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Purple Stark Theme for VS Code

A warm, paper-like theme with purple accents. Available in light and dark variants.

Variants

Purple Stark Light

A warm, cream-toned light theme with soft purple highlights.

Stark Light

Purple Stark Dark

A cozy dark theme with warm undertones and purple accents.

Stark Dark

Installation

From VS Code Marketplace

Open VS Code
Go to Extensions (Cmd+Shift+X / Ctrl+Shift+X)
Search for "Purple Stark Theme"
Click Install
Press Cmd+K Cmd+T / Ctrl+K Ctrl+T to open the theme picker
Select Purple Stark Light or Purple Stark Dark

Manual Installation

Copy this folder to your VS Code extensions directory:
- macOS: ~/.vscode/extensions/stark-theme
- Windows: %USERPROFILE%\.vscode\extensions\stark-theme
- Linux: ~/.vscode/extensions/stark-theme
Restart VS Code
Open Command Palette (Cmd+Shift+P / Ctrl+Shift+P)
Type "Color Theme" and select Preferences: Color Theme
Choose Purple Stark Light or Purple Stark Dark

From VSIX File

Download stark-theme-1.0.0.vsix
Open VS Code
Open Command Palette (Cmd+Shift+P / Ctrl+Shift+P)
Type "Install from VSIX" and select Extensions: Install from VSIX...
Select the downloaded .vsix file

Features

Warm, paper-like background colors
Purple accent colors for UI elements and syntax highlighting
Comprehensive token colors for all major languages
Semantic highlighting support for enhanced code coloring
Git decoration colors for file status
Integrated terminal colors
Full support for:
- JavaScript/TypeScript
- React/JSX/TSX
- HTML/CSS/SCSS
- JSON/YAML
- Markdown
- Python, Go, Rust, and more

Color Palette

Light Theme

Element	Color
Background	`#fdfcfa`
Foreground	`#3d3a36`
Accent	`#7c5cba`
Keywords	`#9b6bb8`
Strings	`#5a9a52`
Functions	`#5a7cc7`
Types	`#4a9a9a`
Numbers	`#c78a5a`

Dark Theme

Element	Color
Background	`#22201c`
Foreground	`#e8e4df`
Accent	`#b898e0`
Keywords	`#b890d8`
Strings	`#7cc070`
Functions	`#7a9ce0`
Types	`#68c0c0`
Numbers	`#e0a070`

Requirements

VS Code version 1.60.0 or higher

Repository

License

MIT