diff --git a/packages/tailwindcss-language-server/tests/hover/hover.test.js b/packages/tailwindcss-language-server/tests/hover/hover.test.js
index 37377340..379f4199 100644
--- a/packages/tailwindcss-language-server/tests/hover/hover.test.js
+++ b/packages/tailwindcss-language-server/tests/hover/hover.test.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-import { test } from 'vitest'
+import { expect, test } from 'vitest'
 import { withFixture } from '../common'
+import { css, defineTest } from '../../src/testing'
+import { createClient } from '../utils/client'
 
 withFixture('basic', (c) => {
   async function testHover(
@@ -396,7 +398,14 @@ withFixture('v4/basic', (c) => {
     expected: {
       contents: {
         kind: 'markdown',
-        value: ['```plaintext', '80rem /* 1280px */', '```'].join('\n'),
+        value: [
+          //
+          '```css',
+          '@theme {',
+          '  --breakpoint-xl: 80rem /* 1280px */;',
+          '}',
+          '```',
+        ].join('\n'),
       },
       range: {
         start: { line: 0, character: 23 },
@@ -544,3 +553,72 @@ withFixture('v4/path-mappings', (c) => {
     },
   })
 })
+
+defineTest({
+  name: 'Can hover showing theme values used in var(…) and theme(…) functions',
+  fs: {
+    'app.css': css`
+      @import 'tailwindcss';
+    `,
+  },
+
+  prepare: async ({ root }) => ({ client: await createClient({ root }) }),
+
+  handle: async ({ client }) => {
+    let doc = await client.open({
+      lang: 'css',
+      text: css`
+        .foo {
+          color: theme(--color-black);
+        }
+        .bar {
+          color: var(--color-black);
+        }
+      `,
+    })
+
+    //   color: theme(--color-black);
+    //                  ^
+    let hoverTheme = await doc.hover({ line: 1, character: 18 })
+
+    //   color: var(--color-black);
+    //                ^
+    let hoverVar = await doc.hover({ line: 4, character: 16 })
+
+    expect(hoverTheme).toEqual({
+      contents: {
+        kind: 'markdown',
+        value: [
+          //
+          '```css',
+          '@theme {',
+          '  --color-black: #000;',
+          '}',
+          '```',
+        ].join('\n'),
+      },
+      range: {
+        start: { line: 1, character: 15 },
+        end: { line: 1, character: 28 },
+      },
+    })
+
+    expect(hoverVar).toEqual({
+      contents: {
+        kind: 'markdown',
+        value: [
+          //
+          '```css',
+          '@theme {',
+          '  --color-black: #000;',
+          '}',
+          '```',
+        ].join('\n'),
+      },
+      range: {
+        start: { line: 4, character: 13 },
+        end: { line: 4, character: 26 },
+      },
+    })
+  },
+})
diff --git a/packages/tailwindcss-language-service/src/diagnostics/getInvalidConfigPathDiagnostics.ts b/packages/tailwindcss-language-service/src/diagnostics/getInvalidConfigPathDiagnostics.ts
index d20655e3..76864281 100644
--- a/packages/tailwindcss-language-service/src/diagnostics/getInvalidConfigPathDiagnostics.ts
+++ b/packages/tailwindcss-language-service/src/diagnostics/getInvalidConfigPathDiagnostics.ts
@@ -186,6 +186,11 @@ export function getInvalidConfigPathDiagnostics(
 
   findHelperFunctionsInDocument(state, document).forEach((helperFn) => {
     let base = helperFn.helper === 'theme' ? ['theme'] : []
+
+    // var(…) may not refer to theme values but other values in the cascade
+    // so they can't be unconditionally validated
+    if (helperFn.helper === 'var') return
+
     let result = validateConfigPath(state, helperFn.path, base)
 
     if (result.isValid === true) {
diff --git a/packages/tailwindcss-language-service/src/hoverProvider.ts b/packages/tailwindcss-language-service/src/hoverProvider.ts
index 1db68bed..583cc80f 100644
--- a/packages/tailwindcss-language-service/src/hoverProvider.ts
+++ b/packages/tailwindcss-language-service/src/hoverProvider.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ async function provideCssHelperHover(
   for (let helperFn of helperFns) {
     if (!isWithinRange(position, helperFn.ranges.path)) continue
 
+    if (helperFn.helper === 'var' && !state.v4) continue
+
     let validated = validateConfigPath(
       state,
       helperFn.path,
@@ -67,8 +69,21 @@ async function provideCssHelperHover(
       value = addPixelEquivalentsToValue(value, settings.tailwindCSS.rootFontSize)
     }
 
+    let lines = ['```plaintext', value, '```']
+
+    if (state.v4 && helperFn.path.startsWith('--')) {
+      lines = [
+        //
+        '```css',
+        '@theme {',
+        `  ${helperFn.path}: ${value};`,
+        '}',
+        '```',
+      ]
+    }
+
     return {
-      contents: { kind: 'markdown', value: ['```plaintext', value, '```'].join('\n') },
+      contents: { kind: 'markdown', value: lines.join('\n') },
       range: helperFn.ranges.path,
     }
   }
diff --git a/packages/tailwindcss-language-service/src/util/find.ts b/packages/tailwindcss-language-service/src/util/find.ts
index 03218798..9118403d 100644
--- a/packages/tailwindcss-language-service/src/util/find.ts
+++ b/packages/tailwindcss-language-service/src/util/find.ts
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ export function findHelperFunctionsInRange(
 ): DocumentHelperFunction[] {
   const text = getTextWithoutComments(doc, 'css', range)
   let matches = findAll(
-    /(?<prefix>[\W])(?<helper>config|theme|--theme)(?<innerPrefix>\(\s*)(?<path>[^)]*?)\s*\)/g,
+    /(?<prefix>[\W])(?<helper>config|theme|--theme|var)(?<innerPrefix>\(\s*)(?<path>[^)]*?)\s*\)/g,
     text,
   )
 
@@ -450,10 +450,12 @@ export function findHelperFunctionsInRange(
       match.groups.helper.length +
       match.groups.innerPrefix.length
 
-    let helper: 'config' | 'theme' = 'config'
+    let helper: 'config' | 'theme' | 'var' = 'config'
 
     if (match.groups.helper === 'theme' || match.groups.helper === '--theme') {
       helper = 'theme'
+    } else if (match.groups.helper === 'var') {
+      helper = 'var'
     }
 
     return {
diff --git a/packages/tailwindcss-language-service/src/util/state.ts b/packages/tailwindcss-language-service/src/util/state.ts
index 119e5f59..8c819eb8 100644
--- a/packages/tailwindcss-language-service/src/util/state.ts
+++ b/packages/tailwindcss-language-service/src/util/state.ts
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ export type DocumentClassName = {
 }
 
 export type DocumentHelperFunction = {
-  helper: 'theme' | 'config'
+  helper: 'theme' | 'config' | 'var'
   path: string
   ranges: {
     full: Range
diff --git a/packages/vscode-tailwindcss/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/vscode-tailwindcss/CHANGELOG.md
index 421543f5..d55074be 100644
--- a/packages/vscode-tailwindcss/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/vscode-tailwindcss/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 - Hide completions from CSS language server inside `@import "…" source(…)` ([#1091](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss-intellisense/pull/1091))
 - Bump bundled v4 fallback to v4.1.1 ([#1294](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss-intellisense/pull/1294))
 - Show color swatches for most new v4.1 utilities ([#1294](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss-intellisense/pull/1294))
+- Support theme key hovers in the CSS `var()` function ([#1289](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss-intellisense/pull/1289))
+- Show theme key hovers inside `@theme` for better context and syntax highlighting ([#1289](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss-intellisense/pull/1289))
 
 # 0.14.12