diff --git a/electron/bridges/sessionLogsBridge.cjs b/electron/bridges/sessionLogsBridge.cjs
index a59f169f0..75b55a90d 100644
--- a/electron/bridges/sessionLogsBridge.cjs
+++ b/electron/bridges/sessionLogsBridge.cjs
@@ -77,7 +77,35 @@ function terminalPlainTextToHtml(plainText, hostLabel, timestamp) {
   return wrapTerminalHtmlContent(htmlContent, hostLabel, timestamp);
 }
 
+function buildExtendedForegroundPalette(htmlContent) {
+  const colors = new Set(Array.from(
+    htmlContent.matchAll(/var\(--term-custom-([a-f0-9]{6}), #[a-f0-9]{6}\)/g),
+    (match) => match[1],
+  ));
+  const light = [];
+  const dark = [];
+  for (const hex of colors) {
+    const channels = hex.match(/../g).map((channel) => parseInt(channel, 16));
+    const luminance = (rgb) => rgb.reduce((sum, channel, index) => {
+      const value = channel / 255;
+      const linear = value <= 0.04045 ? value / 12.92 : ((value + 0.055) / 1.055) ** 2.4;
+      return sum + linear * [0.2126, 0.7152, 0.0722][index];
+    }, 0);
+    let adjusted = channels;
+    // Scale all channels together to retain the hue. Stop at normal-text
+    // contrast against the light page; dark mode retains the exact SGR color.
+    for (let scale = 0.99; 1.05 / (luminance(adjusted) + 0.05) < 4.5; scale -= 0.01) {
+      adjusted = channels.map((channel) => Math.floor(channel * Math.max(0, scale)));
+    }
+    const lightHex = adjusted.map((channel) => channel.toString(16).padStart(2, "0")).join("");
+    light.push(`--term-custom-${hex}: #${lightHex};`);
+    dark.push(`--term-custom-${hex}: #${hex};`);
+  }
+  return { light: light.join("\n      "), dark: dark.join("\n        ") };
+}
+
 function wrapTerminalHtmlContent(htmlContent, hostLabel, timestamp) {
+  const extendedPalette = buildExtendedForegroundPalette(htmlContent);
   const dateStr = new Date(timestamp).toLocaleString();
   const safeHostLabel = escapeHtml(hostLabel || "Unknown");
   const safeDateStr = escapeHtml(dateStr);
@@ -113,6 +141,7 @@ function wrapTerminalHtmlContent(htmlContent, hostLabel, timestamp) {
       --ansi-13: #bc05bc;
       --ansi-14: #007c9b;
       --ansi-15: #767676;
+      ${extendedPalette.light}
     }
     @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
       :root {
@@ -136,6 +165,7 @@ function wrapTerminalHtmlContent(htmlContent, hostLabel, timestamp) {
         --ansi-13: #d670d6;
         --ansi-14: #29b8db;
         --ansi-15: #ffffff;
+        ${extendedPalette.dark}
       }
     }
     body {
diff --git a/electron/bridges/sessionLogsBridge.test.cjs b/electron/bridges/sessionLogsBridge.test.cjs
index 47999af34..2aa323cf2 100644
--- a/electron/bridges/sessionLogsBridge.test.cjs
+++ b/electron/bridges/sessionLogsBridge.test.cjs
@@ -934,8 +934,12 @@ test("html wrapper adapts to light/dark browser color scheme", () => {
 });
 
 test("all light-mode ANSI foregrounds remain readable on the default background", () => {
-  const { wrapTerminalHtmlContent } = loadBridgeWithDialog({});
-  const lightCss = wrapTerminalHtmlContent("hello", "host", 0).split("@media")[0];
+  const { terminalDataToHtml } = loadBridgeWithDialog({});
+  let data = "";
+  for (let index = 0; index < 256; index++) data += `\x1b[38;5;${index}mcolor ${index}\x1b[0m\n`;
+  data += "\x1b[38;2;255;255;255mwhite\x1b[0m\n\x1b[38;2;255;255;0myellow\x1b[0m\n\x1b[38;2;18;52;86mdark\x1b[0m";
+  const html = terminalDataToHtml(data, "host", 0);
+  const [lightCss, darkCss] = html.split("@media");
   const luminance = (hex) => {
     const channels = hex.match(/[a-f0-9]{2}/gi).map((channel) => {
       const value = parseInt(channel, 16) / 255;
@@ -944,11 +948,16 @@ test("all light-mode ANSI foregrounds remain readable on the default background"
     return channels[0] * 0.2126 + channels[1] * 0.7152 + channels[2] * 0.0722;
   };
   const background = luminance(lightCss.match(/--term-default-bg:\s*(#[a-f0-9]{6})/i)[1]);
-  const palette = [...lightCss.matchAll(/--ansi-(\d+):\s*(#[a-f0-9]{6})/gi)];
-  assert.equal(palette.length, 16);
+  const palette = [...lightCss.matchAll(/--(ansi-\d+|term-custom-[a-f0-9]{6}):\s*(#[a-f0-9]{6})/gi)];
+  assert.equal(palette.length, 257);
   for (const [, index, color] of palette) {
     const foreground = luminance(color);
     const contrast = (Math.max(background, foreground) + 0.05) / (Math.min(background, foreground) + 0.05);
     assert.ok(contrast >= 4.5, `ANSI ${index} (${color}) contrast ${contrast.toFixed(2)} is below 4.5:1`);
   }
+  for (const [, hex, color] of lightCss.matchAll(/--term-custom-([a-f0-9]{6}):\s*(#[a-f0-9]{6})/gi)) {
+    assert.ok(darkCss.includes(`--term-custom-${hex}: #${hex};`));
+    if (1.05 / (luminance(hex) + 0.05) >= 4.5) assert.equal(color, `#${hex}`);
+  }
+  assert.match(html, /color: var\(--term-custom-ffffff, #ffffff\)[^>]*>white/);
 });
diff --git a/electron/bridges/terminalLogSanitizer.cjs b/electron/bridges/terminalLogSanitizer.cjs
index 2035124a6..f07382b01 100644
--- a/electron/bridges/terminalLogSanitizer.cjs
+++ b/electron/bridges/terminalLogSanitizer.cjs
@@ -606,6 +606,9 @@ function styleToCss(style) {
     const originalColor = (color) => color?.replace(/var\(--[\w-]+, (#[a-f0-9]{6})\)/g, "$1");
     fg = originalColor(fg) || DEFAULT_FOREGROUND;
     bg = originalColor(bg);
+  } else if (fg?.startsWith("#")) {
+    // The wrapper supplies a readable light variant for extended/true colors.
+    fg = `var(--term-custom-${fg.slice(1)}, ${fg})`;
   }
   if (fg) declarations.push(`color: ${fg}`);
   if (bg) declarations.push(`background-color: ${bg}`);
diff --git a/electron/bridges/terminalLogSanitizer.test.cjs b/electron/bridges/terminalLogSanitizer.test.cjs
index 2fa464a0f..ec38ea44b 100644
--- a/electron/bridges/terminalLogSanitizer.test.cjs
+++ b/electron/bridges/terminalLogSanitizer.test.cjs
@@ -260,12 +260,12 @@ test("SGR colors are emitted as themeable CSS variables with hex fallbacks", ()
   assert.match(html, /color:\s*#f14c4c; background-color:\s*#2472c8/);
 });
 
-test("256-color base palette uses CSS variables; cube colors stay hex", () => {
+test("256-color base and cube foregrounds use themeable variables", () => {
   const renderer = createTerminalTextRenderer();
   renderer.feed("\x1b[38;5;1mbase\x1b[0m \x1b[38;5;208mcube\n");
   const html = renderer.toHtmlContent();
   assert.match(html, /color:\s*var\(--ansi-1, #cd3131\)[^"]*"[^>]*>base/);
-  assert.match(html, /color:\s*#ff8700[^"]*"[^>]*>cube/);
+  assert.match(html, /color:\s*var\(--term-custom-ff8700, #ff8700\)[^"]*"[^>]*>cube/);
 });
 
 test("inverse text falls back to themeable default background/foreground", () => {