Neon Dreams

Personal theme for Obsidian

Preface

A dark Obsidian theme with a precise, structured aesthetic, built for personal knowledge management, journaling, project tracking and markdown-based workflows. Near-black blue backgrounds, structured panels, cool-toned text hierarchy, thin borders and indigo as the default accent.

The entire palette is driven by two HSL hues. Change --accent-h and every heading, link, border and interactive element follows -- no manual color picking required.

Please note that I built this theme mostly for myself, so it may not fit every use case.

If you like the theme

It is completely free, but if you want to throw a few coins in the hat, here is a link.

Screenshots

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Main Features

1. HSL token system. Change --base-h (background hue) and --accent-h (accent hue) and the entire palette follows. Every background, border and accent is derived through HSL math. Pick any hue and the theme adapts.
2. Dark and light variants. A near-black blue dark theme plus a light variant calculated from the same tokens.
3. Style Settings integration. Tweak colors and toggle behaviors without editing CSS (requires the Style Settings plugin).
4. Semantic callouts. Left-border accent per type: cyan for info, green for success, amber for warning, red for danger, muted for quotes. An outlined variant is available.
5. Task states. Each data-task value gets a distinct checkbox icon and color, natively (no plugin required): [ ] todo, [/] in progress, [>] forwarded, [?] question, [x] done, [-] cancelled.
6. Tag pills. Tags render as rounded pills with an indigo tint. A plain text variant is available.
7. Typography. Inter for prose, JetBrains Mono for code, metadata, tables and tags. The full heading scale (h1-h6) is configurable through size, weight, style and variant tokens.
8. Terminal-style code blocks. Deepest background, accent left border, tinted inline code. Horizontal scroll is available.
9. Monospace table headers. Uppercase label style with tabular figures. Full-width and wide layouts are available.
10. Graph view and Canvas. Nodes, tags, attachments and unresolved links follow the semantic palette. Canvas cards, edges and focus states use the accent.

Additional Features

1. Subtle grid overlay on the workspace.
2. Five-level text hierarchy that stays readable in grayscale.
3. Readable line width with independent widths for tables and images.
4. Active line highlight (opt-in).
5. Hide markdown syntax in Live Preview (opt-in).
6. Minimal status bar and auto-hiding ribbon (opt-in).
7. Disable or speed up animations.

How to use the Style Settings plugin

1. Install the Style Settings plugin, then enable it.
2. Go to Settings, then open the "Style Settings" tab.

From there you can:

• Set the base hue and saturation (background temperature).
• Set the accent hue and saturation (primary interactive color).
• Enable/disable the active line highlight.
• Hide markdown syntax in Live Preview.
• Show/hide editor line numbers.
• Make code blocks scroll horizontally instead of wrapping.
• Hide the ribbon (show on hover).
• Use a minimal status bar (show on hover).
• Disable or speed up all animations.
• Use square checkboxes.
• Render tags as plain text.
• Use outlined, border-only callouts.
• Strip embed borders and titles.
• Use full-width or wide tables.

Recommended plugins

1. Style Settings (required for the visual controls above).

Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md.