diff --git a/src/paper/toSvg.ts b/src/paper/toSvg.ts
index 4eeae184..334bef97 100644
--- a/src/paper/toSvg.ts
+++ b/src/paper/toSvg.ts
@@ -141,14 +141,59 @@ function addWatermark(svg: SVGElement, viewBox: Rect, watermarkSvg: string) {
 function collectAppliedCssFromDocument(targetSubtree: Element): CSSStyleRule[] {
     const appliedRules: CSSStyleRule[] = [];
     enumerateStylesheets(rule => {
-        const selectorWithoutPseudo = rule.selectorText.replace(/::[a-zA-Z-]+$/, '');
-        if (targetSubtree.querySelector(selectorWithoutPseudo)) {
+        const applies = toMatchableSelectors(rule.selectorText).some(selector => {
+            try {
+                return Boolean(targetSubtree.querySelector(selector));
+            } catch {
+                return false;
+            }
+        });
+        if (applies) {
             appliedRules.push(rule);
         }
     });
     return appliedRules;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Turns a CSS selector list into base selectors usable with `querySelector`:
+ * a pseudo-element is always the last part of a selector and cannot be matched,
+ * so its trailing `::x` is dropped and selectors left empty (as in a
+ * `*, ::before, ::after` reset) are removed.
+ */
+export function toMatchableSelectors(selectorText: string): string[] {
+    return splitSelectorList(selectorText)
+        .map(selector => selector.replace(/::[\w-]+(\([^)]*\))?\s*$/, '').trim())
+        .filter(selector => selector.length > 0);
+}
+
+/** Splits a selector list on top-level commas, ignoring `()`, `[]` and strings. */
+function splitSelectorList(selectorText: string): string[] {
+    const selectors: string[] = [];
+    let depth = 0;
+    let quote: string | undefined;
+    let start = 0;
+    for (let i = 0; i < selectorText.length; i++) {
+        const ch = selectorText[i];
+        if (quote !== undefined) {
+            if (ch === quote && selectorText[i - 1] !== '\\') {
+                quote = undefined;
+            }
+        } else if (ch === '"' || ch === '\'') {
+            quote = ch;
+        } else if (ch === '(' || ch === '[') {
+            depth++;
+        } else if (ch === ')' || ch === ']') {
+            depth--;
+        } else if (ch === ',' && depth === 0) {
+            selectors.push(selectorText.slice(start, i));
+            start = i + 1;
+        }
+    }
+    selectors.push(selectorText.slice(start));
+    return selectors;
+}
+
 function collectImageUrlsFromElements(
     target: Element,
     imageUrls: Map<string, string | null>
diff --git a/test/paper/toSvg.test.tsx b/test/paper/toSvg.test.tsx
index a51c8d9b..ed039466 100644
--- a/test/paper/toSvg.test.tsx
+++ b/test/paper/toSvg.test.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { render } from 'vitest-browser-react';
 
 import type { ColorSchemeApi } from '../../src/coreUtils/colorScheme';
 import { HtmlPaperLayer, SvgPaperLayer, type PaperTransform } from '../../src/paper/paperLayers';
-import { toSVG } from '../../src/paper/toSvg';
+import { toSVG, toMatchableSelectors } from '../../src/paper/toSvg';
 
 import IconResource from './toSvg.resource.svg';
 import IconInline from './toSvg.inline.svg';
@@ -291,6 +291,68 @@ describe('toSvg()', () => {
     });
 });
 
+describe('toMatchableSelectors()', () => {
+    it('returns plain selectors unchanged', () => {
+        expect(toMatchableSelectors('.card')).toEqual(['.card']);
+        expect(toMatchableSelectors('.a .b > .c')).toEqual(['.a .b > .c']);
+    });
+
+    it('splits a comma-separated list', () => {
+        expect(toMatchableSelectors('.a, .b')).toEqual(['.a', '.b']);
+        expect(toMatchableSelectors('.a,.b , .c')).toEqual(['.a', '.b', '.c']);
+    });
+
+    it('drops a trailing pseudo-element', () => {
+        expect(toMatchableSelectors('.card::before')).toEqual(['.card']);
+        expect(toMatchableSelectors('.a .b::after')).toEqual(['.a .b']);
+        expect(toMatchableSelectors('::before')).toEqual([]);
+    });
+
+    it('drops pseudo-elements per selector in a list', () => {
+        expect(toMatchableSelectors('.a::before, .b')).toEqual(['.a', '.b']);
+        expect(toMatchableSelectors('.a, .b::after')).toEqual(['.a', '.b']);
+    });
+
+    it('keeps the universal selector from a "*, ::before, ::after" reset', () => {
+        expect(toMatchableSelectors('*, ::before, ::after')).toEqual(['*']);
+        expect(toMatchableSelectors('*, ::after, ::before')).toEqual(['*']);
+    });
+
+    it('handles functional pseudo-elements', () => {
+        expect(toMatchableSelectors('.a::part(label)')).toEqual(['.a']);
+        expect(toMatchableSelectors('::slotted(.x)')).toEqual([]);
+    });
+
+    it('keeps pseudo-classes (single colon)', () => {
+        expect(toMatchableSelectors('.a:hover')).toEqual(['.a:hover']);
+        expect(toMatchableSelectors('.a:not(.b)')).toEqual(['.a:not(.b)']);
+    });
+
+    it('does not split commas inside :is()/:not()/:where()', () => {
+        expect(toMatchableSelectors(':is(.a, .b)')).toEqual([':is(.a, .b)']);
+        expect(toMatchableSelectors(':not(.a, .b)')).toEqual([':not(.a, .b)']);
+        expect(toMatchableSelectors(':where(.a, .b)')).toEqual([':where(.a, .b)']);
+        expect(toMatchableSelectors(':is(.a, :not(.b, .c))')).toEqual([':is(.a, :not(.b, .c))']);
+    });
+
+    it('does not split commas inside attribute values', () => {
+        expect(toMatchableSelectors('[data-x="a,b"], .c')).toEqual(['[data-x="a,b"]', '.c']);
+        expect(toMatchableSelectors("[data-x='a,b'], .c")).toEqual(["[data-x='a,b']", '.c']);
+        expect(toMatchableSelectors(':is([data-x="a,b"], .c)')).toEqual([':is([data-x="a,b"], .c)']);
+    });
+
+    it('splits only top-level commas in a mixed list', () => {
+        expect(toMatchableSelectors(':is(.a, .b), :not(.c, .d)')).toEqual([':is(.a, .b)', ':not(.c, .d)']);
+        expect(toMatchableSelectors(':is(.a, .b)::after, .c')).toEqual([':is(.a, .b)', '.c']);
+        expect(toMatchableSelectors('[href="a,b"]::before')).toEqual(['[href="a,b"]']);
+    });
+
+    it('returns an empty list for empty or pseudo-only input', () => {
+        expect(toMatchableSelectors('')).toEqual([]);
+        expect(toMatchableSelectors('::before, ::after')).toEqual([]);
+    });
+});
+
 const DUMMY_COLOR_SCHEME_API: ColorSchemeApi = {
     defined: true,
     actInColorScheme: (_scheme, action) => action(),