diff --git a/scripts/scope-css.mjs b/scripts/scope-css.mjs
index cd073bd..ccc08e9 100644
--- a/scripts/scope-css.mjs
+++ b/scripts/scope-css.mjs
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ import { transform } from "lightningcss";
  * order, while still reaching the view root itself and the portal layer,
  * both of which carry `.bcal-root`.
  *
- * Theme variables move from `:root, :host` onto `.bcal-root` for the same
- * reason: a later `:root{--spacing:…}` from someone else must not resize us.
+ * Tailwind's own theme variables stay on `:root, :host`: moved onto the view
+ * root they would sit above Obsidian's `body` values, and `--color-accent`
+ * is a name both sides use — the accent would turn into the hover grey.
  */
 
 const ROOT = "bcal-root";
@@ -48,9 +49,7 @@ function mentions(selector, name) {
 }
 
 function scopeSelector(selector) {
-  if (isPseudo(selector, "root")) return [{ type: "class", name: ROOT }];
-  // `:root, :host` is one rule; the root alone carries it, so :host goes.
-  if (isPseudo(selector, "host")) return [];
+  if (isPseudo(selector, "root") || isPseudo(selector, "host")) return selector;
   if (mentions(selector, ROOT)) return selector;
   // `*` has to open a compound, and :is() takes that place now.
   const rest = selector[0]?.type === "universal" ? selector.slice(1) : selector;
diff --git a/tests/scope-css.test.ts b/tests/scope-css.test.ts
index b7ed642..ba261a3 100644
--- a/tests/scope-css.test.ts
+++ b/tests/scope-css.test.ts
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ describe("scoping the built stylesheet", () => {
     expect(out).not.toContain("*)*");
   });
 
-  it("moves theme variables from :root onto the view root", () => {
+  it("leaves tailwind's theme variables on :root, under obsidian's body values", () => {
     expect(one(":root,:host{--spacing:.25rem}")).toBe(
-      ".bcal-root { --spacing: .25rem; }",
+      ":root, :host { --spacing: .25rem; }",
     );
   });