diff --git a/app/(pages)/titles/[id]/page.tsx b/app/(pages)/titles/[id]/page.tsx
index d8ba672..33e6ec9 100644
--- a/app/(pages)/titles/[id]/page.tsx
+++ b/app/(pages)/titles/[id]/page.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { titles } from "@/lib/db/schema";
 import { getTitleWithChildren, importTitle } from "@/lib/services/metadata";
 import { getUserTitleInfo } from "@/lib/services/tracking";
 import { tmdbImageUrl } from "@/lib/tmdb/image";
+import { getTitleThemeStyle } from "@/lib/utils/title-theme";
 import { TitleActions } from "./_components/title-actions";
 import { TitleAvailability } from "./_components/title-availability";
 import { TitleHero } from "./_components/title-hero";
@@ -72,8 +73,10 @@ export default async function TitleDetailPage({
 
   const { title, seasons, availability } = result;
 
+  const themeStyle = getTitleThemeStyle(title.colorPalette);
+
   return (
-    <div className="relative space-y-10">
+    <div className="relative space-y-10" style={themeStyle}>
       <TitleInteractionProvider
         titleId={title.id}
         titleType={title.type}
diff --git a/lib/services/metadata.ts b/lib/services/metadata.ts
index 93252f7..7da1716 100644
--- a/lib/services/metadata.ts
+++ b/lib/services/metadata.ts
@@ -566,9 +566,13 @@ export async function getTitleWithChildren(id: string): Promise<{
     }),
   );
 
-  // Lazy color extraction
-  if (!title.colorPalette && title.posterPath) {
-    extractAndStoreColors(title.id, title.posterPath).catch(() => {});
+  // Lazy color extraction — await so the palette is available for theming
+  let palette = parseColorPalette(title.colorPalette);
+  if (!palette && title.posterPath) {
+    palette =
+      (await extractAndStoreColors(title.id, title.posterPath).catch(
+        () => null,
+      )) ?? null;
   }
 
   const resolvedTitle: ResolvedTitle = {
@@ -586,7 +590,7 @@ export async function getTitleWithChildren(id: string): Promise<{
     voteAverage: title.voteAverage,
     voteCount: title.voteCount,
     status: title.status,
-    colorPalette: parseColorPalette(title.colorPalette),
+    colorPalette: palette,
   };
 
   return { title: resolvedTitle, seasons: titleSeasons, availability };
diff --git a/lib/utils/title-theme.ts b/lib/utils/title-theme.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2382e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/utils/title-theme.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import type { ColorPalette } from "@/lib/types/title";
+
+function hexToRelativeLuminance(hex: string): number {
+  const r = Number.parseInt(hex.slice(1, 3), 16) / 255;
+  const g = Number.parseInt(hex.slice(3, 5), 16) / 255;
+  const b = Number.parseInt(hex.slice(5, 7), 16) / 255;
+  const toLinear = (c: number) =>
+    c <= 0.03928 ? c / 12.92 : ((c + 0.055) / 1.055) ** 2.4;
+  return 0.2126 * toLinear(r) + 0.7152 * toLinear(g) + 0.0722 * toLinear(b);
+}
+
+export function getTitleThemeStyle(
+  palette: ColorPalette | null,
+): React.CSSProperties {
+  const color = palette?.vibrant;
+  if (!color) return {};
+
+  const luminance = hexToRelativeLuminance(color);
+  const foreground =
+    luminance > 0.3
+      ? "oklch(0.13 0.006 55)" // dark (current --primary-foreground)
+      : "oklch(0.93 0.015 80)"; // light (current --foreground)
+
+  return {
+    "--primary": color,
+    "--ring": color,
+    "--primary-foreground": foreground,
+    "--status-watching": color,
+  } as React.CSSProperties;
+}