I fixed this for myself by changing the background to a darkish brown: https://github.com/ajacksified/vim-colors-solarized-brown https://github.com/ajacksified/

I fixed this for myself by changing the background to a darkish brown: https://github.com/ajacksified/vim-colors-solarized-brown https://github.com/ajacksified/vim-colors-solarized-brown Similar still, but a little higher contrast.