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Palette

Foundation — slate

The editor, sidebar, and panels all live in the slate scale.

	Hex	Tailwind	Where
	#0f172a	slate-900	ink on accent surfaces
	#1e293b	slate-800	status bar, elevated surfaces, borders
	slate-chrome	tab bar, panel, title bar (inactive)
	slate-editor	editor, terminal, active tab
	#334155	slate-700	selected element, border variant
	slate-guide	indent guide
	#475569	slate-600	disabled text, predictive

Text — slate (inverse)

	Hex	Tailwind	Where
	#64748b	slate-500	comments, line numbers, placeholders
	#94a3b8	slate-400	operators, punctuation, muted text
	#cbd5e1	slate-300	parameters, properties, icons
	#e2e8f0	slate-200	default foreground
	#f1f5f9	slate-100	bright ANSI white

Signature — teal

The "wave" in Slatewave. Primary accent across the editor and the companion prompt.

	Hex	Tailwind	Where
	#0f766e	teal-700	terminal dim green
	#5eead4	teal-300	primary accent — cursor, active line number, strings, focused border
	#99f6e4	teal-200	types, classes, interfaces, inline code

Accents

	Hex	Role
	#38bdf8	keywords, tags, info diagnostics, links, search match
	#7dd3fc	functions, JSON/YAML keys, CSS properties
	#b388ff	storage (const/let/function), this/self, attributes, constructors
	#fb7185	numbers, constants, errors, modified files
	#fbbf24	decorators, escape chars, warnings, renamed files
	#ef5350	deleted files, bright ANSI red
	#ff4500	merge conflicts

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Syntax mapping

Token		Color	Style
Comments		#64748b	italic
Keywords		#38bdf8	—
Storage (const, let, class)		#b388ff	italic
Types		#99f6e4	—
Functions		#7dd3fc	—
Strings		#5eead4	—
Numbers, booleans, constants		#fb7185	—
Escape sequences		#fbbf24	—
Variables / self / this		#b388ff	italic
Parameters		#cbd5e1	italic
Operators, punctuation		#94a3b8	—
Tags		#38bdf8	—
Attributes		#b388ff	italic
Headings / titles		#5eead4	bold
Links		#38bdf8	—

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Installation

From a local clone (dev extension)

git clone https://github.com/kevinlangleyjr/zed-slatewave.git

Then in Zed:

1. Open the command palette (⌘⇧P / Ctrl+Shift+P)
2. Run zed: install dev extension
3. Select the cloned zed-slatewave directory

Zed will load the extension immediately. Open the theme picker (⌘K ⌘T / Ctrl+K Ctrl+T) and pick Slatewave.

From the extension registry

(TBD — pending publish to the Zed extensions registry)

Once published, open the command palette, run zed: extensions, search for Slatewave, and click Install.

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Customize

To override a specific color without forking, edit ~/.config/zed/settings.json (or ⌘, → Open settings file):

{
  "theme": "Slatewave",
  "experimental.theme_overrides": {
    "editor.background": "#0a0f1e",
    "syntax": {
      "comment": { "color": "#475569", "font_style": "italic" }
    }
  }
}

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Slatewave family

One palette. Every tool.

• Editors — VSCode · JetBrains · Xcode · Sublime Text · Neovim · Helix
• Terminals — Alacritty · Ghostty · iTerm2 · WezTerm · Windows Terminal · Kitty
• Prompts — Oh My Posh · Powerlevel10k · Starship
• Multiplexer — tmux
• CLI — bat · delta · LSD · btop
• Notes — Obsidian · Logseq · MarkEdit · Anytype
• Launchers — Alfred · Raycast
• Chat — Slack

See getslatewave.com for the full family.

License

WTFPL — Do What The Fuck You Want To Public License. See LICENSE.