Pace Pro
A refined theme family for Zed built on the Tailwind CSS color palette — clean, minimal, and easy on the eyes.
Four variants to match your setup and time of day.
Variants
Pace Dark
A deep navy dark theme with warm highlights and clear syntax differentiation.

Pace Dark Pro
Between OLED and regular Dark — a very deep blue-black background (#0A0F1A)
with vivid OLED-style syntax colors. The sweet spot for most setups.

Pace Dark Pro OLED
Pure black background — designed for OLED displays where true black saves battery and looks stunning.

Pace Light Pro
A clean minimal light theme. Every surface is white — no visual noise between the sidebar and editor.

Color Philosophy
All themes share the same syntax role mapping — only the intensity and background change between variants:
| Token | Dark | Dark Pro | OLED | Light |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keywords | #F87171 red-400 |
#FF4D4D |
#FF4D4D |
#DC2626 red-600 |
| Strings | #FDE68A amber-200 |
#FFE082 amber |
#FFE082 amber |
#16A34A green-700 |
| Functions | #34D399 emerald-400 |
#22FFA2 neon green |
#22FFA2 neon green |
#16A34A green-700 |
| Types | #2DD4BF teal-400 |
#22FFF2 neon teal |
#22FFF2 neon teal |
#0891B2 cyan-600 |
| Properties | #38BDF8 sky-400 |
#38BDF8 sky-400 |
#38BDF8 sky-400 |
#0284C7 sky-600 |
| Numbers | #C084FC purple-400 |
#C084FC purple-400 |
#C084FC purple-400 |
#9333EA purple-600 |
| Operators | #7BA7C8 muted blue |
#7BA7C8 muted blue |
#7BA7C8 muted blue |
#0369A1 sky-800 |
| Comments | #4E6380 |
#4E6380 |
#4E6380 |
#94A3B8 |
Operators are intentionally separated from keywords —
=,?,=>shouldn't shout as loud asreturnorinterface.
Installation
Via Zed Extension Registry
Open Zed → cmd+shift+p → zed: extensions → search Pace Pro
Manual
- Download
pace-pro.json - Copy to
~/.config/zed/themes/pace-pro.json - Open Zed →
cmd+shift+p→ theme selector: toggle → select your variant
Credits
Originally ported from VS Code Pace Dark by Fabian Hiller.
Refined and extended for Zed by VitMach.
License
MIT © 2025 VitMach