IBM1970 theme for Visual Studio Code
An IBM and 1970s inspired dark color theme for Visual Studio Code.
Installation
- Install from the Extension Marketplace
- Alternatively, press CTRL+p to open the "Quick Open" menu, and run the following command:
ext install Andornaut.ibm1970
- Select: File > Preferences > Themes > Color Theme > IBM 1970

This color theme is part of the IBM1970 desktop theme.
Colors
UI
| Color |
Hex |
Usage |
Teal |
#33A999 |
Accent — links, badges, borders, find match, tab top |
Dark Teal |
#006B6B |
Editor selection |
Rust |
#b05533 |
Inlay hints, sticky scroll gutter, notifications, status bar, sash hover, scrollbar active/hover |
White |
#ffffff |
Inactive title bar foreground |
Cream |
#dddccc |
Primary foreground |
Tan |
#d2bb84 |
Modified files |
Khaki |
#9c9977 |
Tab backgrounds, scrollbar, gutter headers |
Olive |
#7c7755 |
UI borders, status bar, activity bar |
Dark Olive |
#545040 |
Toolbar active |
Brown |
#423f2e |
Editor background |
Dark Brown |
#373424 |
Panel backgrounds, inputs, terminal background |
Near Black |
#24201A |
Drop backgrounds, shadows |
Syntax
This color theme uses Solarized Dark tokenColors.
| 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 |
Color swatches are generated by color-swatches-action.
Developing
Testing
- Press F5 to launch an Extension Development Host window.
Publishing
A Release workflow runs on every push to main and on version tags (v*). It packages the extension into a .vsix file and publishes it as a GitHub release.
To publish to the VS Code Marketplace:
npm version patch # or minor, major
git push && git push --tags
npx vsce login Andornaut
npx vsce publish
Guides
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