diff --git a/src/components/CheckboxInput/CheckboxInput.recipe.ts b/src/components/CheckboxInput/CheckboxInput.recipe.ts
index 7677e81..3684b6f 100644
--- a/src/components/CheckboxInput/CheckboxInput.recipe.ts
+++ b/src/components/CheckboxInput/CheckboxInput.recipe.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import {sva, type RecipeVariantProps} from 'styled-system/css';
 
+// Both marked states paint the same filled box; only the glyph inside differs.
+const markedBox = {bg: 'primary', borderColor: 'primary'};
+
 export const checkboxInputRecipe = sva({
   slots: ['root', 'boxWrap', 'input', 'box', 'icon', 'label', 'tooltipIcon'],
   base: {
@@ -44,7 +47,6 @@ export const checkboxInputRecipe = sva({
     icon: {
       w: '70%',
       h: '70%',
-      mt: '1px',
     },
     label: {
       display: 'inline-flex',
@@ -64,9 +66,16 @@ export const checkboxInputRecipe = sva({
       md: {box: {w: '5.5', h: '5.5'}},
       lg: {box: {w: '6.5', h: '6.5'}},
     },
-    isChecked: {
-      true: {box: {bg: 'primary', borderColor: 'primary'}},
-      false: {},
+    mark: {
+      none: {},
+      // The lucide Check glyph's stroke sits above the middle of its viewBox,
+      // so the checked mark needs an optical nudge down to read as centered.
+      // The nudge belongs to this glyph alone — the spacing scale bottoms out
+      // at 0.5 (2px), so there is no token for it.
+      check: {box: markedBox, icon: {mt: '1px'}},
+      // The Minus bar is already on the viewBox's center line; nudging it
+      // would push it off the box's center instead of onto it.
+      indeterminate: {box: markedBox},
     },
     isDisabled: {
       true: {
@@ -78,7 +87,7 @@ export const checkboxInputRecipe = sva({
   },
   defaultVariants: {
     size: 'md',
-    isChecked: false,
+    mark: 'none',
     isDisabled: false,
   },
 });
diff --git a/src/components/CheckboxInput/CheckboxInput.test.tsx b/src/components/CheckboxInput/CheckboxInput.test.tsx
index d8422fe..a563083 100644
--- a/src/components/CheckboxInput/CheckboxInput.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/CheckboxInput/CheckboxInput.test.tsx
@@ -27,6 +27,47 @@ describe('CheckboxInput', () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it('keeps the checked glyph nudge off the indeterminate mark', () => {
+    // The lucide Check glyph needs a 1px nudge to look centered; the Minus bar
+    // is already centered, so inheriting the nudge pushes it below the box's
+    // center line.
+    const nudge = css({mt: '1px'});
+    const {container, rerender} = render(
+      <CheckboxInput label="Mixed" onChange={() => {}} value />,
+    );
+
+    // eslint-disable-next-line testing-library/no-container, testing-library/no-node-access -- the mark is intentionally hidden from the accessibility tree
+    expect(container.querySelector('.lucide-check')).toHaveClass(nudge);
+
+    rerender(
+      <CheckboxInput label="Mixed" onChange={() => {}} value="indeterminate" />,
+    );
+
+    // eslint-disable-next-line testing-library/no-container, testing-library/no-node-access -- the mark is intentionally hidden from the accessibility tree
+    expect(container.querySelector('.lucide-minus')).not.toHaveClass(nudge);
+  });
+
+  it('fills the box for both the checked and indeterminate marks', () => {
+    const filled = css({bg: 'primary'});
+    const {container, rerender} = render(
+      <CheckboxInput label="Mixed" onChange={() => {}} value />,
+    );
+    // eslint-disable-next-line testing-library/no-container, testing-library/no-node-access -- the box is intentionally hidden from the accessibility tree
+    const box = (): Element | null => container.querySelector('[aria-hidden]');
+
+    expect(box()).toHaveClass(filled);
+
+    rerender(
+      <CheckboxInput label="Mixed" onChange={() => {}} value="indeterminate" />,
+    );
+
+    expect(box()).toHaveClass(filled);
+
+    rerender(<CheckboxInput label="Mixed" onChange={() => {}} value={false} />);
+
+    expect(box()).not.toHaveClass(filled);
+  });
+
   it('renders React nodes in the label', () => {
     render(
       <CheckboxInput
diff --git a/src/components/CheckboxInput/CheckboxInput.tsx b/src/components/CheckboxInput/CheckboxInput.tsx
index d8465d0..fd3fde8 100644
--- a/src/components/CheckboxInput/CheckboxInput.tsx
+++ b/src/components/CheckboxInput/CheckboxInput.tsx
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ export function CheckboxInput({
   const isCheckedOrIndeterminate = isChecked || isIndeterminate;
   const classes = checkboxInputRecipe({
     size,
-    isChecked: isCheckedOrIndeterminate,
+    mark: isIndeterminate ? 'indeterminate' : isChecked ? 'check' : 'none',
     isDisabled,
   });