diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/editor/QueryEditor.vue b/apps/desktop/src/components/editor/QueryEditor.vue
index 8163a8bf34..6da5d8b7f7 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/components/editor/QueryEditor.vue
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/editor/QueryEditor.vue
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ let lastHandledCompressRequestId = 0;
 
 <script setup lang="ts">
 import { ref, onMounted, onBeforeUnmount, onActivated, onDeactivated, watch, shallowRef, computed, nextTick } from "vue";
-import { AlignLeft, Camera, CaseLower, CaseSensitive, CaseUpper, ClipboardPaste, Code2, Download, Eye, FileCode, MessageSquareText, Minimize2, Pencil, PencilRuler, Play, Copy, List, Scissors, Search, Sparkles, Table2, TextSelect, Trash2 } from "@lucide/vue";
+import { AlignLeft, Camera, CaseLower, CaseSensitive, CaseUpper, ClipboardPaste, Code2, Download, Eye, FileCode, Highlighter, MessageSquareText, Minimize2, Pencil, PencilRuler, Play, Copy, List, Scissors, Search, Sparkles, Table2, TextSelect, Trash2 } from "@lucide/vue";
 import { useI18n } from "vue-i18n";
 import type { Completion, CompletionContext } from "@codemirror/autocomplete";
 import { Transaction, StateEffect } from "@codemirror/state";
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ import {
 } from "@/lib/editor/queryEditorTableDrop";
 import { isPointOverElementRoot } from "@/lib/editor/tableReferenceDragFeedback";
 import type { SqlHighlighter } from "@/lib/sql/sqlHighlighter";
+import { copySqlAsRichText } from "@/lib/sql/sqlRichText";
 import { EDITOR_FONT_FAMILY_CSS_VAR, EDITOR_FONT_SIZE_CSS_VAR, editorDiagnosticColors, editorThemeAppearanceFor, loadEditorTheme, editorFontTheme, shellLineCommentTheme, sqlCompletionTheme, sqlSemanticHighlightTheme } from "@/lib/editor/editorThemes";
 import { createStatementGutterMarkerDom, shouldShowStatementGutter } from "@/lib/editor/codemirrorStatementGutter";
 import { createQueryEditorSqlShortcutDomHandler, isCharacterProducingShortcut } from "@/lib/editor/queryEditorSqlShortcut";
@@ -1614,6 +1615,18 @@ async function copySelectedSqlFromContextMenu() {
   }
 }
 
+// 富文本复制：写入 text/html + text/plain，粘贴到邮件/Word/IM 时保留语法高亮。
+async function copySelectedSqlAsRichTextFromContextMenu() {
+  if (!canCopySelectedSql.value) return;
+  try {
+    await copySqlAsRichText(selectedSql.value);
+    toast(t("grid.copied"));
+    focusEditor();
+  } catch (e: any) {
+    toast(t("grid.copyFailed", { message: e?.message || String(e) }), 5000);
+  }
+}
+
 async function cutSelectedSqlFromContextMenu() {
   if (!canCopySelectedSql.value) return;
   const currentView = view.value;
@@ -2044,6 +2057,12 @@ const contextMenuItems = computed<ContextMenuItem[]>(() => {
       icon: Copy,
       shortcut: "Mod+C",
     },
+    {
+      label: t("editor.contextMenu.copySelectionAsRichText"),
+      action: copySelectedSqlAsRichTextFromContextMenu,
+      disabled: !canCopySelectedSql.value,
+      icon: Highlighter,
+    },
     {
       label: t("editor.contextMenu.screenshotSelection"),
       action: () => {
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/az.ts b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/az.ts
index 02d95b605e..277aee4de6 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/az.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/az.ts
@@ -1444,6 +1444,7 @@ export default withEnglishFallback({
       export: "İxrac et",
       exportQueryResultTo: "Cari sorğunun nəticəsini {format} formatına ixrac et",
       copySelection: "Seçimi kopyala",
+      copySelectionAsRichText: "Zəngin mətn kimi kopyala",
       screenshotSelection: "Seçilmiş kodun ekran görüntüsünü çək",
       commentSelection: "Seçimi şərhə çevir",
       blockCommentSelection: "Seçimi blok şərhinə çevir",
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/en.ts b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/en.ts
index 222235e8c7..c676367767 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/en.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/en.ts
@@ -1561,6 +1561,7 @@ export default {
       export: "Export",
       exportQueryResultTo: "Export current query result to {format}",
       copySelection: "Copy selection",
+      copySelectionAsRichText: "Copy as Rich Text",
       screenshotSelection: "Screenshot Selected Code",
       commentSelection: "Comment selection",
       blockCommentSelection: "Block comment selection",
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/es.ts b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/es.ts
index 13a5d4d19b..0236870d90 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/es.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/es.ts
@@ -1526,6 +1526,7 @@ export default withEnglishFallback({
       export: "Exportar",
       exportQueryResultTo: "Exportar el conjunto de resultados de la consulta actual a {format}",
       copySelection: "Copiar seleccion",
+      copySelectionAsRichText: "Copiar como texto enriquecido",
       screenshotSelection: "Capturar código seleccionado",
       commentSelection: "Comentar selección",
       blockCommentSelection: "Comentario de bloque en la selección",
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/it.ts b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/it.ts
index d6dcfab8e4..a9a441a8c0 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/it.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/it.ts
@@ -1524,6 +1524,7 @@ export default withEnglishFallback({
       export: "Esporta",
       exportQueryResultTo: "Esporta il set di risultati della query corrente in {format}",
       copySelection: "Copia selezione",
+      copySelectionAsRichText: "Copia come testo formattato",
       screenshotSelection: "Cattura codice selezionato",
       commentSelection: "Commenta selezione",
       blockCommentSelection: "Commenta selezione a blocco",
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/ja.ts b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/ja.ts
index c45b812ff1..22c569c9d2 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/ja.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/ja.ts
@@ -1544,6 +1544,7 @@ export default withEnglishFallback({
       export: "エクスポート",
       exportQueryResultTo: "現在のクエリ結果セットを {format} にエクスポート",
       copySelection: "選択範囲をコピー",
+      copySelectionAsRichText: "リッチテキストとしてコピー",
       screenshotSelection: "選択したコードをスクリーンショット",
       commentSelection: "選択範囲をコメント化",
       blockCommentSelection: "選択範囲をブロックコメント化",
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/ko.ts b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/ko.ts
index 0908695f05..afa929c699 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/ko.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/ko.ts
@@ -1444,6 +1444,7 @@ export default withEnglishFallback({
       export: "내보내기",
       exportQueryResultTo: "현재 쿼리 결과를 {format}(으)로 내보내기",
       copySelection: "선택 영역 복사",
+      copySelectionAsRichText: "서식 있는 텍스트로 복사",
       screenshotSelection: "선택한 코드 스크린샷",
       commentSelection: "선택 항목 주석 처리",
       blockCommentSelection: "선택 항목 블록 주석 처리",
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/pt-BR.ts b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/pt-BR.ts
index e4aa8e93db..7138fcc1ad 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/pt-BR.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/pt-BR.ts
@@ -1525,6 +1525,7 @@ export default withEnglishFallback({
       export: "Exportar",
       exportQueryResultTo: "Exportar conjunto de resultados da consulta atual para {format}",
       copySelection: "Copiar seleção",
+      copySelectionAsRichText: "Copiar como texto formatado",
       screenshotSelection: "Capturar código selecionado",
       commentSelection: "Comentar seleção",
       blockCommentSelection: "Comentário de bloco na seleção",
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/tr.ts b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/tr.ts
index 0df0d30334..bfe385e46f 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/tr.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/tr.ts
@@ -1446,6 +1446,7 @@ export default withEnglishFallback({
       export: "Dışa Aktar",
       exportQueryResultTo: "Geçerli sorgu sonucunu {format} olarak dışa aktar",
       copySelection: "Seçimi kopyala",
+      copySelectionAsRichText: "Zengin metin olarak kopyala",
       screenshotSelection: "Seçili Kodun Ekran Görüntüsü",
       commentSelection: "Seçimi yorum satırı yap",
       blockCommentSelection: "Seçimi blok yorum yap",
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/zh-CN.ts b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/zh-CN.ts
index 2e35a496dd..afa99323b0 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/zh-CN.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/zh-CN.ts
@@ -1476,6 +1476,7 @@ export default withEnglishFallback({
       export: "导出",
       exportQueryResultTo: "导出当前查询结果集到 {format}",
       copySelection: "复制选中内容",
+      copySelectionAsRichText: "复制为富文本",
       screenshotSelection: "截图选中代码",
       commentSelection: "注释选中内容",
       blockCommentSelection: "块注释选中内容",
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/zh-TW.ts b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/zh-TW.ts
index c7627d0889..55c6bb728b 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/zh-TW.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/i18n/locales/zh-TW.ts
@@ -1524,6 +1524,7 @@ export default withEnglishFallback({
       export: "匯出",
       exportQueryResultTo: "匯出目前查詢結果集到 {format}",
       copySelection: "複製選取內容",
+      copySelectionAsRichText: "複製為豐富文字",
       screenshotSelection: "截圖選中程式碼",
       commentSelection: "註解選取內容",
       blockCommentSelection: "區塊註解選取內容",
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/lib/common/__tests__/clipboard.spec.ts b/apps/desktop/src/lib/common/__tests__/clipboard.spec.ts
index 534d6406a6..e80f3b3fff 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/lib/common/__tests__/clipboard.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/lib/common/__tests__/clipboard.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 
-import { clipboardLineEndings, copyToClipboard, type ClipboardEnvironment } from "@/lib/common/clipboard";
+import { clipboardLineEndings, copyRichTextToClipboard, copyToClipboard, type ClipboardEnvironment } from "@/lib/common/clipboard";
 
 afterEach(() => {
   vi.restoreAllMocks();
@@ -87,3 +87,72 @@ describe("clipboardLineEndings", () => {
     expect(clipboardLineEndings("a\nb", "linux")).toBe("a\nb");
   });
 });
+
+class FakeBlob {
+  constructor(
+    readonly parts: readonly string[],
+    readonly options?: { type?: string },
+  ) {}
+}
+
+class FakeClipboardItem {
+  constructor(readonly items: Record<string, unknown>) {}
+}
+
+function richClipboardEnvironment(write = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined)) {
+  const env: ClipboardEnvironment = {
+    navigator: { clipboard: { write } },
+    ClipboardItem: FakeClipboardItem,
+    Blob: FakeBlob,
+  };
+  return { env, write };
+}
+
+describe("copyRichTextToClipboard", () => {
+  it("writes an html flavor and a plain-text flavor in one item", async () => {
+    const { env, write } = richClipboardEnvironment();
+
+    await copyRichTextToClipboard('<pre style="color:#000">SELECT</pre>', "SELECT", env);
+
+    expect(write).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    const [items] = write.mock.calls[0]!;
+    const [item] = items as FakeClipboardItem[];
+    const flavors = item!.items;
+    expect(flavors["text/html"]).toMatchObject({ parts: ['<pre style="color:#000">SELECT</pre>'], options: { type: "text/html" } });
+    expect(flavors["text/plain"]).toMatchObject({ parts: ["SELECT"], options: { type: "text/plain" } });
+  });
+
+  it("normalizes the plain-text flavor to CRLF on Windows", async () => {
+    vi.spyOn(navigator, "userAgent", "get").mockReturnValue("Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64)");
+    const { env, write } = richClipboardEnvironment();
+
+    await copyRichTextToClipboard("<pre>SELECT 1\nFROM t</pre>", "SELECT 1\nFROM t", env);
+
+    const [items] = write.mock.calls[0]!;
+    const [item] = items as FakeClipboardItem[];
+    expect(item!.items["text/html"]).toMatchObject({ parts: ["<pre>SELECT 1\nFROM t</pre>"] });
+    expect(item!.items["text/plain"]).toMatchObject({ parts: ["SELECT 1\r\nFROM t"] });
+  });
+
+  it("falls back to plain text when the async clipboard rejects the rich write", async () => {
+    const writeText = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+    const env: ClipboardEnvironment = {
+      navigator: { clipboard: { write: vi.fn().mockRejectedValue(new Error("denied")), writeText } },
+      ClipboardItem: FakeClipboardItem,
+      Blob: FakeBlob,
+    };
+
+    await copyRichTextToClipboard("<pre>SELECT</pre>", "SELECT", env);
+
+    expect(writeText).toHaveBeenCalledWith("SELECT");
+  });
+
+  it("falls back to the legacy copy path when no rich clipboard api exists", async () => {
+    const { env, textarea } = legacyClipboardEnvironment();
+
+    await copyRichTextToClipboard("<pre>SELECT 1;</pre>", "SELECT 1;", env);
+
+    expect(textarea.value).toBe("SELECT 1;");
+    expect(env.document?.execCommand).toHaveBeenCalledWith("copy");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/lib/common/clipboard.ts b/apps/desktop/src/lib/common/clipboard.ts
index 27c2a70e0e..7f2de095e9 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/lib/common/clipboard.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/lib/common/clipboard.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { getPlatform, type Platform } from "@/lib/backend/platform";
 interface ClipboardApi {
   readText?: () => Promise<string> | string;
   writeText?: (text: string) => Promise<void> | void;
+  write?: (items: readonly unknown[]) => Promise<void> | void;
 }
 
 interface ClipboardNavigator {
@@ -38,9 +39,17 @@ interface ClipboardDocument {
   execCommand?(command: string): boolean;
 }
 
+/** Structural stand-ins for the DOM constructors used by the rich-text path. */
+type ClipboardItemConstructor = new (items: Record<string, unknown>) => unknown;
+type ClipboardBlobConstructor = new (parts: readonly string[], options?: { type?: string }) => unknown;
+
 export interface ClipboardEnvironment {
   navigator?: ClipboardNavigator;
   document?: ClipboardDocument;
+  /** Injected for tests; resolves from `globalThis` in the app. */
+  ClipboardItem?: ClipboardItemConstructor;
+  /** Injected for tests; resolves from `globalThis` in the app. */
+  Blob?: ClipboardBlobConstructor;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -202,3 +211,51 @@ export async function copyToClipboard(text: string, env: ClipboardEnvironment =
     container.removeChild(textarea);
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Write both an HTML flavor and a plain-text flavor to the system clipboard.
+ *
+ * Rich-text targets (email clients, Word, chat apps) pick up `text/html` and
+ * keep the formatting, while plain-text targets fall back to `text` — so the
+ * same copy works everywhere.
+ *
+ * Order of attempts:
+ * 1. Tauri `clipboard-manager` `writeHtml`, whose `altText` argument is the
+ *    plain-text flavor.
+ * 2. Web `navigator.clipboard.write` with a two-flavor `ClipboardItem`.
+ * 3. Plain text via {@link copyToClipboard}. Rich writes need a secure
+ *    context, and a non-secure web deployment should still copy something
+ *    rather than fail.
+ */
+export async function copyRichTextToClipboard(html: string, text: string, env: ClipboardEnvironment = globalThis as unknown as ClipboardEnvironment): Promise<void> {
+  text = clipboardLineEndings(text);
+  if (isTauriRuntime(env as unknown as Record<string, unknown>)) {
+    try {
+      const { writeHtml } = await import("@tauri-apps/plugin-clipboard-manager");
+      await writeHtml(html, text);
+      recordClipboardWrite();
+      return;
+    } catch {
+      // Fall through to the Web Clipboard rich-text path.
+    }
+  }
+
+  try {
+    const ClipboardItem = env.ClipboardItem;
+    const Blob = env.Blob;
+    if (env.navigator?.clipboard?.write && typeof ClipboardItem === "function" && typeof Blob === "function") {
+      await env.navigator.clipboard.write([
+        new ClipboardItem({
+          "text/html": new Blob([html], { type: "text/html" }),
+          "text/plain": new Blob([text], { type: "text/plain" }),
+        }),
+      ]);
+      recordClipboardWrite();
+      return;
+    }
+  } catch {
+    // Fall through to the plain-text path so the copy still succeeds.
+  }
+
+  await copyToClipboard(text, env);
+}
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/lib/sql/__tests__/sqlRichText.spec.ts b/apps/desktop/src/lib/sql/__tests__/sqlRichText.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0673d5f4f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/lib/sql/__tests__/sqlRichText.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+
+vi.mock("@/lib/common/clipboard", () => ({
+  copyRichTextToClipboard: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+}));
+
+import { copyRichTextToClipboard } from "@/lib/common/clipboard";
+import { copySqlAsRichText, renderSqlRichTextHtml } from "@/lib/sql/sqlRichText";
+
+describe("renderSqlRichTextHtml", () => {
+  it("emits token colors as inline styles inside a single pre", async () => {
+    const html = await renderSqlRichTextHtml("SELECT id FROM users;");
+
+    expect(html.startsWith('<pre style="')).toBe(true);
+    expect(html.endsWith("</pre>")).toBe(true);
+    expect(html).toContain('<span style="color:');
+    expect(html).toContain("SELECT");
+    expect(html).toContain("users");
+  });
+
+  it("carries no class attributes or style blocks that mail clients would strip", async () => {
+    const html = await renderSqlRichTextHtml("SELECT id FROM users WHERE name = 'ada';");
+
+    expect(html).not.toContain("class=");
+    expect(html).not.toContain("<style");
+    expect(html).not.toContain("<code");
+  });
+
+  it("declares a monospace font and light colors on the pre itself", async () => {
+    const html = await renderSqlRichTextHtml("SELECT 1;");
+    const preStyle = html.slice(0, html.indexOf(">"));
+
+    expect(preStyle).toContain("font-family:");
+    expect(preStyle).toContain("monospace");
+    expect(preStyle).toContain("white-space:pre");
+    expect(preStyle).toContain("background-color:#ffffff");
+  });
+
+  it("escapes html-sensitive characters from the source", async () => {
+    const html = await renderSqlRichTextHtml("SELECT '<b>&</b>';");
+
+    expect(html).not.toContain("<b>");
+    expect(html).toContain("&lt;b&gt;");
+    expect(html).toContain("&amp;");
+  });
+
+  it("keeps one newline per source line break so indentation survives the paste", async () => {
+    const html = await renderSqlRichTextHtml("SELECT a,\n       b\nFROM t;");
+
+    expect(html.match(/\n/g)).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(html).toContain("       b");
+  });
+
+  it("falls back to uncolored markup for sources too large to tokenize", async () => {
+    const html = await renderSqlRichTextHtml("SELECT 1;\n".repeat(25_000));
+
+    expect(html.startsWith('<pre style="')).toBe(true);
+    expect(html).not.toContain('<span style="color:');
+  });
+});
+
+describe("copySqlAsRichText", () => {
+  it("writes the highlighted html alongside the untouched plain text", async () => {
+    const sql = "SELECT id FROM users;";
+
+    await copySqlAsRichText(sql);
+
+    expect(copyRichTextToClipboard).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    const [html, text] = vi.mocked(copyRichTextToClipboard).mock.calls[0]!;
+    expect(text).toBe(sql);
+    expect(html).toContain('<span style="color:');
+    expect(html).toContain("SELECT");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/lib/sql/sqlHighlighter.ts b/apps/desktop/src/lib/sql/sqlHighlighter.ts
index 1c50fd6f15..a8c903ca01 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/lib/sql/sqlHighlighter.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/lib/sql/sqlHighlighter.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const SHIKI_THEMES = {
   },
 } as const;
 
-type ShikiHighlighter = Awaited<ReturnType<typeof import("shiki/core").createHighlighterCore>>;
+export type ShikiHighlighter = Awaited<ReturnType<typeof import("shiki/core").createHighlighterCore>>;
 type ShikiCodeHighlighter = Pick<ShikiHighlighter, "codeToHtml">;
 
 let highlighterPromise: Promise<ShikiHighlighter> | undefined;
@@ -68,7 +68,12 @@ export function escapeHtml(content: string): string {
   });
 }
 
-function getShikiSqlHighlighter(): Promise<ShikiHighlighter> {
+/**
+ * Lazily-initialized shared highlighter. Exported so other SQL renderers
+ * (e.g. rich-text copy) reuse one Shiki instance instead of loading the SQL
+ * grammar and themes a second time.
+ */
+export function getShikiSqlHighlighter(): Promise<ShikiHighlighter> {
   highlighterPromise ??= loadShikiSqlHighlighter();
   return highlighterPromise;
 }
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/lib/sql/sqlRichText.ts b/apps/desktop/src/lib/sql/sqlRichText.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9601f89ea0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/lib/sql/sqlRichText.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+/**
+ * Rich-text (HTML) rendering for SQL, used when copying code out of the editor
+ * into rich-text targets such as email clients, Word, or chat apps.
+ *
+ * Email clients strip `<style>` blocks and `class` attributes, so every token
+ * color is emitted as an inline `style` attribute and the whole snippet lives
+ * in a single `<pre>` that carries its own inline layout. Nothing here depends
+ * on a stylesheet surviving the paste.
+ *
+ * The light theme is forced regardless of the app appearance: some clients
+ * (Outlook's Word-based renderer in particular) drop `background-color`, and
+ * dark text on a white mail body stays readable where light-on-dark would not.
+ */
+import { copyRichTextToClipboard } from "@/lib/common/clipboard";
+import { escapeHtml, getShikiSqlHighlighter, type ShikiHighlighter } from "@/lib/sql/sqlHighlighter";
+
+const SQL_LANG = "sql";
+const RICH_TEXT_THEME = "github-light";
+
+const FOREGROUND = "#24292e";
+const BACKGROUND = "#ffffff";
+const BORDER = "#d0d7de";
+const FONT_STACK = "ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, 'SF Mono', Menlo, Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', monospace";
+
+/** Shiki `FontStyle` bitmask values. */
+const FONT_STYLE_ITALIC = 1;
+const FONT_STYLE_BOLD = 2;
+const FONT_STYLE_UNDERLINE = 4;
+
+/**
+ * Above this size we skip tokenizing and emit uncolored markup. Copying a
+ * multi-hundred-kilobyte query should still work, just without highlighting.
+ */
+const MAX_HIGHLIGHTED_LENGTH = 200_000;
+
+interface RichTextToken {
+  content: string;
+  color?: string;
+  fontStyle?: number;
+}
+
+type ShikiTokenHighlighter = Pick<ShikiHighlighter, "codeToTokensBase">;
+
+/**
+ * Render SQL as a self-contained, paste-friendly HTML fragment.
+ *
+ * Never throws: if Shiki cannot load or cannot parse the input, the result is
+ * the escaped source in the same `<pre>` shell, so the copy degrades to
+ * uncolored monospace instead of failing.
+ */
+export async function renderSqlRichTextHtml(code: string): Promise<string> {
+  if (code.length > MAX_HIGHLIGHTED_LENGTH) {
+    return wrapInPre(escapeHtml(code));
+  }
+
+  try {
+    const highlighter: ShikiTokenHighlighter = await getShikiSqlHighlighter();
+    const lines = highlighter.codeToTokensBase(code, { lang: SQL_LANG, theme: RICH_TEXT_THEME });
+    const body = lines.map((line) => line.map(tokenToHtml).join("")).join("\n");
+    return wrapInPre(body);
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.warn("[DBX][sqlRichText] Failed to highlight SQL, falling back to plain markup:", error);
+    return wrapInPre(escapeHtml(code));
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Copy SQL to the clipboard as both HTML and plain text.
+ *
+ * Rich-text targets get the highlighted snippet; plain-text targets (a terminal,
+ * another SQL editor) get the original `code` unchanged.
+ */
+export async function copySqlAsRichText(code: string): Promise<void> {
+  const html = await renderSqlRichTextHtml(code);
+  await copyRichTextToClipboard(html, code);
+}
+
+function tokenToHtml(token: RichTextToken): string {
+  const style = tokenStyle(token);
+  const escaped = escapeHtml(token.content);
+  return style ? `<span style="${style}">${escaped}</span>` : escaped;
+}
+
+function tokenStyle(token: RichTextToken): string {
+  const parts: string[] = [];
+  if (token.color) parts.push(`color:${token.color}`);
+
+  const fontStyle = token.fontStyle ?? 0;
+  if (fontStyle & FONT_STYLE_ITALIC) parts.push("font-style:italic");
+  if (fontStyle & FONT_STYLE_BOLD) parts.push("font-weight:bold");
+  if (fontStyle & FONT_STYLE_UNDERLINE) parts.push("text-decoration:underline");
+
+  return parts.join(";");
+}
+
+function wrapInPre(innerHtml: string): string {
+  const style = [`font-family:${FONT_STACK}`, "font-size:13px", "line-height:1.55", `color:${FOREGROUND}`, `background-color:${BACKGROUND}`, `border:1px solid ${BORDER}`, "border-radius:6px", "padding:12px 14px", "margin:0", "white-space:pre", "overflow-x:auto"].join(";");
+
+  return `<pre style="${style}">${innerHtml}</pre>`;
+}
diff --git a/src-tauri/capabilities/default.json b/src-tauri/capabilities/default.json
index 64c5c60b6e..ef236c264b 100644
--- a/src-tauri/capabilities/default.json
+++ b/src-tauri/capabilities/default.json
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     "clipboard-manager:allow-read-text",
     "clipboard-manager:allow-write-text",
     "clipboard-manager:allow-write-image",
+    "clipboard-manager:allow-write-html",
     "dialog:default",
     "dialog:allow-save",
     "dialog:allow-open",