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What's in the box

Path	Purpose
lua/themes/slatewave.lua	The base46 theme: base_16 (syntax), base_30 (UI chrome), and polish_hl overrides that nail the Slatewave scope → color mapping

The polish_hl block mirrors the exact TreeSitter and :syntax mapping shared with neovim-slatewave and vscode-slatewave, so the same code lights up the same way everywhere: teal strings, rose numbers, sky keywords, purple storage, teal-2 types, amber specials.

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Requirements

• NvChad v2.5 or newer (the lua/themes/ custom-theme mechanism).

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Install

NvChad loads custom base46 themes from lua/themes/ in your config. Two options:

Copy the file

mkdir -p ~/.config/nvim/lua/themes
cp lua/themes/slatewave.lua ~/.config/nvim/lua/themes/slatewave.lua

Or symlink it (so git pull here updates the theme):

mkdir -p ~/.config/nvim/lua/themes
ln -sf "$(pwd)/lua/themes/slatewave.lua" ~/.config/nvim/lua/themes/slatewave.lua

Then point NvChad at it in ~/.config/nvim/lua/chadrc.lua:

local M = {}

M.base46 = {
  theme = "slatewave",
}

return M

Restart Neovim (or run :lua require("nvchad.utils").reload() on older setups). You can also preview it live without editing config via <leader>th (the theme switcher) — Slatewave appears in the list once the file is in lua/themes/.

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Palette

Foundation — slate

The editor, sidebar, floats, and statusline live in the slate scale.

Role	Hex
Editor background (black)	#282c34
Sidebar / darker panels (darker_black)	#21252b
Selection / Visual	#334155
Comments	#64748b
Default foreground	#e2e8f0

Signature — teal

Role	Hex
Primary accent · strings · cursor line number	#5eead4
Types	#99f6e4
Brighter teal (git add)	#2dd4bf

Accents

Role	Hex
Keywords · tags (sky-400)	#38bdf8
Functions (sky-300)	#7dd3fc
Numbers · constants · booleans (rose)	#fb7185
Storage · decorators-adjacent (purple)	#B388FF
Specials · macros · warnings (amber)	#fbbf24

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Customizing

Override individual groups in your chadrc.lua without editing the theme:

M.base46 = {
  theme = "slatewave",
  hl_override = {
    Comment = { italic = true },
    ["@comment"] = { italic = true },
  },
}

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Slatewave family

One palette. Every tool.

• Editors — VSCode · JetBrains · Xcode · Sublime Text · Zed · Neovim · Helix
• Terminals — Alacritty · Ghostty · iTerm2 · kitty · Warp · WezTerm · Windows Terminal
• Prompts — Oh My Posh · Powerlevel10k · Starship
• Multiplexer — tmux
• CLI — bat · delta · LSD · btop
• Notes — Obsidian · Logseq · MarkEdit · Anytype
• Launchers — Alfred · Raycast
• Chat — Slack

See getslatewave.com for the full family.

License

WTFPL — do what the fuck you want.