diff --git a/packages/vscode/package.json b/packages/vscode/package.json
index c946898c9e..aa445f17e9 100644
--- a/packages/vscode/package.json
+++ b/packages/vscode/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "publisher": "antfu",
-  "name": "@unocss/vscode",
+  "name": "@vscode/unocss",
   "displayName": "UnoCSS",
   "version": "0.41.2",
   "private": true,
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@
           "type": "boolean",
           "default": true,
           "description": "Enable/disable underline decoration for class names"
+        },
+        "unocss.colorPreview": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "default": true,
+          "description": "Enable/disable color preview decorations"
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/packages/vscode/src/annotation.ts b/packages/vscode/src/annotation.ts
index efcee91ea3..b9810ec942 100644
--- a/packages/vscode/src/annotation.ts
+++ b/packages/vscode/src/annotation.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import type { DecorationOptions, ExtensionContext, StatusBarItem } from 'vscode'
 import { DecorationRangeBehavior, MarkdownString, Range, window, workspace } from 'vscode'
 import { INCLUDE_COMMENT_IDE, getMatchedPositions } from './integration'
 import { log } from './log'
-import { getPrettiedMarkdown, isCssId, throttle } from './utils'
+import { getColorsMap, getPrettiedMarkdown, isCssId, throttle } from './utils'
 import type { ContextLoader } from './contextLoader'
 
 export async function registerAnnotations(
@@ -13,11 +13,16 @@ export async function registerAnnotations(
   ext: ExtensionContext,
 ) {
   let underline: boolean = workspace.getConfiguration().get('unocss.underline') ?? true
+  let colorPreview: boolean = workspace.getConfiguration().get('unocss.colorPreview') ?? true
   ext.subscriptions.push(workspace.onDidChangeConfiguration((event) => {
     if (event.affectsConfiguration('unocss.underline')) {
       underline = workspace.getConfiguration().get('unocss.underline') ?? true
       updateAnnotation()
     }
+    if (event.affectsConfiguration('unocss.colorPreview')) {
+      colorPreview = workspace.getConfiguration().get('unocss.colorPreview') ?? true
+      updateAnnotation()
+    }
   }))
 
   workspace.onDidSaveTextDocument(async (doc) => {
@@ -47,6 +52,26 @@ export async function registerAnnotations(
     rangeBehavior: DecorationRangeBehavior.ClosedClosed,
   })
 
+  const colorDecoration = window.createTextEditorDecorationType({
+    before: {
+      width: '0.9em',
+      height: '0.9em',
+      contentText: ' ',
+      border: '1px solid',
+      margin: 'auto 0.2em auto 0;vertical-align: middle;border-radius:50%;',
+    },
+    dark: {
+      before: {
+        borderColor: '#eeeeee50',
+      },
+    },
+    light: {
+      before: {
+        borderColor: '#00000050',
+      },
+    },
+  })
+
   async function updateAnnotation(editor = window.activeTextEditor) {
     try {
       const doc = editor?.document
@@ -67,10 +92,23 @@ export async function registerAnnotations(
 
       const result = await ctx.uno.generate(code, { id, preflights: false, minify: true })
 
+      const colorsMap = getColorsMap(ctx.uno, result)
+      const colorRanges: DecorationOptions[] = []
+      const _colorPositionsCache = new Map<string, string>() // cache for avoid duplicated color ranges
+
       const ranges: DecorationOptions[] = (
         await Promise.all(
           getMatchedPositions(code, Array.from(result.matched))
             .map(async (i): Promise<DecorationOptions> => {
+              // side-effect: update colorRanges
+              if (colorPreview && colorsMap.has(i[2]) && !_colorPositionsCache.has(`${i[0]}:${i[1]}`)) {
+                _colorPositionsCache.set(`${i[0]}:${i[1]}`, i[2])
+                colorRanges.push({
+                  range: new Range(doc.positionAt(i[0]), doc.positionAt(i[1])),
+                  renderOptions: { before: { backgroundColor: colorsMap.get(i[2]) } },
+                })
+              }
+
               try {
                 const md = await getPrettiedMarkdown(ctx!.uno, i[2])
                 return {
@@ -89,6 +127,9 @@ export async function registerAnnotations(
         )
       ).filter(Boolean)
 
+      _colorPositionsCache.clear()
+      editor.setDecorations(colorDecoration, colorRanges)
+
       if (underline) {
         editor.setDecorations(NoneDecoration, [])
         editor.setDecorations(UnderlineDecoration, ranges)
@@ -105,6 +146,7 @@ export async function registerAnnotations(
       function reset() {
         editor?.setDecorations(UnderlineDecoration, [])
         editor?.setDecorations(NoneDecoration, [])
+        editor?.setDecorations(colorDecoration, [])
         status.hide()
       }
     }
diff --git a/packages/vscode/src/utils.ts b/packages/vscode/src/utils.ts
index 2d21151018..c20c8d9a4f 100644
--- a/packages/vscode/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/vscode/src/utils.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 import path from 'path'
-import type { UnoGenerator } from '@unocss/core'
+import type { GenerateResult, UnoGenerator } from '@unocss/core'
 import { cssIdRE } from '@unocss/core'
 import prettier from 'prettier/standalone'
 import parserCSS from 'prettier/parser-postcss'
+import type { Theme } from '@unocss/preset-mini'
+import { parseColor } from '@unocss/preset-mini'
+import { colorToString } from '@unocss/preset-mini/utils'
 
 export function throttle<T extends ((...args: any) => any)>(func: T, timeFrame: number): T {
   let lastTime = 0
@@ -37,6 +40,45 @@ export async function getPrettiedMarkdown(uno: UnoGenerator, util: string) {
   return `\`\`\`css\n${(await getPrettiedCSS(uno, util)).prettified}\n\`\`\``
 }
 
+const matchedAttributifyRE = /(?<=^\[.+~?=").*(?="\]$)/
+const _colorsMapCache = new Map<string, string>()
+export function getColorsMap(uno: UnoGenerator, result: GenerateResult) {
+  const theme = uno.config.theme as Theme
+  const themeColorNames = Object.keys(theme.colors ?? {})
+  const colorNames = themeColorNames.concat(themeColorNames.map(colorName => colorName.replace(/([a-z])([A-Z])/g, '$1-$2').toLowerCase()))
+  const colorsMap = new Map<string, string>()
+
+  for (const i of result.matched) {
+    const _i = i.replace('~="', '="')
+    if (_colorsMapCache.get(_i)) {
+      colorsMap.set(_i, _colorsMapCache.get(_i)!)
+      continue
+    }
+
+    const matchedAttr = i.match(matchedAttributifyRE)
+    const body = matchedAttr ? matchedAttr[0].split(':').at(-1) ?? '' : i // remove prefix e.g. `dark:` `hover:`
+
+    for (const colorName of colorNames) {
+      const nameIndex = body.indexOf(colorName)
+      if (nameIndex > -1) {
+        const parsedResult = parseColor(body.substring(nameIndex), theme)
+        if (parsedResult?.cssColor) {
+          const color = colorToString(parsedResult.cssColor, parsedResult.alpha)
+          colorsMap.set(_i, color)
+          _colorsMapCache.set(_i, color)
+        }
+
+        break
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (_colorsMapCache.size > 5000)
+    _colorsMapCache.clear()
+
+  return colorsMap
+}
+
 export function isCssId(id: string) {
   return cssIdRE.test(id)
 }