Electric Indigo

Let your code come to life with vibrant colors and awesome contrast.

Electric Indigo is a pair of dark VS Code themes with a soft, vibrant palette and high-contrast syntax highlighting. They look great without sacrificing readability.

Nothing is invented and perfected at the same time. Feedback is very welcome. Open an issue, or just reach out and you might have a new friend!

Themes

Electric Noctis

The main theme (formerly Electric Black): electric accents on a deep midnight background (#191830).

Electric Indigo

The original: the same palette on a lighter, richer indigo background (#282649).

Installation

From VS Code

1. Open the Extensions view (⇧⌘X / Ctrl+Shift+X).
2. Search for Electric Indigo and click Install.
3. Open the Command Palette (⇧⌘P / Ctrl+Shift+P), run Preferences: Color Theme, and pick Electric Noctis or Electric Indigo.

From the command line

code --install-extension felixdivall.electric-indigo

Or get it from the Visual Studio Marketplace.

Recommended settings

Add these to your settings.json:

{
  // Pick one
  "workbench.colorTheme": "Electric Noctis",
  // "workbench.colorTheme": "Electric Indigo",

  "editor.fontFamily": "Menlo, 'Operator Mono', Monaco, 'Courier New', monospace",

  // Both themes use semantic highlighting so that enums, enum members and
  // similar tokens get their own color instead of the generic variable blue.
  // "configuredByTheme" (the default) or true both work. Don't set it to false.
  "editor.semanticHighlighting.enabled": "configuredByTheme"
}

Upgrading from Electric Black? The theme has been renamed. Change "workbench.colorTheme": "Electric Black" to "Electric Noctis".

Features

• Soft, vibrant color palette that's easy on the eyes during long sessions
• High-contrast syntax highlighting
• Tuned for JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, Python, Ruby, C#, Markdown and more
• Semantic highlighting support for richer, more accurate colors

Inspiration

Created with inspiration from the one and only Ahmad Awais and his Shades of Purple, but with a much softer palette made to last a lifetime, plus a lot of other improvements and tweaks.

Contributing

Spotted a token that looks off, or a language that could use some love? Open an issue or a pull request.

License

MIT © Felix Divall