diff --git a/.changeset/bright-penguins-preview.md b/.changeset/bright-penguins-preview.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8a916697
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/bright-penguins-preview.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@tanstack/react-charts-catalog': patch
+---
+
+Keep the scatterplot with marginal histograms visible in compact catalog previews by omitting its color legend only in preview mode.
diff --git a/benchmarks/conformance/cases/57-scatter-marginal-histograms/tanstack.ts b/benchmarks/conformance/cases/57-scatter-marginal-histograms/tanstack.ts
index 0f9886cd..001a7f7d 100644
--- a/benchmarks/conformance/cases/57-scatter-marginal-histograms/tanstack.ts
+++ b/benchmarks/conformance/cases/57-scatter-marginal-histograms/tanstack.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ function scatterRows(input: ConformanceInput) {
 function scatterMarginalChart(
   rows: readonly CompletePenguin[],
   scatter: readonly CompletePenguin[],
+  showLegend: boolean,
 ) {
   const xBins = binX(rows, {
     value: 'flipper_length_mm',
@@ -106,7 +107,9 @@ function scatterMarginalChart(
           },
           color: {
             range: colors,
-            legend: colorLegend({ label: 'Species' }),
+            ...(showLegend
+              ? { legend: colorLegend({ label: 'Species' }) }
+              : {}),
           },
         }),
       },
@@ -166,7 +169,7 @@ function scatterMarginalChart(
 
 export const scatterMarginalDefinition = (input: ConformanceInput) => {
   const rows = scatterRows(input)
-  return scatterMarginalChart(rows, rows)
+  return scatterMarginalChart(rows, rows, true)
 }
 
 const catalogScatterMarginalDefinition = (input: ConformanceInput) => {
@@ -177,6 +180,7 @@ const catalogScatterMarginalDefinition = (input: ConformanceInput) => {
       (row) => row.flipper_length_mm,
       (row) => row.body_mass_g,
     ]),
+    input.preview !== true,
   )
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/react-charts-catalog/src/preview.test.tsx b/packages/react-charts-catalog/src/preview.test.tsx
index d994da14..99a3a625 100644
--- a/packages/react-charts-catalog/src/preview.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-charts-catalog/src/preview.test.tsx
@@ -122,6 +122,59 @@ describe('catalog previews', () => {
     expect(quantileHtml).toContain('ts-chart__area')
   })
 
+  it('keeps the compact scatter-marginal preview visible without changing its full legend', () => {
+    const ScatterMarginals = component('57-scatter-marginal-histograms')
+    const previewHtml = renderToStaticMarkup(
+      <ScatterMarginals
+        initialWidth={288}
+        aspectRatio={1.5}
+        interactive={false}
+        preview
+        idPrefix="preview-layout-57-scatter-marginal-histograms"
+      />,
+    )
+    const previewContainer = document.createElement('div')
+    previewContainer.innerHTML = previewHtml
+    const main = previewContainer.querySelector<SVGGElement>(
+      'g[data-ts-key="penguin-marginals:main:view"]',
+    )
+    const right = previewContainer.querySelector<SVGGElement>(
+      'g[data-ts-key="penguin-marginals:right:view"]',
+    )
+    const yAxis = main?.querySelector<SVGLineElement>(
+      'line[data-ts-key="y-axis"]',
+    )
+    const rightBars = [
+      ...(right?.querySelectorAll<SVGRectElement>('g.ts-chart__rect rect') ??
+        []),
+    ]
+    const mainPlotHeight = Math.abs(
+      Number(yAxis?.getAttribute('y2')) - Number(yAxis?.getAttribute('y1')),
+    )
+    const rightMarginalBarHeight = Math.max(
+      ...rightBars.map((bar) => Number(bar.getAttribute('height'))),
+    )
+
+    expect(previewHtml).toContain('viewBox="0 0 288 192"')
+    expect(previewContainer.querySelector('.ts-chart__legend')).toBeNull()
+    expect(mainPlotHeight).toBeGreaterThan(24)
+    expect(rightMarginalBarHeight).toBeGreaterThan(2)
+
+    const fullHtml = renderToStaticMarkup(
+      <ScatterMarginals
+        initialWidth={640}
+        height={480}
+        interactive={false}
+        idPrefix="full-layout-57-scatter-marginal-histograms"
+      />,
+    )
+    const fullContainer = document.createElement('div')
+    fullContainer.innerHTML = fullHtml
+    expect(
+      fullContainer.querySelector('.ts-chart__legend')?.textContent,
+    ).toContain('Species')
+  })
+
   it('preserves every server-rendered case while reducing the landing payload', () => {
     const full = renderCatalog(false)
     const preview = renderCatalog(true)