Material Darker PH
A refreshed Material Darker theme for VS Code.


🎨 Overview
Material Darker PH is a sleek, high-contrast dark theme designed for long coding sessions. Building upon the classic Material Darker aesthetics, this version brings refined color palettes, improved syntax highlighting visibility, and a modern feel to your editor.
Perfect for developers who love the Material Design philosophy but want a deeper, more immersive dark mode experience.
✨ Features
- Deep Dark Background: Reduces eye strain during night-time coding.
- Vibrant Syntax Highlighting: Carefully selected colors to make code pop without being harsh.
- Consistent UI: Polished editor components (sidebar, activity bar, status bar) for a cohesive look.
- Optimized for Legibility: Enhanced contrast ratios for better readability.
📸 Preview


📥 Installation
- Open Visual Studio Code.
- Go to the Extensions view (
Ctrl+Shift+X).
- Search for
Material Darker PH.
- Click Install.
- Click Set Color Theme and select Material Darker PH.
⚙️ Recommended Settings
For the best experience, we recommend using this theme with the following settings in your settings.json:
{
"editor.renderLineHighlight": "all",
"editor.fontFamily": "'JetBrains Mono', 'Fira Code', Consolas, monospace",
"editor.fontLigatures": true,
"workbench.iconTheme": "material-icon-theme"
}
🤝 Contributing
Found a bug or have a suggestion? Contributions are welcome!
- Fork the repository.
- Create your feature branch (
git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature).
- Commit your changes (
git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature').
- Push to the branch (
git push origin feature/AmazingFeature).
- Open a Pull Request.
CREDITS
Based on the original Material Darker theme. A huge thanks to the original creators for the inspiration.
📄 License
This project is licensed under the ISC License.