diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/injected/roleUtils.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/injected/roleUtils.ts
index 57681e0542..99f3cafa29 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/injected/roleUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/injected/roleUtils.ts
@@ -261,12 +261,16 @@ function getAriaBoolean(attr: string | null) {
   return attr === null ? undefined : attr.toLowerCase() === 'true';
 }
 
+function isElementIgnoredForAria(element: Element) {
+  return ['STYLE', 'SCRIPT', 'NOSCRIPT', 'TEMPLATE'].includes(elementSafeTagName(element));
+}
+
 // https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.2/#tree_exclusion, but including "none" and "presentation" roles
 // Not implemented:
 //   `Any descendants of elements that have the characteristic "Children Presentational: True"`
 // https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.2/#aria-hidden
 export function isElementHiddenForAria(element: Element): boolean {
-  if (['STYLE', 'SCRIPT', 'NOSCRIPT', 'TEMPLATE'].includes(elementSafeTagName(element)))
+  if (isElementIgnoredForAria(element))
     return true;
   const style = getElementComputedStyle(element);
   const isSlot = element.nodeName === 'SLOT';
@@ -496,14 +500,17 @@ function getTextAlternativeInternal(element: Element, options: AccessibleNameOpt
   // step 2a. Hidden Not Referenced: If the current node is hidden and is:
   // Not part of an aria-labelledby or aria-describedby traversal, where the node directly referenced by that relation was hidden.
   // Nor part of a native host language text alternative element (e.g. label in HTML) or attribute traversal, where the root of that traversal was hidden.
-  if (!options.includeHidden &&
-      !options.embeddedInLabelledBy?.hidden &&
-      !options.embeddedInDescribedBy?.hidden &&
-      !options?.embeddedInNativeTextAlternative?.hidden &&
-      !options?.embeddedInLabel?.hidden &&
-      isElementHiddenForAria(element)) {
-    options.visitedElements.add(element);
-    return '';
+  if (!options.includeHidden) {
+    const isEmbeddedInHiddenReferenceTraversal =
+      !!options.embeddedInLabelledBy?.hidden ||
+      !!options.embeddedInDescribedBy?.hidden ||
+      !!options.embeddedInNativeTextAlternative?.hidden ||
+      !!options.embeddedInLabel?.hidden;
+    if (isElementIgnoredForAria(element) ||
+      (!isEmbeddedInHiddenReferenceTraversal && isElementHiddenForAria(element))) {
+      options.visitedElements.add(element);
+      return '';
+    }
   }
 
   const labelledBy = getAriaLabelledByElements(element);
diff --git a/tests/library/role-utils.spec.ts b/tests/library/role-utils.spec.ts
index 4acc7f8a85..067053ba11 100644
--- a/tests/library/role-utils.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/library/role-utils.spec.ts
@@ -462,6 +462,19 @@ test('should work with form and tricky input names', async ({ page }) => {
   expect.soft(await getNameAndRole(page, 'form')).toEqual({ role: 'form', name: 'my form' });
 });
 
+test('should ignore stylesheet from hidden aria-labelledby subtree', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.setContent(`
+    <div id=mylabel style="display:none">
+      <template shadowrootmode=open>
+        <style>span { color: red; }</style>
+        <span>hello</span>
+      </template>
+    </div>
+    <input aria-labelledby=mylabel type=text>
+  `);
+  expect.soft(await getNameAndRole(page, 'input')).toEqual({ role: 'textbox', name: 'hello' });
+});
+
 function toArray(x: any): any[] {
   return Array.isArray(x) ? x : [x];
 }