diff --git a/apps/portal-shell/src/app/components/theme-switcher/theme-switcher.html b/apps/portal-shell/src/app/components/theme-switcher/theme-switcher.html
index c244318..23928cd 100644
--- a/apps/portal-shell/src/app/components/theme-switcher/theme-switcher.html
+++ b/apps/portal-shell/src/app/components/theme-switcher/theme-switcher.html
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 <button
   type="button"
-  class="inline-flex h-11 w-11 items-center justify-center rounded-full text-gray-600 transition-colors hover:bg-gray-100 hover:text-brand-primary-500 focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:outline-brand-primary-500 dark:text-gray-300 dark:hover:bg-gray-800 dark:hover:text-brand-primary-300"
+  class="theme-switcher__trigger"
   [cdkMenuTriggerFor]="themeMenu"
   [attr.aria-label]="triggerAriaLabel()"
 >
-  <lib-icon [name]="currentIcon()" />
+  <lib-icon [name]="currentIcon()" [size]="14" />
+  <span>{{ currentLabel() }}</span>
+  <lib-icon name="chevron-down" [size]="12" />
 </button>
 
 <ng-template #themeMenu>
diff --git a/apps/portal-shell/src/app/components/theme-switcher/theme-switcher.scss b/apps/portal-shell/src/app/components/theme-switcher/theme-switcher.scss
index 5e7faf2..ac6115b 100644
--- a/apps/portal-shell/src/app/components/theme-switcher/theme-switcher.scss
+++ b/apps/portal-shell/src/app/components/theme-switcher/theme-switcher.scss
@@ -3,6 +3,47 @@
 // when the labels grow under translation. dark-mode surface mirrors
 // the rest of the shell (gray-900 background, gray-800 border).
 
+// Trigger mirrors `.locale-switcher__trigger` — same chip shape,
+// same hover / focus tokens, same AAA-friendly 44×44 tap target
+// via vertical-padding overflow inside the thin footer. The two
+// switchers sit side-by-side in the footer's device-prefs cluster
+// (#162), so a single visual family across the pair reads as one
+// component. The leading icon stays driven by `currentIcon()` so a
+// sun / moon / monitor glyph still signals which mode is selected.
+.theme-switcher__trigger {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 0.375rem;
+  min-height: 2.75rem;
+  margin: -0.5rem 0;
+  padding: 0 0.5rem;
+  border-radius: 0.25rem;
+  background: transparent;
+  border: 0;
+  color: inherit;
+  font-size: inherit;
+  font-weight: 500;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  transition:
+    background-color 0.12s ease-out,
+    color 0.12s ease-out;
+
+  &:hover {
+    background-color: #f3f4f6;
+    color: var(--color-brand-primary-500);
+
+    :where(.dark) & {
+      background-color: #1f2937;
+      color: var(--color-brand-primary-300);
+    }
+  }
+
+  &:focus-visible {
+    outline: 2px solid var(--color-brand-primary-500);
+    outline-offset: 2px;
+  }
+}
+
 .theme-switcher__menu {
   min-width: 11rem;
   margin-top: 0.25rem;