diff --git a/src/lsp/providers/completionProvider.ts b/src/lsp/providers/completionProvider.ts
index 17fedcb8581c921f0c7045b8a86cc681890c264e..795127cc7c02bfbf8c198e44378cbd6f7cc9bedb 100644
--- a/src/lsp/providers/completionProvider.ts
+++ b/src/lsp/providers/completionProvider.ts
@@ -89,11 +89,9 @@           label += sep
           sortText = '-' + sortText // move to top
         } else {
           const color = getColor(state, [className])
-          if (color !== null) {
+          if (color) {
             kind = CompletionItemKind.Color
-            if (typeof color !== 'string' && color.a !== 0) {
-              documentation = color.toRgbString()
-            }
+            documentation = color.documentation
           }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/lsp/providers/documentColorProvider.ts b/src/lsp/providers/documentColorProvider.ts
index 876f5777baef5960ee9a9bae262af5c1fc07117d..688ee746ab6a01dca0217c5515e14e599bb1f235 100644
--- a/src/lsp/providers/documentColorProvider.ts
+++ b/src/lsp/providers/documentColorProvider.ts
@@ -27,10 +27,8 @@         classNames.forEach((className) => {
           let parts = getClassNameParts(state, className.className)
           if (!parts) return
           let color = getColor(state, parts)
-          if (color === null || typeof color === 'string' || color.a === 0) {
-            return
-          }
-          colors.push({ range: className.range, color: color.toRgbString() })
+          if (!color) return
+          colors.push({ range: className.range, color: color.documentation })
         })
       })
 
diff --git a/src/lsp/util/color.ts b/src/lsp/util/color.ts
index 436a94c42d4f6e76d3e558dfd283b5c5b890bdd2..31d56ec33a369f671737f625a3d61c8960ca7d4b 100644
--- a/src/lsp/util/color.ts
+++ b/src/lsp/util/color.ts
@@ -21,14 +21,10 @@   'stroke',
   'text-decoration-color',
 ]
 
-function isKeyword(value: string): boolean {
-  return ['transparent', 'currentcolor'].includes(value.toLowerCase())
-}
-
 export function getColor(
   state: State,
   keys: string[]
-): TinyColor | string | null {
+): { documentation?: string } {
   const item = dlv(state.classNames.classNames, keys)
   if (!item.__rule) return null
   const props = Object.keys(removeMeta(item))
@@ -52,36 +48,40 @@     propsToCheck.map((prop) => ensureArray(item[prop]).map(createColor))
   )
 
   // check that all of the values are valid colors
-  if (colors.some((color) => typeof color !== 'string' && !color.isValid)) {
+  if (colors.some((color) => color !== 'transparent' && !color.isValid)) {
     return null
   }
 
   // check that all of the values are the same color, ignoring alpha
   const colorStrings = dedupe(
     colors.map((color) =>
-      typeof color === 'string' ? color : `${color.r}-${color.g}-${color.b}`
+      color === 'transparent'
+        ? 'transparent'
+        : `${color.r}-${color.g}-${color.b}`
     )
   )
   if (colorStrings.length !== 1) {
     return null
   }
 
-  if (isKeyword(colorStrings[0])) {
-    return colorStrings[0]
+  if (colorStrings[0] === 'transparent') {
+    return {
+      documentation: 'rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.01)',
+    }
   }
 
-  const nonKeywordColors = colors.filter(
-    (color): color is TinyColor => typeof color !== 'string'
+  const nonTransparentColors = colors.filter(
+    (color): color is TinyColor => color !== 'transparent'
   )
 
-  const alphas = dedupe(nonKeywordColors.map((color) => color.a))
+  const alphas = dedupe(nonTransparentColors.map((color) => color.a))
 
-  if (alphas.length === 1) {
-    return nonKeywordColors[0]
-  }
-
-  if (alphas.length === 2 && alphas.includes(0)) {
-    return nonKeywordColors.find((color) => color.a !== 0)
+  if (alphas.length === 1 || (alphas.length === 2 && alphas.includes(0))) {
+    return {
+      documentation: nonTransparentColors
+        .find((color) => color.a !== 0)
+        .toRgbString(),
+    }
   }
 
   return null
@@ -99,9 +99,9 @@   }
   return null
 }
 
-function createColor(str: string): TinyColor | string {
-  if (isKeyword(str)) {
-    return str
+function createColor(str: string): TinyColor | 'transparent' {
+  if (str === 'transparent') {
+    return 'transparent'
   }
 
   // matches: rgba(<r>, <g>, <b>, var(--bg-opacity))