@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ export const platformBrowser: (extraProviders?: StaticProvider[]) => PlatformRef
 export function provideClientHydration(...features: HydrationFeature<HydrationFeatureKind>[]): EnvironmentProviders;
 
 // @public
-export function provideCssVarNamespacing(namespace: string): EnvironmentProviders;
+export function provideCssVarNamespacing(namespace?: string): EnvironmentProviders;
 
 // @public
 export function provideProtractorTestingSupport(options?: {
 
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ hostAttrs: [2, "--camel-case", "foo", "--kebab-case", "foo"],
 …
 hostBindings: function MyDirective_HostBindings(rf, ctx) {
   if (rf & 2) {
-    i0.ɵɵstyleProp("--camelCase", ctx.value)("--kebab-case", ctx.value);
+    i0.ɵɵstyleProp("--%NS%camelCase", ctx.value)("--%NS%kebab-case", ctx.value);
   } 
 }
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
   if (rf & 1) {
     i0.ɵɵelement(0, "div", 0);
   } if (rf & 2) {
-    i0.ɵɵstyleProp("--camelCase", ctx.value)("--kebab-case", ctx.value);
+    i0.ɵɵstyleProp("--%NS%camelCase", ctx.value)("--%NS%kebab-case", ctx.value);
   }
 }
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.dev/license
  */
 import * as chars from './chars';
+import {namespaceCssVariable} from './util';
 
 /**
  * The following set contains all keywords that can be used in the animation css shorthand
@@ -1048,25 +1049,19 @@ const _cssVariableRe = /(var\(\s*)?(--(?:[a-zA-Z0-9_-]|[^\x00-\x7F])+)(\s*:)?/g;
  */
 export function namespaceCssVariables(cssText: string): string {
   return cssText.replace(_cssVariableRe, (match, leadingVar, varName, trailingColon) => {
+    // Check for a leading `var(` or trailing `:` to approximate whether we're operating on a
+    // real CSS variable, not another piece of syntax that resembles it. For example, this
+    // guards against:
+    // - `.foo--bar {}`
+    // - `/* --foo */`
+    // - `p { content: "--foo" }`
+    // - `[data---bar] {}`
+    // - `[data-status=foo--bar] {}`
+    // etc.
     if (!leadingVar && !trailingColon) {
       return match;
     }
-
-    if (varName.startsWith('--global-') && !varName.startsWith('--global--')) {
-      throw new Error(
-        `CSS variable "${varName}" has a single hyphen after "--global". ` +
-          `Use two hyphens ("--global--${varName.substring('--global-'.length)}") to opt-out of namespacing.`,
-      );
-    }
-
-    let result;
-    if (varName.startsWith('--global--')) {
-      result = `--${varName.substring('--global--'.length)}`;
-    } else {
-      result = `--%NS%${varName.substring('--'.length)}`;
-    }
-
-    return (leadingVar || '') + result + (trailingColon || '');
+    return (leadingVar ?? '') + namespaceCssVariable(varName) + (trailingColon ?? '');
   });
 }
 
 
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import * as ir from '../../ir';
 
 import type {CompilationJob} from '../compilation';
+import {namespaceCssVariable} from '../../../../util';
 
 const STYLE_DOT = 'style.';
 const CLASS_DOT = 'class.';
@@ -40,6 +41,8 @@ export function parseHostStyleProperties(job: CompilationJob): void {
 
       if (!isCssCustomProperty(op.name)) {
         op.name = hyphenate(op.name);
+      } else {
+        op.name = namespaceCssVariable(op.name);
       }
 
       const {property, suffix} = parseProperty(op.name);
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import {InterpolatedAttributeToken, InterpolatedTextToken} from '../ml_parser/to
 import {ParseError, ParseErrorLevel, ParseSourceSpan} from '../parse_util';
 import {ElementSchemaRegistry} from '../schema/element_schema_registry';
 import {CssSelector} from '../directive_matching';
-import {splitAtColon, splitAtPeriod} from '../util';
+import {namespaceCssVariable, splitAtColon, splitAtPeriod} from '../util';
 import {MATH_ML_NAMESPACE, SVG_NAMESPACE} from '../template/pipeline/src/namespaces';
 
 const PROPERTY_PARTS_SEPARATOR = '.';
@@ -594,7 +594,16 @@ export class BindingParser {
         securityContexts = [SecurityContext.NONE];
       } else if (parts[0] == STYLE_PREFIX) {
         unit = parts.length > 2 ? parts[2] : null;
-        boundPropertyName = parts[1];
+        const boundName = parts[1];
+        if (!boundName.startsWith('--')) {
+          boundPropertyName = boundName;
+        } else {
+          try {
+            boundPropertyName = namespaceCssVariable(boundName);
+          } catch (e) {
+            this._reportError((e as Error).message, boundProp.sourceSpan);
+          }
+        }
         bindingType = BindingType.Style;
         securityContexts = [SecurityContext.STYLE];
       } else if (parts[0] == ANIMATE_PREFIX) {
 
@@ -153,3 +153,25 @@ export function getJitStandaloneDefaultForVersion(version: string): boolean {
   // All other Angular versions (v19+) default to true.
   return true;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Namespaces a CSS variable name and validates its syntax.
+ *
+ * @param varName The CSS variable name starting with `--`.
+ * @throws An Error if the CSS variable is invalid (e.g. has a single hyphen after "--global").
+ * @returns The namespaced CSS variable name.
+ */
+export function namespaceCssVariable(varName: string): string {
+  if (varName.startsWith('--global-') && !varName.startsWith('--global--')) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `CSS variable "${varName}" has a single hyphen after "--global". ` +
+        `Use two hyphens ("--global--${varName.substring('--global-'.length)}") to opt-out of namespacing.`,
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (varName.startsWith('--global--')) {
+    return '--' + varName.substring('--global--'.length);
+  } else {
+    return '--%NS%' + varName.substring('--'.length);
+  }
+}
@@ -78,20 +78,23 @@ export const REMOVE_STYLES_ON_COMPONENT_DESTROY = new InjectionToken<boolean>(
  *
  * Typically set via {@link provideCssVarNamespacing}.
  */
-export const CSS_VAR_NAMESPACE = new InjectionToken<string>('CSS_VAR_NAMESPACE');
+export const CSS_VAR_NAMESPACE = new InjectionToken<string>(
+  typeof ngDevMode !== 'undefined' && ngDevMode ? 'CSS_VAR_NAMESPACE' : '',
+);
 
 /**
  * Configures the application to use the given namespace for all CSS variables.
  *
- * @param namespace The prefix string to use as a namespace. This is typically the `APP_ID`
- *     followed by a separator, such as 'my-app_'.
+ * @param namespace The prefix string to use as a namespace. If not provided, it defaults
+ *     to the `APP_ID`. An underscore is appended unconditionally.
  * @publicApi
  */
-export function provideCssVarNamespacing(namespace: string): EnvironmentProviders {
+export function provideCssVarNamespacing(namespace?: string): EnvironmentProviders {
   return makeEnvironmentProviders([
     {
       provide: CSS_VAR_NAMESPACE,
-      useValue: namespace,
+      useFactory: (appId: string) => `${namespace ?? appId}_`,
+      deps: [APP_ID],
     },
   ]);
 }
@@ -177,7 +180,13 @@ export class DomRendererFactory2 implements RendererFactory2, OnDestroy {
     @Inject(CSS_VAR_NAMESPACE) @Optional() cssVarNamespace: string | null = null,
   ) {
     this.cssVarNamespace = cssVarNamespace ?? '';
-    this.defaultRenderer = new DefaultDomRenderer2(eventManager, doc, ngZone, this.tracingService);
+    this.defaultRenderer = new DefaultDomRenderer2(
+      eventManager,
+      doc,
+      ngZone,
+      this.tracingService,
+      this.cssVarNamespace,
+    );
   }
 
   createRenderer(element: any, type: RendererType2 | null): Renderer2 {
@@ -304,6 +313,7 @@ class DefaultDomRenderer2 implements Renderer2 {
     private readonly doc: Document,
     protected readonly ngZone: NgZone,
     private readonly tracingService: TracingService<TracingSnapshot> | null,
+    private readonly cssVarNamespace: string = '',
   ) {}
 
   destroy(): void {}
@@ -412,15 +422,23 @@ class DefaultDomRenderer2 implements Renderer2 {
   }
 
   setStyle(el: any, style: string, value: any, flags: RendererStyleFlags2): void {
-    if (flags & (RendererStyleFlags2.DashCase | RendererStyleFlags2.Important)) {
+    const isVariable = style.startsWith('--');
+    if (isVariable) {
+      style = style.replace('%NS%', this.cssVarNamespace);
+    }
+    if (isVariable || flags & (RendererStyleFlags2.DashCase | RendererStyleFlags2.Important)) {
       el.style.setProperty(style, value, flags & RendererStyleFlags2.Important ? 'important' : '');
     } else {
       el.style[style] = value;
     }
   }
 
   removeStyle(el: any, style: string, flags: RendererStyleFlags2): void {
-    if (flags & RendererStyleFlags2.DashCase) {
+    const isVariable = style.startsWith('--');
+    if (isVariable) {
+      style = style.replace('%NS%', this.cssVarNamespace);
+    }
+    if (isVariable || flags & RendererStyleFlags2.DashCase) {
       // removeProperty has no effect when used on camelCased properties.
       el.style.removeProperty(style);
     } else {
@@ -538,7 +556,7 @@ class ShadowDomRenderer extends DefaultDomRenderer2 {
     cssVarNamespace: string,
     private sharedStylesHost?: SharedStylesHost,
   ) {
-    super(eventManager, doc, ngZone, tracingService);
+    super(eventManager, doc, ngZone, tracingService, cssVarNamespace);
     this.shadowRoot = (hostEl as any).attachShadow({mode: 'open'});
 
     // SharedStylesHost is used to add styles to the shadow root by ShadowDom.
@@ -628,7 +646,7 @@ class NoneEncapsulationDomRenderer extends DefaultDomRenderer2 {
     cssVarNamespace: string,
     compId?: string,
   ) {
-    super(eventManager, doc, ngZone, tracingService);
+    super(eventManager, doc, ngZone, tracingService, cssVarNamespace);
     let styles = component.styles;
     if (ngDevMode) {
       // We only do this in development, as for production users should not add CSS sourcemaps to components.
 
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.dev/license
  */
 
+import {APP_ID} from '@angular/core';
 import {TestBed} from '@angular/core/testing';
 
 import {CssVarNamespacer} from '../../src/dom/css_var_namespacer';
@@ -14,14 +15,28 @@ import {provideCssVarNamespacing} from '../../src/dom/dom_renderer';
 describe('CssVarNamespacer', () => {
   it('should namespace variables when `CSS_VAR_NAMESPACE` is provided', () => {
     TestBed.configureTestingModule({
-      providers: [CssVarNamespacer, provideCssVarNamespacing('test-app_')],
+      providers: [CssVarNamespacer, provideCssVarNamespacing('test-app')],
     });
 
     const namespacer = TestBed.inject(CssVarNamespacer);
 
     expect(namespacer.namespace('--my-var')).toBe('--test-app_my-var');
   });
 
+  it('should fallback to `APP_ID` with an underscore when no namespace is provided to `provideCssVarNamespacing`', () => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      providers: [
+        CssVarNamespacer,
+        {provide: APP_ID, useValue: 'custom-app'},
+        provideCssVarNamespacing(),
+      ],
+    });
+
+    const namespacer = TestBed.inject(CssVarNamespacer);
+
+    expect(namespacer.namespace('--my-var')).toBe('--custom-app_my-var');
+  });
+
   it('should not namespace variables when `CSS_VAR_NAMESPACE` is not provided', () => {
     TestBed.configureTestingModule({
       providers: [CssVarNamespacer],
 
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ describe('DefaultDomRendererV2', () => {
 
         TestBed.configureTestingModule({
           imports: [CmpNamespaceEmulated],
-          providers: [provideCssVarNamespacing('my-namespace_')],
+          providers: [provideCssVarNamespacing('my-namespace')],
         });
         const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(CmpNamespaceEmulated);
         fixture.detectChanges();
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ describe('DefaultDomRendererV2', () => {
 
         TestBed.configureTestingModule({
           imports: [CmpNamespaceNone],
-          providers: [provideCssVarNamespacing('my-namespace_')],
+          providers: [provideCssVarNamespacing('my-namespace')],
         });
         const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(CmpNamespaceNone);
         fixture.detectChanges();
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ describe('DefaultDomRendererV2', () => {
 
         TestBed.configureTestingModule({
           imports: [CmpNamespaceShadow],
-          providers: [provideCssVarNamespacing('my-namespace_')],
+          providers: [provideCssVarNamespacing('my-namespace')],
         });
         const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(CmpNamespaceShadow);
         fixture.detectChanges();
@@ -498,6 +498,73 @@ describe('DefaultDomRendererV2', () => {
         expect(css).toContain('var(--foo)');
       });
     });
+
+    describe('style property bindings namespacing', () => {
+      it('should namespace style property bindings starting with `--`', () => {
+        @Component({
+          selector: 'cmp-style-prop-namespace',
+          template: `<div [style.--foo]="'blue'"></div>`,
+          standalone: true,
+        })
+        class CmpStylePropNamespace {}
+
+        TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+          imports: [CmpStylePropNamespace],
+          providers: [provideCssVarNamespacing('my-namespace')],
+        });
+        const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(CmpStylePropNamespace);
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+
+        const div = fixture.nativeElement.querySelector('div');
+        expect(div.style.getPropertyValue('--my-namespace_foo')).toBe('blue');
+        expect(div.style.getPropertyValue('--foo')).toBe('');
+      });
+
+      it('should throw an error if style property binding starts with `--global-` with a single hyphen', () => {
+        @Component({
+          selector: 'cmp-style-prop-error',
+          template: `<div [style.--global-foo]="'blue'"></div>`,
+          standalone: true,
+        })
+        class CmpStylePropError {}
+
+        expect(() => {
+          TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+            imports: [CmpStylePropError],
+            providers: [provideCssVarNamespacing('my-namespace')],
+          });
+        }).toThrowError(/CSS variable "--global-foo" has a single hyphen after "--global"/);
+      });
+
+      it('should namespace styles set via Renderer2.setStyle/removeStyle', () => {
+        @Component({
+          selector: 'cmp-renderer-set-style',
+          template: '',
+          standalone: true,
+        })
+        class CmpRendererSetStyle {
+          constructor(public renderer: Renderer2) {}
+        }
+
+        TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+          imports: [CmpRendererSetStyle],
+          providers: [provideCssVarNamespacing('my-namespace')],
+        });
+        const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(CmpRendererSetStyle);
+        const comp = fixture.componentInstance;
+        const div = document.createElement('div');
+
+        comp.renderer.setStyle(div, '--%NS%foo', 'blue');
+        expect(div.style.getPropertyValue('--my-namespace_foo')).toBe('blue');
+
+        comp.renderer.setStyle(div, '--bar', 'red');
+        expect(div.style.getPropertyValue('--bar')).toBe('red');
+        expect(div.style.getPropertyValue('--my-namespace_bar')).toBe('');
+
+        comp.renderer.removeStyle(div, '--%NS%foo');
+        expect(div.style.getPropertyValue('--my-namespace_foo')).toBe('');
+      });
+    });
   });
 });
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`@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ hostAttrs: [2, "--camel-case", "foo", "--kebab-case", "foo"],`
`3`	`3`	`…`
`4`	`4`	`hostBindings: function MyDirective_HostBindings(rf, ctx) {`
`5`	`5`	`if (rf & 2) {`
`6`		`- i0.ɵɵstyleProp("--camelCase", ctx.value)("--kebab-case", ctx.value);`
	`6`	`+ i0.ɵɵstyleProp("--%NS%camelCase", ctx.value)("--%NS%kebab-case", ctx.value);`
`7`	`7`	`}`
`8`	`8`	`}`
Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@`
`4`	`4`	`if (rf & 1) {`
`5`	`5`	`i0.ɵɵelement(0, "div", 0);`
`6`	`6`	`} if (rf & 2) {`
`7`		`- i0.ɵɵstyleProp("--camelCase", ctx.value)("--kebab-case", ctx.value);`
	`7`	`+ i0.ɵɵstyleProp("--%NS%camelCase", ctx.value)("--%NS%kebab-case", ctx.value);`
`8`	`8`	`}`
`9`	`9`	`}`