diff --git a/public/css/styles.css b/public/css/styles.css
index e5d1875..29b186a 100644
--- a/public/css/styles.css
+++ b/public/css/styles.css
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ textarea.input { resize: vertical; }
 
 .map-pin-wrap { background: none; border: none; }
 .map-pin { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; width: 26px; height: 26px; border-radius: 50%; color: #fff; font-weight: 700; font-size: 0.8rem; box-shadow: 0 2px 6px rgba(0,0,0,0.35); border: 2px solid #fff; }
-.km-label { background: rgba(37, 99, 235, 0.92); color: #fff; font-size: 0.7rem; font-weight: 700; padding: 0.1rem 0.4rem; border-radius: 999px; white-space: nowrap; box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.3); }
+.km-label { background: rgba(37, 99, 235, 0.92); color: #fff; font-size: 0.7rem; font-weight: 700; padding: 0.1rem 0.4rem 0.1rem 0.55rem; border-radius: 999px; white-space: nowrap; box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.3); border-left: 4px solid var(--leg-accent, transparent); }
 .map-popup strong { font-size: 0.95rem; }
 .map-popup-sub { color: #64748b; font-size: 0.8rem; margin-top: 0.15rem; }
 .map-popup-loc { font-size: 0.82rem; margin-top: 0.15rem; }
diff --git a/public/js/views/map.js b/public/js/views/map.js
index 76ce1e7..cbf8d1c 100644
--- a/public/js/views/map.js
+++ b/public/js/views/map.js
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@
 import { el } from '../dom.js';
 import { typeInfo, entryIcon } from '../format.js';
 import { api } from '../api.js';
+import { STAY_PALETTE } from './stayBands.js';
+
+// Each route leg gets its own colour from the same palette used for stay
+// bands/area dots, so several ground legs (e.g. multiple car routes) read
+// apart instead of blending into one generic "ground" colour.
+function legColor(i) {
+  return STAY_PALETTE[((i % STAY_PALETTE.length) + STAY_PALETTE.length) % STAY_PALETTE.length];
+}
 
 export function renderMap(tctx) {
   const route = tctx.route || { stops: [], legs: [], totalKm: 0 };
@@ -91,20 +99,22 @@ function initMap(mapDiv, stops, legs, kmEls) {
       .bindPopup(popupHtml(stop, info, entryIcon(stop)));
   });
 
-  // One polyline per measured leg, styled by mode (air = dashed blue, ground =
-  // solid teal), each with a km label at its midpoint (straight great-circle
-  // line to start — the map is never empty while road geometry loads).
-  const legLayers = legs.map(({ leg, a, b }) => {
+  // One polyline per measured leg, each in its own colour from the shared
+  // palette (air legs keep the dashed pattern), each with a km label at its
+  // midpoint (straight great-circle line to start — the map is never empty
+  // while road geometry loads).
+  const legLayers = legs.map(({ leg, a, b }, i) => {
     const air = leg.mode === 'air';
+    const color = legColor(i);
     const line = L.polyline([[a.lat, a.lng], [b.lat, b.lng]], {
-      color: air ? '#2563eb' : '#0f766e',
+      color,
       weight: 3,
       opacity: 0.75,
       dashArray: air ? '6 6' : null,
     }).addTo(map);
     const mid = [(a.lat + b.lat) / 2, (a.lng + b.lng) / 2];
-    const label = L.marker(mid, { icon: kmLabel(L, leg.km), interactive: false }).addTo(map);
-    return { leg, a, b, line, label };
+    const label = L.marker(mid, { icon: kmLabel(L, leg.km, false, color), interactive: false }).addTo(map);
+    return { leg, a, b, line, label, color };
   });
 
   if (points.length === 1) {
@@ -122,17 +132,18 @@ function initMap(mapDiv, stops, legs, kmEls) {
 // already drawn, so a slow/failed fetch just leaves those in place — no
 // error UI. Each leg fetches (and fails) independently.
 function fetchRoadGeometry(L, map, mapDiv, legLayers, kmEls) {
-  legLayers.forEach(({ leg, a, b, line, label }, i) => {
+  legLayers.forEach(({ leg, a, b, line, label, color }, i) => {
     if (leg.mode !== 'ground') return;
     api.directions({ lat: a.lat, lng: a.lng }, { lat: b.lat, lng: b.lng })
       .then((res) => {
         // The trip view may have been re-rendered (refreshTrip) while this
         // was in flight — the old map/section is detached from the DOM and
-        // its layers must not be touched.
+        // its layers must not be touched. Only latlngs/label are swapped —
+        // the polyline keeps its per-leg colour/style from creation.
         if (!mapDiv.isConnected || !map.hasLayer(line) || !map.hasLayer(label)) return;
         line.setLatLngs(res.geometry);
         label.setLatLng(pathMidpoint(res.geometry) || label.getLatLng());
-        label.setIcon(kmLabel(L, res.km, true));
+        label.setIcon(kmLabel(L, res.km, true, color));
         const kmEl = kmEls[i];
         if (kmEl) kmEl.textContent = `${fmtKm(res.km)} km · road`;
       })
@@ -166,10 +177,11 @@ function numberedIcon(L, n, color) {
   });
 }
 
-function kmLabel(L, km, road) {
+function kmLabel(L, km, road, color) {
+  const accent = color ? ` style="--leg-accent:${color}"` : '';
   return L.divIcon({
     className: 'km-label-wrap',
-    html: `<span class="km-label">${fmtKm(km)} km${road ? ' · road' : ''}</span>`,
+    html: `<span class="km-label"${accent}>${fmtKm(km)} km${road ? ' · road' : ''}</span>`,
     iconSize: [0, 0],
   });
 }
@@ -217,7 +229,10 @@ function legList(legs) {
       el(
         'div',
         { class: 'leg-row' },
-        el('span', { class: 'leg-index' }, String(i + 1)),
+        // Dark text, not white: the palette's mid-tone hues (amber, lime, …)
+        // don't clear AA contrast with white at full strength — the same
+        // reason stay bands use dark text on these colours (see stayBands.js).
+        el('span', { class: 'leg-index', style: { background: legColor(i), color: '#334155' } }, String(i + 1)),
         el('span', { class: 'leg-mode', title: air ? 'Flight' : 'Ground' }, air ? '✈️' : '🚗'),
         el('span', { class: 'leg-path' }, stopLabel(a), ' → ', stopLabel(b)),
         kmEl,