diff --git a/site/src/components/ShapeBuilder/index.js b/site/src/components/ShapeBuilder/index.js
index ecbc32a..6f05baf 100644
--- a/site/src/components/ShapeBuilder/index.js
+++ b/site/src/components/ShapeBuilder/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // /* global window */
 import React, { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
-import { Wrapper, CanvasContainer, OutputBox, StyledSVG, CopyButton } from "./shapeBuilder.styles";
+import { Wrapper, CanvasContainer, OutputBox, StyledSVG, CopyButton, CoordinateDisplay } from "./shapeBuilder.styles";
 import { Button, Typography, Box, CopyIcon, Select, MenuItem, Slider, FormControl } from "@sistent/sistent";
 import { SVG, extend as SVGextend } from "@svgdotjs/svg.js";
 import draw from "@svgdotjs/svg.draw.js";
@@ -12,6 +12,43 @@ const MIN_SCALE = 0.1;
 const MAX_SCALE = 3;
 const MIN_POLYGON_POINTS = 3;
 
+// Gap in px kept between the pointer and the coordinate readout.
+const READOUT_GAP = 16;
+// Decimal places shown in the readout.
+const READOUT_PRECISION = 3;
+
+/*
+ * Maps a point in canvas pixels onto -1..1 relative to the canvas centre.
+ * Note this is measured off the live element, whereas `showCytoArray` still
+ * normalizes against a hardcoded 260px half-extent; the two agree only while
+ * the canvas is 520px square, which it is not at most viewport widths. That
+ * hardcoded divisor predates this feature and is left for a separate change so
+ * the polygon output contract is not altered here.
+ */
+const normalizeToCanvas = (x, y, rect) => [
+  (x - rect.width / 2) / (rect.width / 2),
+  (y - rect.height / 2) / (rect.height / 2)
+];
+
+/*
+ * Anchors the readout to whichever pair of container edges keeps it on screen.
+ * Anchoring the far side with `right`/`bottom` means the readout never has to be
+ * measured to know it will not be clipped near the canvas edge.
+ */
+const buildReadoutAnchor = (x, y, rect) => {
+  const anchor = x > rect.width / 2
+    ? { right: `${Math.round(rect.width - x + READOUT_GAP)}px` }
+    : { left: `${Math.round(x + READOUT_GAP)}px` };
+
+  if (y > rect.height / 2) {
+    anchor.bottom = `${Math.round(rect.height - y + READOUT_GAP)}px`;
+  } else {
+    anchor.top = `${Math.round(y + READOUT_GAP)}px`;
+  }
+
+  return anchor;
+};
+
 const ShapeBuilder = () => {
   const boardRef = useRef(null);
   const polyRef = useRef(null);
@@ -23,6 +60,13 @@ const ShapeBuilder = () => {
   const [scale, setScale] = useState(1);
   const [currentPreset, setCurrentPreset] = useState(1);
 
+  // `null` whenever the pointer is off the canvas, so position and visibility
+  // can never disagree.
+  const [readout, setReadout] = useState(null);
+  const [showCoordinates, setShowCoordinates] = useState(true);
+  const readoutFrameRef = useRef(0);
+  const pendingReadoutRef = useRef(null);
+
   const handleCopyToClipboard = async () => {
     if (!result.trim()) return;
 
@@ -90,6 +134,52 @@ const ShapeBuilder = () => {
     showCytoArray();
   };
 
+  const cancelReadoutFrame = () => {
+    if (readoutFrameRef.current) {
+      window.cancelAnimationFrame(readoutFrameRef.current);
+      readoutFrameRef.current = 0;
+    }
+    pendingReadoutRef.current = null;
+  };
+
+  // Pointer events fire faster than the browser paints, so coalesce them onto a
+  // single animation frame rather than re-rendering once per event.
+  const scheduleReadout = (next) => {
+    pendingReadoutRef.current = next;
+    if (readoutFrameRef.current) return;
+
+    readoutFrameRef.current = window.requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+      readoutFrameRef.current = 0;
+      setReadout(pendingReadoutRef.current);
+    });
+  };
+
+  // Pointer events cover mouse, pen and touch with one standard API supported by
+  // every current browser; `currentTarget` is always the canvas the handler is
+  // bound to, even when the event bubbles up from a drawn shape.
+  const handlePointerMove = (e) => {
+    const rect = e.currentTarget.getBoundingClientRect();
+    if (!rect.width || !rect.height) return;
+
+    const x = e.clientX - rect.left;
+    const y = e.clientY - rect.top;
+    const [normalizedX, normalizedY] = normalizeToCanvas(x, y, rect);
+
+    scheduleReadout({
+      anchor: buildReadoutAnchor(x, y, rect),
+      x: normalizedX.toFixed(READOUT_PRECISION),
+      y: normalizedY.toFixed(READOUT_PRECISION)
+    });
+  };
+
+  // Covers pointerleave and pointercancel: a touch or pen stream that is taken
+  // over by the browser never emits a leave, and would otherwise strand the
+  // readout on screen.
+  const hideReadout = () => {
+    cancelReadoutFrame();
+    setReadout(null);
+  };
+
   const handleScaleChange = (newScale) => {
     const clampedScale = Math.max(MIN_SCALE, Math.min(MAX_SCALE, newScale));
     setScale(clampedScale);
@@ -111,6 +201,10 @@ const ShapeBuilder = () => {
     handleScaleChange(newValue);
   };
 
+  const toggleCoordinates = () => {
+    setShowCoordinates((prev) => !prev);
+  };
+
   const handleKeyDown = (e) => {
     const poly = polyRef.current;
     if (!poly) return;
@@ -208,6 +302,7 @@ const ShapeBuilder = () => {
   useEffect(() => {
     initializeDrawing();
     return () => {
+      cancelReadoutFrame();
       detachKeyListeners();
       if (polyRef.current) {
         polyRef.current.draw("cancel");
@@ -225,6 +320,10 @@ const ShapeBuilder = () => {
           width="100%"
           height="100%"
           onDoubleClick={closeShape}
+          onPointerMove={handlePointerMove}
+          onPointerEnter={handlePointerMove}
+          onPointerLeave={hideReadout}
+          onPointerCancel={hideReadout}
         >
           <defs>
             <pattern id="grid" width="16" height="16" patternUnits="userSpaceOnUse">
@@ -233,6 +332,14 @@ const ShapeBuilder = () => {
           </defs>
           <rect className="grid" width="100%" height="100%" fill="url(#grid)" />
         </StyledSVG>
+
+        {showCoordinates && readout && (
+          /* Decorative, pointer-only overlay: keep it out of the a11y tree. */
+          <CoordinateDisplay aria-hidden="true" style={readout.anchor}>
+            X: {readout.x}, Y: {readout.y}
+          </CoordinateDisplay>
+        )}
+
         {error && (
           <div style={{
             position: "absolute",
@@ -252,6 +359,13 @@ const ShapeBuilder = () => {
       <Box sx={{ display: "flex", justifyContent: "center", alignItems: "center", gap: 2, mt: 3, mb: 3, flexWrap: "wrap" }}>
         <Button variant="contained" onClick={clearShape}>Clear</Button>
         <Button variant="contained" onClick={closeShape}>Close Shape</Button>
+        <Button
+          variant="contained"
+          onClick={toggleCoordinates}
+          aria-pressed={showCoordinates}
+        >
+          {showCoordinates ? "Hide Coordinates" : "Show Coordinates"}
+        </Button>
 
         <Box sx={{ display: "flex", alignItems: "center", gap: 1.5, ml: 2 }}>
           <FormControl size="small" sx={{ minWidth: 80 }}>
diff --git a/site/src/components/ShapeBuilder/shapeBuilder.styles.js b/site/src/components/ShapeBuilder/shapeBuilder.styles.js
index aa53f48..2a964f8 100644
--- a/site/src/components/ShapeBuilder/shapeBuilder.styles.js
+++ b/site/src/components/ShapeBuilder/shapeBuilder.styles.js
@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
 import styled from "styled-components";
-// import styled from "@sistent/sistent";
+import { createTheme, darkModePalette, lightModePalette, typography } from "@sistent/sistent";
+
+/*
+ * Sistent design tokens.
+ *
+ * styled-components resolves `theme` from the styled-components ThemeProvider in
+ * src/pages/index.js, which supplies this site's local theme - Sistent's MUI
+ * theme lives in a separate (emotion) context and is not reachable from here.
+ * So Sistent's tokens are read straight from the library's exported token sets
+ * and selected with the same `theme.mode` flag the rest of the site keys off.
+ */
+const sistentBase = createTheme();
+
+const sistentPalette = ({ theme }) =>
+  (theme?.mode === "light" ? lightModePalette : darkModePalette);
+
+const sistentTypography = ({ theme }) =>
+  typography(theme?.mode === "light" ? "light" : "dark");
 
 // NOTE: background colors are hardcoded-temporarily for testing
 
@@ -138,6 +155,38 @@ export const CopyButton = styled.button`
   }
 `;
 
+export const CoordinateDisplay = styled.div`
+  position: absolute;
+  /* Never intercept pointer events - the readout sits over the drawing surface. */
+  pointer-events: none;
+  z-index: ${sistentBase.zIndex.tooltip};
+
+  padding: ${sistentBase.spacing(0.75)} ${sistentBase.spacing(1.25)};
+  border: 1px solid ${(props) => sistentPalette(props).border.brand};
+  border-radius: ${sistentBase.shape.borderRadius}px;
+  background-color: ${(props) => sistentPalette(props).background.elevatedComponents};
+  color: ${(props) => sistentPalette(props).text.default};
+  box-shadow: ${sistentBase.shadows[2]};
+
+  /*
+   * Brand font only. "Qanelas Soft" is the family name declared in
+   * src/fonts.css and used by src/styles/styles.js; Sistent's own token spells
+   * it "Qanelas Soft Regular", which this site does not load, so the family is
+   * named here and only the size/weight/rhythm come from the Sistent scale.
+   */
+  font-family: "Qanelas Soft";
+  font-size: ${(props) => sistentTypography(props).textL1Bold.fontSize};
+  font-weight: ${(props) => sistentTypography(props).textL1Bold.fontWeight};
+  line-height: ${(props) => sistentTypography(props).textL1Bold.lineHeight};
+  /* Keeps the readout from twitching as digits change width. */
+  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
+
+  white-space: nowrap;
+  /* WebKit still needs the prefix for user-select. */
+  -webkit-user-select: none;
+  user-select: none;
+`;
+
 // export const Wrapper = styled.div`
 //   padding: 2rem;
 //   background-color: ${({ theme }) => theme.palette.background.default};