diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index e46b0b2..8acf990 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ const sapphireColorSet: IColorSet = {
     this: sapphireColors.blue,
     cssClass: sapphireColors.blue,
     cssId: sapphireColors.red,
-    cssTag: sapphireColors.teal
+    cssTag: sapphireColors.teal,
+    markdownQuote: '#c0c0c0'
   },
   ui: {
     background: '#151B24',
diff --git a/src/themeGenerator.ts b/src/themeGenerator.ts
index 52d4fdd..0e85468 100644
--- a/src/themeGenerator.ts
+++ b/src/themeGenerator.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export interface IColorSet {
     cssClass?: string;
     cssId?: string;
     cssTag?: string;
+    markdownQuote?: string;
   }
   ui?: {
     /** The default background color */
diff --git a/src/vscodeThemeGenerator.ts b/src/vscodeThemeGenerator.ts
index a517598..bf521b7 100644
--- a/src/vscodeThemeGenerator.ts
+++ b/src/vscodeThemeGenerator.ts
@@ -181,8 +181,9 @@ const vscodeJsonThemeRules: IRuleGenerator[] = [
   /**
    * Markdown
    */
-  { source: set => set.syntax.keyword,    generate: getSimpleColorGenerator('Markdown heading', 'markup.heading') },
-  { source: set => set.syntax.identifier, generate: getSimpleColorGenerator('Markdown link text', 'text.html.markdown meta.link.inline, meta.link.reference') },
+  { source: set => set.syntax.keyword,       generate: getSimpleColorGenerator('Markdown heading', 'markup.heading') },
+  { source: set => set.syntax.identifier,    generate: getSimpleColorGenerator('Markdown link text', 'text.html.markdown meta.link.inline, meta.link.reference') },,
+  { source: set => set.syntax.markdownQuote, generate: getSimpleColorGenerator('Markdown block quote', 'text.html.markdown markup.quote') },
   // TODO: Clean up getFontStyleGenerator
   { source: set => 'undefined', generate: getFontStyleGenerator('Markdown italic', 'markup.italic', FontStyle.ITALIC) },
   { source: set => 'undefined', generate: getFontStyleGenerator('Markdown bold', 'markup.bold', FontStyle.BOLD) },