Contrast that holds up
Body text runs 13.7:1 against the background, muted text 5.3:1. Both clear WCAG AA, so the theme doesn't quietly fall apart when you get tired.
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theme.Init();
A personal color scheme by initSyscall. Deep purple, thirteen tokens, one JSON file. Built to still be readable at hour twelve.
Why these colors
Every token was picked against real editor backgrounds and then measured, not eyeballed at 2am.
Night and day, one palette
nightSyscall and daySyscall share the same hue relationships,
so a port looks like itself in either mode instead of like two themes stapled
together.
Port it yourself
Thirteen tokens in plain JSON. No build step, no dependencies, no framework to agree with. Copy the file and start hacking.
Theme in action
The same thirteen tokens, driving an editor, a web app and a terminal.
const std = @import("std");
pub fn main() void {
var gpa = std.heap.GeneralPurposeAllocator.{};
defer _ = gpa.deinit();
const greeting = "hello, themeInit";
print("{s}\n", .{greeting});
const count = 42;
if (count > 1) std.debug.print("more than one\n", .{});
}
Design the palette
Port to Neovim
Write the docs
| ID | Drink | Status |
|---|---|---|
| #001 | Taro Milk | ● ready |
| #002 | Brown Sugar | ◐ making |
| #003 | Matcha Latte | ● ready |
2 of 3 ready
One file. That's the lot.
No build, no dependencies, no lockfile. Copy it, commit it, or download it.
The palette
Click any swatch to copy its hex. Thirteen tokens, all of them in this one file.
Ports
Running themeInit somewhere? Add it to ports.json and open a pull
request.
By initSyscall
By the community
Take it and go
If love purples here you go
Not trying to be the next Catppuccin. This is one person's palette, shared because someone asked.