Inspired by the crystalline waters and bright white shores of Salda Lake, this light theme brings a fresh, airy calm to your IDE with clean lake blues and vibrant turquoise tones. Soft beige keeps everything crisp and readable on a clear, spacious backdrop. The palette is designed to be gentle on the eyes, helping you stay focused and code with clarity.
A light theme from the Codigrate Nature collection, released 2025-12-30. Tags: Airy, Fresh, Coastal.
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
- 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 ).
- 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 ).
- 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.
- The theme paints the source editor, the console and the documentation view; the window keeps the macOS look.
Salda color palette
Every named color of the Salda palette, free to download for MacOS, CorelDRAW and Figma.
Salda on every platform
- Salda for JetBrains
- Salda for Xcode ($2.99), this page
- Salda for Zed (
.99) - Salda for Sublime Text (
.99) - Salda for MacOS Terminal (
.99) - Salda for iTerm2 (
.99) - Salda for Ghostty (
.99) - Salda for Rhino (
.99) - Salda for Slack ($0.99)
- Salda for Line
From the blog
- Anatomy of a Light Theme: Salda: Anatomy of Salda, a light IDE theme: white sand and warm shore backgrounds, lagoon blue keywords, turquoise strings and a reed green for parameters.
