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Undergrowth

A green accent, #4FA872, on a #18201C terminal. Primary text reads at 14.05:1 and secondary text at 7.22:1, measured against that background. Free and MIT licensed, one of the 50 Dark Themes for Claude Code.

Undergrowth

#4FA872
✻ Claude Code · undergrowth
● Applied theme “Undergrowth”
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>theme undergrowth
/theme  ·  ⏎ send  ·  esc to interrupt

Install Undergrowth.

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 undergrowth

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 undergrowth.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/undergrowth.json -o ~/.claude/themes/undergrowth.json

Terminal background: #18201C.

Claude Code colours its own interface; the terminal application owns the canvas behind it. Every figure below is measured against #18201C, 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
#4FA872claudeClaude's mark and accent
#84C59DclaudeShimmerAccent highlight while Claude works
#E8EDEBtextPrimary text
#9DAFA6inactiveSecondary text
#27342EsubtleDecorative hairlines (reserved, carries no meaning)
#4FA872suggestionAutocomplete suggestions
#A8C89ApermissionPermission prompt border and indicator
#4FA872promptBorderInput prompt border
#84C59DpromptBorderShimmerPrompt border highlight
#A8C89AplanModePlan mode indicator
#212C26userMessageBackgroundSurface behind your messages
#2A3830userMessageBackgroundHoverThat surface, hovered
#4FA872rate_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#E8EDEB on #18201C14.05:17:1WCAG AAA, normal text
text on your-message surface#E8EDEB on #212C2612.21:17:1WCAG AAA, normal text
inactive on terminal background#9DAFA6 on #18201C7.22:14.5:1WCAG AA, normal text
inactive on your-message surface#9DAFA6 on #212C266.27:14.5:1WCAG AA, normal text
claude on terminal background#4FA872 on #18201C5.68:14.5:1WCAG AA, normal text
claudeShimmer on terminal background#84C59D on #18201C8.28:14.5:1WCAG AA, normal text
suggestion on terminal background#4FA872 on #18201C5.68:14.5:1WCAG AA, normal text
permission on terminal background#A8C89A on #18201C9.02:13:1WCAG AA, non-text
planMode on terminal background#A8C89A on #18201C9.02:13:1WCAG AA, non-text
promptBorder on terminal background#4FA872 on #18201C5.68:13:1WCAG AA, non-text
promptBorderShimmer on terminal background#84C59D on #18201C8.28:13:1WCAG AA, non-text
rate_limit_fill on terminal background#4FA872 on #18201C5.68:13:1WCAG AA, non-text
your-message surface against the terminal#212C26 on #18201C1.15:11.08:1visibly distinct surface
hovered surface against the resting one#2A3830 on #212C261.17:11.08:1visibly distinct surface