diff --git a/HellionChat/PluginHostFactory.cs b/HellionChat/PluginHostFactory.cs
index 9c02edc..d36659c 100644
--- a/HellionChat/PluginHostFactory.cs
+++ b/HellionChat/PluginHostFactory.cs
@@ -324,7 +324,10 @@ internal static class PluginHostFactory
                     sp.GetRequiredService<Ui.CommandHelpWindow>()
                 ),
                 sp.GetRequiredService<ILogger<Ui.Windows.ChannelPopoutWindow>>(),
-                sp.GetRequiredService<FontManager>()
+                sp.GetRequiredService<FontManager>(),
+                sp.GetRequiredService<Ui.StyleEngine.SurfaceBackdrop>(),
+                sp.GetRequiredService<ThemeRegistry>(),
+                sp.GetRequiredService<Ui.StyleEngine.TokenResolver>()
             )
         );
         services.AddSingleton(sp => new Ui.Windows.ChannelPopoutPool(
diff --git a/HellionChat/Ui/Windows/ChannelPopoutWindow.cs b/HellionChat/Ui/Windows/ChannelPopoutWindow.cs
index a7fa4e1..8bcdb3f 100644
--- a/HellionChat/Ui/Windows/ChannelPopoutWindow.cs
+++ b/HellionChat/Ui/Windows/ChannelPopoutWindow.cs
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ using Dalamud.Bindings.ImGui;
 using Dalamud.Interface;
 using Dalamud.Interface.Utility.Raii;
 using Dalamud.Interface.Windowing;
+using HellionChat.Themes;
 using HellionChat.Ui.Components;
+using HellionChat.Ui.StyleEngine.Widgets;
+using HellionChat.Util;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
 namespace HellionChat.Ui.Windows;
@@ -20,13 +23,19 @@ internal sealed class ChannelPopoutWindow : Window, IFocusableChatWindow
     private readonly InputBar _input;
     private readonly ILogger<ChannelPopoutWindow> _logger;
     private readonly FontManager _fonts;
+    private readonly Ui.StyleEngine.SurfaceBackdrop _backdrop;
+    private readonly ThemeRegistry _themes;
+    private readonly Ui.StyleEngine.TokenResolver _resolver;
 
     public ChannelPopoutWindow(
         int slotIndex,
         MessageList messages,
         InputBar input,
         ILogger<ChannelPopoutWindow> logger,
-        FontManager fonts
+        FontManager fonts,
+        Ui.StyleEngine.SurfaceBackdrop backdrop,
+        ThemeRegistry themes,
+        Ui.StyleEngine.TokenResolver resolver
     )
         : base($"{Plugin.PluginName}###hellion_popout_{slotIndex}")
     {
@@ -35,6 +44,9 @@ internal sealed class ChannelPopoutWindow : Window, IFocusableChatWindow
         _input = input;
         _logger = logger;
         _fonts = fonts;
+        _backdrop = backdrop;
+        _themes = themes;
+        _resolver = resolver;
         IsOpen = false;
         RespectCloseHotkey = false;
         ShowCloseButton = false;
@@ -103,7 +115,11 @@ internal sealed class ChannelPopoutWindow : Window, IFocusableChatWindow
         if (Bound is null)
             return;
 
-        DrawHeader(Bound);
+        // Only when the window has no title bar of its own. With the bar on,
+        // this row repeated the tab name directly underneath it -- the same
+        // string twice, one line apart.
+        if (!Plugin.Config.ShowPopOutTitleBar)
+            DrawHeader(Bound);
 
         // The header close button can unbind us mid-frame (CloseRequested ->
         // pool.TryClose -> Unbind nulls Bound). Re-check before the body so we
@@ -125,7 +141,13 @@ internal sealed class ChannelPopoutWindow : Window, IFocusableChatWindow
         )
         {
             if (body.Success)
+            {
+                // Same floor as the main window's log, and the same reasoning:
+                // no accent wash and barely any motes, because a chat log is read
+                // line by line.
+                _backdrop.Draw(accentWashHeight: 0f, moteIntensity: 0.10f, strength: 0.45f);
                 _messages.Draw(Bound);
+            }
         }
 
         _input.Draw(Bound);
@@ -137,18 +159,37 @@ internal sealed class ChannelPopoutWindow : Window, IFocusableChatWindow
         // close button is the canonical "send the tab back" affordance for v1.8.0.
         // PartnerHonorific is deferred (HonorificService has no per-target title,
         // plan §D / Sub-Spec WARN-8) — no honorific row here.
+        var colors = _themes.Active.Colors;
+        var text = ColourUtil.RgbaToAbgr(_resolver.Resolve(Ui.StyleEngine.Token.Text, colors));
+        var surface = ColourUtil.RgbaToAbgr(
+            _resolver.Resolve(Ui.StyleEngine.Token.SurfaceBase, colors)
+        );
+        var danger = ColourUtil.RgbaToAbgr(
+            _resolver.Resolve(Ui.StyleEngine.Token.StatusDanger, colors)
+        );
+
         ImGui.TextUnformatted(tab.Name);
-        ImGui.SameLine();
-        using (_fonts.FontAwesome.Push())
+
+        // The plugin's own icon button rather than ImGui.Button. The stock one
+        // took the theme's button colours, which on several themes is a bright
+        // magenta plate next to plain text -- the loudest thing in the window
+        // being the way out of it.
+        var size = ImGui.GetFrameHeight();
+        ImGui.SameLine(ImGui.GetContentRegionAvail().X - size);
+        var (clicked, _) = IconButton.Draw(
+            ImGui.GetID($"popout.close.{_slotIndex}"),
+            new Vector2(size, size),
+            FontAwesomeIcon.Times,
+            ColourUtil.EnsureContrast(text, surface, 3f),
+            danger,
+            _fonts.FontAwesome
+        );
+
+        if (clicked)
         {
-            ImGui.SameLine(ImGui.GetContentRegionAvail().X - ImGui.GetFrameHeight());
-            if (ImGui.Button($"{FontAwesomeIcon.Times.ToIconString()}##popin-{_slotIndex}"))
-            {
-                // Pop-In: release the slot via the pool (not a bare Unbind, which
-                // would orphan the slot — the pool owns the slot bookkeeping).
-                CloseRequested?.Invoke(tab.Identifier);
-            }
+            // Pop-In: release the slot via the pool (not a bare Unbind, which
+            // would orphan the slot — the pool owns the slot bookkeeping).
+            CloseRequested?.Invoke(tab.Identifier);
         }
-        ImGui.Separator();
     }
 }