A balanced dark theme — neither too light nor too dark, built to work day and night.
Saturated syntax highlighting, a terminal that matches the sidebar instead of pitch black, and matte accents — khaki for new files, a single violet for everything interactive.
Variants
Select with cmd-k cmd-t after installing.
| Variant | Editor | Chrome | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Frieza | #2b2b2d |
#37393b |
Daytime, bright rooms |
| Black Frieza Darker | #1c1c1c |
#191919 |
Nighttime, dark rooms |
Black Frieza
Black Frieza Darker
Palette
Both variants share the same syntax palette:
| Token | Color | |
|---|---|---|
| Keywords | #ff7832 |
vivid orange |
| Functions | #ffc66d |
gold |
| Types & interfaces | #54d1e0 |
cyan |
| Properties | #d291e0 |
orchid |
| Strings | #8fd177 |
green |
| Constants & enum members | #a88aff |
violet |
| Parameters | #8fc7ff italic |
sky blue |
| New / untracked files | #a9b665 |
muted khaki |
| Accent (links, badges) | #a37acc |
matte violet |
Design principles: the terminal background always matches the panels (no black hole at the bottom of your editor), explorer text is white so git states are readable at a glance, and nothing is neon — bright colors are reserved for code.
Also available
- Zed: github.com/dylandifilippo/black-frieza
- Cursor / Windsurf / VSCodium: via Open VSX
Credits
Inspired by New Darcula by Evan Simpson (MIT), with saturation and contrast cues from Colorizer and Vercel Theme — and JetBrains Darcula, the ancestor of it all.