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24 alternatives to Syntax-highlighting with accessible color contrast
Needed a syntax-highlighting theme for displaying code samples on our company blog, but found my favourite editor themes did not have WCAG-conformant color contrast. And the accessibility-focused themes I found didn't fit well with our site aesthetic. I'm sure there are such themes out there, but for our use I built these Measured Light & Dark schemes. Pleased with the results, so have open-sourced them and made them available to the base16 ecosystem. Happy theming!
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Syntax-highlighting with accessible color contrast launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Create color combinations that follow WCAG with ease
2022 · venngage.com · its alternatives →
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Color Safe▲92Find accessible color palettes based on WCAG guidelines
2020 · colorsafe.co · its alternatives →
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Create VS Code Themes with Theme Studio!
2021 · themes.vscode.one · its alternatives →
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A beautiful VSCode & Atom theme, inspired by our code editor
2018 · framer.com · its alternatives →
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Highlight the syntax of any code snippet in Sketch
2017 · danielguillan.github.io · its alternatives →
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Simple & easy syntax highlighting for Medium articles.
2019 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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A syntax-highlighting pager for git, diff, grep, rg --json, and blame output - dandavison/delta
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I usually look up palettes and the UI comes out nice except some color pairs don't pass wcag color contrast and well - just isn't readable Ended up writing a tiny library that automatically nudges your text color just enough to pass AA or AAA, while keeping it visually similar to the original along with a color contrast linter so we can use it in CI Thought you guys might find it useful too, it's foss :>
Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Check color contrast ratio and follow WCAG with ease
2023 · venngage.com · its alternatives →
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SyntaxEnvy - procedurally generated syntax highlighting themes
2020 · syntaxenvy.com · its alternatives →
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A new way to inspect and navigate your prototyping code
2015 · its alternatives →
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A theme that will brighten your env and not strain your eyes
2021 · marketplace.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →
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Highlights English syntax like it's code
2016 · english.edward.io · its alternatives →
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I crawled lots of websites and extracted their color palettes (primary, secondary, etc) to build a searchable collection of website colors! It was a fun side-project and I learned a lot about color theory. Let me know what you think and what features you would like to see :) If you have any questions about the tech behind it, feel free to ask in the comments. Feedback is also greatly appreciated.
2024 · themefinder.io · its alternatives →
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Colors for developers with sensitive eyes
2020 · rorvswild.com · its alternatives →
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Themery▲86Build beautiful IDE color themes with AI. Fine-tune colors, syntax highlighting, and typography. Export to VS Code, JetBrains, Neovim, Helix, Zed, and more.
Apr 2026 · themery.dev · its alternatives →
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Search and browse color themes for Visual Studio Code!
2021 · vscolors.com · its alternatives →
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C# to HTML converter
2022 · csharp-colors.xyz · its alternatives →
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CoffeeScript syntax highlighting for Visual Studio 2010 - chrisdunelm/CoffeeLite
2011 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Dracula PRO▲23Be more productive: Color schemes, fonts w/ ligatures, +more
2020 · draculatheme.com · its alternatives →
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