diff --git a/lib/model/content.dart b/lib/model/content.dart
index faaef1728c..d26ab0fde7 100644
--- a/lib/model/content.dart
+++ b/lib/model/content.dart
@@ -721,6 +721,10 @@ class UserMentionNode extends MentionNode {
   //   final bool isSilent; // TODO(#647)
 }
 
+class TopicMentionNode extends MentionNode {
+  const TopicMentionNode({super.debugHtmlNode, required super.nodes});
+}
+
 sealed class EmojiNode extends InlineContentNode {
   const EmojiNode({super.debugHtmlNode});
 }
@@ -939,6 +943,13 @@ class _ZulipContentParser {
   static final _userMentionClassNameRegexp = RegExp(
     r"(^| )" r"user(?:-group)?-mention" r"( |$)");
 
+  static final _topicMentionClassNameRegexp = () {
+    // This matches a class `topic-mention`, plus an optional class `silent`,
+    // appearing in either order.
+    const mentionClass = "topic-mention";
+    return RegExp("^(?:$mentionClass(?: silent)?|silent $mentionClass)\$");
+  }();
+
   static final _emojiClassNameRegexp = () {
     const specificEmoji = r"emoji(?:-[0-9a-f]+)+";
     return RegExp("^(?:emoji $specificEmoji|$specificEmoji emoji)\$");
@@ -995,6 +1006,14 @@ class _ZulipContentParser {
       return parseUserMention(element) ?? unimplemented();
     }
 
+    if (localName == 'span'
+        && _topicMentionClassNameRegexp.hasMatch(className)) {
+      // TODO assert TopicMentionNode can't contain LinkNode;
+      //   either a debug-mode check, or perhaps we can make expectations much
+      //   tighter on a TopicMentionNode's contents overall.
+      return TopicMentionNode(nodes: nodes(), debugHtmlNode: debugHtmlNode);
+    }
+
     if (localName == 'span'
         && _emojiClassNameRegexp.hasMatch(className)) {
       final emojiCode = _emojiCodeFromClassNameRegexp.firstMatch(className)!
diff --git a/lib/widgets/content.dart b/lib/widgets/content.dart
index dfae70d0ad..9bfc6f580e 100644
--- a/lib/widgets/content.dart
+++ b/lib/widgets/content.dart
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ class ContentTheme extends ThemeExtension<ContentTheme> {
     return ContentTheme._(
       colorCodeBlockBackground: const HSLColor.fromAHSL(0.04, 0, 0, 0).toColor(),
       colorDirectMentionBackground: const HSLColor.fromAHSL(0.2, 240, 0.7, 0.7).toColor(),
+      colorTopicMentionBackground: const HSLColor.fromAHSL(0.18, 183, 0.6, 0.45).toColor(),
       colorGlobalTimeBackground: const HSLColor.fromAHSL(1, 0, 0, 0.93).toColor(),
       colorGlobalTimeBorder: const HSLColor.fromAHSL(1, 0, 0, 0.8).toColor(),
       colorMathBlockBorder: const HSLColor.fromAHSL(0.15, 240, 0.8, 0.5).toColor(),
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ class ContentTheme extends ThemeExtension<ContentTheme> {
     return ContentTheme._(
       colorCodeBlockBackground: const HSLColor.fromAHSL(0.04, 0, 0, 1).toColor(),
       colorDirectMentionBackground: const HSLColor.fromAHSL(0.25, 240, 0.52, 0.6).toColor(),
+      colorTopicMentionBackground: const HSLColor.fromAHSL(0.18, 183, 0.52, 0.40).toColor(),
       colorGlobalTimeBackground: const HSLColor.fromAHSL(0.2, 0, 0, 0).toColor(),
       colorGlobalTimeBorder: const HSLColor.fromAHSL(0.4, 0, 0, 0).toColor(),
       colorMathBlockBorder: const HSLColor.fromAHSL(1, 240, 0.4, 0.4).toColor(),
@@ -105,6 +107,7 @@ class ContentTheme extends ThemeExtension<ContentTheme> {
   ContentTheme._({
     required this.colorCodeBlockBackground,
     required this.colorDirectMentionBackground,
+    required this.colorTopicMentionBackground,
     required this.colorGlobalTimeBackground,
     required this.colorGlobalTimeBorder,
     required this.colorMathBlockBorder,
@@ -137,6 +140,7 @@ class ContentTheme extends ThemeExtension<ContentTheme> {
 
   final Color colorCodeBlockBackground;
   final Color colorDirectMentionBackground;
+  final Color colorTopicMentionBackground;
   final Color colorGlobalTimeBackground;
   final Color colorGlobalTimeBorder;
   final Color colorMathBlockBorder; // TODO(#46) this won't be needed
@@ -197,6 +201,7 @@ class ContentTheme extends ThemeExtension<ContentTheme> {
   ContentTheme copyWith({
     Color? colorCodeBlockBackground,
     Color? colorDirectMentionBackground,
+    Color? colorTopicMentionBackground,
     Color? colorGlobalTimeBackground,
     Color? colorGlobalTimeBorder,
     Color? colorMathBlockBorder,
@@ -219,6 +224,7 @@ class ContentTheme extends ThemeExtension<ContentTheme> {
     return ContentTheme._(
       colorCodeBlockBackground: colorCodeBlockBackground ?? this.colorCodeBlockBackground,
       colorDirectMentionBackground: colorDirectMentionBackground ?? this.colorDirectMentionBackground,
+      colorTopicMentionBackground: colorTopicMentionBackground ?? this.colorTopicMentionBackground,
       colorGlobalTimeBackground: colorGlobalTimeBackground ?? this.colorGlobalTimeBackground,
       colorGlobalTimeBorder: colorGlobalTimeBorder ?? this.colorGlobalTimeBorder,
       colorMathBlockBorder: colorMathBlockBorder ?? this.colorMathBlockBorder,
@@ -248,6 +254,7 @@ class ContentTheme extends ThemeExtension<ContentTheme> {
     return ContentTheme._(
       colorCodeBlockBackground: Color.lerp(colorCodeBlockBackground, other.colorCodeBlockBackground, t)!,
       colorDirectMentionBackground: Color.lerp(colorDirectMentionBackground, other.colorDirectMentionBackground, t)!,
+      colorTopicMentionBackground: Color.lerp(colorTopicMentionBackground, other.colorTopicMentionBackground, t)!,
       colorGlobalTimeBackground: Color.lerp(colorGlobalTimeBackground, other.colorGlobalTimeBackground, t)!,
       colorGlobalTimeBorder: Color.lerp(colorGlobalTimeBorder, other.colorGlobalTimeBorder, t)!,
       colorMathBlockBorder: Color.lerp(colorMathBlockBorder, other.colorMathBlockBorder, t)!,
@@ -1133,7 +1140,10 @@ class Mention extends StatelessWidget {
     return Container(
       decoration: BoxDecoration(
         // TODO(#646) different for wildcard mentions
-        color: contentTheme.colorDirectMentionBackground,
+        color: switch (node) {
+          UserMentionNode() => contentTheme.colorDirectMentionBackground,
+          TopicMentionNode() => contentTheme.colorTopicMentionBackground,
+        },
         borderRadius: const BorderRadius.all(Radius.circular(3))),
       padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 0.2 * kBaseFontSize),
       child: InlineContent(
diff --git a/test/model/content_test.dart b/test/model/content_test.dart
index 8a895b6ab1..f56d256e8d 100644
--- a/test/model/content_test.dart
+++ b/test/model/content_test.dart
@@ -180,6 +180,26 @@ class ContentExample {
     expectedText: 'all',
     '<p><span class="silent user-mention" data-user-id="*">all</span></p>',
     const UserMentionNode(nodes: [TextNode('all')]));
+  static final topicMentionPlain = ContentExample.inline(
+    'plain @-topic',
+    "@**topic**",
+    expectedText: '@topic',
+    '<p><span class="topic-mention">@topic</span></p>',
+    const TopicMentionNode(nodes: [TextNode('@topic')]));
+
+  static final topicMentionSilent = ContentExample.inline(
+    'silent @-topic',
+    "@_**topic**",
+    expectedText: 'topic',
+    '<p><span class="topic-mention silent">topic</span></p>',
+    const TopicMentionNode(nodes: [TextNode('topic')]));
+
+  static final topicMentionSilentClassOrderReversed = ContentExample.inline(
+    'silent @-topic, class order reversed',
+    "@_**topic**", // (hypothetical server variation)
+    expectedText: 'topic',
+    '<p><span class="silent topic-mention">topic</span></p>',
+    const TopicMentionNode(nodes: [TextNode('topic')]));
 
   static final emojiUnicode = ContentExample.inline(
     'Unicode emoji, encoded in span element',
@@ -1262,6 +1282,12 @@ void main() {
     testParseExample(ContentExample.legacyChannelWildcardMentionPlain);
     testParseExample(ContentExample.legacyChannelWildcardMentionSilent);
     testParseExample(ContentExample.legacyChannelWildcardMentionSilentClassOrderReversed);
+
+    testParseExample(ContentExample.topicMentionPlain);
+    testParseExample(ContentExample.topicMentionSilent);
+    testParseExample(ContentExample.topicMentionSilentClassOrderReversed);
+
+    // TODO test wildcard mentions
   });
 
   testParseExample(ContentExample.emojiUnicode);
diff --git a/test/widgets/content_test.dart b/test/widgets/content_test.dart
index 20c41e91aa..6e97c2b5ca 100644
--- a/test/widgets/content_test.dart
+++ b/test/widgets/content_test.dart
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ void main() {
         findAncestor: find.byWidget(widget), mentionText)!;
     }
 
-    testWidgets('maintains font-size ratio with surrounding text', (tester) async {
+    testWidgets('user-mention maintains font-size ratio with surrounding text', (tester) async {
       await checkFontSizeRatio(tester,
         targetHtml: '<span class="user-mention" data-user-id="13313">@Chris Bobbe</span>',
         targetFontSizeFinder: (rootSpan) {
@@ -724,6 +724,47 @@ void main() {
     // TODO(#647):
     //  testFontWeight('non-silent self-user mention in bold context',
     //    expectedWght: 800, // [etc.]
+
+    testContentSmoke(ContentExample.topicMentionPlain);
+    testContentSmoke(ContentExample.topicMentionSilent);
+
+    testWidgets('topic-mention maintains font-size ratio with surrounding text', (tester) async {
+      await checkFontSizeRatio(tester,
+        targetHtml: '<span class="topic-mention">@topic</span>',
+        targetFontSizeFinder: (rootSpan) {
+          final widget = findMentionWidgetInSpan(rootSpan);
+          final style = textStyleFromWidget(tester, widget!, '@topic');
+          return style.fontSize!;
+        });
+    });
+
+    testFontWeight('silent topic mention in plain paragraph',
+      expectedWght: 400,
+      // @_**topic**
+      content: plainContent(
+        '<p><span class="topic-mention silent">topic</span></p>'),
+      styleFinder: (tester) {
+        return textStyleFromWidget(tester,
+          tester.widget(find.byType(Mention)), 'topic');
+      });
+
+    // TODO(#647):
+    //  testFontWeight('non-silent topic mention in plain paragraph',
+    //    expectedWght: 600, // [etc.]
+
+    testFontWeight('silent topic mention in bold context',
+      expectedWght: 600,
+      // # @_**topic**
+      content: plainContent(
+        '<h1><span class="topic-mention silent">topic</span></h1>'),
+      styleFinder: (tester) {
+        return textStyleFromWidget(tester,
+          tester.widget(find.byType(Mention)), 'topic');
+      });
+
+    // TODO(#647):
+    //  testFontWeight('non-silent topic mention in bold context',
+    //    expectedWght: 800, // [etc.]
   });
 
   Future<void> tapText(WidgetTester tester, Finder textFinder) async {