diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/navbar.test.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/navbar.test.tsx
index 9d80a89f83e..99d239d2956 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/navbar.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/navbar.test.tsx
@@ -261,6 +261,43 @@ describe("Navbar", () => {
     mockUseThemeImpl = () => ({ logoUrl: null });
   });
 
+  it("should use the dark logo for the dark variant when one is configured", () => {
+    // Regression test for #46316: the Connect/Chat navbar used the light
+    // logo for both variants, so UI_LOGO_PATH_DARK never showed there.
+    mockUseThemeImpl = () => ({
+      logoUrl: "https://example.com/custom-logo.png",
+      logoUrlDark: "https://example.com/custom-logo-dark.png",
+    });
+
+    renderWithProviders(<Navbar {...defaultProps} />);
+
+    const logoImg = screen.getByAltText("LiteLLM Brand");
+    expect(logoImg).toHaveAttribute("src", "https://example.com/custom-logo.png");
+    const darkLogoImg = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll("img")).find(
+      (img) => img.getAttribute("aria-hidden") === "true"
+    );
+    expect(darkLogoImg).toBeDefined();
+    expect(darkLogoImg).toHaveAttribute("src", "https://example.com/custom-logo-dark.png");
+
+    // Reset mock
+    mockUseThemeImpl = () => ({ logoUrl: null });
+  });
+
+  it("should fall back to the light logo for the dark variant when no dark logo is configured", () => {
+    mockUseThemeImpl = () => ({ logoUrl: "https://example.com/custom-logo.png" });
+
+    renderWithProviders(<Navbar {...defaultProps} />);
+
+    const darkLogoImg = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll("img")).find(
+      (img) => img.getAttribute("aria-hidden") === "true"
+    );
+    expect(darkLogoImg).toBeDefined();
+    expect(darkLogoImg).toHaveAttribute("src", "https://example.com/custom-logo.png");
+
+    // Reset mock
+    mockUseThemeImpl = () => ({ logoUrl: null });
+  });
+
   it("should hide user dropdown and notifications on public pages", () => {
     const publicPageProps = { ...defaultProps, isPublicPage: true };
     renderWithProviders(<Navbar {...publicPageProps} />);
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/navbar.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/navbar.tsx
index 8bc9b06969e..04401532527 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/navbar.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/navbar.tsx
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ const Navbar: React.FC<NavbarProps> = ({
   onToggleSidebar,
 }) => {
   const baseUrl = getProxyBaseUrl();
-  const { logoUrl } = useTheme();
+  const { logoUrl, logoUrlDark } = useTheme();
   const { data: healthData } = useHealthReadinessDetails(accessToken);
   const version = healthData?.litellm_version;
   const disableBouncingIcon = useDisableBouncingIcon();
@@ -45,8 +45,12 @@ const Navbar: React.FC<NavbarProps> = ({
   const { isControlPlane, selectedWorker } = useWorker();
   const showWorkerSwitch = isControlPlane && selectedWorker !== null;
 
+  // Same precedence as the leftnav: an explicit dark logo wins, then the
+  // light logo, then the server default (which honors UI_LOGO_PATH_DARK via
+  // ?theme=dark). Using logoUrl for the dark variant silently dropped the
+  // dark logo on the Connect/Chat pages (#46316).
   const imageUrl = logoUrl || `${baseUrl}/get_image`;
-  const darkImageUrl = logoUrl || `${baseUrl}/get_image?theme=dark`;
+  const darkImageUrl = logoUrlDark || logoUrl || `${baseUrl}/get_image?theme=dark`;
 
   const handleLogout = useLogout(accessToken);