diff --git a/server/src/html/vote.rs b/server/src/html/vote.rs
index d32b206e2fb043466c0ce333d7d215dc1a3e91c9..483c7ff8cd35266744957cf0087f2b5f76f1a237 100644
--- a/server/src/html/vote.rs
+++ b/server/src/html/vote.rs
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ fn vote_edge_history(tree: &GlobalTree, group: &GroupState, left: &ItemId, right
         } @else {
             h3 class="vote-edge-history-title" {
                 "votes on this pair"
-                span class="vote-edge-history-axis muted" { " · " (legend_left) " : " (legend_right) }
             }
             ul class="vote-edge-history" {
                 @for v in &votes {
@@ -126,13 +125,6 @@ fn vote_edge_history(tree: &GlobalTree, group: &GroupState, left: &ItemId, right
     }
 }
 
-fn vote_back_nav(parent: &ItemId) -> Markup {
-    html! {
-        div class="vote-compare-nav" {
-            a class="vote-compare-back muted" href=(item_href(parent)) { "← back to " (display_label(parent)) }
-        }
-    }
-}
 
 fn vote_hud_form(
     parent: &ItemId,
@@ -286,10 +278,6 @@ pub async fn vote_page(
                 section class="vote-compare-shell" {
                     h1 { "compare" }
                     (breadcrumb_path(&parent))
-                    p class="muted vote-compare-scope" {
-                        "ranking children of "
-                        a href=(item_href(&parent)) { (child_title(&tree, &parent)) }
-                    }
                     div class="vote-compare-pair" {
                         (vote_compare_item_card(&tree, &left, "vote-compare-left"))
                         span class="vote-compare-vs" { "vs" }
diff --git a/server/static/sorter.css b/server/static/sorter.css
index 7b485dd232f60363f4eff0c5a362addf191d05c6..5da967e8bfddc2bc34662fced841860f63f1ef36 100644
--- a/server/static/sorter.css
+++ b/server/static/sorter.css
@@ -480,10 +480,10 @@ h1 {
   border: 2px solid var(--border);
   background: linear-gradient(
     to right,
-    var(--accent) 0%,
-    var(--accent) var(--vote-slider-pct, 50%),
+    var(--vote-track-muted) 0%,
     var(--vote-track-muted) var(--vote-slider-pct, 50%),
-    var(--vote-track-muted) 100%
+    var(--accent) var(--vote-slider-pct, 50%),
+    var(--accent) 100%
   );
 }
 
@@ -493,10 +493,10 @@ h1 {
   border: 2px solid var(--border);
   background: linear-gradient(
     to right,
-    var(--vote-track-muted) 0%,
-    var(--vote-track-muted) var(--vote-slider-pct, 50%),
+    var(--accent) 0%,
     var(--accent) var(--vote-slider-pct, 50%),
-    var(--accent) 100%
+    var(--vote-track-muted) var(--vote-slider-pct, 50%),
+    var(--vote-track-muted) 100%
   );
 }
 
@@ -522,20 +522,20 @@ h1 {
 .vote-hud-slider input[type="range"][data-winner="left"]::-moz-range-track {
   background: linear-gradient(
     to right,
-    var(--accent) 0%,
-    var(--accent) var(--vote-slider-pct, 50%),
+    var(--vote-track-muted) 0%,
     var(--vote-track-muted) var(--vote-slider-pct, 50%),
-    var(--vote-track-muted) 100%
+    var(--accent) var(--vote-slider-pct, 50%),
+    var(--accent) 100%
   );
 }
 
 .vote-hud-slider input[type="range"][data-winner="right"]::-moz-range-track {
   background: linear-gradient(
     to right,
-    var(--vote-track-muted) 0%,
-    var(--vote-track-muted) var(--vote-slider-pct, 50%),
+    var(--accent) 0%,
     var(--accent) var(--vote-slider-pct, 50%),
-    var(--accent) 100%
+    var(--vote-track-muted) var(--vote-slider-pct, 50%),
+    var(--vote-track-muted) 100%
   );
 }