diff --git a/src/libs/languageserverprotocol/servercapabilities.cpp b/src/libs/languageserverprotocol/servercapabilities.cpp
index 3d2721f4a69..1b2c0bd9cc0 100644
--- a/src/libs/languageserverprotocol/servercapabilities.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/languageserverprotocol/servercapabilities.cpp
@@ -130,6 +130,25 @@ void ServerCapabilities::setRenameProvider(Utils::variant<ServerCapabilities::Re
         insert(renameProviderKey, Utils::get<RenameOptions>(renameProvider));
 }
 
+Utils::optional<Utils::variant<bool, JsonObject>> ServerCapabilities::colorProvider() const
+{
+    using RetType = Utils::variant<bool, JsonObject>;
+    const QJsonValue &localValue = value(colorProviderKey);
+    if (localValue.isBool())
+        return RetType(localValue.toBool());
+    if (localValue.isObject())
+        return RetType(JsonObject(localValue.toObject()));
+    return Utils::nullopt;
+}
+
+void ServerCapabilities::setColorProvider(Utils::variant<bool, JsonObject> colorProvider)
+{
+    if (Utils::holds_alternative<bool>(colorProvider))
+        insert(renameProviderKey, Utils::get<bool>(colorProvider));
+    else if (Utils::holds_alternative<JsonObject>(colorProvider))
+        insert(renameProviderKey, Utils::get<JsonObject>(colorProvider));
+}
+
 bool ServerCapabilities::isValid(QStringList *error) const
 {
     return checkOptional<TextDocumentSyncOptions, int>(error, textDocumentSyncKey)
@@ -149,7 +168,7 @@ bool ServerCapabilities::isValid(QStringList *error) const
             && checkOptional<bool>(error, documentRangeFormattingProviderKey)
             && checkOptional<bool, RenameOptions>(error, renameProviderKey)
             && checkOptional<DocumentLinkOptions>(error, documentLinkProviderKey)
-            && checkOptional<TextDocumentRegistrationOptions>(error, colorProviderKey)
+            && checkOptional<bool, JsonObject>(error, colorProviderKey)
             && checkOptional<ExecuteCommandOptions>(error, executeCommandProviderKey)
             && checkOptional<WorkspaceServerCapabilities>(error, workspaceKey);
 }
diff --git a/src/libs/languageserverprotocol/servercapabilities.h b/src/libs/languageserverprotocol/servercapabilities.h
index 0cbc7facf87..4c8011378f4 100644
--- a/src/libs/languageserverprotocol/servercapabilities.h
+++ b/src/libs/languageserverprotocol/servercapabilities.h
@@ -373,10 +373,8 @@ public:
     void clearDocumentLinkProvider() { remove(documentLinkProviderKey); }
 
     // The server provides color provider support.
-    Utils::optional<TextDocumentRegistrationOptions> colorProvider() const
-    { return optionalValue<TextDocumentRegistrationOptions>(colorProviderKey); }
-    void setColorProvider(TextDocumentRegistrationOptions colorProvider)
-    { insert(colorProviderKey, colorProvider); }
+    Utils::optional<Utils::variant<bool, JsonObject>> colorProvider() const;
+    void setColorProvider(Utils::variant<bool, JsonObject> colorProvider);
     void clearColorProvider() { remove(colorProviderKey); }
 
     // The server provides execute command support.