Umbre

A quiet theme for VS Code and Cursor.

Dark and light themes with simple built-in customization.

Umbre includes Umbre Dark and Umbre Light. The defaults are calm and low contrast, but you can tune the theme from the Command Palette without editing JSON or adding color overrides to your settings.

Install

Umbre is published on:

• Visual Studio Marketplace
• Open VSX

After installing, open Preferences: Color Theme and choose Umbre Dark or Umbre Light.

Umbre pairs well with Symbols, a simple file icon theme that works in both VS Code and Cursor. After installation, Umbre can help you install Symbols and open the icon theme picker.

Customize

Run Umbre: Configure Theme from the Command Palette.

You can change:

• Shade: choose a softer or deeper editor background.
• Accent: pick the highlight color family.
• Syntax strength: keep code colors vivid, soften them, or make them nearly monochrome.
• Panels and sidebars: control how much the workbench chrome stands apart from the editor.
• Terminal contrast: tune the terminal background separately.
• Borders: hide separators or make the workspace structure clearer.

Changes preview while you choose. When you apply them, Umbre updates its own generated theme files and keeps your editor settings clean.

Commands

• Umbre: Configure Theme: customize the active Umbre theme.