diff --git a/src/theme/colors.ts b/src/theme/colors.ts
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+export const colors = {
+  // Base palette — dark-first, tinted with deep blue
+  background: "#06060C",
+  surface: "#0E0E18",
+  surfaceElevated: "#16162A",
+
+  // Glass materials
+  glass: {
+    background: "rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.06)",
+    backgroundHover: "rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.10)",
+    backgroundActive: "rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.14)",
+    border: "rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.10)",
+    borderLight: "rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.18)",
+    highlight: "rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.04)",
+  },
+
+  // Text
+  text: {
+    primary: "#F2F0ED",
+    secondary: "rgba(242, 240, 237, 0.60)",
+    tertiary: "rgba(242, 240, 237, 0.35)",
+    inverse: "#06060C",
+  },
+
+  // Accents — derived from user images at runtime, these are defaults
+  accent: {
+    primary: "rgba(180, 160, 255, 0.80)",
+    secondary: "rgba(120, 200, 255, 0.60)",
+    warm: "rgba(255, 180, 140, 0.70)",
+  },
+
+  // Semantic
+  success: "rgba(120, 220, 160, 0.80)",
+  error: "rgba(255, 120, 120, 0.80)",
+  warning: "rgba(255, 200, 100, 0.80)",
+
+  // Shadows
+  shadow: {
+    soft: "rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25)",
+    medium: "rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.40)",
+    strong: "rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.60)",
+  },
+
+  // Gradient mesh colors for empty states
+  meshGradient: ["#1a0533", "#0a1628", "#061a1a", "#0f0a1e"],
+} as const;
diff --git a/src/theme/glass.ts b/src/theme/glass.ts
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+import { Platform, ViewStyle } from "react-native";
+import { colors } from "./colors";
+
+export const glassIntensity = {
+  subtle: 15,
+  medium: 25,
+  strong: 40,
+  heavy: 60,
+} as const;
+
+export type GlassVariant = "subtle" | "medium" | "strong" | "heavy";
+
+export const glassSurface = (
+  variant: GlassVariant = "medium"
+): ViewStyle => ({
+  backgroundColor: colors.glass.background,
+  borderWidth: 1,
+  borderColor: colors.glass.border,
+  overflow: "hidden",
+  ...Platform.select({
+    ios: {
+      shadowColor: colors.shadow.soft,
+      shadowOffset: { width: 0, height: 8 },
+      shadowOpacity: variant === "strong" ? 0.3 : 0.15,
+      shadowRadius: 24,
+    },
+    android: {
+      elevation: variant === "strong" ? 12 : 6,
+    },
+  }),
+});
+
+export const glassRadius = {
+  xs: 8,
+  sm: 12,
+  md: 16,
+  lg: 24,
+  xl: 32,
+  pill: 999,
+} as const;
+
+export const glassBorder = {
+  thin: {
+    borderWidth: 0.5,
+    borderColor: colors.glass.border,
+  },
+  normal: {
+    borderWidth: 1,
+    borderColor: colors.glass.border,
+  },
+  accent: {
+    borderWidth: 1,
+    borderColor: colors.glass.borderLight,
+  },
+} as const;
diff --git a/src/theme/index.ts b/src/theme/index.ts
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+export { colors } from "./colors";
+export { glassSurface, glassIntensity, glassRadius, glassBorder } from "./glass";
+export type { GlassVariant } from "./glass";
+export { typography } from "./typography";
+export { spacing, layout } from "./spacing";
diff --git a/src/theme/spacing.ts b/src/theme/spacing.ts
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+export const spacing = {
+  xs: 4,
+  sm: 8,
+  md: 16,
+  lg: 24,
+  xl: 32,
+  xxl: 48,
+} as const;
+
+export const layout = {
+  screenPadding: 20,
+  cardPadding: 16,
+  bottomSheetPeek: 180,
+  bottomSheetHalf: 360,
+  tabBarHeight: 72,
+  headerHeight: 56,
+} as const;
diff --git a/src/theme/typography.ts b/src/theme/typography.ts
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+import { TextStyle, Platform } from "react-native";
+import { colors } from "./colors";
+
+const fontFamily = Platform.select({
+  ios: "System",
+  android: "sans-serif",
+  default: "System",
+});
+
+const baseShadow: TextStyle = {
+  textShadowColor: "rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5)",
+  textShadowOffset: { width: 0, height: 1 },
+  textShadowRadius: 4,
+};
+
+export const typography = {
+  title: {
+    fontSize: 28,
+    fontWeight: "700",
+    color: colors.text.primary,
+    fontFamily,
+    letterSpacing: -0.5,
+    ...baseShadow,
+  } as TextStyle,
+
+  heading: {
+    fontSize: 20,
+    fontWeight: "600",
+    color: colors.text.primary,
+    fontFamily,
+    letterSpacing: -0.3,
+    ...baseShadow,
+  } as TextStyle,
+
+  body: {
+    fontSize: 16,
+    fontWeight: "400",
+    color: colors.text.primary,
+    fontFamily,
+    lineHeight: 22,
+  } as TextStyle,
+
+  bodySecondary: {
+    fontSize: 14,
+    fontWeight: "400",
+    color: colors.text.secondary,
+    fontFamily,
+    lineHeight: 20,
+  } as TextStyle,
+
+  caption: {
+    fontSize: 12,
+    fontWeight: "500",
+    color: colors.text.tertiary,
+    fontFamily,
+    letterSpacing: 0.2,
+  } as TextStyle,
+
+  label: {
+    fontSize: 13,
+    fontWeight: "600",
+    color: colors.text.secondary,
+    fontFamily,
+    letterSpacing: 0.5,
+    textTransform: "uppercase",
+  } as TextStyle,
+
+  button: {
+    fontSize: 16,
+    fontWeight: "600",
+    color: colors.text.primary,
+    fontFamily,
+    letterSpacing: 0.3,
+    ...baseShadow,
+  } as TextStyle,
+} as const;