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What's in the box

File	Purpose
Slatewave.sublime-color-scheme	Syntax highlighting — editor colors, scopes, semantic tokens
Slatewave.sublime-theme	UI chrome — sidebar, tabs, status bar, quick panel, auto-complete, scrollbar
slatewave.py + Default.sublime-commands	One-shot Slatewave: Activate Color Scheme & Theme palette command

Both are required for the full experience, but the color scheme works standalone if you prefer a different UI theme.

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Palette

Foundation — slate

The editor, sidebar, and panels all live in the slate scale. Five steps, darkest to lightest.

	Hex	Tailwind	Where
	#020617	slate-950	— (reserved for future elements)
	#0f172a	slate-900	overlay surround
	#1e293b	slate-800	status bar, auto-complete, quick panel
	slate-chrome	sidebar, tab strip, scrollbar
	slate-editor	editor surface, active tab, panels
	#334155	slate-700	selected rows, borders
	#475569	slate-600	scrollbar puck, ignored files

Text — slate (inverse)

	Hex	Tailwind	Where
	#64748b	slate-500	comments, line numbers
	#94a3b8	slate-400	operators, inactive tabs
	#cbd5e1	slate-300	parameters, properties, sidebar labels
	#e2e8f0	slate-200	default foreground
	#f1f5f9	slate-100	(bright ANSI white)

Signature — teal

The "wave" in Slatewave. Primary accent across the editor and UI chrome.

	Hex	Tailwind	Where
	#0f766e	teal-700	default button background
	#5eead4	teal-300	primary accent — cursor, active tab underline, strings, status bar text, selected sidebar row, selection
	#99f6e4	teal-200	types, classes, interfaces, inline code
	#ecfeff	cyan-50	text on teal button backgrounds

Accents

Each accent maps to a role consistent with every other Slatewave theme.

	Hex	Role
	#38bdf8	keywords, tags, info diagnostics, links
	#7dd3fc	functions, JSON/YAML keys, CSS properties, auto-complete kind labels
	#B388FF	storage (const/let/function), this/self, attributes, submodules
	#fb7185	numbers, constants, modified files, dirty tab indicator, errors
	#fbbf24	decorators, escape chars, staged files, warnings
	#b45309	deprecated symbols
	#0e7490	dark cyan ANSI
	#ff4500	unmerged files, merge conflicts
	#ef5350	deleted files, invalid syntax

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Syntax mapping

Token		Color	Style
Comments		#64748b	italic
Keywords (if, return, import)		#38bdf8	—
Storage (const, let, function, class)		#B388FF	italic
Types / classes / interfaces		#99f6e4	—
Functions (calls + definitions)		#7dd3fc	—
Strings		#5eead4	—
Numbers, booleans, null, undefined		#fb7185	—
Constants (UPPER_SNAKE)		#fb7185	—
Regex		#fb7185	—
Escape sequences		#fbbf24	—
Decorators / annotations		#fbbf24	italic
this / self / super		#B388FF	italic
Parameters		#cbd5e1	italic
Properties / object keys		#cbd5e1	—
Operators, punctuation		#94a3b8	—
HTML/JSX tags		#38bdf8	—
HTML/JSX attributes		#B388FF	italic
CSS selectors		#5eead4	—
CSS properties		#7dd3fc	—
CSS custom properties (--var)		#B388FF	—
CSS pseudo selectors		#fbbf24	—
Markdown headings		#5eead4	bold
Markdown links		#38bdf8	underline
Markdown inline code		#99f6e4	—
Diff inserted		#5eead4	—
Diff deleted		#fb7185	—

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Installation

Package Control (once listed)

1. ⌘⇧P / Ctrl+Shift+P → Package Control: Install Package
2. Pick Slatewave
3. ⌘⇧P / Ctrl+Shift+P → Slatewave: Activate Color Scheme & Theme

Manual

Clone into your Sublime Packages directory:

# macOS
git clone https://github.com/kevinlangleyjr/sublime-text-slatewave.git \
  "$HOME/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text/Packages/Slatewave"

# Linux
git clone https://github.com/kevinlangleyjr/sublime-text-slatewave.git \
  "$HOME/.config/sublime-text/Packages/Slatewave"

# Windows
git clone https://github.com/kevinlangleyjr/sublime-text-slatewave.git ^
  "%APPDATA%\Sublime Text\Packages\Slatewave"

Then activate via:

• Preferences → Select Color Scheme… → Slatewave
• Preferences → Select Theme… → Slatewave

Or use the bundled command palette entry: Slatewave: Activate Color Scheme & Theme.

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Customize

To tweak without forking, add overrides to your user color scheme (Preferences → Customize Color Scheme):

{
    "rules":
    [
        {
            "scope": "comment",
            "foreground": "#475569"
        }
    ]
}

For UI theme overrides (Preferences → Customize Theme):

{
    "rules":
    [
        {
            "class": "tab_control",
            "attributes": ["selected"],
            "layer2.tint": "#99f6e4"
        }
    ]
}

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Slatewave family

One palette. Every tool.

• Editors — VSCode · JetBrains · Xcode · Zed · Neovim · Helix
• Terminals — Alacritty · Ghostty · iTerm2 · WezTerm · Windows Terminal · Kitty
• 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.

Contributing

Issues and PRs welcome. For palette tweaks, please include a before/after screenshot of the same file so the visual tradeoff is obvious.

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License

WTFPL – Do What The Fuck You Want To Public License. See LICENSE.