justwhitee Dark
A handcrafted VS Code dark theme with petrol/cyan accents, warm readable text, and a full matching terminal palette. Inspired by Gruvbox but more saturated and colorful.
Installation
From the Marketplace (recommended):
- Open VS Code
Ctrl+Shift+X → search justwhitee Dark- Click Install
Activate the theme:
Ctrl+Shift+P → Preferences: Color Theme → justwhitee Dark- For icons: Preferences: File Icon Theme →
justwhitee Icons
From a .vsix file:
code --install-extension justwhitee-theme-x.x.x.vsix
Or go to Extensions → ⋯ → Install from VSIX…
What's included
- Color theme —
justwhitee Dark with carefully chosen syntax colors across all major languages
- Icon theme —
justwhitee Icons with a matching file/folder icon set
- Terminal palette — matching ANSI 16-color palette for VS Code's integrated terminal, Ptyxis, and Windows Terminal
Color reference
| Role |
Hex |
| Background |
#0e1313 |
| Main text |
#dbd8c6 |
| Comments |
#486860 |
| Strings |
#8acc7c |
| Template / interpolated strings |
#5cc4a8 |
| Numbers |
#ca6702 |
| Constants / booleans / null |
#e4cc60 |
| Function names |
#e0b44a |
| Built-in functions |
#d4985a |
Control flow (if / for / while) |
#3a9890 |
Declarations (var / let / fn) |
#56b0a8 |
Type-def keywords (class / enum) |
#3a9890 |
Import keywords (import / from) |
#8878d8 |
Exit / jump (return / raise) |
#dd2d4a |
| Class / type / interface names |
#c04878 |
| Enum names |
#d4a030 |
Type parameters <T> |
#94d2bd |
| Namespace / module names |
#8cccc0 |
| Parameters |
#c8b890 |
| Properties / fields |
#8ecab8 |
| Decorators / annotations |
#c47888 |
Terminal palette
The theme ships with matching terminal colors for the VS Code integrated terminal, Ptyxis, and Windows Terminal.
| # |
Name |
Hex |
| 0 |
Black |
#182424 |
| 1 |
Red |
#cc4848 |
| 2 |
Green |
#72c85a |
| 3 |
Yellow |
#d4b45a |
| 4 |
Blue |
#3a9890 |
| 5 |
Magenta |
#8878d8 |
| 6 |
Cyan |
#56b0a8 |
| 7 |
White |
#dbd8c6 |
| 8 |
Bright Black |
#324444 |
| 9 |
Bright Red |
#e85050 |
| 10 |
Bright Green |
#8ed870 |
| 11 |
Bright Yellow |
#e4cc60 |
| 12 |
Bright Blue |
#56b0a8 |
| 13 |
Bright Magenta |
#c898d0 |
| 14 |
Bright Cyan |
#74c4bc |
| 15 |
Bright White |
#ece8d8 |
Ptyxis (Ubuntu 24.04+)
ptyxis --import-palette extras/justwhitee-dark.palette
Restart Ptyxis → right-click → Preferences → your profile → Palette → select justwhitee Dark.
Windows Terminal
Open settings (Ctrl+, → Open JSON file) and merge the contents of extras/windows-terminal-scheme.json into the "schemes" array, then set it on your profile:
"colorScheme": "justwhitee Dark"
Test the colors
bash extras/test-colors.sh
Prints all 16 ANSI colors, text styles, and a simulated code snippet so you can verify the palette at a glance.
Building from source
npm install -g @vscode/vsce
vsce package # produces justwhitee-theme-x.x.x.vsix
Settings Sync note: Sync uploads your settings (including the active theme name) but not local extension files. Install the .vsix manually on each machine, or use the Marketplace version so Sync picks it up automatically.
License
MIT
