Themes are personal. Some of us live in dark mode, some swear by high contrast, and some of us have very strong opinions about that one shade of blue from years ago. The new themes in Visual Studio 2026 are built on Fluent, which gives us a much more consistent and accessible foundation, but we have heard from plenty of you who want more control over specific colors. Accent colors, hover states, the line between the shell and the tab headers… the small things that make an IDE feel like yours.
So, we did something about it.