin-overview.js
@@ -170,9 +170,10 @@ class AdminOverview {
         if (vDisp) updBody += this.integrityLine(vDisp);
 
         // Update now takes priority when one's available; otherwise offer Verify now.
+        const updPage = 'style="--page:var(--page-updates);--page-rgb:var(--page-updates-rgb)"';
         const updActions = (updAvail && upd.can_update)
-            ? `<button type="button" class="backup-primary-btn" data-admin-update>${this.icon('update')}Update now</button>`
-            : `<button type="button" class="backup-secondary-btn" data-admin-verify>${this.icon('verify')}Verify now</button>`;
+            ? `<button type="button" class="admin-action-btn is-primary" ${updPage} data-admin-update>${this.icon('update')}Update now</button>`
+            : `<button type="button" class="admin-action-btn" ${updPage} data-admin-verify>${this.icon('verify')}Verify now</button>`;
 
         const updCard = this.card(
             'Updates',
@@ -194,7 +195,7 @@ class AdminOverview {
             this.line('Apps protected', `${protectedApps} / ${apps.length}`)
                 + this.line('Locations', String(locs.length))
                 + this.line('Stored', this.bytes(totalSize)),
-            `<button type="button" class="backup-secondary-btn" data-admin-go="backup">${this.icon('backup')}Manage backups →</button>`
+            `<button type="button" class="admin-action-btn" style="--page:var(--page-backups);--page-rgb:var(--page-backups-rgb)" data-admin-go="backup">${this.icon('backup')}Manage backups →</button>`
         );
 
         // SSH & Security
@@ -209,7 +210,7 @@ class AdminOverview {
             this.line('Password login', pwOn ? 'On' : 'Key-only')
                 + this.line('Authorized keys', String(keyCount))
                 + this.line('Login user', s.user || '—'),
-            `<button type="button" class="backup-secondary-btn" data-admin-go="ssh">${this.icon('ssh')}Manage SSH access →</button>`
+            `<button type="button" class="admin-action-btn" style="--page:var(--page-ssh);--page-rgb:var(--page-ssh-rgb)" data-admin-go="ssh">${this.icon('ssh')}Manage SSH access →</button>`
         );
 
         // System health
@@ -226,7 +227,7 @@ class AdminOverview {
                     ? `${this.gb(mem.used)} / ${this.gb(mem.total)} (${Math.round(mem.percent) || 0}%)`
                     : (mem.text || '—'))
                 + this.line('Uptime', this.shortUptime(info.uptime)),
-            `<button type="button" class="backup-secondary-btn" data-admin-go="system">${this.icon('system')}View system stats →</button>`
+            `<button type="button" class="admin-action-btn" style="--page:var(--page-system);--page-rgb:var(--page-system-rgb)" data-admin-go="system">${this.icon('system')}View system stats →</button>`
         );
 
         root.innerHTML = `