Dracula is a color scheme for a large collection of desktop apps and websites, with a focus on code editors and terminal emulators. It was created in 2013 by Zeno Rocha. The scheme is available in dark mode and light mode (only with Dracula Pro). Packages that implement the color scheme have been published for many major applications, such as Visual Studio Code (2.9M installs), Sublime Text (160K installs), Atom (250K installs), JetBrains IDEs (820K installs), and 218 other applications as of November 2021.

History Zeno Rocha began working on Dracula in 2013 after having his computer stolen at a hospital in Madrid, Spain. Upon installing a new code editor and terminal emulator, he could not find a color scheme that he liked, so he decided to create his own. He always believed in the cost of context switching, therefore his goal was to create a uniform and consistent experience across all his applications. On October 27, 2013, he published the first Dracula theme for Zsh on GitHub.

On February 11, 2020, Rocha launched a premium version called Dracula Pro. On February 25, 2021, Dracula Pro reported $100k in sales. As of March 2023, Dracula Pro has reported over $250k in sales.

Color palette

+Dracula color paletteNameSwatchHexRGBHSLBackground#282a3640 42 54231° 15% 18%Current Line#44475a68 71 90232° 14% 31%Foreground#f8f8f2248 248 24260° 30% 96%Comment#6272a498 114 164225° 27% 51%Cyan#8be9fd139 233 253191° 97% 77%Green#50fa7b80 250 123135° 94% 65%Orange#ffb86c255 184 10831° 100% 71%Pink#ff79c6255 121 198326° 100% 74%Purple#bd93f9189 147 249265° 89% 78%Red#ff5555255 85 850° 100% 67%Yellow#f1fa8c241 250 14065° 92% 76%

Reception Over the years, Dracula became popular among software developers. Joey Sneddon of omg!ubuntu! recommended Dracula, noting its wide compatibility, as well as its open source nature. Writing for SpeckyBoy Magazine, Eric Karkovack reported that "Dracula is a dark theme that presents some great color contrast." Nick Congleton of LinuxConfig.org described it as one of the best Linux terminal color schemes. Sudo Null IT News said that the "Dracula Theme is a universal theme for almost everything". Lizzy Lawrence from Protocol reported that "Dracula is the dark mode color scheme with a cult following of coders".

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See also Solarized – color scheme

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