Monokai (Classic)
Wimer Hazenberg's original Monokai — the canonical TextMate scheme that popularized warm-on-dark syntax highlighting. Recognizable by its pink, green, cyan, orange, and purple accents on a deep olive-grey background.
11 swatches 16 light roles 16 dark roles
Swatches
background
#272822
Editor background
line-highlight
#3E3D32
Current line
selection
#49483E
Selection / hover surface
foreground
#F8F8F2
Primary text
comment
#75715E
Comments
pink
#F92672
Keywords, operators
orange
#FD971F
Function parameters, constants
yellow
#E6DB74
Strings
green
#A6E22E
Function names, classes
cyan
#66D9EF
Types, classes, decorators
purple
#AE81FF
Numbers, constants
Mode role mappings
Light mode (16 roles)
accent
→ green annotation
→ orange background
→ foreground error
→ pink info
→ cyan primary
→ pink primary-hover
→ orange secondary-accent
→ cyan special
→ purple success
→ green surface
→ foreground surface-elevated
→ foreground text-primary
→ background text-secondary
→ line-highlight text-tertiary
→ comment warning
→ orange Dark mode (16 roles)
accent
→ green annotation
→ orange background
→ background error
→ pink info
→ cyan primary
→ pink primary-hover
→ orange secondary-accent
→ cyan special
→ purple success
→ green surface
→ line-highlight surface-elevated
→ selection text-primary
→ foreground text-secondary
→ foreground text-tertiary
→ comment warning
→ yellow Provenance
- Source
- https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/blob/main/extensions/theme-monokai/themes/monokai-color-theme.json
- License
MIT- Attribution
- Original Monokai theme by Wimer Hazenberg, classic hex values as shipped in Microsoft VS Code theme-monokai extension (MIT).
- Imported
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2026-05-17 - Notes
- Canonical values match Wimer Hazenberg's original Monokai spec (https://monokai.pro/) as bundled in the MIT-licensed VS Code theme-monokai built-in extension.