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Deepslime

Deepslime

Katherine Aurelia

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A dark, sophisticated theme with desaturated neon colors and deep magenta-tinted backgrounds for reduced eye strain
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Deepslime Theme

A dark, sophisticated theme for Visual Studio Code with desaturated neon colors and a deep magenta-tinted background. Designed for extended coding sessions with excellent readability and visual hierarchy.

Python Code Example

Shell Script Example

Changelog

v1.1.2 (Current)

Major Enhancements:

  • Darker Editor Backgrounds: Enhanced contrast with darker code pane backgrounds (#040108) for improved focus
  • Enhanced Terminal Colors: Significantly increased ANSI color saturation for better log differentiation while slightly reducing brightness
  • Improved Code Syntax Differentiation:
    • Reserved keywords (class, async, implements) now use distinct blue-purple (#B060FF)
    • Type/class names remain bright magenta (#FF20E0) for clear visual separation
    • Functions/methods changed to cyan-green (#80E0C0) for better accessibility
    • Variables changed to desaturated neon orange (#F0A060) for excellent contrast
    • String interpolation delimiters (${}) now use bright cyan (#60D0C0) with bold styling
  • Improved Welcome Screen: Darkened keyboard hint backgrounds while maintaining bright pink text
  • Enhanced Accessibility: Color choices optimized for various types of color blindness
  • Debug Console Improvements: Increased text brightness for better readability while maintaining saturation
  • Terminal Optimization: Darker backgrounds (#000002) for reduced eye strain during long sessions

v1.0.0

  • Initial release with desaturated neon color palette
  • Support for 50+ programming languages
  • Deep magenta-tinted backgrounds for reduced eye strain

Features

  • Ultra-dark backgrounds with subtle magenta undertones for maximum eye comfort
  • Enhanced color differentiation with distinct hues for each code element type
  • Improved accessibility with color choices optimized for various types of color blindness
  • Vivid terminal colors with high saturation for easy log scanning while remaining comfortable
  • High contrast between editor and UI panels for clear visual hierarchy
  • Extensive language support with comprehensive syntax highlighting for 50+ languages
  • Distinct token colors making code structure easily scannable at a glance
  • Optimized string interpolation with highly visible delimiters
  • Carefully tuned punctuation colors that don't interfere with code comprehension

Color Palette

Background Colors

  • Editor Background: #040108 (Nearly pure black with subtle magenta undertone)
  • Terminal Background: #000002 (Pure black with minimal tint)
  • Sidebar/Panels: #0D0416 (Dark purple-black)
  • Activity Bar: #12091A (Slightly brighter magenta-purple)
  • Title/Status Bar: #120820 (Dark purple)
  • Keybinding Labels: #010004 (Nearly black for better contrast)

Syntax Colors (Desaturated Neon)

  • Functions/Methods: #80E0C0 (Cyan-green - accessible and distinct)
  • Keywords: #B060FF (Blue-purple - bold)
  • Classes/Types: #FF20E0 (Bright magenta - bold, highly visible)
  • Variables/Properties: #F0A060 (Desaturated neon orange - excellent contrast)
  • Strings: #C0A0E0 (Lavender)
  • Parameters: #A0B0E0 (Blue-purple, distinct from strings)
  • String Interpolation: #60D0C0 (Bright cyan - bold for visibility)
  • Operators/Attributes: #7DCDCD (Soft cyan)
  • Types/Numbers: #CC99BB (Soft mauve)
  • Comments: #9370DB (Muted purple, italic)
  • Brackets/Punctuation: #9090B0 (Desaturated gray-purple)
  • Semicolons/Commas: #C0C0C0 (Light gray)

Supported Languages

Full Syntax Highlighting Support:

  • ARB
  • Batch files (bat)
  • C/C++
  • C#
  • Caddyfile
  • CSS/SCSS/SASS
  • Dart
  • FreeMarker
  • Handlebars
  • HTML/XHTML
  • .htaccess
  • Java
  • JavaScript/TypeScript
  • Jinja2
  • JSON
  • JSP
  • Kotlin
  • Markdown
  • Mustache
  • Perl
  • PHP
  • PowerShell (ps1)
  • Properties/INI/ENV/CONF files
  • Python
  • QuakeC
  • Requirements.txt
  • Ruby
  • Shell scripts (sh, bash)
  • SVG
  • Swift
  • Terraform
  • TOML
  • Velocity
  • XML
  • YAML

Additional Support:

  • Assembly (.s, .asm)
  • Erlang
  • Fortran
  • HAML
  • Haskell
  • Lisp/Scheme
  • M4
  • Objective-C
  • OCaml
  • Pascal
  • Visual Basic (bas, vbs)

Customization

You can override specific colors in your settings.json:

{
  "workbench.colorCustomizations": {
    "[Deepslime]": {
      "editor.background": "#040108",
      "terminal.background": "#000002"
    }
  },
  "editor.tokenColorCustomizations": {
    "[Deepslime]": {
      "comments": "#9370DB",
      "variables": "#F0A060"
    }
  }
}

Contributing

Found an issue or want to suggest improvements? Please open an issue on the GitHub repository.

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.


Enjoy coding with Deepslime!

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