Aurora Nocturne Dreams for Visual Studio Code
❄️ A mystical VS Code theme inspired by the northern lights dancing across a polar night

✨ Description
Aurora Nocturne Dreams brings the ethereal beauty of the northern lights to your coding environment. Experience the mystical atmosphere of a polar night with deep arctic blues, brilliant aurora greens, and starlight accents that make your code shine like the aurora borealis.
🌌 Features
- 🌙 Polar Night Depths: Deep arctic blue backgrounds (#0b0f1c) that create the perfect atmosphere for focused coding
- 💎 Aurora Accents: Ethereal aurora greens (#00f5d4) and polar violets (#8a2be2) that highlight your code
- ⭐ Starlight Clarity: Crystal-clear text rendering with icicle blues and starlight whites
- ❄️ Winter Comfort: Eye-friendly design optimized for long coding sessions
- 🎨 Dual Variants: Choose between full intensity or soft variant
- 🔧 Full Language Support: Optimized for JavaScript, Python, HTML, CSS, JSON, Markdown, and more
- 🌈 Semantic Highlighting: Complete support for VS Code's semantic highlighting
- 📐 Bracket Colorization: Beautiful bracket pair colorization with aurora colors
🎯 Installation
Via VS Code Marketplace
- Open VS Code
- Go to Extensions (Ctrl+Shift+X / Cmd+Shift+X)
- Search for "Aurora Nocturne"
- Install and reload
- Go to File > Preferences > Color Theme
- Select "Aurora Nocturne" or "Aurora Nocturne Soft"
Manual Installation
- Download the
.vsix file from releases
- Open VS Code
- Press Ctrl+Shift+P / Cmd+Shift+P
- Type "Extensions: Install from VSIX"
- Select the downloaded file
🌟 Theme Variants
❄️ Aurora Nocturne Dreams
The full intensity polar night experience with deep arctic blues and brilliant aurora colors that dance across your code like the northern lights.
✨ Aurora Nocturne Soft
A gentle winter variant perfect for extended coding sessions with softer aurora colors and muted polar tones.
🎨 Color Palette
Primary Colors
- Background Primary:
#0b0f1c - Безлунная полярная ночь
- Background Secondary:
#0e1224 - Фон с лёгким сине-фиолетовым сдвигом
- Background Tertiary:
#070a14 - Почти чёрный для максимального контраста
Text Colors
- Text Primary:
#e8f4ff - Ледяной белый с синевой
- Text Secondary:
#b8c8e0 - Мягкий лавандово-голубой
- Text Muted:
#7a8cb0 - Приглушённый арктический серый
Accent Colors
- Aurora Green:
#00f5d4 - Бирюзово-неоновый (сияние над ледником)
- Polar Violet:
#8a2be2 - Фиолетовый как всполох северного сияния
- Starlight:
#f0f8ff - Холодный белый, как звёзды
- Icicle Blue:
#5dade2 - Прозрачный голубой лёд
- Midnight Pink:
#d16ba5 - Редкий розовый оттенок полярного сияния
📸 Screenshots
JavaScript
// Aurora Nocturne Dreams makes your JavaScript shine
const auroraTheme = {
name: 'Aurora Nocturne',
colors: ['#00f5d4', '#8a2be2', '#d16ba5'],
beauty: 'infinite'
};
function createMagic() {
return auroraTheme.colors.map(color =>
`✨ ${color} brings polar magic to your code`
);
}
Python
# Experience the northern lights in Python
class AuroraNocturne:
def __init__(self):
self.magic = "polar night coding"
self.colors = ["aurora green", "polar violet", "starlight"]
def code_under_aurora(self):
"""Code like you're under the northern lights"""
return f"Coding with {self.magic} ❄️"
⚙️ Recommended Settings
For the best Aurora Nocturne Dreams experience, add these settings to your VS Code configuration:
{
"editor.semanticHighlighting.enabled": true,
"editor.bracketPairColorization.enabled": true,
"editor.guides.bracketPairs": true,
"editor.fontLigatures": true,
"workbench.iconTheme": "material-icon-theme",
"terminal.integrated.minimumContrastRatio": 4.5
}
🔧 Customization
You can customize Aurora Nocturne Dreams colors in your settings:
{
"workbench.colorCustomizations": {
"[Aurora Nocturne]": {
"editor.background": "#0b0f1c",
"editor.foreground": "#e8f4ff"
}
},
"editor.tokenColorCustomizations": {
"[Aurora Nocturne]": {
"comments": "#7a8cb0"
}
}
}
🌍 Language Support
Aurora Nocturne Dreams is optimized for:
- Web Development: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Vue, Angular
- Backend: Python, Node.js, PHP, Java, C#, Go, Rust
- Data & Config: JSON, YAML, XML, SQL, GraphQL
- Documentation: Markdown, reStructuredText
- Shell: Bash, PowerShell, Zsh
🎭 Accessibility
Aurora Nocturne Dreams follows WCAG guidelines:
- Contrast Ratio: Minimum 4.5:1 for text, 3:1 for UI elements
- Color Blind Friendly: Tested with various types of color blindness
- Low Light Optimized: Reduced eye strain for night coding sessions
🐛 Issues & Feedback
Found a bug or have a suggestion? We'd love to hear from you!
🤝 Contributing
We welcome contributions! Please see our Contributing Guide for details.
- Fork the repository
- Create your feature branch (
git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
- Commit your changes (
git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')
- Push to the branch (
git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
- Open a Pull Request
📜 License
This theme is licensed under the MIT License.
🙏 Acknowledgments
- Inspired by the natural beauty of the Aurora Borealis
- Color theory based on polar night phenomena
- Special thanks to the VS Code theme community
🌟 Show Your Support
If you enjoy Aurora Nocturne Dreams, please:
- ⭐ Star the repository
- 📝 Leave a review on the marketplace
- 🐦 Share on social media with #AuroraNocturne
- ☕ Buy us a coffee