-syn match rustCharacter /b'\([^'\\]\|\\\(.\|x\x\{2}\)\)'/ contains=rustEscape,rustEscapeError
-syn match rustCharacter /'\([^'\\]\|\\\(.\|x\x\{2}\|u\x\{4}\|U\x\{8}\)\)'/ contains=rustEscape,rustEscapeUnicode,rustEscapeError
+syn match rustCharacterInvalid display contained /b\?'\zs[\n\r\t']\ze'/
+" The groups negated here add up to 0-255 but nothing else (they do not seem to go beyond ASCII).
+syn match rustCharacterInvalidUnicode display contained /b'\zs[^[:cntrl:][:graph:][:alnum:][:space:]]\ze'/
+syn match rustCharacter /b'\([^\\]\|\\\(.\|x\x\{2}\)\)'/ contains=rustEscape,rustEscapeError,rustCharacterInvalid,rustCharacterInvalidUnicode
+syn match rustCharacter /'\([^\\]\|\\\(.\|x\x\{2}\|u\x\{4}\|U\x\{8}\)\)'/ contains=rustEscape,rustEscapeUnicode,rustEscapeError,rustCharacterInvalid