diff --git a/apps/web/src/styles/code-highlight-dark.css b/apps/web/src/styles/code-highlight-dark.css
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..312af5d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/src/styles/code-highlight-dark.css
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+/*
+ * Lowlight always emits the same Highlight.js token classes. The default
+ * GitHub import in globals.css covers light mode; scope GitHub Dark's token
+ * palette to EdgeEver's explicit app theme so a user override does not depend
+ * on the operating-system color scheme.
+ */
+:root.dark .ProseMirror .edgeever-code-block .hljs {
+  background: transparent;
+  color: #c9d1d9;
+}
+
+:root.dark .ProseMirror .edgeever-code-block .hljs-doctag,
+:root.dark .ProseMirror .edgeever-code-block .hljs-keyword,
+:root.dark .ProseMirror .edgeever-code-block .hljs-meta .hljs-keyword,
+:root.dark .ProseMirror .edgeever-code-block .hljs-template-tag,
+:root.dark .ProseMirror .edgeever-code-block .hljs-template-variable,
+:root.dark .ProseMirror .edgeever-code-block .hljs-type,
+:root.dark .ProseMirror .edgeever-code-block .hljs-variable.language_ {
+  color: #ff7b72;
+}
+
+:root.dark .ProseMirror .edgeever-code-block .hljs-title,
+:root.dark .ProseMirror .edgeever-code-block .hljs-title.class_,
+:root.dark .ProseMirror .edgeever-code-block .hljs-title.class_.inherited__,
+:root.dark .ProseMirror .edgeever-code-block .hljs-title.function_ {
+  color: #d2a8ff;
+}
+
+:root.dark .ProseMirror .edgeever-code-block .hljs-attr,
+:root.dark .ProseMirror .edgeever-code-block .hljs-attribute,
+:root.dark .ProseMirror .edgeever-code-block .hljs-literal,
+:root.dark .ProseMirror .edgeever-code-block .hljs-meta,
+:root.dark .ProseMirror .edgeever-code-block .hljs-number,
+:root.dark .ProseMirror .edgeever-code-block .hljs-operator,
+:root.dark .ProseMirror .edgeever-code-block .hljs-variable,
+:root.dark .ProseMirror .edgeever-code-block .hljs-selector-attr,
+:root.dark .ProseMirror .edgeever-code-block .hljs-selector-class,
+:root.dark .ProseMirror .edgeever-code-block .hljs-selector-id {
+  color: #79c0ff;
+}
+
+:root.dark .ProseMirror .edgeever-code-block .hljs-regexp,
+:root.dark .ProseMirror .edgeever-code-block .hljs-string,
+:root.dark .ProseMirror .edgeever-code-block .hljs-meta .hljs-string {
+  color: #a5d6ff;
+}
+
+:root.dark .ProseMirror .edgeever-code-block .hljs-built_in,
+:root.dark .ProseMirror .edgeever-code-block .hljs-symbol {
+  color: #ffa657;
+}
+
+:root.dark .ProseMirror .edgeever-code-block .hljs-comment,
+:root.dark .ProseMirror .edgeever-code-block .hljs-code,
+:root.dark .ProseMirror .edgeever-code-block .hljs-formula {
+  color: #8b949e;
+}
+
+:root.dark .ProseMirror .edgeever-code-block .hljs-name,
+:root.dark .ProseMirror .edgeever-code-block .hljs-quote,
+:root.dark .ProseMirror .edgeever-code-block .hljs-selector-tag,
+:root.dark .ProseMirror .edgeever-code-block .hljs-selector-pseudo {
+  color: #7ee787;
+}
+
+:root.dark .ProseMirror .edgeever-code-block .hljs-subst,
+:root.dark .ProseMirror .edgeever-code-block .hljs-emphasis,
+:root.dark .ProseMirror .edgeever-code-block .hljs-strong {
+  color: #c9d1d9;
+}
+
+:root.dark .ProseMirror .edgeever-code-block .hljs-section {
+  color: #58a6ff;
+}
+
+:root.dark .ProseMirror .edgeever-code-block .hljs-bullet {
+  color: #f2cc60;
+}
+
+:root.dark .ProseMirror .edgeever-code-block .hljs-addition {
+  background-color: #033a16;
+  color: #aff5b4;
+}
+
+:root.dark .ProseMirror .edgeever-code-block .hljs-deletion {
+  background-color: #67060c;
+  color: #ffdcd7;
+}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/styles/code-highlight-theme.test.mjs b/apps/web/src/styles/code-highlight-theme.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..649a984a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/src/styles/code-highlight-theme.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+
+const globals = readFileSync(new URL("./globals.css", import.meta.url), "utf8");
+const darkTheme = readFileSync(new URL("./code-highlight-dark.css", import.meta.url), "utf8");
+
+describe("rich-text code highlight themes", () => {
+  test("loads the light palette before the scoped dark override", () => {
+    const lightImport = '@import "highlight.js/styles/github.css";';
+    const darkImport = '@import "./code-highlight-dark.css";';
+
+    expect(globals).toContain(lightImport);
+    expect(globals).toContain(darkImport);
+    expect(globals.indexOf(darkImport)).toBeGreaterThan(globals.indexOf(lightImport));
+  });
+
+  test("scopes GitHub Dark token colors to dark rich-text code blocks", () => {
+    expect(darkTheme).toContain(":root.dark .ProseMirror .edgeever-code-block .hljs");
+    expect(darkTheme).toContain("background: transparent;");
+
+    for (const token of [
+      "keyword",
+      "title",
+      "number",
+      "string",
+      "built_in",
+      "comment",
+      "selector-tag",
+      "subst",
+      "section",
+      "bullet",
+      "addition",
+      "deletion",
+    ]) {
+      expect(darkTheme).toContain(`.edgeever-code-block .hljs-${token}`);
+    }
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/web/src/styles/globals.css b/apps/web/src/styles/globals.css
index 685b189c..c512a5d2 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/styles/globals.css
+++ b/apps/web/src/styles/globals.css
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 @import "highlight.js/styles/github.css";
 @import "./editor-themes/index.css";
+@import "./code-highlight-dark.css";
 
 @tailwind base;
 @tailwind components;