Rio de Janeiro Theme for Xcode

Inspired by Rio's lush hills, soft morning light, and ocean air, this theme blends airy minty backgrounds with confident rainforest greens and clean coastal blues. The editor stays bright and calm for long sessions, while crisp greens and balanced accents keep syntax readable and focused.

A light theme from the Codigrate Cities collection, released 2026-01-06. Tags: Tropical, Coastal, Energetic.

Sold on codigrate.com for $2.99, one payment, tax included: add it to your cart, pay with Stripe (cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay), and download the theme right away. No account needed. Personal licence; a digital download, so all sales are final (see the terms of sale).

Getting started on Xcode

1. Download the zip with the Download button. Inside are two theme files: one for Xcode 26 ( .xcworkspacecolortheme ) and one for Xcode 16 and earlier ( .xccolortheme ).
2. Copy both files into ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/UserData/FontAndColorThemes/ ( in Finder, Shift+Cmd+G takes you to the path; create the folder if it is not there ).
3. Xcode 26: open Settings → Appearance, click Choose next to Theme and pick the theme under Custom. Xcode 16 and earlier: Settings → Themes lists it after a restart.
4. The theme paints the source editor, the console and the documentation view; the window keeps the macOS look.

Rio de Janeiro color palette

• #D9EFD2
• #85B778
• #13A166
• #2287D5
• #ECDA61

Every named color of the Rio de Janeiro palette, free to download for MacOS, CorelDRAW and Figma.

Rio de Janeiro on every platform

• Rio de Janeiro for JetBrains (free)
• Rio de Janeiro for Xcode ($2.99), this page
• Rio de Janeiro for VS Code (free)
• Rio de Janeiro for Chrome (free)
• Rio de Janeiro for Open VSX (free)
• Rio de Janeiro for Slack (free)
• Rio de Janeiro for MacOS Terminal (free)
• Rio de Janeiro for iTerm2 (free)
• Rio de Janeiro for Ghostty (free)
• Rio de Janeiro for Rhino (free)
• Rio de Janeiro for Zed (free)
• Rio de Janeiro for Sublime Text (free)
• Rio de Janeiro for Line

From the blog

• Anatomy of a Light Theme: Rio de Janeiro: Anatomy of Rio de Janeiro, a light IDE theme: minty morning backgrounds, a forest ink foreground, and syntax in rainforest green, bay blue and samba gold.