Life & fun · November 19, 2022
OKSolar: Improving Solarized using the OKLab perceptual colorspace
Improving on Solarized using the OKLab perceptual colorspace
OKSolar: Improving Solarized using the OKLab perceptual colorspace launched on November 19, 2022 with 90 votes, #520 of 3,471 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.
In plain words
OKSolar is a color scheme based on the Solarized palette, redesigned using the OKLab perceptual colorspace for improved color accuracy and consistency. It is for developers and designers who use syntax highlighting and terminal themes. The scheme stands out by applying perceptual color science to make colors appear more balanced and uniform across different applications and lighting conditions.
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From the sources
tl;dr : This is a long post about what is basically a tweak to an already great color scheme. I went down the rabbithole of color theory because I was bored, and this is what I produced. If you just want the final result…you’re looking at it (this site uses the OKSolar color scheme). You can also skip to the end , or get a JSON file with the hex and OKLCh values for it here . I was a long-time user of Ethan Schoonover’s Solarized , an aesthetically-pleasing and very usable color scheme for the terminal and code editors. However, I found the contrast lacking, and I usually ended up tweaking the background and foreground colors to stand out a bit more. Solarized was developed using “precise…from meat.io
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