diff --git a/app/(sandbox)/plugin-kit.css b/app/(sandbox)/plugin-kit.css
index 0459e062a..19718a50e 100644
--- a/app/(sandbox)/plugin-kit.css
+++ b/app/(sandbox)/plugin-kit.css
@@ -91,4 +91,24 @@
   :is(.bk, .bk *):focus-visible {
     outline-color: Highlight !important;
   }
+  /* Forced colours drop the switch's tint and ring; a border and a solid
+     knob keep on and off apart (as app/accessibility.css does). */
+  [role="switch"].bk {
+    border: 1px solid ButtonText !important;
+  }
+  [role="switch"].bk > span {
+    forced-color-adjust: none;
+    background-color: ButtonText !important;
+  }
+  [role="switch"].bk[aria-checked="true"] {
+    background-color: Highlight !important;
+    border-color: Highlight !important;
+  }
+  [role="switch"].bk[aria-checked="true"] > span {
+    background-color: HighlightText !important;
+  }
+  :is(.bk [aria-pressed="true"], .bk [role="radio"][aria-checked="true"], .bk [role="tab"][aria-selected="true"]) {
+    background-color: Highlight !important;
+    color: HighlightText !important;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/app/accessibility.css b/app/accessibility.css
index 3ba221c1a..f9b018c3c 100644
--- a/app/accessibility.css
+++ b/app/accessibility.css
@@ -252,12 +252,111 @@ html.dark[data-contrast="more"] {
   cursor: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='40' height='40' viewBox='0 0 40 40'%3E%3Cpath d='M14 4 h12 M20 4 V36 M14 36 h12' fill='none' stroke='white' stroke-width='7' stroke-linecap='round'/%3E%3Cpath d='M14 4 h12 M20 4 V36 M14 36 h12' fill='none' stroke='black' stroke-width='3' stroke-linecap='round'/%3E%3C/svg%3E") 20 20, text;
 }
 
-/* ---------- Forced colours (Windows contrast themes) ---------- */
-
+/* ---------- Forced colours (Windows contrast themes) ----------
+ *
+ * Forced colours replace every background with Canvas and drop box-shadows,
+ * so state drawn only as a tint or a ring disappears. Each state gets a
+ * system colour here instead: selected, pressed and current items take
+ * Highlight with HighlightText (and so does everything inside them, whose own
+ * colours would otherwise be forced back to CanvasText on Highlight), today
+ * gets a frame, switches a border and a solid knob, dots CanvasText. A colour
+ * swatch keeps its own colour (forced-color-adjust on the swatch only),
+ * because the colour is what it shows.
+ */
 @media (forced-colors: active) {
   :focus-visible:not([tabindex="-1"]:not(a[href], button, input, select, textarea, summary, [contenteditable="true"], [role="button"], [role="link"], [role="menuitem"], [role="menuitemradio"], [role="menuitemcheckbox"], [role="option"], [role="gridcell"], [role="row"], [role="treeitem"], [role="tab"], [role="radio"], [role="checkbox"], [role="switch"], [role="slider"], [role="spinbutton"], [role="columnheader"], [role="rowheader"])) {
     outline-color: Highlight !important;
   }
+
+  :is(
+    [aria-selected="true"]:not([role="gridcell"]:has(> button)),
+    [role="gridcell"][aria-selected="true"] > button,
+    [aria-pressed="true"],
+    [aria-current="page"],
+    [aria-current="true"],
+    [aria-current="step"],
+    [aria-current="location"],
+    [data-selected="true"],
+    [data-active="true"],
+    [role="menuitemradio"][aria-checked="true"],
+    [role="radio"][aria-checked="true"]:not(input)
+  ) {
+    /* Not forced, so text inside gets no Canvas backplate; the rules here
+       and below set every colour instead. */
+    forced-color-adjust: none;
+    background-color: Highlight !important;
+    color: HighlightText !important;
+    border-color: HighlightText !important;
+  }
+  :is(
+    [aria-selected="true"]:not([role="gridcell"]:has(> button)),
+    [role="gridcell"][aria-selected="true"] > button,
+    [aria-pressed="true"],
+    [aria-current="page"],
+    [aria-current="true"],
+    [aria-current="step"],
+    [aria-current="location"],
+    [data-selected="true"],
+    [data-active="true"],
+    [role="menuitemradio"][aria-checked="true"],
+    [role="radio"][aria-checked="true"]:not(input)
+  ) *:not(svg *) {
+    color: HighlightText !important;
+    background-color: transparent !important;
+    border-color: HighlightText !important;
+    fill: currentColor;
+  }
+
+  /* Today, this month, this year: a frame, so it stays apart from the
+     selection. */
+  [aria-current="date"] {
+    outline: 2px solid CanvasText;
+    outline-offset: -2px;
+  }
+
+  /* Switches: a track border, and a knob that keeps its fill. On is
+     Highlight with a HighlightText knob on the far side. */
+  [role="switch"] {
+    border: 1px solid ButtonText !important;
+  }
+  [role="switch"] > span {
+    forced-color-adjust: none;
+    background-color: ButtonText !important;
+  }
+  [role="switch"][aria-checked="true"] {
+    background-color: Highlight !important;
+    border-color: Highlight !important;
+  }
+  [role="switch"][aria-checked="true"] > span {
+    background-color: HighlightText !important;
+  }
+
+  /* Unread and status dots, drawn as an empty tinted circle or a filled
+     icon. */
+  .rounded-full:empty:is(.bg-primary, .bg-unread, .bg-success, .bg-destructive, .bg-warning, .bg-info, [class*="bg-red-"], [class*="bg-green-"], [class*="bg-amber-"], [class*="bg-emerald-"], [class*="bg-blue-"], [class*="bg-yellow-"], [class*="bg-orange-"]) {
+    forced-color-adjust: none;
+    background-color: CanvasText !important;
+  }
+  :is(.fill-unread, .fill-primary, .fill-current) {
+    fill: CanvasText;
+  }
+
+  /* Colour swatches: an empty element whose colour is set inline (calendar,
+     tag and theme colours). */
+  :is(span, div, i):empty[style*="background"] {
+    forced-color-adjust: none;
+  }
+
+  /* Calendar events lose their fill; a frame keeps each one apart. */
+  [data-calendar-event] {
+    outline: 1px solid CanvasText;
+    outline-offset: -1px;
+  }
+
+  /* Count badges drawn as a tinted pill (the rail's unread count). */
+  .rounded-full:not(:empty):is(.bg-primary, .bg-destructive, [class*="bg-red-"]) {
+    border: 1px solid CanvasText;
+  }
 }
 
 /* ---------- Simple mode: no side panels ---------- */
diff --git a/components/email/rich-text-editor.tsx b/components/email/rich-text-editor.tsx
index ab26a6bf3..1969a0423 100644
--- a/components/email/rich-text-editor.tsx
+++ b/components/email/rich-text-editor.tsx
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ const ToolbarButton = React.forwardRef<HTMLButtonElement, {
       title={title}
       aria-label={title}
       aria-pressed={pressed === undefined ? undefined : pressed}
+      data-active={active || undefined}
       aria-haspopup={popup}
       aria-expanded={popup ? !!expanded : undefined}
       className={cn(
diff --git a/components/ui/toolbar.tsx b/components/ui/toolbar.tsx
index 00acb120f..e501f0e4b 100644
--- a/components/ui/toolbar.tsx
+++ b/components/ui/toolbar.tsx
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ export const ToolbarButton = React.forwardRef<HTMLButtonElement, ToolbarButtonPr
   ({ active, className, ...props }, ref) => (
     <IconButton
       ref={ref}
+      data-active={active || undefined}
       className={cn("shrink-0", active ? TOOLBAR_ACTIVE : "text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground", className)}
       {...props}
     />
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ export const ToolbarSearchAction = React.forwardRef<HTMLButtonElement, React.But
     <button
       ref={ref}
       type={type}
+      data-active={active || undefined}
       className={cn(
         "p-1 rounded-md transition-colors disabled:opacity-50 disabled:cursor-not-allowed",
         TOUCH_HIT_AREA,
diff --git a/lib/__tests__/accessibility-focus-css.test.ts b/lib/__tests__/accessibility-focus-css.test.ts
index 273f0ce44..92bcd9c42 100644
--- a/lib/__tests__/accessibility-focus-css.test.ts
+++ b/lib/__tests__/accessibility-focus-css.test.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
 import { readFileSync } from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
 
-const css = readFileSync(path.join(process.cwd(), 'app', 'accessibility.css'), 'utf8');
+const css = readFileSync(path.join(process.cwd(), 'app', 'accessibility.css'), 'utf8').replace(/\r\n/g, '\n');
 
 /** Selectors of the first top-level rule whose body contains `declaration`. */
 function selectorsOf(declaration: string): string[] {
@@ -73,3 +73,63 @@ describe('global focus outline', () => {
     expect(css).toMatch(/--focus-ring-color:\s*var\(--color-ring\)/);
   });
 });
+
+/** The body of the top-level `@media (forced-colors: active)` block. */
+function forcedBlock(): string {
+  const at = css.indexOf('@media (forced-colors: active) {');
+  expect(at).toBeGreaterThan(-1);
+  const open = css.indexOf('{', at);
+  let depth = 0;
+  let end = open;
+  for (; end < css.length; end++) {
+    if (css[end] === '{') depth++;
+    if (css[end] === '}' && --depth === 0) break;
+  }
+  return css.slice(open + 1, end).replace(/\/\*[\s\S]*?\*\//g, '');
+}
+
+/** The selector of the rule in `block` whose body contains `declaration`. */
+function ruleSelector(block: string, declaration: string): string {
+  const at = block.indexOf(declaration);
+  expect(at).toBeGreaterThan(-1);
+  const open = block.lastIndexOf('{', at);
+  return block.slice(block.lastIndexOf('}', open) + 1, open).trim();
+}
+
+describe('forced colours', () => {
+  const block = forcedBlock();
+  const selected = ruleSelector(block, 'background-color: Highlight !important;\n    color: HighlightText');
+
+  it.each([
+    ['a pressed segment (settings radio group, formatting toggle)', '<button aria-pressed="true">Light</button>'],
+    ['the selected tab', '<button role="tab" aria-selected="true">All</button>'],
+    ['the open message row', '<div aria-current="true"></div>'],
+    ['the current folder or page', '<button aria-current="page">Inbox</button>'],
+    ['an active toolbar button', '<button data-active="true"></button>'],
+    ['a checked view-mode radio', '<button role="radio" aria-checked="true"></button>'],
+    ['a selected option', '<div role="option" aria-selected="true"></div>'],
+  ])('maps %s to Highlight', (_name, html) => {
+    expect(el(html).matches(selected)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    ['an unpressed segment', '<button aria-pressed="false">Dark</button>'],
+    ['an unselected tab', '<button role="tab" aria-selected="false">Unread</button>'],
+    ['today without selection', '<button aria-current="date">29</button>'],
+    ['a native radio', '<input type="radio" role="radio" aria-checked="true">'],
+  ])('leaves %s alone', (_name, html) => {
+    expect(el(html).matches(selected)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('gives switches a border and a knob that keeps its fill', () => {
+    expect(ruleSelector(block, 'border: 1px solid ButtonText')).toBe('[role="switch"]');
+    const knob = block.slice(block.indexOf('[role="switch"] > span'));
+    expect(knob).toMatch(/^\[role="switch"\] > span \{\s*forced-color-adjust: none;\s*background-color: ButtonText/);
+    expect(block).toMatch(/\[role="switch"\]\[aria-checked="true"\] > span \{\s*background-color: HighlightText/);
+  });
+
+  it('lets a colour swatch keep its colour, and only the swatch', () => {
+    expect(el('<span style="background-color: rgb(1, 2, 3)"></span>').matches(':is(span, div, i):empty[style*="background"]')).toBe(true);
+    expect(block).toContain(':is(span, div, i):empty[style*="background"] {\n    forced-color-adjust: none;');
+  });
+});