CoMPhy Crisp Themes for Zed Editor
A collection of jewel-toned Zed themes built around a deep plum (#68236D) accent, with syntax colors emerging against near-void backgrounds with subtle purple warmth.
Theme Variants
This extension ships four themes:
- CoMPhy Crisp Velvet — Standard dark with purple-tinted blacks and full jewel-tone syntax
- CoMPhy Crisp Velvet Light — Lavender-white background with darkened syntax for WCAG AA contrast
- CoMPhy Crisp Velvet (Highest Contrast) — Pure black editor with boosted syntax brightness and active line number accent
- CoMPhy Crisp Velvet (Warm) — Warm near-black with coral keywords, amber types, and cream text
Color Palette
- Accent spectrum: Deep plum
#68236Dthrough orchid#C084C8to pale#E8C8EC - Syntax: Ruby keywords, jade strings, orchid functions, amber types, sapphire variables, aquamarine properties, amethyst numbers
- Backgrounds: Purple-tinted blacks (
#1A1822standard,#F4F0F5light,#000000highest contrast,#100E0Dwarm)
Installation
From Zed's Extension Panel
- Open Zed
- Open the Extensions panel
- Search for
CoMPhy Crisp Themes - Click Install
Manual Installation
- Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/comphy-lab/comphy-zed-themes.git - Open Zed
- Open the Extensions panel
- Click
Install Dev Extension - Select the cloned repository directory
Migration Notes (v0.3.0 to v0.4.0)
The v0.4.0 release replaces all previous theme variants with the new Velvet Abyss palette:
- Previous variants (
Anysphere Blend Dark,Anysphere Blend Light,Anysphere (Highest Contrast, pop),Highest Contrast) are removed - New variants:
Velvet,Velvet Light,Velvet (Highest Contrast),Velvet (Warm) - After updating, re-select your preferred theme from the theme picker
Release Workflow
Releases are tag-driven:
- Workflow:
.github/workflows/release.yml - Trigger: push tags matching
v* - Publisher action:
huacnlee/zed-extension-action@v1.0.0 - Extension name for publishing:
comphy-crisp-themes
Language Support
Enhanced syntax highlighting for:
- Python
- JavaScript and TypeScript
- Rust
- Go
- HTML and CSS
- JSON
- Markdown
- LaTeX
- Shell scripts
- And more
License
MIT License. See LICENSE.