Dracula
Dracula is a dark, low-saturation theme built around six accent colors (cyan, green, orange, pink, purple, red, yellow) on a deep purple-grey background. The official spec defines a fixed 10-color palette.
11 swatches 16 light roles 16 dark roles
Swatches
background
#282A36
Editor / surface background
current-line
#44475A
Selection / current-line highlight
foreground
#F8F8F2
Primary text
comment
#6272A4
Comments, muted text
cyan
#8BE9FD
green
#50FA7B
orange
#FFB86C
pink
#FF79C6
purple
#BD93F9
red
#FF5555
yellow
#F1FA8C
Mode role mappings
Light mode (16 roles)
accent
→ pink annotation
→ orange background
→ foreground error
→ red info
→ cyan primary
→ purple primary-hover
→ pink secondary-accent
→ cyan special
→ purple success
→ green surface
→ foreground surface-elevated
→ foreground text-primary
→ background text-secondary
→ current-line text-tertiary
→ comment warning
→ orange Dark mode (16 roles)
accent
→ pink annotation
→ orange background
→ background error
→ red info
→ cyan primary
→ purple primary-hover
→ pink secondary-accent
→ cyan special
→ purple success
→ green surface
→ current-line surface-elevated
→ current-line text-primary
→ foreground text-secondary
→ foreground text-tertiary
→ comment warning
→ yellow Provenance
- Source
- https://github.com/dracula/dracula-theme
- License
MIT- Attribution
- Dracula Theme by Zeno Rocha and contributors (dracula/dracula-theme)
- Imported
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2026-05-17 - Notes
- Palette is the official 10-color Dracula spec. Light mode is a thoughtful inversion (bg↔fg swap) since Dracula is fundamentally a dark theme.