diff --git a/extensions/theme-defaults/themes/dark_vs.json b/extensions/theme-defaults/themes/dark_vs.json
index 87b3dde8f83..0f9d50c1a4e 100644
--- a/extensions/theme-defaults/themes/dark_vs.json
+++ b/extensions/theme-defaults/themes/dark_vs.json
@@ -101,19 +101,21 @@
 		{
 			"scope": "markup.bold",
 			"settings": {
-				"fontStyle": "bold"
+				"fontStyle": "bold",
+				"foreground": "#569cd6"
 			}
 		},
 		{
 			"scope": "markup.heading",
 			"settings": {
-				"foreground": "#6796e6"
+				"foreground": "#569cd6"
 			}
 		},
 		{
 			"scope": "markup.italic",
 			"settings": {
-				"fontStyle": "italic"
+				"fontStyle": "italic",
+				"foreground": "#569cd6"
 			}
 		},
 		{
@@ -133,6 +135,24 @@
 			"settings": {
 				"foreground": "#569cd6"
 			}
+		},
+				{
+			"scope": ["markup.punctuation.quote", "markup.punctuation.list"],
+			"settings": {
+				"foreground": "#6796e6"
+			}
+		},
+		{
+			"scope": ["markup.quote", "markup.list"],
+			"settings": {
+				"foreground": "#6796e6"
+			}
+		},
+		{
+			"scope": "markup.inline.raw",
+			"settings": {
+				"foreground": "#ce9178"
+			}
 		},
 		{
 			"scope": "meta.selector",
diff --git a/extensions/theme-defaults/themes/light_plus.json b/extensions/theme-defaults/themes/light_plus.json
index 31b494f7678..4b31cf49a53 100644
--- a/extensions/theme-defaults/themes/light_plus.json
+++ b/extensions/theme-defaults/themes/light_plus.json
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@
 			"settings": {
 				"foreground": "#001080"
 			}
+		},
+		{
+			"scope": ["markup.quote", "markup.list"],
+			"settings": {
+				"foreground": "#0451a5"
+			}
 		}
 	]
 }
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diff --git a/extensions/theme-defaults/themes/light_vs.json b/extensions/theme-defaults/themes/light_vs.json
index cf4fd0b9449..1b049634d42 100644
--- a/extensions/theme-defaults/themes/light_vs.json
+++ b/extensions/theme-defaults/themes/light_vs.json
@@ -91,19 +91,22 @@
 		{
 			"scope": "markup.bold",
 			"settings": {
-				"fontStyle": "bold"
+				"fontStyle": "bold",
+				"foreground": "#000080"
+
 			}
 		},
 		{
 			"scope": "markup.heading",
 			"settings": {
-				"foreground": "#000080"
+				"foreground": "#800000"
 			}
 		},
 		{
 			"scope": "markup.italic",
 			"settings": {
-				"fontStyle": "italic"
+				"fontStyle": "italic",
+				"foreground": "#000080"
 			}
 		},
 		{
@@ -124,6 +127,24 @@
 				"foreground": "#0451a5"
 			}
 		},
+		{
+			"scope": ["markup.punctuation.quote", "markup.punctuation.list"],
+			"settings": {
+				"foreground": "#0451a5"
+			}
+		},
+		{
+			"scope": ["markup.quote", "markup.list"],
+			"settings": {
+				"foreground": "#000000"
+			}
+		},
+		{
+			"scope": "markup.inline.raw",
+			"settings": {
+				"foreground": "#800000"
+			}
+		},
 		{
 			"scope": "meta.selector",
 			"settings": {