diff --git a/.changeset/focus-ring-mixin.md b/.changeset/focus-ring-mixin.md
index 7dce5c2e9..86cc610ec 100644
--- a/.changeset/focus-ring-mixin.md
+++ b/.changeset/focus-ring-mixin.md
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 "@tabler/core": patch
 ---
 
-Updated `focus-ring()` to be the single focus mixin and added a runtime `--focus-ring-box-shadow` token.
+Updated `focus-ring()` to be the single focus-indicator mixin; the `$*-focus-box-shadow` variables stay as aliases.
diff --git a/BOOTSTRAP-V6-MIGRATION.md b/BOOTSTRAP-V6-MIGRATION.md
index 458d3b667..32534fe3e 100644
--- a/BOOTSTRAP-V6-MIGRATION.md
+++ b/BOOTSTRAP-V6-MIGRATION.md
@@ -253,15 +253,12 @@ of `color-scheme`, the token-dump verification harness) but not its code.
 - Decide on `$spacers`: adopting the v6 0–9 scale silently changes every `.p-3` / `.m-4` in every
   Tabler template. Recommendation: keep the v5 scale, add finer steps at new keys.
 - Replace all `$*-focus-box-shadow` with one `focus-ring()` mixin over `--focus-ring*` tokens.
-  Done (#2972). Step 1: `focus-ring()` is the one implementation and every focus consumer calls it;
-  the `$*-focus-box-shadow` variables stay as `!default` aliases; CSS byte-identical. Step 2: `:root`
-  emits `--focus-ring-inner-width` and `--focus-ring-box-shadow`, the mixin reads the token so the
-  ring retunes at runtime and per theme, and the `.focus-ring` helper stops referencing the phantom
-  `--focus-ring-x/-y/-blur`; the Step 2 CSS diff is limited to focus declarations and the `:root`
-  tokens. Tabler keeps the two-layer `box-shadow` look, not v6's `outline`, and the `forced-colors`
-  fallback in `layout/_accessibility.scss` stays. `.form-select` stays a single-layer exception, and
-  the three `outline: 2px solid` rules (`.btn-action`, `.date-item`, `.switch-icon`) are not
-  converted — both are follow-ups.
+  Step 1 done (#2972): `focus-ring()` reads `$focus-ring-box-shadow` and every focus consumer calls
+  it; the `$*-focus-box-shadow` variables stay as `!default` aliases; CSS byte-identical. Tabler
+  keeps the two-layer `box-shadow` look, not v6's `outline`, and the `forced-colors` fallback in
+  `layout/_accessibility.scss` stays. `.form-select` is still a single-layer exception. Step 2
+  (emit `--focus-ring-box-shadow` on `:root`, fix the `.focus-ring` helper, decide the
+  `.form-select` ring) is a follow-up.
 - Consider the layered shadow scale (`.shadow-xs`…`.shadow-xl`) and `.border-keyline`.
 - Skip the `.fs-*` renaming — it inverts the scale direction and breaks every page.
 
diff --git a/core/scss/_variables.scss b/core/scss/_variables.scss
index 747cf18d7..9dd885397 100644
--- a/core/scss/_variables.scss
+++ b/core/scss/_variables.scss
@@ -1017,12 +1017,11 @@ $focus-ring-width: 0.25rem !default;
 $focus-ring-opacity: 0.25 !default;
 $focus-ring-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--primary) #{math.percentage($focus-ring-opacity)}, transparent) !default;
 $focus-ring-blur: 0 !default;
-$focus-ring-inner-width: 2px !default;
-// The literal, emitted once as `--focus-ring-box-shadow` (`bootstrap/_root.scss`).
-$focus-ring-box-shadow-value:
-  0 0 0 var(--focus-ring-inner-width) var(--primary),
-  0 0 $focus-ring-blur var(--focus-ring-width) var(--focus-ring-color) !default;
-$focus-ring-box-shadow: var(--focus-ring-box-shadow) !default;
+// Inner 2px solid ring keeps the indicator above the 3:1 non-text contrast minimum;
+// the translucent halo preserves the soft look
+$focus-ring-box-shadow:
+  0 0 0 2px var(--primary),
+  0 0 $focus-ring-blur $focus-ring-width $focus-ring-color !default;
 
 // Transitions
 $transition-base: all 0.2s ease-in-out !default;
diff --git a/core/scss/bootstrap/_root.scss b/core/scss/bootstrap/_root.scss
index 1a7a26fc8..0e9e2e16a 100644
--- a/core/scss/bootstrap/_root.scss
+++ b/core/scss/bootstrap/_root.scss
@@ -142,8 +142,6 @@
   --focus-ring-width: #{$focus-ring-width};
   --focus-ring-opacity: #{$focus-ring-opacity};
   --focus-ring-color: #{$focus-ring-color};
-  --focus-ring-inner-width: #{$focus-ring-inner-width};
-  --focus-ring-box-shadow: #{$focus-ring-box-shadow-value};
   // scss-docs-end root-focus-variables
 
   // scss-docs-start root-form-validation-variables
diff --git a/core/scss/helpers/_index.scss b/core/scss/helpers/_index.scss
index 85759cf30..2e27153e1 100644
--- a/core/scss/helpers/_index.scss
+++ b/core/scss/helpers/_index.scss
@@ -141,5 +141,6 @@
 //
 .focus-ring:focus {
   outline: 0;
-  box-shadow: 0 0 0 var(--focus-ring-width) var(--focus-ring-color);
+  // By default, there is no `--bs-focus-ring-x`, `--bs-focus-ring-y`, or `--bs-focus-ring-blur`, but we provide CSS variables with fallbacks to initial `0` values
+  box-shadow: var(--focus-ring-x, 0) var(--focus-ring-y, 0) var(--focus-ring-blur, 0) var(--focus-ring-width) var(--focus-ring-color);
 }
diff --git a/core/scss/mixins/_mixins.scss b/core/scss/mixins/_mixins.scss
index 63b24cce7..01a52ed33 100644
--- a/core/scss/mixins/_mixins.scss
+++ b/core/scss/mixins/_mixins.scss
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
   box-shadow: $shadow;
 
   @if $show-border {
-    border-color: var(--focus-ring-color);
+    border-color: $focus-ring-color;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/core/scss/tests/__snapshots__/css-var-prefix.test.mjs.snap b/core/scss/tests/__snapshots__/css-var-prefix.test.mjs.snap
index ce76818e0..924931fbe 100644
--- a/core/scss/tests/__snapshots__/css-var-prefix.test.mjs.snap
+++ b/core/scss/tests/__snapshots__/css-var-prefix.test.mjs.snap
@@ -55,8 +55,6 @@ exports[`css custom-property prefixing > leaves vendor-owned names alone and pre
   "--tblr-chart-3",
   "--tblr-chart-4",
   "--tblr-chart-5",
-  "--tblr-focus-ring-box-shadow",
-  "--tblr-focus-ring-color",
   "--tblr-font-sans-serif",
   "--tblr-font-size-h3",
   "--tblr-font-size-h5",
diff --git a/core/scss/tests/_mixins.test.scss b/core/scss/tests/_mixins.test.scss
index 126231f86..bdc66816b 100644
--- a/core/scss/tests/_mixins.test.scss
+++ b/core/scss/tests/_mixins.test.scss
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 }
 
 @include describe('focus-ring mixin') {
-  @include it('outputs the ring token without a border by default') {
+  @include it('outputs the ring without a border by default') {
     @include assert() {
       @include output() {
         .t {
@@ -114,7 +114,9 @@
       @include expect() {
         .t {
           outline: 0;
-          box-shadow: var(--focus-ring-box-shadow);
+          box-shadow:
+            0 0 0 2px var(--primary),
+            0 0 0 0.25rem color-mix(in srgb, var(--primary) 25%, transparent);
         }
       }
     }
@@ -130,8 +132,10 @@
       @include expect() {
         .t {
           outline: 0;
-          box-shadow: var(--focus-ring-box-shadow);
-          border-color: var(--focus-ring-color);
+          box-shadow:
+            0 0 0 2px var(--primary),
+            0 0 0 0.25rem color-mix(in srgb, var(--primary) 25%, transparent);
+          border-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--primary) 25%, transparent);
         }
       }
     }