Cita Theme

Light and dark VS Code themes based on the colors of silvestar.codes.

Color	Hex	Role
Mint	`#63F2C5`	Strings, cursor, accents, and scrollbars
Pink	`#FF3366`	Keywords, badges, and find matches
Navy	`#043A73`	Dark theme highlights, and light theme text and activity bar

Themes

A deep navy editor (#02264D) with the site's navy (#043A73) for the current line and selected items, and mint and pink accents.

Cita Dark

A white editor with navy text, a light mint activity bar and status bar, and darker versions of mint and pink that are readable on white.

Cita Light

Every syntax color meets WCAG AA contrast (4.5:1) against its editor background. Comments meet at least 3.5:1.

VS Code: install Cita Theme from the Marketplace, or run code --install-extension starbist.cita-theme.
Cursor, Windsurf, VSCodium: install Cita Theme from Open VSX.

Then run Preferences: Color Theme (Cmd/Ctrl+K Cmd/Ctrl+T) and choose Cita Dark or Cita Light.

To switch automatically with your OS appearance, add this to your settings:

{
  "window.autoDetectColorScheme": true,
  "workbench.preferredDarkColorTheme": "Cita Dark",
  "workbench.preferredLightColorTheme": "Cita Light"
}

Found a color that's hard to read or a language that looks unstyled? Open an issue. See CONTRIBUTING.md for how the theme is built.