Candela Color Schemes
Candela is a family of color schemes tuned for long, comfortable coding sessions. Low-glare backgrounds, desaturated accents, and WCAG-AA contrast throughout. (Sublime Text — generated; source: schovi/candela-themes)
Details
Installs
- Total 42
- Win 13
- Mac 16
- Linux 13
| Aug 18 | Aug 17 | Aug 16 | Aug 15 | Aug 14 | Aug 13 | Aug 12 | Aug 11 | Aug 10 | Aug 9 | Aug 8 | Aug 7 | Aug 6 | Aug 5 | Aug 4 | Aug 3 | Aug 2 | Aug 1 | Jul 31 | Jul 30 | Jul 29 | Jul 28 | Jul 27 | Jul 26 | Jul 25 | Jul 24 | Jul 23 | Jul 22 | Jul 21 | Jul 20 | Jul 19 | Jul 18 | Jul 17 | Jul 16 | Jul 15 | Jul 14 | Jul 13 | Jul 12 | Jul 11 | Jul 10 | Jul 9 | Jul 8 | Jul 7 | Jul 6 | Jul 5 | |
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| Windows | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mac | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Linux | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Readme
- Source
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Candela Color Schemes for Sublime Text
Color schemes for Sublime Text and your terminal, 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, choose a Candela scheme from Preferences > Select Color Scheme.
Candela then offers to switch the UI theme to Adaptive, which extends the palette to the
sidebar, tabs and status bar — every other UI theme keeps its own grays. Decline it and
only the editor recolors; you can turn it on later with Candela: Color the sidebar, tabs
and status bar too in the command palette, or by hand with "theme": "Adaptive.sublime-theme".
Build your own in the browser: adjust any palette, keep the same contrast rules, export it for your editor — candela.ink/editor.
Every color scheme
All 26 color schemes, 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.