diff --git a/packages/cli/src/capture/designStyleExtractor.ts b/packages/cli/src/capture/designStyleExtractor.ts
index 601009117..91c6fd67b 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/capture/designStyleExtractor.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/capture/designStyleExtractor.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ const EXTRACT_DESIGN_STYLES_SCRIPT = `(() => {
   function rgbToHex(color) {
     if (!color) return "";
     if (color.startsWith('#')) return color.toUpperCase();
-    var m = color.match(/rgba?\\(\\s*(\\d+)\\s*,\\s*(\\d+)\\s*,\\s*(\\d+)\\s*(?:,\\s*([\\d.]+))?/);
+    // capture optional alpha (group 4), allowing both comma and modern slash (rgb r g b / a) syntax.
+    var m = color.match(/rgba?\\(\\s*(\\d+)\\s*,\\s*(\\d+)\\s*,\\s*(\\d+)(?:\\s*[,/]\\s*([\\d.]+))?/);
     if (!m) return color;
     // fully-transparent fill (rgba(...,0)) → sentinel, NOT #000000 — otherwise a transparent
     // chip/tab/stat ground reads as solid black on a light-ground site.
@@ -33,8 +34,15 @@ const EXTRACT_DESIGN_STYLES_SCRIPT = `(() => {
     return f.split(",")[0].replace(/['"]/g, "").trim();
   }
 
+  // keep only gradient background-images (drop url() sprites + "none"); gradients are a core
+  // brand signal (Stripe/ElevenLabs/Snowflake mesh washes) that a flat background-color misses.
+  function gradientOf(v) {
+    return v && v.indexOf("gradient") >= 0 ? v.trim() : "";
+  }
+
   function getStyles(el) {
     var s = getComputedStyle(el);
+    var bf = s.backdropFilter || s.webkitBackdropFilter || "";
     return {
       fontFamily: cleanFont(s.fontFamily),
       fontSize: s.fontSize,
@@ -43,6 +51,8 @@ const EXTRACT_DESIGN_STYLES_SCRIPT = `(() => {
       letterSpacing: s.letterSpacing,
       color: rgbToHex(s.color),
       background: rgbToHex(s.backgroundColor),
+      backgroundImage: gradientOf(s.backgroundImage),
+      backdropFilter: bf === "none" ? "" : bf,
       padding: s.padding,
       borderRadius: s.borderRadius,
       border: s.border,
@@ -111,23 +121,37 @@ const EXTRACT_DESIGN_STYLES_SCRIPT = `(() => {
   }
 
   // ── 2. Buttons ──
+  // a page's primary CTA is very often a FILLED pill in the nav/header ("Sign up", "Start for free").
+  // Old code dropped everything under <nav>, losing that CTA; keep nav elements that carry a solid
+  // fill (a real button), still dropping plain nav text links.
+  var isFilledEl = (el) => {
+    var cs = getComputedStyle(el);
+    var bg = cs.backgroundColor;
+    var solid = !!bg && bg !== "transparent" && !/rgba?\\([^)]*,\\s*0\\s*\\)/.test(bg);
+    // a gradient-filled CTA (e.g. Snowflake's blue pill = background: var(--ui-background-03)) has a
+    // transparent background-COLOR but a gradient background-IMAGE — count it as filled too.
+    return solid || (cs.backgroundImage || "").indexOf("gradient") >= 0;
+  };
   var buttonEls = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(
     'button, a[class*="btn"], a[class*="button"], a[role="button"], ' +
     '[class*="btn-"], [class*="button-"], [class*="cta"]'
   )).filter(function(el) {
-    return isVisible(el) && !el.closest('nav, [role="navigation"]');
-  }).slice(0, 10);
+    if (!isVisible(el)) return false;
+    return el.closest('nav, [role="navigation"]') ? isFilledEl(el) : true;
+  }).slice(0, 16);
 
   var buttonMap = {};
   for (var bi = 0; bi < buttonEls.length; bi++) {
     var bs = getStyles(buttonEls[bi]);
-    // Deduplicate by visual appearance
-    var bKey = bs.background + "|" + bs.borderRadius + "|" + bs.border;
+    // Deduplicate by visual appearance (gradient fill kept distinct so a gradient CTA survives)
+    var bKey = bs.background + "|" + bs.backgroundImage + "|" + bs.borderRadius + "|" + bs.border;
     if (!buttonMap[bKey]) {
       var btnText = (buttonEls[bi].textContent || "").trim().slice(0, 40);
       buttonMap[bKey] = {
         label: btnText || "button",
         background: bs.background,
+        backgroundImage: bs.backgroundImage,
+        backdropFilter: bs.backdropFilter,
         color: bs.color,
         padding: bs.padding,
         borderRadius: bs.borderRadius,
@@ -139,7 +163,7 @@ const EXTRACT_DESIGN_STYLES_SCRIPT = `(() => {
       };
     }
   }
-  var buttons = Object.values(buttonMap).slice(0, 4);
+  var buttons = Object.values(buttonMap).slice(0, 6);
 
   // ── 3. Cards / containers ──
   var cardEls = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(
@@ -154,11 +178,14 @@ const EXTRACT_DESIGN_STYLES_SCRIPT = `(() => {
   var cardMap = {};
   for (var ci = 0; ci < cardEls.length; ci++) {
     var cs = getStyles(cardEls[ci]);
-    var cKey = cs.background + "|" + cs.borderRadius + "|" + cs.border;
+    // gradient fill + glass blur kept in the key so a gradient/frosted card is a distinct variant
+    var cKey = cs.background + "|" + cs.backgroundImage + "|" + cs.backdropFilter + "|" + cs.borderRadius + "|" + cs.border;
     if (!cardMap[cKey]) {
       cardMap[cKey] = {
         label: "card",
         background: cs.background,
+        backgroundImage: cs.backgroundImage,
+        backdropFilter: cs.backdropFilter,
         color: cs.color,
         padding: cs.padding,
         borderRadius: cs.borderRadius,
@@ -180,6 +207,8 @@ const EXTRACT_DESIGN_STYLES_SCRIPT = `(() => {
     nav = {
       label: "navigation",
       background: ns.background,
+      backgroundImage: ns.backgroundImage,
+      backdropFilter: ns.backdropFilter,
       color: ns.color,
       padding: ns.padding,
       borderRadius: ns.borderRadius,
@@ -363,6 +392,90 @@ const EXTRACT_DESIGN_STYLES_SCRIPT = `(() => {
     .slice(0, 5)
     .map(function(e) { return { value: e[0], count: e[1] }; });
 
+  // ── 8. Dominant gradient / mesh backgrounds ──
+  // A site's signature color wash (Stripe/ElevenLabs/Snowflake) lives in gradient background-images
+  // on large blocks — often on a pseudo-element (::before glow orbs) rather than the block itself.
+  // Weight each distinct gradient by the total on-screen area it covers; return the top few.
+  var gradientArea = {};
+  var gradSamples = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(
+    "body, main, section, header, div, [class*='hero'], [class*='gradient'], [class*='bg'], [class*='background']"
+  )).slice(0, 400);
+
+  // max stop chroma (max−min RGB) of a gradient: a vivid brand wash scores high, a neutral
+  // white/cream scrim ~0. Used to rank washes so a small vivid gradient beats a big grey scrim.
+  function gradientChroma(g) {
+    var max = 0, re = /rgba?\\(\\s*(\\d+)[,\\s]+(\\d+)[,\\s]+(\\d+)/g, m;
+    while ((m = re.exec(g))) {
+      var r = +m[1], gr = +m[2], b = +m[3];
+      var c = Math.max(r, gr, b) - Math.min(r, gr, b);
+      if (c > max) max = c;
+    }
+    return max;
+  }
+
+  function addGradient(val, area) {
+    var g = gradientOf(val);
+    if (!g || area < 20000) return; // ignore tiny decorative gradients
+    var norm = g.replace(/\\s+/g, " ");
+    gradientArea[norm] = (gradientArea[norm] || 0) + area;
+  }
+
+  for (var gi = 0; gi < gradSamples.length; gi++) {
+    var gel = gradSamples[gi];
+    if (!isVisible(gel)) continue;
+    var grect = gel.getBoundingClientRect();
+    var garea = grect.width * grect.height;
+    if (garea < 20000) continue;
+    addGradient(getComputedStyle(gel).backgroundImage, garea);
+    addGradient(getComputedStyle(gel, "::before").backgroundImage, garea);
+    addGradient(getComputedStyle(gel, "::after").backgroundImage, garea);
+  }
+
+  // rank by chroma-weighted area so the brand's signature color wash outranks a larger neutral scrim
+  var backgrounds = Object.entries(gradientArea)
+    .map(function(e) { return { value: e[0], area: Math.round(e[1]), score: e[1] * (1 + 2 * gradientChroma(e[0]) / 255) }; })
+    .sort(function(a, b) { return b.score - a.score; })
+    .slice(0, 6)
+    .map(function(e) { return { value: e.value, area: e.area }; });
+
+  // ── 9. Frosted-glass panels (backdrop-filter) ──
+  // A defining material on modern hero UIs (HeyGen's prompt box, Stripe's floating chrome): a
+  // translucent surface with a backdrop blur. Capture the RAW fill (rgba/gradient — alpha preserved,
+  // unlike rgbToHex) + the blur, ranked by area. This is what lets a frame render a real frosted card.
+  var glassSamples = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(
+    "div, section, header, nav, aside, [class*='card'], [class*='panel'], [class*='glass'], [class*='blur'], [class*='modal'], [class*='overlay'], [class*='input']"
+  )).slice(0, 400);
+  var glassByKey = {};
+  for (var qi = 0; qi < glassSamples.length; qi++) {
+    var qel = glassSamples[qi];
+    if (!isVisible(qel)) continue;
+    var qs = getComputedStyle(qel);
+    var bf = qs.backdropFilter || qs.webkitBackdropFilter || "";
+    if (!bf || bf === "none" || bf.indexOf("blur") < 0) continue;
+    var qrect = qel.getBoundingClientRect();
+    var qarea = qrect.width * qrect.height;
+    if (qarea < 8000) continue; // ignore tiny blurred chips
+    // raw fill with alpha intact: prefer a translucent gradient, else the rgba background-color
+    var gi2 = qs.backgroundImage;
+    var rawFill = gi2 && gi2.indexOf("gradient") >= 0 ? gi2.replace(/\\s+/g, " ").trim() : qs.backgroundColor;
+    var key = bf + "|" + rawFill + "|" + qs.borderRadius;
+    if (!glassByKey[key]) {
+      glassByKey[key] = {
+        backdropFilter: bf,
+        background: rawFill,
+        border: qs.border,
+        borderRadius: qs.borderRadius,
+        boxShadow: qs.boxShadow === "none" ? "" : qs.boxShadow,
+        area: 0
+      };
+    }
+    glassByKey[key].area += qarea;
+  }
+  var glass = Object.values(glassByKey)
+    .sort(function(a, b) { return b.area - a.area; })
+    .slice(0, 3)
+    .map(function(g) { return { backdropFilter: g.backdropFilter, background: g.background, border: g.border, borderRadius: g.borderRadius, boxShadow: g.boxShadow, area: Math.round(g.area) }; });
+
   return {
     typography: uniqueTypo,
     spacing: { observed: observedSpacing.slice(0, 15), baseUnit: baseUnit },
@@ -373,7 +486,9 @@ const EXTRACT_DESIGN_STYLES_SCRIPT = `(() => {
     nav: nav,
     chips: chips,
     statCells: statCells,
-    tabs: tabs
+    tabs: tabs,
+    backgrounds: backgrounds,
+    glass: glass
   };
 })()`;
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/capture/types.ts b/packages/cli/src/capture/types.ts
index 150d8a3fc..ed86a6668 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/capture/types.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/capture/types.ts
@@ -179,6 +179,10 @@ export interface TypographyRole {
 export interface ComponentStyle {
   label: string;
   background: string;
+  /** Gradient background-image if any (url()/none dropped) — a core brand signal */
+  backgroundImage?: string;
+  /** backdrop-filter value if any (frosted-glass panels); "" when none */
+  backdropFilter?: string;
   color: string;
   padding: string;
   borderRadius: string;
@@ -217,6 +221,17 @@ export interface DesignStyles {
   statCells?: StatCellStyle[];
   /** tab controls */
   tabs?: ComponentStyle[];
+  /** Dominant gradient/mesh background washes, ranked by on-screen area covered */
+  backgrounds?: Array<{ value: string; area: number }>;
+  /** Frosted-glass panels (backdrop-filter): raw translucent fill + blur, ranked by area */
+  glass?: Array<{
+    backdropFilter: string;
+    background: string;
+    border: string;
+    borderRadius: string;
+    boxShadow: string;
+    area: number;
+  }>;
 }
 
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