Liminal Salt

An earthy, accessible color theme inspired by the quiet warmth of greige — beige, sage, and stone tones grounded in natural materials. Dark and light variants for editors, terminals, and the web.

All foreground/background pairings meet WCAG 2.1 AA (4.5:1 minimum). Many exceed AAA (7:1).

Palette

Web / UI

Semantic tokens for surfaces, text, feedback, and interactive elements.

Dark

Role	Color	Hex		Role	Color	Hex
Background		#1a1c1b		Accent		#8fac98
Foreground		#e8e4dc		Accent Hover		#a3bfac
Foreground Secondary		#c5c1b8		Accent Foreground		#1a1c1b
Muted		#141615		Destructive		#cc8585
Muted Foreground		#9e9b93		Success		#7dba8a
Card		#242726		Warning		#c9a86c
Card Foreground		#e8e4dc		Ring		#95bebe
Border		#2e312f		Link		#8fac98
Input		#6b7369		Link Active		#a3bfac

Light

Role	Color	Hex		Role	Color	Hex
Background		#f5f2ed		Accent		#506e58
Foreground		#2d2b28		Accent Hover		#425f4a
Foreground Secondary		#5a5753		Accent Foreground		#f5f2ed
Muted		#ebe7e0		Destructive		#a54d4d
Muted Foreground		#6b6762		Success		#3a7346
Card		#fdfcfa		Warning		#7d6325
Card Foreground		#2d2b28		Ring		#3e5d5d
Border		#ddd8d0		Link		#506e58
Input		#888379		Link Active		#425f4a

Syntax

Code highlighting tokens for editors and rendered code blocks.

Dark

Token	Color	Hex
Keyword		#8fac98
Function		#a3bfac
String		#c9a86c
Number		#7eb8c9
Type		#8fb8ad
Comment		#9e9b93
Tag		#cc8585
Regex		#a9ad78
Escape		#c9956c

Light

Token	Color	Hex
Keyword		#506e58
Function		#425f4a
String		#7d6325
Number		#3a6f80
Type		#3e6b5d
Comment		#6b6762
Tag		#a54d4d
Regex		#5c6135
Escape		#8a5c30

Theme Files

Grab the file for your tool and follow the install instructions below.

Editors

Editor	Dark	Light
VS Code	extension package (both variants)
Zed	liminal-salt.json (both variants)
Neovim	Lua plugin (dark + light)
JetBrains	Liminal Salt Dark.icls	Liminal Salt Light.icls

Terminals

Terminal	Dark	Light
Alacritty	liminal-salt-dark.toml	liminal-salt-light.toml
Ghostty	liminal-salt-dark	liminal-salt-light
iTerm2	Liminal Salt Dark.itermcolors	Liminal Salt Light.itermcolors
WezTerm	Liminal Salt Dark.toml	Liminal Salt Light.toml

Other

Tool	Dark	Light
tmux	liminal-salt-dark.conf	liminal-salt-light.conf

Install

VS Code — Install from the Marketplace once published, or install a local build:

npm run package:vscode                               # writes dist/vscode/liminal-salt-<version>.vsix
code --install-extension dist/vscode/liminal-salt-1.0.0.vsix

Then pick Liminal Salt Dark or Liminal Salt Light from Preferences → Color Theme. The dist/vscode/ directory is itself a complete extension (manifest, themes, icon) — packaging just zips it into a .vsix.

Zed — Copy liminal-salt.json to ~/.config/zed/themes/ and select from the theme picker.

Neovim — The dist/vim/ directory is a full Lua colorscheme plugin with treesitter, LSP, gitsigns, snacks.nvim, and lualine support.

Install with your plugin manager by pointing it at this repo's dist/vim/ path, or copy the contents into your Neovim config:

dist/vim/
├── colors/
│   ├── liminal-salt-dark.lua       # :colorscheme liminal-salt-dark
│   └── liminal-salt-light.lua      # :colorscheme liminal-salt-light
├── lua/liminal-salt/               # core plugin modules
│   ├── init.lua                    # orchestrator
│   ├── palette.lua                 # canonical color primitives
│   ├── editor.lua                  # editor UI highlights
│   ├── syntax.lua                  # vim syntax highlights
│   ├── treesitter.lua              # treesitter captures
│   ├── lsp.lua                     # LSP & diagnostics
│   ├── terminal.lua                # terminal colors
│   └── plugins/
│       ├── gitsigns.lua            # gitsigns.nvim
│       └── snacks.lua              # snacks.nvim
└── lua/lualine/themes/
    ├── liminal-salt-dark.lua       # lualine statusline theme
    └── liminal-salt-light.lua

With lazy.nvim, set the colorscheme in your plugin spec:

{
  "irvj/liminal-salt",
  lazy = false,
  priority = 1000,
  config = function()
    vim.cmd("colorscheme liminal-salt-dark")
  end,
}

For a local install, copy dist/vim/colors/ and dist/vim/lua/ into ~/.config/nvim/.

JetBrains — Copy the .icls file to ~/Library/Application Support/JetBrains/<product>/colors/ and select in Settings → Editor → Color Scheme.

Alacritty — Import the TOML file in your alacritty.toml config.

Ghostty — Copy to your Ghostty config directory and reference by name.

iTerm2 — Import via Profiles → Colors → Color Presets → Import.

WezTerm — Copy the TOML file to ~/.config/wezterm/colors/ and set config.color_scheme = "Liminal Salt Dark".

tmux — Add source-file /path/to/liminal-salt-dark.conf to your tmux.conf.

Building

All theme files are generated from a single source of truth (src/theme.js).

npm run build          # build all targets
npm run build:vscode   # build just one

License

MIT