diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/dashboard/DashboardCanvasView.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/dashboard/DashboardCanvasView.tsx
index ecb8c0d3e..a5a8e882c 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/dashboard/DashboardCanvasView.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/dashboard/DashboardCanvasView.tsx
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ function DockTabButton({
       onClick={onClick}
       className="relative min-h-11 whitespace-nowrap px-4 py-3 text-xs font-medium transition-colors"
       style={{
-        color: active ? accent : 'rgba(248,245,253,0.4)',
+        color: active ? accent : 'rgba(248,245,253,0.5)',
         borderBottom: active ? `2px solid ${accent}` : '2px solid transparent',
         background: active ? `${accent}0d` : 'transparent',
         fontWeight: active ? 650 : 500,
diff --git a/apps/web/src/lib/__tests__/library-contrast.test.ts b/apps/web/src/lib/__tests__/library-contrast.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f1b4f2461
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/src/lib/__tests__/library-contrast.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { dirname, join } from 'node:path';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+
+const webSrc = join(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), '../..');
+
+function readSource(relativePath: string) {
+  return readFileSync(join(webSrc, relativePath), 'utf8');
+}
+
+function srgbToLinear(channel: number) {
+  return channel <= 0.03928
+    ? channel / 12.92
+    : ((channel + 0.055) / 1.055) ** 2.4;
+}
+
+function relativeLuminance([r, g, b]: [number, number, number]) {
+  const red = srgbToLinear(r);
+  const green = srgbToLinear(g);
+  const blue = srgbToLinear(b);
+  return 0.2126 * red + 0.7152 * green + 0.0722 * blue;
+}
+
+function contrastRatio(first: [number, number, number], second: [number, number, number]) {
+  const one = relativeLuminance(first);
+  const two = relativeLuminance(second);
+  const lighter = Math.max(one, two);
+  const darker = Math.min(one, two);
+  return (lighter + 0.05) / (darker + 0.05);
+}
+
+function hexToRgb(hex: string): [number, number, number] {
+  const clean = hex.replace('#', '');
+  return [
+    Number.parseInt(clean.slice(0, 2), 16) / 255,
+    Number.parseInt(clean.slice(2, 4), 16) / 255,
+    Number.parseInt(clean.slice(4, 6), 16) / 255,
+  ];
+}
+
+function rgbaToHexBlend(rgba: string, background: [number, number, number]): [number, number, number] {
+  const parsed = rgba.match(/^rgba\((\d+),\s*(\d+),\s*(\d+),\s*([0-9.]+)\)$/);
+  if (!parsed) throw new Error(`Unexpected rgba format: ${rgba}`);
+  const [, r, g, b, alpha] = parsed;
+  const fg: [number, number, number] = [
+    Number.parseInt(r, 10) / 255,
+    Number.parseInt(g, 10) / 255,
+    Number.parseInt(b, 10) / 255,
+  ];
+  const a = Number.parseFloat(alpha);
+  return [
+    fg[0] * a + background[0] * (1 - a),
+    fg[1] * a + background[1] * (1 - a),
+    fg[2] * a + background[2] * (1 - a),
+  ];
+}
+
+describe('library page text contrast', () => {
+  const source = readSource('components/dashboard/DashboardCanvasView.tsx');
+  const darkSurface = hexToRgb('#0f1419');
+
+  it('keeps dim tab labels at WCAG AA contrast on dark surfaces', () => {
+    const match = source.match(/color:\s*active\s*\?\s*accent\s*:\s*'([^']+)'/);
+    expect(match).toBeTruthy();
+    const dimColor = match?.[1] ?? '';
+    const dimBlend = rgbaToHexBlend(dimColor, darkSurface);
+    expect(contrastRatio(dimBlend, darkSurface)).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(4.5);
+  });
+
+  it('keeps accent tab labels at WCAG AA contrast on dark surfaces', () => {
+    const accents = [...source.matchAll(/accent:\s*'(#[0-9a-fA-F]{6})'/g)].map((entry) => entry[1]);
+    expect(accents.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    for (const accent of accents) {
+      expect(contrastRatio(hexToRgb(accent), darkSurface)).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(4.5);
+    }
+  });
+});