diff --git a/src/bench/styles/globals.css b/src/bench/styles/globals.css
index d9049238..a6c825f2 100644
--- a/src/bench/styles/globals.css
+++ b/src/bench/styles/globals.css
@@ -71,11 +71,15 @@ pre {
   font-family: var(--font-mono);
 }
 
+/* A link is ink at rest and Blue only under the pointer, as the system's are: bench's Blue names
+ * Vortex, its line, and a pressed chip. A link in prose also takes the system's quiet underline
+ * (the methodology page, below), so it reads as a link without the Blue. */
 a {
-  color: var(--accent-ink);
+  color: var(--ink);
   text-decoration: none;
 }
 a:hover {
+  color: var(--accent-ink);
   text-decoration: underline;
 }
 
@@ -135,36 +139,34 @@ main {
   }
 }
 
+/* The toolbar buttons (the Groups button and the "Filter series" trigger) are outlined controls:
+ * 4px corners, a mono label in sentence case, and a border that turns ink under the pointer. */
 .control-btn {
   display: inline-flex;
   align-items: center;
   justify-content: center;
   gap: 0.45rem;
   min-height: 36px;
+  padding: var(--space-8) var(--space-20);
   border: 1px solid var(--line);
-  border-radius: var(--radius-card);
+  border-radius: var(--radius-control);
   background: var(--surface);
   color: var(--ink);
   font: inherit;
-  font-size: 0.875rem;
+  font-family: var(--font-mono);
+  font-size: 11px;
   font-weight: 500;
   line-height: 1;
   white-space: nowrap;
+  cursor: pointer;
   transition:
     background-color 0.2s ease,
     border-color 0.2s ease,
     color 0.2s ease;
 }
 
-.control-btn {
-  padding: var(--space-8) var(--space-20);
-  cursor: pointer;
-}
-
 .control-btn:hover {
-  border-color: var(--accent-ink);
-  background: var(--ground);
-  color: var(--accent-ink);
+  border-color: var(--ink);
 }
 
 /* While it shows its word, the toggle keeps one width for "Light" and "Dark". */
@@ -215,6 +217,17 @@ main {
   line-height: 1.6;
 }
 
+.methodology a:not([class]) {
+  text-decoration: underline;
+  text-decoration-thickness: 1px;
+  text-decoration-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ink) 30%, transparent);
+  text-underline-offset: 3px;
+}
+
+.methodology a:not([class]):hover {
+  text-decoration-color: currentColor;
+}
+
 .methodology h2 {
   margin: 0 0 var(--space-16);
 }
@@ -321,7 +334,7 @@ main {
   transform: rotate(90deg);
 }
 .group-summary:hover .group-summary-row {
-  background: var(--surface);
+  background: var(--wash);
 }
 /* The groups speak in the system's mono voice, as the header's label does, and heavy enough to
    lead their cards: 400 at 13px read thin, Light most of all. */
@@ -337,7 +350,9 @@ main {
     font-size: 17px;
   }
 }
+/* Square, on purpose, as the filter badge is. */
 .group-count {
+  border-radius: 2px;
   color: var(--ink-muted);
   font-family: var(--font-mono);
   font-size: 0.7rem;
@@ -371,7 +386,7 @@ main {
   height: 1.5rem;
   padding: 0;
   border: none;
-  border-radius: var(--radius-card);
+  border-radius: var(--radius-control);
   background: transparent;
   color: var(--ink-muted);
   text-decoration: none;
@@ -405,7 +420,7 @@ main {
   width: 1.5rem;
   height: 1.5rem;
   padding: 0;
-  border-radius: var(--radius-card);
+  border-radius: var(--radius-control);
   color: var(--ink-muted);
   text-decoration: none;
   flex-shrink: 0;
@@ -485,7 +500,8 @@ main {
     visibility 0.15s ease;
   pointer-events: none;
   z-index: 10;
-  box-shadow: 0 4px 14px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.18);
+  /* A hairline, not a shadow: bench keeps shadows for its two chart tooltips only. */
+  border: 1px solid var(--edge);
 }
 [data-tooltip].group-info-icon:hover::after,
 [data-tooltip].group-info-icon:focus-visible::after {
@@ -719,9 +735,10 @@ main {
   break-inside: avoid;
 }
 
+/* Ranks are muted, so Blue marks only Vortex's rows. */
 .score-rank {
   min-width: 2.25rem;
-  color: var(--accent-ink);
+  color: var(--ink-muted);
   font-size: 0.75rem;
   font-weight: 600;
   font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
@@ -799,7 +816,8 @@ main {
   min-width: 1.25rem;
   height: 1.25rem;
   padding: 0 0.4rem;
-  border-radius: var(--radius-full);
+  /* Square, on purpose: 2px, under the control radius. */
+  border-radius: 2px;
   background: var(--accent);
   color: var(--on-accent);
   font-size: 0.7rem;
@@ -819,7 +837,7 @@ main {
   max-width: min(90vw, 36rem);
   padding: var(--space-12) 0.85rem;
   border: 1px solid var(--edge);
-  border-radius: var(--radius-card);
+  border-radius: var(--radius-control);
   background: var(--surface);
 }
 .filter-panel[hidden] {
@@ -844,7 +862,7 @@ main {
   min-height: 24px;
   padding: 0.1rem 0.6rem;
   border: 1px solid var(--line);
-  border-radius: var(--radius-full);
+  border-radius: var(--radius-control);
   background: var(--surface);
   color: var(--ink);
   font-size: 0.78rem;
@@ -852,7 +870,7 @@ main {
   cursor: pointer;
 }
 .filter-chip:hover {
-  border-color: var(--accent-ink);
+  border-color: var(--ink);
 }
 .filter-chip--active,
 .filter-chip--active:hover {
@@ -953,7 +971,6 @@ main {
 .group-filter-trigger {
   min-height: 28px;
   padding: var(--space-4) 0.85rem;
-  font-size: 0.78rem;
 }
 .group-filter-panel {
   position: absolute;
@@ -968,7 +985,7 @@ main {
   max-width: min(90vw, 42rem);
   padding: var(--space-12) 0.85rem;
   border: 1px solid var(--edge);
-  border-radius: var(--radius-card);
+  border-radius: var(--radius-control);
   background: var(--surface);
 }
 .group-filter-panel[hidden] {
@@ -1002,8 +1019,8 @@ main {
 }
 .group-toolbar-reset:hover,
 .group-toolbar-empty-toggle:hover {
-  border-color: var(--accent-ink);
-  color: var(--accent-ink);
+  border-color: var(--ink);
+  color: var(--ink);
 }
 /* While the empty charts are revealed the toggle reads as engaged. */
 .group-toolbar-empty-toggle[aria-pressed='true'] {
@@ -1075,11 +1092,6 @@ main {
 .chart-badge[hidden] {
   display: none;
 }
-.chart-badge--downsampled {
-  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent-ink) 12%, transparent);
-  color: var(--accent-ink);
-  border-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent-ink) 35%, transparent);
-}
 
 .chart-window-chip {
   font-family: inherit;
@@ -1456,7 +1468,6 @@ main > .chart-card:not(.chart-grid .chart-card) .chart-wrap {
   .control-btn {
     min-height: 32px;
     padding: 0.4rem 0.55rem;
-    font-size: 0.75rem;
   }
   main {
     padding: var(--space-16) var(--page-pad);
@@ -1646,7 +1657,7 @@ a.site-footer-sha:hover code {
   padding: var(--space-12);
   overflow-y: auto;
   border: 1px solid var(--edge);
-  border-radius: var(--radius-card);
+  border-radius: var(--radius-control);
   background: var(--surface);
   /* Hidden until toggled; fade + slide up from the bottom-left toggle. */
   visibility: hidden;
@@ -1686,7 +1697,7 @@ a.site-footer-sha:hover code {
   width: 100%;
   padding: 0.4rem var(--space-8);
   border: 0;
-  border-radius: var(--radius-card);
+  border-radius: var(--radius-control);
   background: transparent;
   color: var(--ink);
   font: inherit;
@@ -1703,8 +1714,8 @@ a.site-footer-sha:hover code {
 
 .group-nav-link:hover,
 .group-nav-link:focus-visible {
-  background: var(--ground);
-  color: var(--accent-ink);
+  background: var(--wash);
+  color: var(--ink);
 }
 
 @media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
@@ -1713,46 +1724,6 @@ a.site-footer-sha:hover code {
   }
 }
 
-/* The system's corners and label voice. Cards take 6px corners and controls 4px; circles
- * (the info icon, spinners, swatches) keep their 50%. The page title and the toolbar buttons read
- * as mono labels in sentence case, as every label does (no capitals, no tracking), ranks are muted so Blue marks only ratios, and the count badges
- * are square. */
-.group-details,
-.summary-loading-panel,
-.chart-card {
-  border-radius: var(--radius-card);
-}
-
-.control-btn,
-.toolbar-btn,
-.group-toolbar-reset,
-.group-toolbar-empty-toggle,
-.group-filter-trigger,
-.filter-panel,
-.group-filter-panel,
-.group-nav-panel,
-.group-nav-link,
-.group-permalink,
-.group-docs-link,
-.filter-chip {
-  border-radius: var(--radius-control);
-}
-.control-btn {
-  font-family: var(--font-mono);
-  font-weight: 500;
-}
-.control-btn {
-  font-size: 11px;
-}
-.score-rank {
-  color: var(--ink-muted);
-}
-.filter-badge,
-.group-count {
-  /* Square badges, on purpose: 2px, under the control radius. */
-  border-radius: 2px;
-}
-
 /* A press shows, as on the system's buttons: an outlined control fills one step up, a filled one
  * darkens toward the ground. A press never moves a control, so it also cancels the hover lift.
  * These rules come after each control's pressed or active rule, so a press shows on those too. */
diff --git a/src/bench/styles/tokens.test.ts b/src/bench/styles/tokens.test.ts
index 662bb805..9ce5d49b 100644
--- a/src/bench/styles/tokens.test.ts
+++ b/src/bench/styles/tokens.test.ts
@@ -112,7 +112,34 @@ describe("bench's stylesheet on the system's tokens", () => {
     expect(lastValue('.filter-chip--active:hover', 'border-color')).toBe('var(--accent)');
     expect(lastValue('.toolbar-slider', 'accent-color')).toBe('var(--accent)');
     expect(lastValue('.chart-range-strip-handle', 'background')).toBe('var(--accent)');
-    expect(lastValue('a', 'color')).toBe('var(--accent-ink)');
+  });
+
+  // Bench's Blue names Vortex, its line, and a pressed chip. A link is ink at rest and Blue only
+  // under the pointer. Under the pointer an outlined control's border turns ink, and a row takes
+  // the wash, as the system's States rule says.
+  it('keeps Blue off links at rest and off hovers', () => {
+    expect(lastValue('a', 'color')).toBe('var(--ink)');
+    expect(lastValue('a:hover', 'color')).toBe('var(--accent-ink)');
+    for (const sel of [
+      '.control-btn:hover',
+      '.filter-chip:hover',
+      '.group-toolbar-reset:hover',
+      '.group-toolbar-empty-toggle:hover',
+    ]) {
+      expect(lastValue(sel, 'border-color'), sel).toBe('var(--ink)');
+    }
+    expect(lastValue('.control-btn:hover', 'color')).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(lastValue('.group-summary:hover .group-summary-row', 'background')).toBe('var(--wash)');
+    expect(lastValue('.group-nav-link:hover', 'background')).toBe('var(--wash)');
+    expect(lastValue('.group-nav-link:hover', 'color')).toBe('var(--ink)');
+    expect(lastValue('.score-rank', 'color')).toBe('var(--ink-muted)');
+    expect(decls.some((d) => selectorsOf(d).includes('.chart-badge--downsampled'))).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  // Each control's look is in its own rules, once: no late block restates it.
+  it('defines the toolbar button in one rule', () => {
+    expect(decls.filter((d) => d.sel === '.control-btn' && d.prop === 'font-size')).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(lastValue('.control-btn', 'border-radius')).toBe('var(--radius-control)');
   });
 
   // The system's States rule: a pressed switch sits on surface in ink inside a raised group, and
@@ -171,11 +198,10 @@ describe("bench's stylesheet on the system's tokens", () => {
     }
   });
 
-  // Cards and popovers stand on their borders, as the system's do. Only the tooltips, which sit
-  // over a chart's lines, keep a shadow.
-  it('draws no shadows but on the tooltips', () => {
+  // Cards, popovers, and the group info tooltip stand on their borders, as the system's do. Only
+  // the chart tooltip, which sits over a chart's lines, keeps a shadow.
+  it('draws no shadows but on the chart tooltip', () => {
     expect(decls.filter((d) => d.prop === 'box-shadow').map((d) => d.sel)).toEqual([
-      '[data-tooltip].group-info-icon::after',
       '.chart-tooltip-host',
     ]);
   });
diff --git a/src/components/blog/figures.tsx b/src/components/blog/figures.tsx
index 4a58ce6d..f9beb554 100644
--- a/src/components/blog/figures.tsx
+++ b/src/components/blog/figures.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { type CSSProperties, Fragment, type ReactNode } from "react";
 import { OpenInNewIcon } from "@/components/icons";
 import { type Bar, barRows, barsLabel, chainLabel } from "@/lib/figures";
+import { barClass } from "@/vendor/vortex-design/results.js";
 
 /**
  * The parts a post draws with the design system's cards. Each takes the
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ export function Bars({
         </span>
         <div className="vx-bars is-lg" style={style}>
           {rows.map((r) => (
-            <div key={r.name} className={r.ours ? "vx-bar is-ours" : "vx-bar"}>
+            <div key={r.name} className={barClass({ ...r, state: "measured" })}>
               <span>{r.name}</span>
               <span className="vx-bar-track">
                 <span
diff --git a/src/components/results-table/index.tsx b/src/components/results-table/index.tsx
index 01ffc26d..2738fc5a 100644
--- a/src/components/results-table/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/results-table/index.tsx
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export function ResultsTable({
     <section className="vx-frame vx-results" aria-label="Benchmark results">
       <p className="vx-results-head">
         <span>File format benchmarks</span>
-        <span className="vx-results-src">
+        <span className="vx-label-sm vx-results-src">
           <a className="vx-source vx-nav-link" href={SOURCE_URL}>
             bench.vortex.dev
             <OpenInNewIcon />
diff --git a/src/content/blog/btrblocks-compressor.mdx b/src/content/blog/btrblocks-compressor.mdx
index 3dda014c..3c8c3ccd 100644
--- a/src/content/blog/btrblocks-compressor.mdx
+++ b/src/content/blog/btrblocks-compressor.mdx
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ On TPC-H at scale factor 10:
   unit="MB"
   better="↓"
   bars={[
-    { name: "Parquet + zstd", value: 4465 },
+    { name: "Parquet + zstd", system: "Parquet", value: 4465 },
     { name: "Vortex default", value: 2776, ours: true, extra: "0.62×" },
     { name: "Vortex compact", value: 2016, ours: true, extra: "0.45×" }
   ]}
diff --git a/src/lib/figures.ts b/src/lib/figures.ts
index 36fe1681..1cdf7459 100644
--- a/src/lib/figures.ts
+++ b/src/lib/figures.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,15 @@
 export interface Bar {
   name: string;
   value: number;
-  /** Vortex's own bar, in `chart-vortex`. People and other systems are grey. */
+  /** Vortex's own bar, in `chart-vortex`. */
   ours?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * The system the bar measures, when its name says more ("Parquet" for
+   * "Parquet + zstd"). Parquet, Lance, and Arrow take their muted tints, as
+   * the design system's `barClass` maps them. People and other systems are
+   * grey.
+   */
+  system?: string;
   /** A ratio after the value, such as "0.62×". */
   extra?: string;
 }
@@ -22,6 +29,7 @@ export function barRows(bars: readonly Bar[]) {
     width: Math.round((b.value / max) * 10_000) / 100,
     value: NUMBER.format(b.value),
     ours: b.ours ?? false,
+    system: b.system ?? b.name,
     extra: b.extra
   }));
 }
diff --git a/tests/unit/figures.test.ts b/tests/unit/figures.test.ts
index af639e66..53b82fd6 100644
--- a/tests/unit/figures.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/figures.test.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,19 @@ describe("barRows", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("barRows system", () => {
+  it("names each bar's system, so Parquet takes its tint", () => {
+    const rows = barRows([
+      { name: "Parquet + zstd", system: "Parquet", value: 4465 },
+      { name: "Connor Tsui", value: 41 }
+    ]);
+    assert.deepEqual(
+      rows.map((r) => r.system),
+      ["Parquet", "Connor Tsui"]
+    );
+  });
+});
+
 describe("barsLabel", () => {
   it("states every figure for a screen reader", () => {
     assert.equal(
diff --git a/tests/unit/results-table.test.tsx b/tests/unit/results-table.test.tsx
index accca133..45a6dec5 100644
--- a/tests/unit/results-table.test.tsx
+++ b/tests/unit/results-table.test.tsx
@@ -25,12 +25,21 @@ describe("ResultsTable", () => {
     const html = renderToStaticMarkup(
       <ResultsTable panels={PANELS} readAt={READ} />
     );
+    // One difference, until the system's renderer catches up: the README
+    // gives every source line `vx-label-sm`, and renderResults leaves it off
+    // the head's source line. When the copy in src/vendor adds it, the first
+    // assertion fails: drop it and the replace then.
+    const system = renderResults(PANELS, {
+      read: formatReadDate(READ),
+      icon: renderToStaticMarkup(<OpenInNewIcon />)
+    });
+    assert.ok(system.includes('<span class="vx-results-src">'));
     assert.equal(
       html,
-      renderResults(PANELS, {
-        read: formatReadDate(READ),
-        icon: renderToStaticMarkup(<OpenInNewIcon />)
-      })
+      system.replace(
+        '<span class="vx-results-src">',
+        '<span class="vx-label-sm vx-results-src">'
+      )
     );
   });