diff --git a/src/components/EditableValue.tsx b/src/components/EditableValue.tsx
index 28d3cdc7..edaf66b5 100644
--- a/src/components/EditableValue.tsx
+++ b/src/components/EditableValue.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { useState, useCallback, useRef } from 'react'
 import { normalizeUrl, openExternalUrl } from '../utils/url'
+import { getTagStyle } from '../utils/tagStyles'
 
 export function UrlValue({
   value,
@@ -211,11 +212,12 @@ export function TagPillList({
         ) : (
           <span
             key={idx}
-            className="group/pill relative inline-flex cursor-pointer items-center rounded-full px-2 py-0.5 transition-colors"
+            className="group/pill relative inline-flex cursor-pointer items-center rounded-md transition-colors"
             style={{
-              backgroundColor: 'var(--accent-blue-light)',
-              color: 'var(--accent-blue)',
-              fontSize: 11,
+              ...getTagStyle(item),
+              backgroundColor: getTagStyle(item).bg,
+              padding: '2px 8px',
+              fontSize: 12,
               fontWeight: 500,
             }}
             onClick={() => handleStartEdit(idx)}
@@ -223,8 +225,8 @@ export function TagPillList({
           >
             {item}
             <button
-              className="absolute right-0.5 top-1/2 flex h-3.5 w-3.5 -translate-y-1/2 items-center justify-center rounded-full border-none p-0 text-[10px] leading-none opacity-0 shadow-[-6px_0_4px_-2px_var(--accent-blue-light)] transition-all hover:bg-[var(--accent-red-light)] hover:text-[var(--accent-red)] group-hover/pill:opacity-100"
-              style={{ color: 'var(--accent-blue)', backgroundColor: 'var(--accent-blue-light)' }}
+              className="absolute right-0.5 top-1/2 flex h-3.5 w-3.5 -translate-y-1/2 items-center justify-center rounded-full border-none p-0 text-[10px] leading-none opacity-0 transition-all hover:bg-[var(--accent-red-light)] hover:text-[var(--accent-red)] group-hover/pill:opacity-100"
+              style={{ color: getTagStyle(item).color, backgroundColor: getTagStyle(item).bg }}
               onClick={(e) => {
                 e.stopPropagation()
                 handleDeleteItem(idx)
@@ -253,7 +255,8 @@ export function TagPillList({
         />
       ) : (
         <button
-          className="inline-flex h-5 w-5 items-center justify-center rounded-full border border-dashed border-[var(--accent-blue)] bg-transparent p-0 text-[12px] leading-none text-[var(--accent-blue)] transition-colors hover:bg-[var(--accent-blue-light)]"
+          className="inline-flex items-center justify-center rounded-md border-none bg-muted px-2 text-[12px] font-medium leading-none text-muted-foreground transition-colors hover:bg-accent hover:text-foreground"
+          style={{ padding: '2px 8px' }}
           onClick={() => setIsAddingNew(true)}
           title={`Add ${label.toLowerCase()}`}
         >
diff --git a/src/components/PropertyValueCells.tsx b/src/components/PropertyValueCells.tsx
index 3d825957..ff9c8731 100644
--- a/src/components/PropertyValueCells.tsx
+++ b/src/components/PropertyValueCells.tsx
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ function StatusValue({ propKey, value, isEditing, vaultStatuses, onSave, onStart
   return (
     <span className="relative inline-flex min-w-0 items-center">
       <span
-        className="inline-flex cursor-pointer items-center gap-1.5 rounded px-2 py-0.5 text-[12px] font-medium transition-opacity hover:opacity-80"
+        className="inline-flex cursor-pointer items-center gap-1.5 rounded-md px-2 py-1 text-[12px] font-medium transition-opacity hover:opacity-80"
         style={{ backgroundColor: style.bg, color: style.color }}
         onClick={() => onStartEdit(propKey)}
         data-testid="status-badge"
@@ -83,14 +83,14 @@ function TagsValue({ propKey, value, isEditing, vaultTags, onSave, onStartEdit }
         return (
           <span
             key={tag}
-            className="group/tag relative inline-flex items-center overflow-hidden rounded-full"
-            style={{ backgroundColor: style.bg, padding: '1px 6px', maxWidth: 120 }}
+            className="group/tag relative inline-flex items-center overflow-hidden rounded-md"
+            style={{ backgroundColor: style.bg, padding: '2px 8px', maxWidth: 120 }}
           >
             <span
               className="transition-[max-width] duration-150 group-hover/tag:[mask-image:linear-gradient(to_right,black_60%,transparent_100%)]"
               style={{
                 color: style.color,
-                fontSize: 11,
+                fontSize: 12,
                 fontWeight: 500,
                 overflow: 'hidden',
                 whiteSpace: 'nowrap' as const,
@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ function TagsValue({ propKey, value, isEditing, vaultTags, onSave, onStartEdit }
         )
       })}
       <button
-        className="inline-flex size-5 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full border border-dashed border-muted-foreground bg-transparent text-[10px] text-muted-foreground transition-colors hover:border-foreground hover:text-foreground"
+        className="inline-flex shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-md border-none bg-muted text-[12px] font-medium text-muted-foreground transition-colors hover:bg-accent hover:text-foreground"
+        style={{ padding: '2px 8px' }}
         onClick={() => onStartEdit(propKey)}
         title="Add tag"
         data-testid="tags-add-button"
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ function DateValue({ value, onSave }: {
     <Popover open={open} onOpenChange={setOpen}>
       <PopoverTrigger asChild>
         <button
-          className={`inline-flex min-w-0 cursor-pointer items-center gap-1 border-none px-2 py-0.5 text-right text-[12px] font-medium transition-colors hover:opacity-80${formatted ? ' rounded bg-muted text-accent-foreground' : ' bg-transparent text-muted-foreground'}`}
+          className={`inline-flex min-w-0 cursor-pointer items-center gap-1 border-none px-2 py-1 text-right text-[12px] font-medium transition-colors hover:opacity-80${formatted ? ' rounded-md bg-muted text-accent-foreground' : ' bg-transparent text-muted-foreground'}`}
           title={value}
           data-testid="date-display"
         >
diff --git a/src/components/TagsDropdown.test.tsx b/src/components/TagsDropdown.test.tsx
index 43993dba..5b98de61 100644
--- a/src/components/TagsDropdown.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/TagsDropdown.test.tsx
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ describe('TagPill', () => {
     expect(pill.textContent).toBe('React')
   })
 
-  it('renders with default style (blue)', () => {
+  it('renders with a hash-based accent color', () => {
     render(<TagPill tag="Unknown" />)
     const pill = screen.getByTitle('Unknown')
-    expect(pill.style.backgroundColor).toBe('var(--accent-blue-light)')
-    expect(pill.style.color).toBe('var(--accent-blue)')
+    expect(pill.style.backgroundColor).toMatch(/^var\(--accent-\w+-light\)$/)
+    expect(pill.style.color).toMatch(/^var\(--accent-\w+\)$/)
   })
 
   it('applies truncate for long names', () => {
diff --git a/src/components/TypeSelector.tsx b/src/components/TypeSelector.tsx
index b23bf4ba..00748724 100644
--- a/src/components/TypeSelector.tsx
+++ b/src/components/TypeSelector.tsx
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ function ReadOnlyType({ isA, customColorKey, onNavigate }: { isA?: string | null
   if (!isA) return null
   return (
     <div className="grid min-w-0 grid-cols-2 items-center gap-2 px-1.5">
-      <span className="font-mono-overline shrink-0 text-muted-foreground">Type</span>
+      <span className="text-[12px] shrink-0 text-muted-foreground">Type</span>
       <div className="min-w-0">
         {onNavigate ? (
           <button
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export function TypeSelector({ isA, customColorKey, availableTypes, typeColorKey
 
   return (
     <div className="grid min-w-0 grid-cols-2 items-center gap-2 px-1.5" data-testid="type-selector">
-      <span className="font-mono-overline shrink-0 text-muted-foreground">Type</span>
+      <span className="text-[12px] shrink-0 text-muted-foreground">Type</span>
       <div className="min-w-0">
         <Select value={currentValue} onValueChange={v => onUpdateProperty('type', v === TYPE_NONE ? null : v)}>
           <SelectTrigger
diff --git a/src/utils/propertyTypes.test.ts b/src/utils/propertyTypes.test.ts
index 469b5d15..94aa6b84 100644
--- a/src/utils/propertyTypes.test.ts
+++ b/src/utils/propertyTypes.test.ts
@@ -77,6 +77,14 @@ describe('detectPropertyType', () => {
     expect(detectPropertyType('custom_list', ['x', 'y'])).toBe('text')
   })
 
+  it('detects tags from tag-like key names even with scalar string values', () => {
+    expect(detectPropertyType('tags', 'Has Pic')).toBe('tags')
+    expect(detectPropertyType('Tags', 'solo-tag')).toBe('tags')
+    expect(detectPropertyType('keywords', 'react')).toBe('tags')
+    expect(detectPropertyType('categories', 'frontend')).toBe('tags')
+    expect(detectPropertyType('labels', 'bug')).toBe('tags')
+  })
+
   it('treats date-keyed fields with non-date values as text', () => {
     expect(detectPropertyType('deadline', 'active')).toBe('text')
   })
diff --git a/src/utils/propertyTypes.ts b/src/utils/propertyTypes.ts
index a1b68698..7930b77a 100644
--- a/src/utils/propertyTypes.ts
+++ b/src/utils/propertyTypes.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ function detectStringType(key: string, strValue: string): PropertyDisplayMode {
 export function detectPropertyType(key: string, value: FrontmatterValue): PropertyDisplayMode {
   if (value === null || value === undefined) return 'text'
   if (typeof value === 'boolean') return 'boolean'
-  if (Array.isArray(value)) return keyMatchesPatterns(key, TAGS_KEY_PATTERNS) ? 'tags' : 'text'
+  if (keyMatchesPatterns(key, TAGS_KEY_PATTERNS)) return 'tags'
+  if (Array.isArray(value)) return 'text'
   return detectStringType(key, String(value))
 }
 
diff --git a/src/utils/tagStyles.test.ts b/src/utils/tagStyles.test.ts
index 6d6182f1..6e8cf1e1 100644
--- a/src/utils/tagStyles.test.ts
+++ b/src/utils/tagStyles.test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import {
   getTagStyle,
   getTagColorKey,
   setTagColor,
-  DEFAULT_TAG_STYLE,
   initTagColors,
 } from './tagStyles'
 import { bindVaultConfigStore, getVaultConfig, resetVaultConfigStore } from './vaultConfigStore'
@@ -19,8 +18,11 @@ describe('tagStyles — color overrides', () => {
     initTagColors({})
   })
 
-  it('returns default style when no override exists', () => {
-    expect(getTagStyle('SomeTag')).toEqual(DEFAULT_TAG_STYLE)
+  it('returns a hash-based style when no override exists', () => {
+    const style = getTagStyle('SomeTag')
+    // Should have bg and color properties from the accent palette
+    expect(style.bg).toMatch(/^var\(--accent-\w+-light\)$/)
+    expect(style.color).toMatch(/^var\(--accent-\w+\)$/)
   })
 
   it('getTagColorKey returns null when no override set', () => {
@@ -47,7 +49,9 @@ describe('tagStyles — color overrides', () => {
     expect(getTagColorKey('React')).toBe('red')
     setTagColor('React', null)
     expect(getTagColorKey('React')).toBeNull()
-    expect(getTagStyle('React')).toEqual(DEFAULT_TAG_STYLE)
+    // Falls back to hash-based color (no longer DEFAULT_TAG_STYLE)
+    const style = getTagStyle('React')
+    expect(style.bg).toMatch(/^var\(--accent-\w+-light\)$/)
   })
 
   it('applies different overrides for different tags', () => {
@@ -57,10 +61,26 @@ describe('tagStyles — color overrides', () => {
     expect(getTagStyle('TypeScript').color).toBe('var(--accent-purple)')
   })
 
+  it('returns deterministic hash-based color when no override exists', () => {
+    const style1 = getTagStyle('React')
+    const style2 = getTagStyle('React')
+    // Same tag → same color every time
+    expect(style1).toEqual(style2)
+    // Should NOT be the old default (all-blue) — should vary by tag name
+    const styleA = getTagStyle('React')
+    const styleB = getTagStyle('TypeScript')
+    const styleC = getTagStyle('Tauri')
+    // At least two of three should differ (hash distribution)
+    const colors = [styleA.color, styleB.color, styleC.color]
+    const unique = new Set(colors)
+    expect(unique.size).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(2)
+  })
+
   it('ignores invalid color key in override', () => {
     setTagColor('React', 'nonexistent-color')
-    // Falls back to default since "nonexistent-color" isn't a valid ACCENT_COLOR key
-    expect(getTagStyle('React')).toEqual(DEFAULT_TAG_STYLE)
+    // Falls back to hash-based color since "nonexistent-color" isn't a valid ACCENT_COLOR key
+    const style = getTagStyle('React')
+    expect(style.bg).toMatch(/^var\(--accent-\w+-light\)$/)
   })
 
   it('persists multiple overrides to vault config', () => {
diff --git a/src/utils/tagStyles.ts b/src/utils/tagStyles.ts
index d1ff54df..906b721f 100644
--- a/src/utils/tagStyles.ts
+++ b/src/utils/tagStyles.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,17 @@ export const DEFAULT_TAG_STYLE: TagStyle = {
   color: 'var(--accent-blue)',
 }
 
+/** Deterministic hash → accent color index for tags without a manual override. */
+function hashTagColor(tag: string): TagStyle {
+  let hash = 0
+  for (let i = 0; i < tag.length; i++) {
+    hash = ((hash << 5) - hash + tag.charCodeAt(i)) | 0
+  }
+  const idx = ((hash % ACCENT_COLORS.length) + ACCENT_COLORS.length) % ACCENT_COLORS.length
+  const accent = ACCENT_COLORS[idx]
+  return { bg: accent.cssLight, color: accent.css }
+}
+
 const STORAGE_KEY = 'laputa:tag-color-overrides'
 
 const COLOR_KEY_TO_STYLE: Record<string, TagStyle> = Object.fromEntries(
@@ -53,5 +64,5 @@ export function getTagStyle(tag: string): TagStyle {
     const style = COLOR_KEY_TO_STYLE[overrideKey]
     if (style) return style
   }
-  return DEFAULT_TAG_STYLE
+  return hashTagColor(tag)
 }
diff --git a/tests/smoke/properties-panel-style.spec.ts b/tests/smoke/properties-panel-style.spec.ts
index 8f191482..3f96e244 100644
--- a/tests/smoke/properties-panel-style.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/smoke/properties-panel-style.spec.ts
@@ -92,6 +92,33 @@ test.describe('Properties panel visual style', () => {
     }
   })
 
+  test('Type label uses same font-size as other property labels', async ({ page }) => {
+    await openNoteViaQuickOpen(page, 'Untitled note 58')
+
+    const typeSelector = page.locator('[data-testid="type-selector"]')
+    const typeCount = await typeSelector.count()
+    if (typeCount > 0) {
+      const typeLabel = typeSelector.locator('span').first()
+      const typeFontSize = await typeLabel.evaluate(el => getComputedStyle(el).fontSize)
+      // Should be 12px, matching other property labels
+      expect(typeFontSize).toBe('12px')
+    }
+  })
+
+  test('tags add button is solid pill, not dashed circle', async ({ page }) => {
+    await openNoteViaQuickOpen(page, 'Untitled note 58')
+
+    const tagsAddBtn = page.locator('[data-testid="tags-add-button"]')
+    const count = await tagsAddBtn.count()
+    if (count > 0) {
+      // Should NOT have dashed border
+      const borderStyle = await tagsAddBtn.first().evaluate(el => getComputedStyle(el).borderStyle)
+      expect(borderStyle).not.toBe('dashed')
+      // Should have rounded-md (not rounded-full circle)
+      await expect(tagsAddBtn.first()).toHaveClass(/rounded-md/)
+    }
+  })
+
   test('add property button is subtle', async ({ page }) => {
     await openNoteViaQuickOpen(page, 'Untitled note 58')