tenebris.nvim

tenebris — Latin for darkness, shadow, obscurity

A dark, minimal Neovim colorscheme built around pure blacks and grey highlights. Designed to feel clean and precise without distraction.

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Palette

Role	Hex
Background (deep)	#070707
Background (main)	#0c0c0c
Background (sidebar)	#111111
Cursorline	#181818
Foreground	#c8c8c8
Foreground (dim)	#787878
Accent (light)	#d8d8d8
Accent (mid)	#b0b0b0
Strings	#a8a4a0
Borders	#222222

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Installation

vim.pack (Neovim 0.12+ built-in)

vim.pack.add({
  "https://github.com/coldfinity/tenebris.nvim",
})

lazy.nvim

{
  "coldfinity/tenebris.nvim",
  lazy = false,
  priority = 1000,
  config = function()
    require("tenebris").setup()
    vim.cmd("colorscheme tenebris")
  end,
}

packer.nvim

use {
  "coldfinity/tenebris.nvim",
  config = function()
    require("tenebris").setup()
    vim.cmd("colorscheme tenebris")
  end
}

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Setup

setup() is optional — all options have defaults.

require("tenebris").setup({
  transparent     = false,  -- remove background colors
  italic_comments = true,   -- italic comments
  bold_keywords   = true,   -- bold keywords

  on_colors = function(c)
    -- override palette colors
    -- c.purple1 = "#ffffff"
  end,

  on_highlights = function(hl, c)
    -- override specific highlight groups
    -- hl.Comment = { fg = c.fg3, italic = false }
  end,
})

vim.cmd("colorscheme tenebris")

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Lualine

A lualine theme is included. Set theme = "tenebris" in your lualine config:

require("lualine").setup({
  options = { theme = "tenebris" }
})

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Plugin Support

• Treesitter — full semantic highlight groups
• LSP diagnostics — errors, warnings, hints, virtual text, signs
• Telescope
• nvim-tree / neo-tree
• nvim-cmp
• which-key
• indent-blankline (ibl)
• Noice / nvim-notify
• flash.nvim
• mini.nvim (statusline, cursorword, jump)
• snacks.nvim (picker, dashboard)
• lazy.nvim
• Gitsigns + diff highlighting

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License

MIT