diff --git a/libs/openchallenges/challenge/src/lib/_challenge-theme.scss b/libs/openchallenges/challenge/src/lib/_challenge-theme.scss
index f249285579..adfa951cb3 100644
--- a/libs/openchallenges/challenge/src/lib/_challenge-theme.scss
+++ b/libs/openchallenges/challenge/src/lib/_challenge-theme.scss
@@ -45,18 +45,18 @@
     color: #000;
 
     &.active {
-      border-color: #71c663;
-      background-color: #d0fedd;
+      color: #1C5E2A;
+      background-color: #D0FEDD;
     }
 
     &.completed {
-      border-color: #ffb6c1;
-      background-color: #ffdde2;
+      color: map.get($figma, dl-color-default-navbardark);
+      background-color: map.get($primary, 100);
     }
 
     &.upcoming {
-      border-color: #ffc56d;
-      background-color: #fff1bf;
+      color: #E1861F;
+      background-color: #FFF5D1;
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/libs/openchallenges/challenge/src/lib/challenge.component.html b/libs/openchallenges/challenge/src/lib/challenge.component.html
index e245cf2c53..d42f738ead 100644
--- a/libs/openchallenges/challenge/src/lib/challenge.component.html
+++ b/libs/openchallenges/challenge/src/lib/challenge.component.html
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ <h2>
           {{ challenge.name }}
           <!-- <mat-icon aria-hidden="true" class="verified">verified_outline</mat-icon> -->
         </h2>
-        <p class="username">@{{ challenge.slug }}</p>
+        <p class="mat-body-strong username">@{{ challenge.slug }}</p>
         <div
           class="profile-type"
           *ngIf="challenge.status"
           [ngClass]="['status', challenge.status ? challenge.status : '']"
         >
-          {{ challenge.status }}
+          {{ challenge.status | titlecase }}
         </div>
       </div>
     </section>
diff --git a/libs/openchallenges/themes/src/_palettes.scss b/libs/openchallenges/themes/src/_palettes.scss
index 24d13674eb..815a96839d 100644
--- a/libs/openchallenges/themes/src/_palettes.scss
+++ b/libs/openchallenges/themes/src/_palettes.scss
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ $figma-collection: (
   dl-color-default-navbardark: map.get($dark-blue-palette, 800),
   dl-color-default-secondary1: map.get($light-blue-palette, 300),
   dl-color-default-secondary2: map.get($accent-purple-palette, 300),
-  dl-color-default-darkaccent1: map.get($accent-green-palette, 600),
+  dl-color-default-darkaccent1: map.get($accent-green-palette, 700),
   dl-color-default-darkaccent2: map.get($accent-purple-palette, 200),
   dl-color-gray-black: #000000,
   dl-color-gray-white: #ffffff,
diff --git a/libs/openchallenges/ui/src/lib/challenge-card/_challenge-card-theme.scss b/libs/openchallenges/ui/src/lib/challenge-card/_challenge-card-theme.scss
index 759ec8cc1f..8612a5408f 100644
--- a/libs/openchallenges/ui/src/lib/challenge-card/_challenge-card-theme.scss
+++ b/libs/openchallenges/ui/src/lib/challenge-card/_challenge-card-theme.scss
@@ -16,37 +16,29 @@
     border-color: transparent;
     background-color: map.get($figma, dl-color-default-hover1);
   }
-  .star-icon {
-    border-color: transparent;
-    color: map.get($figma, dl-color-default-primary1);
-  }
+  .star-icon,
   .card-icon {
     border-color: transparent;
     color: map.get($figma, dl-color-default-primary1);
   }
-  .status-tag {
-    border-color: map.get($figma, dl-color-default-primary2);
-    background-color: map.get($figma, dl-color-default-hover1);
-    color: #000;
-
-    &.active {
-      border-color: #71c663;
-      background-color: #d0fedd;
+  .card-status{
+    .active {
+      color: #71C663;
     }
-
-    &.completed {
-      border-color: #ffb6c1;
-      background-color: #ffdde2;
+    .completed {
+      color: map.get($figma, dl-color-default-primary1)
     }
-
-    &.upcoming {
-      border-color: #ffc56d;
-      background-color: #fff1bf;
+    .upcoming {
+      color: #FFC56D;
     }
   }
 }
 
-@mixin typography($theme) { }
+@mixin typography($theme) {
+  .card-status span {
+    font-size: 21px;
+  }
+}
 
 @mixin theme($theme) {
   $color-config: mat.get-color-config($theme);
diff --git a/libs/openchallenges/ui/src/lib/challenge-card/challenge-card.component.html b/libs/openchallenges/ui/src/lib/challenge-card/challenge-card.component.html
index 7e98480faa..5cdc3832af 100644
--- a/libs/openchallenges/ui/src/lib/challenge-card/challenge-card.component.html
+++ b/libs/openchallenges/ui/src/lib/challenge-card/challenge-card.component.html
@@ -18,19 +18,19 @@
       <p class="card-title">
         {{ challenge.name }}
       </p>
-      <p class="card-subtitle" *ngIf="platform">
-        {{ platform.name }}
-      </p>
+      <div class="card-status">
+        <div><span [ngClass]="statusClass">●</span> {{ status | titlecase }}</div>
+        <div class="mat-small">
+          {{ time_info }}
+        </div>
+      </div>
       <p class="mat-caption">{{ desc }}</p>
     </div>
     <div class="card-footer">
-      <mat-icon aria-hidden="true" class="card-icon">auto_awesome</mat-icon>
+      <mat-icon aria-hidden="true" class="card-icon">emoji_events</mat-icon>
       <div class="difficulty-tag mat-small">
         {{ incentives }}
       </div>
-      <div class="status-tag mat-small" [ngClass]="statusClass">
-        {{ status }}
-      </div>
     </div>
   </div>
 </div>
diff --git a/libs/openchallenges/ui/src/lib/challenge-card/challenge-card.component.scss b/libs/openchallenges/ui/src/lib/challenge-card/challenge-card.component.scss
index 4f88800c67..6a43e1a748 100644
--- a/libs/openchallenges/ui/src/lib/challenge-card/challenge-card.component.scss
+++ b/libs/openchallenges/ui/src/lib/challenge-card/challenge-card.component.scss
@@ -13,11 +13,23 @@
   cursor: pointer;
 }
 .card-body {
-  min-height: 160px;
+  min-height: 190px;
 }
 .card-banner {
   height: 100%;
 }
+.card-status {
+  div:first-child {
+    margin-right: 5px;
+  }
+  min-height: 58px;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  flex-basis: 100%;
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: flex-start;
+}
 
 // FOOTER
 .difficulty-tag {
@@ -26,17 +38,3 @@
   flex: 1;
   @include general.line-clamp(2);
 }
-.status-tag {
-  max-width: 110px;
-  margin-left: 6px;
-  padding: 4px 0;
-  display: flex;
-  flex-direction: column;
-  flex-basis: 100%;
-  box-sizing: border-box;
-  align-items: center;
-  justify-content: center;
-  border-width: 1px;
-  border-style: solid;
-  border-radius: constants.$dl-radius-radius-radius16;
-}
diff --git a/libs/openchallenges/ui/src/lib/challenge-card/challenge-card.component.ts b/libs/openchallenges/ui/src/lib/challenge-card/challenge-card.component.ts
index 5f278484f5..0fcb870101 100644
--- a/libs/openchallenges/ui/src/lib/challenge-card/challenge-card.component.ts
+++ b/libs/openchallenges/ui/src/lib/challenge-card/challenge-card.component.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ import { MatIconModule } from '@angular/material/icon';
 import { RouterModule } from '@angular/router';
 import {
   Challenge,
-  ChallengePlatformService,
-  SimpleChallengePlatform,
   Image,
   ImageService,
 } from '@sagebionetworks/openchallenges/api-client-angular';
@@ -22,17 +20,14 @@ import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 export class ChallengeCardComponent implements OnInit {
   @Input({ required: true }) challenge!: Challenge;
   banner$: Observable<Image> | undefined;
-  platform!: SimpleChallengePlatform;
   status!: string | undefined;
   desc!: string;
   incentives!: string;
   statusClass!: string;
+  time_info!: string | number;
   // difficulty!: string | undefined;
 
-  constructor(
-    private challengePlatformService: ChallengePlatformService,
-    private imageService: ImageService
-  ) {}
+  constructor(private imageService: ImageService) {}
 
   ngOnInit(): void {
     if (this.challenge) {
@@ -41,7 +36,6 @@ export class ChallengeCardComponent implements OnInit {
       // this.difficulty = this.challenge.difficulty
       //   ? startCase(this.challenge.difficulty.replace('-', ''))
       //   : undefined;
-      this.platform = this.challenge.platform;
       this.desc = this.challenge.headline
         ? this.challenge.headline
         : this.challenge.description;
@@ -63,6 +57,48 @@ export class ChallengeCardComponent implements OnInit {
         : this.imageService.getImage({
             objectKey: 'banner-default.svg',
           });
+      if (this.challenge.endDate && this.status === 'completed') {
+        const timeSince = this.calcTimeDiff(this.challenge.endDate);
+        if (timeSince) {
+          this.time_info = `Ended ${timeSince} ago`;
+        }
+      } else if (this.challenge.endDate && this.status === 'active') {
+        this.time_info = `Ends in ${this.calcTimeDiff(this.challenge.endDate)}`;
+      } else if (this.challenge.startDate && this.status === 'upcoming') {
+        this.time_info = `Starts in ${this.calcTimeDiff(
+          this.challenge.startDate
+        )}`;
+      }
     }
   }
+
+  calcTimeDiff(date: string) {
+    const pattern = /\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}/;
+    if (!pattern.test(date)) {
+      return '';
+    }
+    const refDate: any = new Date(date + ' 00:00:00');
+    const now: any = new Date();
+    const diffMs = Math.abs(refDate - now);
+
+    // Calculate the time difference in years, months, weeks, days, and hours.
+    const timeDiff = {
+      month: Math.floor(diffMs / 2_629_746_000),
+      week: Math.floor(diffMs / 604_800_000),
+      day: Math.floor(diffMs / 86_400_000),
+      hour: Math.floor(diffMs / 3_600_000),
+    };
+
+    // Find the largest unit of time and return in human-readable format.
+    let timeDiffString = '';
+    for (const [unit, value] of Object.entries(timeDiff)) {
+      if (unit === 'month' && value > 3) {
+        break;
+      } else if (value > 0) {
+        timeDiffString = `${value} ${unit}` + (value > 1 ? 's' : '');
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+    return timeDiffString;
+  }
 }