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Ultraviolet

A violet accent, #9D6BFF, on a #1B1523 terminal. Primary text reads at 14.65:1 and secondary text at 6.80:1, measured against that background. Free and MIT licensed, one of the 50 Dark Themes for Claude Code.

Ultraviolet

#9D6BFF
✻ Claude Code · ultraviolet
● Applied theme “Ultraviolet”
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> show me the diff
>theme ultraviolet
/theme  ·  ⏎ send  ·  esc to interrupt

Install Ultraviolet.

Requires Claude Code v2.1.118 or later. The marketplace command is needed once per machine; the plugin command installs the whole 50 Dark Themes pack, and /theme inside Claude Code switches to this one.

$ claude plugin marketplace add notgabriels-sys/claude-code-50-dark-themes
$ claude plugin install 50-dark-themes@notgabriels-themes
$ /theme ultraviolet

Plugin themes are read-only. Press Ctrl+E on one in /theme for an editable copy in ~/.claude/themes/.

Or copy just this file.

One theme, no plugin: fetch ultraviolet.json from the repository into your themes folder. If that folder did not exist when Claude Code started, restart it once.

$ mkdir -p ~/.claude/themes && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/notgabriels-sys/claude-code-50-dark-themes/main/ultraviolet.json -o ~/.claude/themes/ultraviolet.json

Terminal background: #1B1523.

Claude Code colours its own interface; the terminal application owns the canvas behind it. Every figure below is measured against #1B1523, so set that as the terminal background for the result the numbers describe. On a different background the ratios move.

Palette.

The thirteen overrides Claude Code reads from the theme file. Success, error, warning and diff colours are deliberately not overridden, so status meaning stays the same across every theme in the pack.

ColourTokenRole
#9D6BFFclaudeClaude's mark and accent
#D3BDFFclaudeShimmerAccent highlight while Claude works
#EAE8EDtextPrimary text
#A49DAFinactiveSecondary text
#2D2636subtleDecorative hairlines (reserved, carries no meaning)
#9D6BFFsuggestionAutocomplete suggestions
#C6A8FFpermissionPermission prompt border and indicator
#9D6BFFpromptBorderInput prompt border
#D3BDFFpromptBorderShimmerPrompt border highlight
#C6A8FFplanModePlan mode indicator
#251D30userMessageBackgroundSurface behind your messages
#2F253DuserMessageBackgroundHoverThat surface, hovered
#9D6BFFrate_limit_fillUsage meter fill

Measured contrast.

Computed from the hex values above with the WCAG 2 relative-luminance formula, by the same script that gates every change to this repository. Figures are truncated, never rounded up. Each row meets its floor.

PairColoursRatioFloorStandard
text on terminal background#EAE8ED on #1B152314.65:17:1WCAG AAA, normal text
text on your-message surface#EAE8ED on #251D3013.30:17:1WCAG AAA, normal text
inactive on terminal background#A49DAF on #1B15236.80:14.5:1WCAG AA, normal text
inactive on your-message surface#A49DAF on #251D306.18:14.5:1WCAG AA, normal text
claude on terminal background#9D6BFF on #1B15235.07:14.5:1WCAG AA, normal text
claudeShimmer on terminal background#D3BDFF on #1B152310.60:14.5:1WCAG AA, normal text
suggestion on terminal background#9D6BFF on #1B15235.07:14.5:1WCAG AA, normal text
permission on terminal background#C6A8FF on #1B15238.86:13:1WCAG AA, non-text
planMode on terminal background#C6A8FF on #1B15238.86:13:1WCAG AA, non-text
promptBorder on terminal background#9D6BFF on #1B15235.07:13:1WCAG AA, non-text
promptBorderShimmer on terminal background#D3BDFF on #1B152310.60:13:1WCAG AA, non-text
rate_limit_fill on terminal background#9D6BFF on #1B15235.07:13:1WCAG AA, non-text
your-message surface against the terminal#251D30 on #1B15231.10:11.08:1visibly distinct surface
hovered surface against the resting one#2F253D on #251D301.12:11.08:1visibly distinct surface