docs/obsidian-developer/Reference/CSS variables/Editor/Code.md

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This page lists CSS variables for code.

CSS variables

Variable	Description
--code-background	Code background color
--code-white-space	Code white-space
--code-size	Code font size

Syntax highlighting

Since Obsidian uses two different libraries for syntax highlighting—one for Editing view and another for Reading view—styling may not match perfectly between the two.

Variable	Description
--code-normal	Non-highlighted syntax
--code-comment	Comments
--code-function	Functions
--code-important	Important, regex
--code-keyword	Keywords
--code-operator	Operators
--code-property	Properties
--code-punctuation	Punctuation
--code-string	Strings
--code-tag	Tags, symbols, constants
--code-value	Values