OpenPoem Night

A dark, cinematic VS Code theme for the few who listen between the words.

Night black, cream ink, and a single blood-red accent — the palette of openpoem.org. One colour carries the weight; everything else stays quiet, so the red means something when it appears.

night   #0a090c   background
ink     #f2efe8   bright text
text    #cbccd2   default text
red     #d1382b   the accent — keywords, tags, cursor, buttons
sand    #c9a978   strings
gold    #d8b46a   types, attributes
coral   #e8b0a4   functions
green   #6fae86   git added · regex

Install

From the Marketplace — search OpenPoem Night in the Extensions view.

From source

git clone https://github.com/openpoem/openpoem-vscode-theme
cd openpoem-vscode-theme
# open in VS Code, press F5 to launch an Extension Development Host,
# or package + install:
npm i -g @vscode/vsce
vsce package
code --install-extension openpoem-night-1.0.0.vsix

Then: Cmd/Ctrl+K Cmd/Ctrl+T → OpenPoem Night.

Design notes

• Semantic highlighting is on — types, parameters and default-library symbols get their own weight where the language server provides it.
• Bracket-pair colours run down the warm side of the palette.
• Git decorations stay conventional (added = green, modified = amber, deleted = red) so the accent red never gets confused with a real change.
• Tuned for legibility on true black without harsh pure-white text.

Credits

An original theme by OpenPoem — its colours, its mapping, its choices. Not derived from any other theme's values; only the idea of a clean, single-accent dark theme is shared with the genre.

Inspired by that genre — the Supabase VS Code theme (MIT © aldouus) is a fine example of it. OpenPoem Night shares the idea alone; its palette and token mapping are its own.

License

MIT © OpenPoem