Nightshade

A dark theme built around a deep-purple canvas (#130518) with teal (#1ba891) and pink (#e91e63) accents. Syntax colors lean into cyan, lavender, and pink for a calm, high-contrast read that's easy on the eyes during long sessions.

Preview

Nightshade theme preview

Activate the theme

Once the extension is installed:

Open the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P, or Cmd+Shift+P on macOS).
Run Preferences: Color Theme.
Select Nightshade from the list.

That's it, the theme applies instantly. You can switch back the same way anytime.

What you get

A consistent look across many languages, including JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust, PHP, HTML, CSS/SCSS, JSON, and Markdown.
Fully themed editor and workbench: sidebar, panels, terminal, lists, menus, tooltips, bracket-pair colors, selection and find highlights, and git decorations.
High-contrast syntax highlighting tuned for readability rather than noise.

Palette

The core colors that define the look (syntax highlighting uses a few more accent shades on top of these):

Role	Color
Background	`#130518`
Foreground	`#eeffff`
Accent (teal)	`#1ba891`
Accent (pink)	`#e91e63`
Keywords	`#748bcf`
Storage / declarations	`#e1b5f8`
Functions	`#08dde4`
Types / classes	`#1ba891`
Strings	`#e2c9ea`
Numbers	`#5b8cf0`
Constants	`#9d86ff`
Comments	`#797979`

Feedback

Spot a scope that could look better, or a language that needs some love? Head to the issue tracker and include the language plus a short snippet so it can be reproduced and fixed.

Enjoy!

Nightshade

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Nightshade

Preview

Activate the theme

What you get

Palette

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