diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/__tests__/styles-css-rgba-tokenization.test.ts b/packages/dashboard/app/__tests__/styles-css-rgba-tokenization.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e3a4c7a78b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/__tests__/styles-css-rgba-tokenization.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { loadStylesCss } from "../test/cssFixture";
+
+interface SelectorExpectation {
+  selector: string;
+  expectedColorMix: string;
+}
+
+const convertedSelectors: SelectorExpectation[] = [
+  {
+    selector: ".modal-overlay",
+    expectedColorMix: "color-mix(in srgb, var(--text) 60%, transparent)",
+  },
+  {
+    selector: ".modal-header",
+    expectedColorMix: "color-mix(in srgb, var(--text) 10%, transparent)",
+  },
+  {
+    selector: ".modal-actions",
+    expectedColorMix: "color-mix(in srgb, var(--text) 5%, transparent)",
+  },
+  {
+    selector: ".settings-sidebar",
+    expectedColorMix: "color-mix(in srgb, var(--text) 10%, transparent)",
+  },
+  {
+    selector: ".step-progress-segment[data-tooltip]:hover::after",
+    expectedColorMix: "color-mix(in srgb, var(--text) 20%, transparent)",
+  },
+  {
+    selector: ".dep-dropdown-item.selected",
+    expectedColorMix: "color-mix(in srgb, var(--todo) 15%, transparent)",
+  },
+  {
+    selector: ".refine-menu",
+    expectedColorMix: "color-mix(in srgb, var(--text) 15%, transparent)",
+  },
+];
+
+function braceDelta(line: string): number {
+  return (line.match(/\{/g) ?? []).length - (line.match(/}/g) ?? []).length;
+}
+
+function isTokenDefinitionBlockStart(line: string): boolean {
+  return /^\s*:root(?:\[data-theme=[^\]]+\])?\s*\{/.test(line);
+}
+
+function nonTokenRgbaLines(css: string): string[] {
+  const violations: string[] = [];
+  const lines = css.split(/\r?\n/);
+  let tokenBlockDepth = 0;
+
+  for (let index = 0; index < lines.length; index += 1) {
+    const line = lines[index];
+    const entersTokenBlock = tokenBlockDepth === 0 && isTokenDefinitionBlockStart(line);
+    if (entersTokenBlock) {
+      tokenBlockDepth = braceDelta(line);
+    }
+
+    const insideTokenBlock = tokenBlockDepth > 0 || entersTokenBlock;
+    if (!insideTokenBlock && line.includes("rgba(")) {
+      violations.push(`${index + 1}:${line.trim()}`);
+    }
+
+    if (!entersTokenBlock && tokenBlockDepth > 0) {
+      tokenBlockDepth += braceDelta(line);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return violations;
+}
+
+function extractSelectorBlocks(css: string, selector: string): string[] {
+  const blocks: string[] = [];
+  let searchStart = 0;
+
+  while (searchStart < css.length) {
+    const selectorStart = css.indexOf(`${selector} {`, searchStart);
+    if (selectorStart === -1) break;
+
+    const blockStart = css.indexOf("{", selectorStart);
+    let depth = 0;
+    for (let index = blockStart; index < css.length; index += 1) {
+      if (css[index] === "{") {
+        depth += 1;
+      } else if (css[index] === "}") {
+        depth -= 1;
+        if (depth === 0) {
+          blocks.push(css.slice(selectorStart, index + 1));
+          searchStart = index + 1;
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (blockStart === -1 || searchStart <= selectorStart) {
+      throw new Error(`Unterminated block for selector ${selector}`);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return blocks;
+}
+
+describe("styles.css rgba tokenization", () => {
+  it("does not use raw rgba() outside :root token definition blocks", () => {
+    expect(nonTokenRgbaLines(loadStylesCss())).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("keeps converted selectors on tokenized color-mix() values", () => {
+    const css = loadStylesCss();
+
+    for (const { selector, expectedColorMix } of convertedSelectors) {
+      const blocks = extractSelectorBlocks(css, selector);
+      expect(blocks, `Missing selector ${selector}`).not.toHaveLength(0);
+
+      const matchingBlock = blocks.find((block) => block.includes(expectedColorMix));
+      expect(matchingBlock, `Missing expected tokenized value for ${selector}`).toBeDefined();
+      expect(matchingBlock).toContain("color-mix(in srgb, var(--");
+      expect(matchingBlock).not.toContain("rgba(");
+    }
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/styles.css b/packages/dashboard/app/styles.css
index babfd614a1..0f5f9beca3 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/styles.css
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/styles.css
@@ -1130,7 +1130,7 @@ body {
   display: none;
   position: fixed;
   inset: 0;
-  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--text) 60%, transparent);
   backdrop-filter: blur(4px);
   /* Must remain above sticky top banners (e.g. onboarding/session resume cards). */
   z-index: 100;
@@ -1166,7 +1166,7 @@ body {
   align-items: center;
   padding: var(--modal-padding);
   border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border);
-  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--text) 10%, transparent);
 }
 .modal-header h3 {
   font-size: 15px;
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ body {
   gap: 10px;
   padding: var(--modal-padding);
   border-top: 1px solid var(--border);
-  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05);
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--text) 5%, transparent);
 }
 
 .modal-actions-left {
@@ -1511,7 +1511,7 @@ input[type="range"]:focus-visible {
   overflow-y: auto;
   padding: 10px 8px;
   gap: 2px;
-  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--text) 10%, transparent);
   scrollbar-color: var(--border) transparent;
   scrollbar-width: thin;
 }
@@ -2548,7 +2548,7 @@ input[type="range"]:focus-visible {
   z-index: 10;
   pointer-events: none;
   margin-bottom: var(--space-xs);
-  box-shadow: 0 2px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
+  box-shadow: 0 2px 8px color-mix(in srgb, var(--text) 20%, transparent);
 }
 
 .step-progress-label {
@@ -2858,7 +2858,7 @@ input[type="range"]:focus-visible {
   background: var(--card-hover);
 }
 .dep-dropdown-item.selected {
-  background: rgba(88, 166, 255, 0.15);
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--todo) 15%, transparent);
 }
 
 .dep-dropdown-id {
@@ -2888,7 +2888,7 @@ input[type="range"]:focus-visible {
   background: var(--surface);
   border: 1px solid var(--border);
   border-radius: var(--radius-sm);
-  box-shadow: 0 4px 12px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15);
+  box-shadow: 0 4px 12px color-mix(in srgb, var(--text) 15%, transparent);
   min-width: 200px;
   max-width: 280px;
   z-index: 100;