diff --git a/frontend/src/components/settings/CropProposersCard.vue b/frontend/src/components/settings/CropProposersCard.vue
index 46edd54..64bb570 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/settings/CropProposersCard.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/settings/CropProposersCard.vue
@@ -131,11 +131,6 @@ function saveToggle (p, v) {
 </script>
 
 <style scoped>
-.fc-muted { color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant)); }
-.fc-section-h {
-  font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.03em;
-  text-transform: uppercase; color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface));
-}
 .fc-proposer {
   border-top: 1px solid rgb(var(--v-theme-surface-light)); padding-top: 14px;
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/settings/DangerZoneCard.vue b/frontend/src/components/settings/DangerZoneCard.vue
index a876a7d..ca7adce 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/settings/DangerZoneCard.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/settings/DangerZoneCard.vue
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ async function onCommit() {
 </script>
 
 <style scoped>
-.fc-muted { color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant)); }
 .fc-code {
   background: rgb(var(--v-theme-surface-light));
   border-radius: 4px; padding: 2px 8px;
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/settings/DbMaintenanceCard.vue b/frontend/src/components/settings/DbMaintenanceCard.vue
index 18073ba..3e16f13 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/settings/DbMaintenanceCard.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/settings/DbMaintenanceCard.vue
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
           </tr>
         </tbody>
       </v-table>
-      <p v-else class="text-caption mt-3" style="opacity: 0.6;">
+      <p v-else class="text-caption mt-3 fc-muted">
         No table statistics yet.
       </p>
   </MaintenanceTile>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/settings/DownloadsActivityPanel.vue b/frontend/src/components/settings/DownloadsActivityPanel.vue
index a3d379f..d8f9d16 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/settings/DownloadsActivityPanel.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/settings/DownloadsActivityPanel.vue
@@ -72,6 +72,5 @@ onUnmounted(() => { if (pollId) clearInterval(pollId) })
 </script>
 
 <style scoped>
-.fc-muted { color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant)); }
 .fc-bad { color: rgb(var(--v-theme-error)); }
 </style>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/settings/GpuActivityPanel.vue b/frontend/src/components/settings/GpuActivityPanel.vue
index 7378309..39bba29 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/settings/GpuActivityPanel.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/settings/GpuActivityPanel.vue
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ onUnmounted(() => { if (pollId) clearInterval(pollId) })
 </script>
 
 <style scoped>
-.fc-muted { color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant)); }
 .fc-cells { display: flex; gap: 28px; }
 .fc-cell__n {
   font-size: 20px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.1;
@@ -105,6 +104,5 @@ onUnmounted(() => { if (pollId) clearInterval(pollId) })
   font-size: 11px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.04em;
   color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant));
 }
-.fc-good { color: rgb(var(--v-theme-success)); }
 .fc-bad { color: rgb(var(--v-theme-error)); }
 </style>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/settings/GpuAgentCard.vue b/frontend/src/components/settings/GpuAgentCard.vue
index b9a8492..fca73fa 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/settings/GpuAgentCard.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/settings/GpuAgentCard.vue
@@ -367,11 +367,6 @@ async function onReprocess() {
 </script>
 
 <style scoped>
-.fc-muted { color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant)); }
-.fc-section-h {
-  font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.03em;
-  text-transform: uppercase; color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface));
-}
 .fc-token {
   display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 4px;
   background: rgb(var(--v-theme-surface-light)); border-radius: 6px;
@@ -390,6 +385,4 @@ async function onReprocess() {
   font-size: 11px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.04em;
   color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant));
 }
-.fc-good { color: rgb(var(--v-theme-success)); }
-.fc-weak { color: rgb(var(--v-theme-error)); }
 </style>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/settings/GpuTriageCard.vue b/frontend/src/components/settings/GpuTriageCard.vue
index a2ab8ac..6f24c38 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/settings/GpuTriageCard.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/settings/GpuTriageCard.vue
@@ -155,11 +155,6 @@ async function onRecover(it) {
 </script>
 
 <style scoped>
-.fc-muted { color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant)); }
-.fc-section-h {
-  font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.03em;
-  text-transform: uppercase; color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface));
-}
 .fc-queue { display: flex; gap: 24px; }
 .fc-q__n {
   font-size: 20px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.1;
@@ -169,8 +164,6 @@ async function onRecover(it) {
   font-size: 11px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.04em;
   color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant));
 }
-.fc-good { color: rgb(var(--v-theme-success)); }
-.fc-weak { color: rgb(var(--v-theme-error)); }
 .fc-defect {
   display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px;
   background: rgb(var(--v-theme-surface-light)); border-radius: 8px;
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/settings/HeadsCard.vue b/frontend/src/components/settings/HeadsCard.vue
index 52284f4..6516281 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/settings/HeadsCard.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/settings/HeadsCard.vue
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@
               <td class="fc-r fc-mono">{{ c.n_auto_applied }}</td>
               <td class="fc-r fc-mono">{{ c.n_misfires }}</td>
               <td class="fc-r fc-mono" :class="rateClass(c.misfire_rate)">
-                {{ ratePct(c.misfire_rate) }}
+                {{ pct(c.misfire_rate) }}
               </td>
               <td class="fc-r fc-mono">{{ c.n_underfires }}</td>
             </tr>
@@ -495,7 +495,6 @@ function sweepConcepts(run) {
     .sort((a, b) => b.applied - a.applied)
 }
 function sweepTotal(run) { return run?.n_applied ?? 0 }
-function ratePct(x) { return x == null ? '—' : `${Math.round(x * 100)}%` }
 function rateClass(x) {
   if (x == null) return ''
   if (x <= 0.03) return 'fc-good'
@@ -526,12 +525,6 @@ function relTime(iso) {
 </script>
 
 <style scoped>
-.fc-muted { color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant)); }
-
-.fc-section-h {
-  font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.03em;
-  text-transform: uppercase; color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface));
-}
 .fc-auto {
   border-top: 1px solid rgb(var(--v-theme-surface-light)); padding-top: 16px;
 }
@@ -588,7 +581,5 @@ function relTime(iso) {
   background: rgb(var(--v-theme-surface-light));
   padding: 1px 6px; border-radius: 999px;
 }
-.fc-good { color: rgb(var(--v-theme-success)); }
 .fc-ok { color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface)); }
-.fc-weak { color: rgb(var(--v-theme-error)); }
 </style>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/settings/MLBackfillCard.vue b/frontend/src/components/settings/MLBackfillCard.vue
index 3becc59..aca226a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/settings/MLBackfillCard.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/settings/MLBackfillCard.vue
@@ -80,5 +80,4 @@ async function run() {
 </script>
 
 <style scoped>
-.fc-muted { color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant)); }
 </style>
diff --git a/frontend/src/styles/app.css b/frontend/src/styles/app.css
index e9f9552..3e24a75 100644
--- a/frontend/src/styles/app.css
+++ b/frontend/src/styles/app.css
@@ -40,6 +40,20 @@
    emits, so no specificity/reorder fight — no !important needed. */
 .fc-muted { color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant)); }
 
+/* Section sub-heading in settings cards (DRY pass #161): was redefined
+   identically in 4 cards, and TranslationCard used the class with NO local def
+   so its section headers rendered unstyled. Now one global utility. */
+.fc-section-h {
+  font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.03em;
+  text-transform: uppercase; color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface));
+}
+
+/* Status text colours (DRY pass #161): fc-good = success, fc-weak = error,
+   consolidated from the GPU / heads cards. fc-ok is intentionally NOT global —
+   it means on-surface in HeadsCard but success in QueuesTable. */
+.fc-good { color: rgb(var(--v-theme-success)); }
+.fc-weak { color: rgb(var(--v-theme-error)); }
+
 /* Vuetify 4 dropped its global CSS reset (normalisation moved into each
    component). FC's layouts assumed the reset zeroed margins on text elements, so
    restore just that — the "minimal reset" from the v4 upgrade guide — inside
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/ExploreView.vue b/frontend/src/views/ExploreView.vue
index e352b99..611c95d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/ExploreView.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/ExploreView.vue
@@ -284,7 +284,6 @@ onUnmounted(() => {
 </script>
 
 <style scoped>
-.fc-muted { color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant)); }
 
 /* Full-height workspace under the sticky top nav. --fc-nav-h is the nav's REAL
    measured height (set by TopNav) — a hardcoded 64px here overflowed the
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/TagsView.vue b/frontend/src/views/TagsView.vue
index 387d9dc..fbb1bfc 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/TagsView.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/TagsView.vue
@@ -349,7 +349,6 @@ async function onDeleteTagConfirm() {
 .fc-tags__sentinel {
   display: flex; justify-content: center; padding: 32px 0; min-height: 60px;
 }
-.fc-muted { color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant)); }
 .fc-merge-preview {
   padding: 10px 12px;
   border: 1px solid rgba(var(--v-theme-on-surface), 0.12);