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Retro Keyboard Theme

Retro Keyboard Theme

Nicolás Mengual

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A warm, retro color theme inspired by colorful mechanical keyboards with pastel keycaps. Includes dark and light variants with full language support.
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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Retro Keyboard Theme

A warm, retro color theme for VS Code inspired by colorful mechanical keyboards with pastel keycaps.

Variants

Retro Keyboard Dark

A cozy dark theme with warm brown tones and vibrant pastel accents.

Retro Keyboard Light

A soft light theme with cream backgrounds and rich, readable colors.

Color Palette

Role Dark Light
Keywords
Functions
Strings
Types/Classes
Variables
Parameters
Comments
Decorators
Interfaces

Language Support

Optimized syntax highlighting for:

  • JavaScript / TypeScript / JSX / TSX
  • HTML / CSS / SCSS
  • Python
  • Rust
  • Go
  • PHP
  • Shell / Bash
  • YAML / TOML / JSON
  • SQL
  • Dockerfile
  • GraphQL
  • Markdown

Accessibility

  • WCAG contrast-compliant colors across both themes
  • No reliance on color alone for semantic meaning
  • Carefully tuned light theme with deepened colors for readability

Installation

From the Marketplace

Search for "Retro Keyboard Theme" in the VS Code Extensions panel.

Manual

git clone https://github.com/nmengual/retro-keyboard-theme.git ~/.vscode/extensions/retro-keyboard-theme

Then reload VS Code and select the theme from Preferences > Color Theme.

License

MIT - Nicolás Mengual

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