Named after the RMS Lusitania, the ocean liner that disappeared into the Atlantic depths in 1915. A deep oceanic palette — abyssal blue backgrounds, teal accents — built to be readable for long sessions across any language.
Variants
Six dark depths and two lights. Abyssal is the canonical one.
|
Name |
Background |
Use it when |
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Trench |
#0a0a0a |
Maximum contrast, OLED screens. |
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Midnight |
#15171c |
Soft black, long sessions, less eye strain. |
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Abyssal ★ |
#0d1620 |
The canonical theme. Deep oceanic blue. |
 |
Abyssal Deep |
#0a0d14 |
Darker, dramatic. Matches the icon. |
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Steel |
#1c1f26 |
Mid depth, grey-blue like a ship's hull. |
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Oceanic |
#263238 |
Classic Material Oceanic. |
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Surface |
#fafafa |
Light, neutral. Bright environments. |
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Abyssal Light |
#f4f7f9 |
Light with a subtle blue-green tint. |
Switch with Cmd/Ctrl+K Cmd/Ctrl+T.
Install
Marketplace — search Lusitania Theme, install, then Cmd/Ctrl+K Cmd/Ctrl+T → pick a variant.
.vsix
code --install-extension lusitania-theme-1.1.1.vsix
From source
git clone https://github.com/sahernandezz/lusitania-theme.git
cd lusitania-theme
code . # press F5 to launch an Extension Development Host
See it in action
Three sample languages, each in a different variant — illustrative, not prescriptive. Every grammar VS Code knows about is themed.
TypeScript / React — Abyssal
Java + Spring annotations — Abyssal Deep
SQL — Abyssal Light
Syntax rules at a glance
| Element |
Color |
Example |
| Keywords |
purple |
const, import, class, SELECT |
| Strings |
green |
'hello', "world" |
| Numbers |
orange |
42, 3.14 |
| Methods |
blue |
.toString(), onMessage() |
| Free functions / hooks |
yellow |
console.log, useState, COUNT() |
| Classes / enums |
yellow |
ChatInput, Status |
| Interfaces / types / abstract |
green |
User, Promise<T>, abstract class |
| JSX tags |
red |
<div>, <ChatInput> |
| JSX attrs |
yellow italic |
value, onChange |
| Parameters |
orange |
function args |
| Annotations |
purple |
@Service, @RabbitListener |
| Annotation arg names |
orange |
queues = ... |
| SQL tables |
yellow |
customers, orders |
| SQL columns |
bright |
customer_id, total |
| Comments |
dim italic |
// ..., -- ... |
Pairs well with
Lusitania Icon Theme — matching file & folder icons, same palette.
Security
This extension is purely declarative and ships only static assets:
package.json has no main, activationEvents, scripts, extensionDependencies or extensionPack — VS Code never executes code from this package.- The only contribution is
themes (eight static JSON colour definitions).
- No network calls, no telemetry, no file-system access.
Build
Theme JSONs are generated by build.py from a shared palette; preview images are generated by build_previews.py. Both use Python 3 standard library — no external dependencies.
python3 build.py # rewrites themes/*.json
python3 build_previews.py # rewrites previews/*.svg and previews/*.png (needs npx svgexport)
License
MIT.
