Evolution Themes

A collection of five handcrafted dark UI themes for Visual Studio Code. All themes leave syntax highlighting untouched, letting VS Code's built-in token colors handle code coloring while the themes style every UI surface.

Developed by james-evolution on GitHub.

Themes

Evolution Dark

A deep dark theme with purple primary accents and a vivid green focus ring. Built for long coding sessions in low-light environments.

• Background: #0f1117
• Accent: #9d6fe8 (purple)
• Focus ring: #00e676 (green)
• Foreground: #c8d0e0

Evolution Vampire

Pitch-black charcoal with deep blood-red accents. Stark, minimal, and intense.

• Background: #0e0e0e
• Accent: #8b0000 (blood red)
• Focus ring: #c62828
• Foreground: #e8e4e4

Evolution Luna

Moonlit night sky — deep blue-slate depths with cool silver text and icy steel-blue accents. Button hover uses a light wash (#eaf5ff) for a distinct interactive feel.

• Background: #0d1117
• Accent: #2d6899 (steel blue)
• Focus ring: #7bbde0 (ice blue)
• Foreground: #cfe4f5

Evolution Balor

A high-contrast theme with a black base, medium aquamarine text, and gold/yellow highlights. Inspired by classic terminal palettes and bold UI contrasts.

• Background: #000000
• Accent: #FFD700 (gold/yellow)
• Foreground: #66CDAA (medium aquamarine)
• Blue highlight: #4fc3ff

Evolution Dragon

A sleek, modern theme with an onyx background, arctic aqua highlights, and gold accents. Designed for clarity and a touch of luxury.

• Background: #0b0b0b
• Accent: #FFD700 (gold)
• Foreground: #e6e6e6 (arctic aqua)
• Group row: #ff6a6a (red)
• Best highlight: #7fffd4 (aqua)

Coverage

Each theme covers the following VSCode UI surfaces:

• Editor chrome (background, foreground, cursor, line highlight, selection, bracket matching)
• Sidebar, Activity Bar, Section Headers
• Title Bar, Status Bar
• Tabs and Editor Groups
• Panels and Terminal
• Inputs, Dropdowns, Buttons
• Lists and Tree Views
• Scrollbars, Badges, Progress Bar
• Widgets (autocomplete, hover, peek, find)
• Menus and Breadcrumbs
• Notifications and Quick Input
• Diff Editor
• Git decorations
• Settings UI
• Input validation (error / warning / info)