Deepslime Theme

A very dark VS Code theme built around desaturated neons and deep magenta-tinted backgrounds. Easy on the eyes for long sessions, but still colorful enough to tell your code apart at a glance.

Changelog

v1.1.4 (Current)

• Fixed the light gray chrome that showed up around split terminals and panel sections — turns out a bunch of panelSection* keys just weren't set, so VS Code was falling back to defaults
• Added missing terminal UI keys (sticky scroll, find match, inactive selection) for the same reason
• Bumped brightness on all non-editor backgrounds so the UI chrome isn't just a void
• Made the borders between sidebar, editor, panels, terminal, and status bar actually visible (#4A3070) — before they were nearly the same color as the backgrounds next to them
• Brightened foreground text across the board (sidebar labels, inactive tabs, breadcrumbs, panel titles, status bar, etc.) — it was hard to read anything with the lights on
• Brackets and punctuation are a bit brighter now too

v1.1.3

• Bumped editor background brightness a touch (#060110) so the VS Code logo actually shows on empty screens
• Darkened sidebar and panel backgrounds (#090312) to keep focus on code
• More red in menus and activity bars for a stronger magenta vibe
• Toned down the Remote-SSH status bar indicator — it was way too bright for staring at during long remote sessions
• Darkened backgrounds behind checkmarks, success labels, and badges so they actually pop
• Pulled back brightness on class names and enums (#D850C0) — they were competing with everything else
• Dialed down info/hint squiggles (#50B0C0) so they're visible but not screaming at you
• Darkened chart colors so white text on git graphs and badges is actually readable

v1.1.2

• Darker editor backgrounds for better contrast
• Cranked up ANSI color saturation in the terminal so different log levels are easier to tell apart
• Better color separation between keywords, types, functions, and variables
• Darkened keyboard hint backgrounds on the welcome screen
• Started working on color blindness accessibility (still more to do)
• Brighter debug console text
• Darker terminal backgrounds

v1.0.0

• First release

What you get

• Nearly black backgrounds with a hint of magenta
• Each type of code element gets its own color, so scanning is quick
• Terminal colors are saturated enough to differentiate log levels without being harsh
• Editor and UI panels are visually distinct from each other
• Syntax highlighting for a wide range of languages
• String interpolation delimiters are easy to spot
• Punctuation stays out of the way

Color palette

Backgrounds

Syntax colors

Customization

Override colors in your settings.json if something isn't working for you:

{
  "workbench.colorCustomizations": {
    "[Deepslime]": {
      "editor.background": "#060110",
      "terminal.background": "#020108"
    }
  },
  "editor.tokenColorCustomizations": {
    "[Deepslime]": {
      "comments": "#9370DB",
      "variables": "#F0A060"
    }
  }
}

Contributing

Found a problem or have a suggestion? Open an issue.

License

MIT — see LICENSE.