diff --git a/fixtures/TEST_STYLESHEET_LINK.md b/fixtures/TEST_STYLESHEET_LINK.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..90ad264547
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fixtures/TEST_STYLESHEET_LINK.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<link href="/@global/global.css" rel="stylesheet">
diff --git a/lychee-bin/tests/cli.rs b/lychee-bin/tests/cli.rs
index fcb7530cb7..637a59d8f0 100644
--- a/lychee-bin/tests/cli.rs
+++ b/lychee-bin/tests/cli.rs
@@ -231,6 +231,17 @@ mod cli {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_stylesheet_misinterpreted_as_email() -> Result<()> {
+        test_json_output!(
+            "TEST_STYLESHEET_LINK.md",
+            MockResponseStats {
+                total: 0,
+                ..MockResponseStats::default()
+            }
+        )
+    }
+
     /// Test that a GitHub link can be checked without specifying the token.
     #[test]
     fn test_check_github_no_token() -> Result<()> {
diff --git a/lychee-lib/src/extract/html/html5ever.rs b/lychee-lib/src/extract/html/html5ever.rs
index 0a1414855b..1d30888a21 100644
--- a/lychee-lib/src/extract/html/html5ever.rs
+++ b/lychee-lib/src/extract/html/html5ever.rs
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ impl TokenSink for LinkExtractor {
                     return TokenSinkResult::Continue;
                 }
 
-                for attr in attrs {
+                for attr in &attrs {
                     let urls = LinkExtractor::extract_urls_from_elem_attr(
                         &attr.name.local,
                         &name,
@@ -104,8 +104,11 @@ impl TokenSink for LinkExtractor {
                         Some(urls) => urls
                             .into_iter()
                             .filter(|url| {
-                                // Only accept email addresses, which occur in `href` attributes
-                                // and start with `mailto:`. Technically, email addresses could
+                                // Only accept email addresses which
+                                // - occur in `href` attributes
+                                // - start with `mailto:`
+                                //
+                                // Technically, email addresses could
                                 // also occur in plain text, but we don't want to extract those
                                 // because of the high false positive rate.
                                 //
@@ -115,6 +118,18 @@ impl TokenSink for LinkExtractor {
                                 let is_phone = url.starts_with("tel:");
                                 let is_href = attr.name.local.as_ref() == "href";
 
+                                if attrs.iter().any(|attr| {
+                                    &attr.name.local == "rel" && attr.value.contains("stylesheet")
+                                }) {
+                                    // Skip virtual/framework-specific stylesheet paths that start with /@ or @
+                                    // These are typically resolved by dev servers or build tools rather than being real URLs
+                                    // Examples: /@global/style.css, @tailwind/base.css as in
+                                    // `<link href="/@global/style.css" rel="stylesheet">`
+                                    if url.starts_with("/@") || url.starts_with('@') {
+                                        return false;
+                                    }
+                                }
+
                                 !is_email || (is_mailto && is_href) || (is_phone && is_href)
                             })
                             .map(|url| RawUri {
@@ -466,4 +481,14 @@ mod tests {
         let uris = extract_html(input, false);
         assert!(uris.is_empty());
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_skip_emails_in_stylesheets() {
+        let input = r#"
+            <link href="/@global/global.css" rel="stylesheet">
+        "#;
+
+        let uris = extract_html(input, false);
+        assert!(uris.is_empty());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/lychee-lib/src/extract/html/html5gum.rs b/lychee-lib/src/extract/html/html5gum.rs
index 5fb41be69f..d28007af00 100644
--- a/lychee-lib/src/extract/html/html5gum.rs
+++ b/lychee-lib/src/extract/html/html5gum.rs
@@ -183,6 +183,22 @@ impl LinkExtractor {
             return;
         }
 
+        // Skip virtual/framework-specific stylesheet paths that start with /@ or @
+        // These are typically resolved by dev servers or build tools rather than being real URLs
+        // Examples: /@global/style.css, @tailwind/base.css
+        if self
+            .current_attributes
+            .get("rel")
+            .map_or(false, |rel| rel.contains("stylesheet"))
+        {
+            if let Some(href) = self.current_attributes.get("href") {
+                if href.starts_with("/@") || href.starts_with('@') {
+                    self.current_attributes.clear();
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         let new_urls = self
             .extract_urls_from_elem_attr()
             .into_iter()
@@ -662,4 +678,14 @@ mod tests {
         let uris = extract_html(input, false);
         assert!(uris.is_empty());
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_skip_emails_in_stylesheets() {
+        let input = r#"
+            <link href="/@global/global.css" rel="stylesheet">
+        "#;
+
+        let uris = extract_html(input, false);
+        assert!(uris.is_empty());
+    }
 }