A standalone Visual Studio Code color theme combining the built-in Light Modern workbench with the Light 2026 editor canvas, editor widgets, diff/minimap colors, and syntax highlighting.
This theme was combined with AI assistance. The final package and color mapping were checked before release.
Install
Open this folder in VS Code.
Run Extensions: Install from VSIX... after packaging, or use npx @vscode/vsce package in this directory to create the .vsix.
Choose Light Modern 2026 (AI Mix) from Preferences: Color Theme.
Requires VS Code 1.143 or newer.
Palette
Role
Color
Editor and tab canvas
#FFFFFF
Main text
#202020
Light Modern panels and workbench surfaces
#F8F8F8
Borders and separators
#E5E5E5
Primary accent, focus and cursor
#005FB8
Light 2026 selection
#0069CC40
Syntax keyword
#CF222E
Syntax control flow
#AF00DB
Syntax strings
#A31515
Syntax types
#267F99
Syntax functions
#795E26
Syntax comments
#6E7781
Added content
#116329
Deleted content / errors
#82071E
The theme JSON is flattened and self-contained: it does not depend on VS Code's built-in theme files at runtime.
Source and attribution
The workbench palette is based on VS Code's built-in Light Modern theme; editor-area colors and token rules are based on the built-in Light 2026 theme. The combination and this extension package were prepared with AI assistance. VS Code source is licensed under the MIT License; see LICENSE.txt.
