Inspired by Sydney's bright harbour mornings, salt-air breezes, and soft coastal light, this theme keeps the editor clean and airy with porcelain whites and misty blues. Gentle ocean surfaces and clear selections preserve focus, while a deep teal accent and warm sandstone highlights add contrast across tabs, borders, and search matches without losing the calm, sunlit feel.
A light theme from the Codigrate Cities collection, released 2026-02-05. Tags: Coastal, Bright, Modern.
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.
Sydney color palette
Every named color of the Sydney palette, free to download for MacOS, CorelDRAW and Figma.
Sydney on every platform
- Sydney for JetBrains
- Sydney for Xcode ($2.99), this page
- Sydney for Zed (
.99) - Sydney for Sublime Text (
.99) - Sydney for MacOS Terminal (
.99) - Sydney for iTerm2 (
.99) - Sydney for Ghostty (
.99) - Sydney for Rhino (
.99) - Sydney for Slack ($0.99)
- Sydney for Line
From the blog
- Anatomy of a Light Theme: Sydney: Anatomy of Sydney, a light IDE theme: two whites and a harbour blue frame, reef teal and harbour blue code, warmed by sandstone clay and outback gold.
