diff --git a/.storybook/preview.js b/.storybook/preview.js
index fc432f30..fd350e4b 100644
--- a/.storybook/preview.js
+++ b/.storybook/preview.js
@@ -19,7 +19,14 @@ export const decorators = [
 ];
 
 export const parameters = {
-    actions: { argTypesRegex: "^on[A-Z].*" },
+    options: {
+        storySort: {
+            order: ["Configuration", "Components", "Forms", "Extensions", "CMEM", "*"],
+        },
+    },
+    actions: {
+        argTypesRegex: "^on[A-Z].*",
+    },
     controls: {
         matchers: {
             color: /(background|color)$/i,
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f61ca14a..628cb853 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,9 +11,11 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/) and this p
 -   `<ApplicationViewability />`
     -   component for hiding elements in specific media
 -   `<InlineText />`
-    -    force children to get displayed as inline content
+    -   force children to get displayed as inline content
 -   `<StringPreviewContentBlobToggler />`
-    - `useOnly` property: specify if only parts of the content should be used for the shortened preview, this property replaces `firstNonEmptyLineOnly`
+    -   `useOnly` property: specify if only parts of the content should be used for the shortened preview, this property replaces `firstNonEmptyLineOnly`
+-   CSS custom properties
+    -   beside the color palette we now mirror the most important layout configuration variables as CSS custom properties
 
 ### Fixed
 
@@ -21,11 +23,11 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/) and this p
     -   create more whitespace inside `small` tag
     -   reduce visual impact of border
 -   `<StringPreviewContentBlobToggler />`
-    -    take Markdown rendering into account before testing the maximum preview length
+    -   take Markdown rendering into account before testing the maximum preview length
 -   `<NodeContent />`
     -   header-menu items are vertically centered now
 -   `Typography`
-      -   adjust displaying fallback symbols in different browsers
+    -   adjust displaying fallback symbols in different browsers
 
 ### Changed
 
@@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/) and this p
 ### Deprecated
 
 -   `<StringPreviewContentBlobToggler />`
-    -    `firstNonEmptyLineOnly` will be removed, is replaced by `useOnly="firstNonEmptyLine"`
+    -   `firstNonEmptyLineOnly` will be removed, is replaced by `useOnly="firstNonEmptyLine"`
 
 ## [25.0.0] - 2025-12-01
 
diff --git a/src/components/Application/_colors.scss b/src/components/Application/_colors.scss
index 6cd103d1..6a16bd7d 100644
--- a/src/components/Application/_colors.scss
+++ b/src/components/Application/_colors.scss
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 @use "sass:list";
 
 :root {
+    // creating css custom properties from palette colors
     @each $palette-group-name, $palette-group-tints in $eccgui-color-palette-light {
         @each $palette-tint-name, $palette-tint-colors in $palette-group-tints {
             @for $i from 1 through list.length($palette-tint-colors) {
@@ -12,4 +13,18 @@
             }
         }
     }
+
+    // set aliases for base colors
+    --#{$eccgui}-color-primary: #{$eccgui-color-primary};
+    --#{$eccgui}-color-primary-contrast: #{$eccgui-color-primary-contrast};
+    --#{$eccgui}-color-accent: #{$eccgui-color-accent};
+    --#{$eccgui}-color-accent-contrast: #{$eccgui-color-accent-contrast};
+    --#{$eccgui}-color-success-foreground: #{$eccgui-color-success-text};
+    --#{$eccgui}-color-success-background: #{$eccgui-color-success-background};
+    --#{$eccgui}-color-info-foreground: #{$eccgui-color-info-text};
+    --#{$eccgui}-color-info-background: #{$eccgui-color-info-background};
+    --#{$eccgui}-color-warning-foreground: #{$eccgui-color-warning-text};
+    --#{$eccgui}-color-warning-background: #{$eccgui-color-warning-background};
+    --#{$eccgui}-color-danger-foreground: #{$eccgui-color-danger-text};
+    --#{$eccgui}-color-danger-background: #{$eccgui-color-danger-background};
 }
diff --git a/src/configuration/_customproperties.scss b/src/configuration/_customproperties.scss
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e72ba008
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/configuration/_customproperties.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/**
+ * We mirror our SCSS variables here to improve availability in inline styles
+ * and module styles without included SCSS config stack.
+ * Colors are set in `src/components/Application/_colors.scss`.
+ */
+
+:root {
+    --#{$eccgui}-size-typo-caption: #{$eccgui-size-typo-caption};
+    --#{$eccgui}-size-typo-caption-lineheight: #{$eccgui-size-typo-caption-lineheight};
+    --#{$eccgui}-size-typo-text: #{$eccgui-size-typo-text};
+    --#{$eccgui}-size-typo-text-lineheight: #{$eccgui-size-typo-text-lineheight};
+    --#{$eccgui}-size-typo-subtitle: #{$eccgui-size-typo-subtitle};
+    --#{$eccgui}-size-typo-subtitle-lineheight: #{$eccgui-size-typo-subtitle-lineheight};
+    --#{$eccgui}-size-typo-title: #{$eccgui-size-typo-title};
+    --#{$eccgui}-size-typo-title-lineheight: #{$eccgui-size-typo-title-lineheight};
+    --#{$eccgui}-size-typo-headline: #{$eccgui-size-typo-headline};
+    --#{$eccgui}-size-typo-headline-lineheight: #{$eccgui-size-typo-headline-lineheight};
+    --#{$eccgui}-font-weight-light: #{$eccgui-font-weight-light};
+    --#{$eccgui}-font-weight-regular: #{$eccgui-font-weight-regular};
+    --#{$eccgui}-font-weight-bold: #{$eccgui-font-weight-bold};
+    --#{$eccgui}-font-spacing-condensed: #{$eccgui-font-spacing-condensed};
+    --#{$eccgui}-font-spacing-regular: #{$eccgui-font-spacing-regular};
+    --#{$eccgui}-font-spacing-wide: #{$eccgui-font-spacing-wide};
+    --#{$eccgui}-size-block-whitespace: #{$eccgui-size-block-whitespace};
+    --#{$eccgui}-size-inline-whitespace: #{$eccgui-size-inline-whitespace};
+    --#{$eccgui}-opacity-regular: #{$eccgui-opacity-regular};
+    --#{$eccgui}-opacity-narrow: #{$eccgui-opacity-narrow};
+    --#{$eccgui}-opacity-muted: #{$eccgui-opacity-muted};
+    --#{$eccgui}-opacity-disabled: #{$eccgui-opacity-disabled};
+    --#{$eccgui}-opacity-ghostly: #{$eccgui-opacity-ghostly};
+    --#{$eccgui}-opacity-invisible: #{$eccgui-opacity-invisible};
+}
diff --git a/src/configuration/stories/customproperties.stories.tsx b/src/configuration/stories/customproperties.stories.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..93722ed8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/configuration/stories/customproperties.stories.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+import React from "react";
+import { Meta, StoryFn } from "@storybook/react";
+
+import CssCustomProperties from "../../common/utils/CssCustomProperties";
+import {
+    Section,
+    SectionHeader,
+    Spacing,
+    Table,
+    TableBody,
+    TableCell,
+    TableContainer,
+    TableHead,
+    TableHeader,
+    TableRow,
+    TitleSubsection,
+} from "../../components";
+import { CLASSPREFIX as eccgui } from "../../index";
+
+const groups: { title: string; filterName: (name: string) => boolean }[] = [
+    {
+        title: "Typography",
+        filterName: (name) => name.startsWith(`--${eccgui}-size-typo`),
+    },
+    {
+        title: "Font weights and spacing",
+        filterName: (name) => name.startsWith(`--${eccgui}-font`),
+    },
+    {
+        title: "Whitespace",
+        filterName: (name) => name.startsWith(`--${eccgui}-size-block`) || name.startsWith(`--${eccgui}-size-inline`),
+    },
+    {
+        title: "Color aliases",
+        filterName: (name) => name.startsWith(`--${eccgui}-color`) && !name.startsWith(`--${eccgui}-color-palette`),
+    },
+    {
+        title: "Opacity",
+        filterName: (name) => name.startsWith(`--${eccgui}-opacity`),
+    },
+    {
+        title: "Palette colors",
+        filterName: (name) => name.startsWith(`--${eccgui}-color-palette`),
+    },
+];
+
+const CssCustomPropertiesOverview = () => {
+    return (
+        <>
+            {groups.map(({ title, filterName }) => {
+                const properties = new CssCustomProperties({
+                    selectorText: ":root",
+                    filterName,
+                    removeDashPrefix: false,
+                    returnObject: false,
+                }).customProperties() as string[][];
+
+                return (
+                    <React.Fragment key={title}>
+                        <Section>
+                            <SectionHeader>
+                                <TitleSubsection>{title}</TitleSubsection>
+                            </SectionHeader>
+                            <Spacing size="tiny" />
+                            <TableContainer>
+                                <Table columnWidths={["60%", "40%"]}>
+                                    <TableHead>
+                                        <TableRow>
+                                            <TableHeader>CSS custom property</TableHeader>
+                                            <TableHeader>Current value</TableHeader>
+                                        </TableRow>
+                                    </TableHead>
+                                    <TableBody>
+                                        {properties.map(([name, value]) => (
+                                            <TableRow key={name}>
+                                                <TableCell>
+                                                    <code>{name}</code>
+                                                </TableCell>
+                                                <TableCell>
+                                                    {name.startsWith(`--${eccgui}-color`) && (
+                                                        <span
+                                                            style={{
+                                                                display: "inline-block",
+                                                                width: `var(--${eccgui}-size-block-whitespace)`,
+                                                                height: `var(--${eccgui}-size-block-whitespace)`,
+                                                                backgroundColor: value,
+                                                                verticalAlign: "middle",
+                                                                marginRight: `var(--${eccgui}-size-inline-whitespace)`,
+                                                                border: "1px solid currentColor",
+                                                            }}
+                                                        />
+                                                    )}
+                                                    <code>{value}</code>
+                                                </TableCell>
+                                            </TableRow>
+                                        ))}
+                                    </TableBody>
+                                </Table>
+                            </TableContainer>
+                        </Section>
+                        <Spacing size="large" />
+                    </React.Fragment>
+                );
+            })}
+        </>
+    );
+};
+
+/**
+ * We mirror our SCSS configuration variables as CSS custom vars.
+ * This way they can be easily used for inline styles or in CSS modules without SCSS includes.
+ */
+export default {
+    title: "Configuration/CSS Custom Properties",
+    component: CssCustomPropertiesOverview,
+} as Meta<typeof CssCustomPropertiesOverview>;
+
+export const Default: StoryFn = () => <CssCustomPropertiesOverview />;
diff --git a/src/index.scss b/src/index.scss
index f6707112..ad01bc16 100644
--- a/src/index.scss
+++ b/src/index.scss
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 // == load default configuration ===============================================
 
 @import "./configuration/variables";
+@import "./configuration/customproperties"; // mirror config as custom properties
 
 // == Necessary imports from libraries =========================================