diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e2b041a..c938591 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "codev-ai",
-  "version": "0.5.2",
+  "version": "0.5.3",
   "description": "CoDev — AI Coding Agent Hub. Install, configure, and manage multiple AI coding agents.",
   "keywords": [
     "ai",
diff --git a/src/DoctorApp.tsx b/src/DoctorApp.tsx
index 515f353..ff02e25 100644
--- a/src/DoctorApp.tsx
+++ b/src/DoctorApp.tsx
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ export function DoctorApp({ force = false }: DoctorAppProps) {
 			: [];
 
 	return (
-		<Box flexDirection="column" padding={1}>
+		<Box flexDirection="column" paddingX={1} paddingBottom={1}>
 			<Banner />
 			<Frame tag="CoDev">
 				{phase === "preparing" && (
diff --git a/src/LoginApp.tsx b/src/LoginApp.tsx
index 1fd4382..5439062 100644
--- a/src/LoginApp.tsx
+++ b/src/LoginApp.tsx
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ function AdminLoginApp({
 	}
 
 	return (
-		<Box flexDirection="column" padding={1}>
+		<Box flexDirection="column" paddingX={1} paddingBottom={1}>
 			<Banner />
 			<Frame tag="CoDev">
 				<Step active title={adminLoginTitle()}>
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ function SsoLoginApp({ force = false }: { force?: boolean }) {
 	);
 
 	return (
-		<Box flexDirection="column" padding={1}>
+		<Box flexDirection="column" paddingX={1} paddingBottom={1}>
 			<Banner />
 			<Frame tag="CoDev">
 				{phase === "preparing" && (
diff --git a/src/ModelApp.tsx b/src/ModelApp.tsx
index 6938538..157f6b8 100644
--- a/src/ModelApp.tsx
+++ b/src/ModelApp.tsx
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ export function ModelApp() {
 	}, [phase, creds, tools]);
 
 	return (
-		<Box flexDirection="column" padding={1}>
+		<Box flexDirection="column" paddingX={1} paddingBottom={1}>
 			<Banner />
 			<Frame tag="CoDev">
 				{phase === "loading" && (
diff --git a/src/SetupApp.tsx b/src/SetupApp.tsx
index c2498ed..a3ab848 100644
--- a/src/SetupApp.tsx
+++ b/src/SetupApp.tsx
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ export function SetupApp({ mode }: SetupAppProps) {
 	const inPreflight = step === "preflight";
 
 	return (
-		<Box flexDirection="column" padding={1}>
+		<Box flexDirection="column" paddingX={1} paddingBottom={1}>
 			<Banner />
 			<Frame tag="CoDev">
 				{preflight.length > 0 && (
diff --git a/src/SkillPullApp.tsx b/src/SkillPullApp.tsx
index 247d1d6..e54935f 100644
--- a/src/SkillPullApp.tsx
+++ b/src/SkillPullApp.tsx
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ export function SkillPullApp({
 	const title = skillName ? `Install ${skillName} skill` : "Install skill";
 
 	return (
-		<Box flexDirection="column" padding={1}>
+		<Box flexDirection="column" paddingX={1} paddingBottom={1}>
 			<Banner />
 			<Frame tag="CoDev">
 				<Step active title={<Text bold>{title}</Text>}>
diff --git a/src/SkillPushApp.tsx b/src/SkillPushApp.tsx
index 9b2baad..1d0da55 100644
--- a/src/SkillPushApp.tsx
+++ b/src/SkillPushApp.tsx
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ export function SkillPushApp({
 	const started = Object.values(stepState).some((s) => s !== "pending");
 
 	return (
-		<Box flexDirection="column" padding={1}>
+		<Box flexDirection="column" paddingX={1} paddingBottom={1}>
 			<Banner />
 			<Frame tag="CoDev">
 				{/* Step 1 — archive preview + confirm. Stays visible (dimmed) through
diff --git a/src/UpdateApp.tsx b/src/UpdateApp.tsx
index db47dde..85fe793 100644
--- a/src/UpdateApp.tsx
+++ b/src/UpdateApp.tsx
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export function UpdateApp() {
 	);
 
 	return (
-		<Box flexDirection="column" padding={1}>
+		<Box flexDirection="column" paddingX={1} paddingBottom={1}>
 			<Banner />
 			<Frame tag="CoDev">
 				<Step active title={<Text bold>Updating packages</Text>}>
diff --git a/src/components/Banner.tsx b/src/components/Banner.tsx
index d49433c..02f6502 100644
--- a/src/components/Banner.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Banner.tsx
@@ -1,24 +1,38 @@
 import { Box, Text } from "ink";
 import { VERSION } from "@/lib/const.js";
+import { terminalIsLight } from "@/lib/terminal-theme.js";
 
-const LOGO = [
-	" ██████╗ ██████╗ ██████╗ ███████╗██╗   ██╗",
-	"██╔════╝██╔═══██╗██╔══██╗██╔════╝██║   ██║",
-	"██║     ██║   ██║██║  ██║█████╗  ██║   ██║",
-	"██║     ██║   ██║██║  ██║██╔══╝  ╚██╗ ██╔╝",
-	"╚██████╗╚██████╔╝██████╔╝███████╗ ╚████╔╝ ",
-	" ╚═════╝ ╚═════╝ ╚═════╝ ╚══════╝  ╚═══╝  ",
-].join("\n");
+// CoDev Code's lowercase "codev" pixel wordmark (codev-code
+// packages/tui/src/logo.ts): "co" on the left, "dev" on the right, no drop
+// shadow. Kept split so each half takes its own brand color.
+const CO = ["         ", "█▀▀▀ █▀▀█", "█    █  █", "▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀"];
+const DEV = [
+	"   ▄          ",
+	"█▀▀█ █▀▀█ █  █",
+	"█  █ █▀▀▀ █  █",
+	"▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀  ▀▀ ",
+];
 
-const LOGO_WIDTH = 42;
+// Brand palette from the CoDev landing page (--color-brand-navy / -red), the
+// same values codev-code's logo uses.
+const BRAND_NAVY = "#19224c";
+const BRAND_RED = "#ee0033";
 
 export function Banner() {
+	// Match codev-code's TUI logo: "co" is the brand navy on a light terminal
+	// and the terminal's default foreground on a dark or unknown one — the
+	// readable counterpart of navy-on-white. "dev" is always the brand red.
+	const coColor = terminalIsLight() ? BRAND_NAVY : undefined;
+
 	return (
 		<Box alignItems="flex-start" flexDirection="column">
-			<Text bold color="cyan">
-				{LOGO}
-			</Text>
-			<Box marginBottom={1} justifyContent="center" width={LOGO_WIDTH}>
+			{CO.map((left, index) => (
+				<Text key={left + DEV[index]} bold>
+					<Text color={coColor}>{left}</Text>{" "}
+					<Text color={BRAND_RED}>{DEV[index]}</Text>
+				</Text>
+			))}
+			<Box marginBottom={1}>
 				<Text>{"AI Coding Agent Hub "}</Text>
 				<Text dimColor>v{VERSION}</Text>
 			</Box>
diff --git a/src/lib/terminal-theme.ts b/src/lib/terminal-theme.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f1ecdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/terminal-theme.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// Best-effort, synchronous detection of whether the terminal has a light
+// background. The only signal available without an escape-sequence round trip
+// (which would fight Ink for the TTY) is the `COLORFGBG` variable that Konsole,
+// rxvt, and a handful of other terminals export. When it is absent or
+// unparseable we return null ("unknown") and callers fall back to the
+// terminal's own default foreground, which is readable on any background.
+export function terminalIsLight(
+	env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = process.env,
+): boolean | null {
+	const fgbg = env.COLORFGBG;
+	if (!fgbg) return null;
+
+	// `COLORFGBG` is "fg;bg" or, on rxvt, "fg;default;bg" — the background is
+	// always the last field.
+	const parts = fgbg.split(";");
+	const bg = Number(parts[parts.length - 1]);
+	if (!Number.isInteger(bg)) return null;
+
+	// Standard ANSI palette convention (the same one vim uses to pick
+	// `background`): 0–6 and 8 are dark, everything else is light.
+	return !(bg <= 6 || bg === 8);
+}
diff --git a/tests/components/Banner.test.tsx b/tests/components/Banner.test.tsx
index c778e4e..5917856 100644
--- a/tests/components/Banner.test.tsx
+++ b/tests/components/Banner.test.tsx
@@ -8,12 +8,13 @@ afterEach(() => {
 });
 
 describe("Banner", () => {
-	test("renders the CODEV ASCII logo", () => {
+	test("renders the CODEV wordmark", () => {
 		const { lastFrame } = render(<Banner />);
 
 		const output = lastFrame() ?? "";
-		expect(output).toContain("██████╗");
-		expect(output).toContain("╚═════╝");
+		// The lowercase "codev" pixel wordmark ported from CoDev Code.
+		expect(output).toContain("█▀▀▀ █▀▀█");
+		expect(output).toContain("▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀");
 	});
 
 	test("renders the subtitle", () => {
diff --git a/tests/lib/terminal-theme.test.ts b/tests/lib/terminal-theme.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69aeafc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lib/terminal-theme.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from "vitest";
+import { terminalIsLight } from "@/lib/terminal-theme.js";
+
+describe("terminalIsLight", () => {
+	test("returns null when COLORFGBG is unset", () => {
+		expect(terminalIsLight({})).toBeNull();
+	});
+
+	test("detects a light background (bg 15 / 7)", () => {
+		expect(terminalIsLight({ COLORFGBG: "0;15" })).toBe(true);
+		expect(terminalIsLight({ COLORFGBG: "0;7" })).toBe(true);
+	});
+
+	test("detects a dark background (bg 0 / 8)", () => {
+		expect(terminalIsLight({ COLORFGBG: "15;0" })).toBe(false);
+		expect(terminalIsLight({ COLORFGBG: "15;8" })).toBe(false);
+	});
+
+	test("reads the last field for the rxvt 'fg;default;bg' form", () => {
+		expect(terminalIsLight({ COLORFGBG: "0;default;15" })).toBe(true);
+		expect(terminalIsLight({ COLORFGBG: "15;default;0" })).toBe(false);
+	});
+
+	test("returns null when the background field is not a number", () => {
+		expect(terminalIsLight({ COLORFGBG: "0;abc" })).toBeNull();
+	});
+});