42KM theme for Visual Studio Code
A Marathon (video game) inspired dark color theme for Visual Studio Code.
Download and install from the Extension Marketplace, or launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter: ext install andornaut.vscode-42km-theme

This color theme uses Solarized Dark tokenColors.
Primary Colors
UI
| Color |
Hex |
Usage |
Lime Green |
#c0fe04 |
Primary accent — cursor, links, active line number, focus border |
Purple |
#7c48e2 |
Active highlights — tabs, activity bar active |
Yellow |
#ffff00 |
Active foreground, git modified |
Green |
#01e17d |
Find matches, git added |
Hot Pink |
#ff69b4 |
Bracket match, match highlight borders, debugging status bar |
Periwinkle |
#7289da |
Title bar |
Blue |
#41a0eb |
Info |
Dark Blue |
#305090 |
Selection background |
Orange |
#ff5c00 |
Warnings, breakpoints |
Red |
#c4071c |
Errors, git deleted |
Near White |
#f1f1f1 |
Foreground text |
Silver |
#c1c7c7 |
Breadcrumb background, inactive tab foreground |
Gray |
#919797 |
Ignored files |
Sage |
#93ada0 |
Activity bar, scrollbar, peek view border |
Slate |
#728083 |
Borders |
Dark Gray |
#585a60 |
Inactive elements, gutter, tab headers, ruler, inactive tabs |
Charcoal Gray |
#414247 |
Hover backgrounds, panel |
Dark Teal |
#353b3d |
Editor background, sidebar |
Near Black |
#26292e |
Inputs, lists, menus, line highlight |
Black |
#1b1a1d |
Drop backgrounds, line numbers, status bar foreground |
Syntax (Solarized Dark)
| Color |
Hex |
Usage |
Green |
#859900 |
Keywords, variable start, library class/type, diff inserted |
Cyan |
#2AA198 |
Strings, markup inline |
Blue |
#268BD2 |
Variables, functions, tags, headings, diff header |
Violet |
#6C71C4 |
Inherited class |
Magenta |
#D33682 |
Numbers, markup styling |
Orange |
#CB4B16 |
Class names, constants, exceptions, diff changed |
Yellow |
#B58900 |
Built-in constants, markup lists |
Red |
#DC322F |
Errors, regexp, invalid, diff deleted |
Light Gray |
#93A1A1 |
Storage, tag attributes |
Base0 |
#839496 |
Default foreground |
Dark Gray |
#586E75 |
Comments, tag delimiters |
Developing
Testing
- Press F5 to launch an Extension Development Host window.
- Select: File > Preferences > Color Theme > 42KM
Publishing
npm install
npm run swatches
npx vsce login Andornaut
npx vsce package
npx vsce publish patch
npx vsce publish minor
npx vsce publish major
Guides
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