SurpassOne Theme for Zed

A flat, monochrome color theme built on coral tonal hierarchy and grayscale. No rainbow — just shades of coral and gray. Dark and Light variants included.

This is the Zed port of the SurpassOne Theme for VS Code / Cursor.

Design principles

• One color — the only hue used for syntax is coral; everything else is built from shades of gray.
• Flat — borders and shadows are minimized; regions are separated by background tone alone.
• Readability — fewer colors, more tonal steps to keep code legible.

Installation

Open the command palette, run zed: extensions, search for SurpassOne, and install. Then select the theme via theme selector: toggle (or Settings → Theme) and pick SurpassOne Dark or SurpassOne Light.

Local development

To work on the theme without publishing:

1. Run zed: install dev extension from the command palette.
2. Select this repository's directory.
3. Edit themes/surpassone.json; Zed reloads the theme on save.

Run zed --foreground for verbose logs, or zed: open log to troubleshoot.

License

MIT