Color themes for editors and terminals, tuned for long sessions and tired eyes. Low-glare backgrounds, desaturated accents, and WCAG-AA contrast throughout, with the same palette everywhere you work.
Why Candela
- Built for tired eyes — low-glare backgrounds (never pure white or black) and desaturated accents that resist visual fringing.
- Readable by design — every syntax and UI color clears WCAG-AA contrast; primary text clears AAA.
- One palette everywhere — the same colors in your editor and your terminal.
- A whole family — light schemes for every room, plus dark companions, all from one coordinated, curated set.
After installing, open Preferences: Color Theme and pick any Candela … entry.
Build your own in the browser: adjust any palette, keep the same contrast rules, export it for your editor — candela.ink/editor.
Every theme
All 26 themes, each shown across terminal, TypeScript, Markdown, and git panes.
Sepia Paper — light
Slate Mist — light
Sage — light
Solarized Lite — light
Blossom — light
Lagoon — light
Meadow — light
Apricot — light
Periwinkle — light
Ink & Coral — light
E-Ink Slate — light
Graphite Mono — light
Azure Mono — dark
Hearth Dawn — light
Hearth Dusk — dark
Arclight Dawn — light
Arclight Dusk — dark
Nocturne — dark
Borealis — dark
Nightshade — dark
Blue Hour — dark
Ember — dark
Moss & Magenta — dark
Amber Mono — dark
Harbor Dawn — light
Harbor Dusk — dark
Generated from the Candela source of truth — do not edit by hand.