diff --git a/src/themes/kanagawa.css b/src/themes/kanagawa.css
index d0ff614e..4d2bf980 100644
--- a/src/themes/kanagawa.css
+++ b/src/themes/kanagawa.css
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@
   --kngw-number: light-dark(#b35b79, #d27e99);
   --kngw-chrome: light-dark(#e5ddb0, #181820);
   --kngw-selection: light-dark(#c9cbd1, #223249);
+  /* Over a photo the ground is the black scrim in either scheme, so the
+     accent there stays Wave's crystalBlue — Lotus's lotusBlue4 is picked to
+     sit on warm paper and goes muddy on black. */
+  --kngw-accent-on-photo: #7e9cd8;
 
   /* Shape & depth — flat like an editor, deep only where things float */
   --border-width: 1px;
@@ -156,6 +160,19 @@
   color: var(--kngw-comment);
 }
 
+/* ── On the scrim, links hover in the dark scheme's blue ─────────── */
+[data-style="kanagawa"] .journal-card--image .journal-card-title:hover {
+  color: var(--kngw-accent-on-photo);
+}
+
+[data-style="kanagawa"]
+  .journal-card--image
+  .journal-card-overlay
+  .vote-btn:not(.vote-btn--active):hover:not(:disabled) {
+  color: var(--kngw-accent-on-photo);
+  border-color: var(--kngw-accent-on-photo);
+}
+
 /* ── Quotes read as string literals ──────────────────────────────── */
 [data-style="kanagawa"] .journal-card--quote {
   background: var(--color-surface);