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Jacaranda Theme

Jacaranda Theme

Alejandro Hernandez

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Elegant and modern Deep Purple scheme theme with colorful schemes for JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, C, C++, HTML, CSS, Go, Java, React, Astro, Prisma, Markdown, YAML, TOML, JSON, and more to come soon.
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Jacaranda Theme 🌸

A beautiful and vibrant VS Code theme inspired by the stunning purple blooms of the Jacaranda tree. This theme brings elegance and readability to your coding experience with carefully crafted colors that reduce eye strain while maintaining excellent syntax highlighting.

✨ Features

  • Beautiful Color Palette: Inspired by nature's most stunning purple flowers
  • Eye-friendly: Carefully selected colors to reduce eye strain during long coding sessions
  • High Contrast: Excellent readability for all supported languages
  • Consistent Syntax Highlighting: Unified color scheme across all file types

🎯 Language Support

Jacaranda Theme provides optimized syntax highlighting for:

  • JavaScript & TypeScript - Modern web development
  • Python - Data science and backend development
  • C & C++ - System programming
  • HTML & CSS - Web markup and styling
  • Go - Modern backend development
  • Java - Enterprise development
  • React - Component-based UI development
  • Astro - Modern web framework
  • Prisma - Database toolkit
  • Markdown - Documentation
  • YAML & TOML - Configuration files
  • JSON - Data interchange format

🚀 Coming Soon: More languages will be added in future updates based on community feedback!

🎨 Color Palette

Our carefully curated color palette combines vibrant purples with complementary accent colors:

🎨 Primary Purples 💜

Color Sample Name Hex
⬤ Lavender Mist #dac7fc
⬤ Soft Purple #ccb5ff
⬤ Medium Purple #ae89ff
⬤ Bright Magenta #e484fc


🌸 Accent Colors ✨

Color Sample Name Hex
⬤ Pink Purple #f0a6ff
⬤ Light Pink #fdcaff
⬤ Hot Pink #ff66a6
⬤ Electric Purple #ee80ff


🌿 Supporting Colors 🍃

Color Sample Name Hex
⬤ Peach #ffbba6
⬤ Coral #ff9494
⬤ Cream #ebce99
⬤ Mint Green #a1e2b7
⬤ Forest Green #5daf6f
⬤ Sky Blue #7dc1d6
⬤ Periwinkle #94b9ff

Color Usage

  • Keywords & Control Flow: Primary purples for if, else, function, class
  • Strings & Text: Warm peach and coral tones
  • Comments: Soft greens for subtle visibility
  • Variables: Sky blue and periwinkle for clarity
  • Operators: Hot pink for visual distinction

📸 Screenshots

JavaScript/TypeScript

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Python

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React/JSX

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HTML/CSS

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Configuration Files (JSON/YAML)

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🚀 Installation

Via VS Code Marketplace

  1. Open VS Code
  2. Go to Extensions (Ctrl+Shift+X / Cmd+Shift+X)
  3. Search for "Jacaranda Theme"
  4. Click Install
  5. Go to File > Preferences > Color Theme and select "Jacaranda Theme"

Manual Installation

  1. Download the theme files
  2. Copy to your VS Code extensions folder:
    • Windows: %USERPROFILE%\.vscode\extensions
    • macOS: ~/.vscode/extensions
    • Linux: ~/.vscode/extensions
  3. Restart VS Code
  4. Select the theme from Color Theme preferences

⚙️ Recommended Settings

For the best experience with Jacaranda Theme, consider these VS Code settings:

{
  "editor.fontFamily": "JetBrains Mono, Fira Code, Consolas",
  "editor.fontSize": 14,
  "editor.lineHeight": 1.6,
  "editor.fontLigatures": true,
  "editor.cursorBlinking": "smooth",
  "editor.bracketPairColorization.enabled": true
}

🐛 Issues & Feedback

Found a bug or have a suggestion? We'd love to hear from you!

  • Issues: Report bugs or request features
  • Discussions: Join the community discussion

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! Whether it's:

  • Adding support for new languages
  • Improving existing syntax highlighting
  • Fixing color contrast issues
  • Updating documentation

Please see our Contributing Guide for more details.

📋 Changelog

v1.0.0

  • Initial release
  • Support for 13 programming languages
  • Complete color palette implementation
  • Optimized syntax highlighting

📄 License

This theme is licensed under the MIT License.

💜 Inspiration

Named after the beautiful Jacaranda tree, known for its stunning purple blooms that create breathtaking natural canopies. Just like these magnificent trees bring beauty to landscapes, we hope this theme brings beauty and clarity to your code.


Enjoy coding with Jacaranda Theme! 🌸

If you love this theme, please consider leaving a ⭐ review on the marketplace!

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