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Retro 95 VS Code Theme

Retro 95 is a Visual Studio Code color theme inspired by classic 90s desktop UIs.

What You Get

Navy active bars and focused states (#000080)
Teal desktop-like empty workspace surfaces (#008080)
Gray classic window chrome (#C0C0C0)
White editor background with black text for document-like readability

Preview

Retro 95 theme preview showing the editor, activity bar, and side panels

Retro 95 theme preview showing additional workbench surfaces and controls

Install

Open Extensions in VS Code.
Search for Retro 95 VS Code Theme.
Click Install.
Run Preferences: Color Theme and choose Retro 95.

Palette

Surface	RGB	Hex
Desktop background	`0, 128, 128`	`#008080`
Active title bar	`0, 0, 128`	`#000080`
Window chrome	`192, 192, 192`	`#C0C0C0`
Shadow	`128, 128, 128`	`#808080`
Highlight	`255, 255, 255`	`#FFFFFF`
Text	`0, 0, 0`	`#000000`

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