diff --git a/apps/web/android/app/src/main/res/values-night/colors.xml b/apps/web/android/app/src/main/res/values-night/colors.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0afb0d0
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+++ b/apps/web/android/app/src/main/res/values-night/colors.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!--
+  Dark-mode overrides for the native colour resources in
+  ../values/colors.xml. Without this file, `AppTheme.NoActionBar`'s
+  `DayNight` parent still resolved `@color/colorPrimaryDark` /
+  `@color/colorBackground` to their light values under a dark system
+  setting: the status-bar band and the pre-WebView window (cold-start
+  flash + splash ground) stayed on the light "porcelaine" palette while
+  the rest of the phone — and the app's own WebView content — went dark
+  (issue #104).
+
+  Keep the hex values in sync with the dark-mode colour tokens in
+  apps/web/src/styles/_theme.scss (the `@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark)`
+  block).
+-->
+<resources>
+    <!-- token --color-primary (dark). -->
+    <color name="colorPrimary">#5FAE7E</color>
+    <!-- Status-bar band + pre-WebView window in dark mode: the dark
+         --color-background, so the band is seamless with the dark app
+         below it rather than a stripe of light green. `windowLightStatusBar`
+         stays `false` (light icons) — correct against this near-black just
+         as it is against the light-mode dark-basil. -->
+    <color name="colorPrimaryDark">#14181A</color>
+    <!-- token --color-accent (dark). -->
+    <color name="colorAccent">#EA7A48</color>
+    <!-- token --color-background (dark) — backs the splash / the window
+         while the WebView is still blank. -->
+    <color name="colorBackground">#14181A</color>
+</resources>
diff --git a/apps/web/index.html b/apps/web/index.html
index edce363..753e109 100644
--- a/apps/web/index.html
+++ b/apps/web/index.html
@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@
   <head>
     <meta charset="UTF-8" />
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
+    <!--
+      Tints the mobile browser's own chrome (address bar) to match the app,
+      per system light/dark — same palette as the native app's status bar
+      (apps/web/android/.../res/values*/colors.xml, issue #104). Hex kept in
+      sync with `--color-primary-hover` / `--color-background` (dark) in
+      src/styles/_theme.scss.
+    -->
+    <meta name="theme-color" content="#244f38" media="(prefers-color-scheme: light)" />
+    <meta name="theme-color" content="#14181a" media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)" />
     <link rel="icon" type="image/svg+xml" href="/favicon.svg" />
     <title>batchCooking</title>
     <meta