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Eldritch

Author: Ed HeltzelThemes in extension: 4

A community-driven theme inspired by Lovecraftian horror, ported from eldritch.nvim. Includes Eldritch (Cthulhu/default), Eldritch Midnight (formerly Deeper), Eldritch Abyss (formerly Dark), and Eldritch Dusk (light).

GitHub (opens repository in a new tab)

Color themes

Zed preview

macOS Zed window using this variant's theme style.

colors

UI color keys from this variant's theme style.

keyHEXRGBRGBA
background
border
border.disabled
border.focused
border.selected
border.transparent
border.variant
conflict
conflict.background
conflict.border
created
created.background
created.border
deleted
deleted.background
deleted.border
drop_target.background
editor.active_line_number
editor.active_line.background
editor.active_wrap_guide
editor.background
editor.document_highlight.bracket_background
editor.document_highlight.read_background
editor.document_highlight.write_background
editor.foreground
editor.gutter.background
editor.indent_guide
editor.indent_guide_active
editor.invisible
editor.line_number
editor.subheader.background
editor.wrap_guide
element.active
element.background
element.disabled
element.hover
element.selected
elevated_surface.background
error
error.background
error.border
foreground
ghost_element.active
ghost_element.background
ghost_element.disabled
ghost_element.hover
ghost_element.selected
hidden
hidden.background
hidden.border
hint
hint.background
hint.border
icon
icon.accent
icon.disabled
icon.muted
icon.placeholder
ignored
ignored.background
ignored.border
info
info.background
info.border
link_text.hover
modified
modified.background
modified.border
pane_group.border
pane.focused_border
panel.background
panel.focused_border
panel.indent_guide
panel.indent_guide_active
panel.indent_guide_hover
panel.overlay_background
player.0.background
player.0.cursor
player.0.selection
player.1.background
player.1.cursor
player.1.selection
player.2.background
player.2.cursor
player.2.selection
player.3.background
player.3.cursor
player.3.selection
player.4.background
player.4.cursor
player.4.selection
player.5.background
player.5.cursor
player.5.selection
player.6.background
player.6.cursor
player.6.selection
player.7.background
player.7.cursor
player.7.selection
predictive
predictive.background
predictive.border
renamed
renamed.background
renamed.border
scrollbar.thumb.background
scrollbar.thumb.border
scrollbar.thumb.hover_background
scrollbar.track.border
search.match_background
status_bar.background
success
success.background
success.border
surface.background
tab_bar.background
tab.active_background
tab.inactive_background
terminal.ansi.background
terminal.ansi.black
terminal.ansi.blue
terminal.ansi.bright_black
terminal.ansi.bright_blue
terminal.ansi.bright_cyan
terminal.ansi.bright_green
terminal.ansi.bright_magenta
terminal.ansi.bright_red
terminal.ansi.bright_white
terminal.ansi.bright_yellow
terminal.ansi.cyan
terminal.ansi.dim_black
terminal.ansi.dim_blue
terminal.ansi.dim_cyan
terminal.ansi.dim_green
terminal.ansi.dim_magenta
terminal.ansi.dim_red
terminal.ansi.dim_white
terminal.ansi.dim_yellow
terminal.ansi.green
terminal.ansi.magenta
terminal.ansi.red
terminal.ansi.white
terminal.ansi.yellow
terminal.background
terminal.bright_foreground
terminal.dim_foreground
terminal.foreground
text
text.accent
text.disabled
text.muted
text.placeholder
title_bar.background
title_bar.inactive_background
toolbar.background
unreachable
unreachable.background
unreachable.border
version_control.added
version_control.added_background
version_control.conflict
version_control.conflict_background
version_control.deleted
version_control.deleted_background
version_control.ignored
version_control.modified
version_control.modified_background
version_control.renamed
warning
warning.background
warning.border

syntax

Syntax capture colors from the theme style. Italic and bold are not listed — the preview above shows them in the code.

captureHEXRGBRGBA
attribute
boolean
character
character.special
comment
comment.doc
comment.documentation
comment.error
comment.hint
comment.info
comment.note
comment.todo
comment.warn
comment.warning
concept
constant
constant.builtin
constant.macro
constructor
diff.minus
diff.plus
embedded
emphasis
emphasis.strong
enum
escape
float
function
function.builtin
function.call
function.decorator
function.macro
function.method
function.method.call
hint
keyword
keyword.conditional
keyword.conditional.ternary
keyword.coroutine
keyword.debug
keyword.directive
keyword.directive.define
keyword.exception
keyword.export
keyword.function
keyword.import
keyword.modifier
keyword.operator
keyword.repeat
keyword.return
keyword.type
label
link_text
link_uri
module
namespace
number
number.float
operator
parameter
parent
predictive
predoc
preproc
primary
property
punctuation
punctuation.bracket
punctuation.delimiter
punctuation.list_marker
punctuation.special
punctuation.special.symbol
string
string.doc
string.documentation
string.escape
string.regex
string.regexp
string.special
string.special.key
string.special.path
string.special.symbol
string.special.url
symbol
tag
tag.attribute
tag.delimiter
tag.doctype
text
text.literal
title
type
type.builtin
type.class.definition
type.definition
type.interface
type.super
variable
variable.builtin
variable.member
variable.parameter
variable.special
variant

settings.json

Search for "Eldritch" in the Zed extensions store, then paste the settings below.

{
  "theme": {
    "mode": "system",
    "light": "Eldritch Dusk",
    "dark": "Eldritch"
  }
}

Theme file