Dark Knight

Dark Knight — an Obsidian theme

A Gotham-noir theme for Obsidian. Deep blacks, Bat-signal gold, and steel-blue accents, with Joker red reserved for errors and unresolved links.

Palette

H1–H3 use the gold gradient; H4–H6 fall back to steel blue and fog so heading hierarchy stays legible at a glance.

Install

Manually

1. Copy this folder into your vault at <vault>/.obsidian/themes/Dark Knight/ — the folder must contain manifest.json and theme.css.
2. In Obsidian: Settings → Appearance → Themes → Dark Knight.

From the community directory

Not yet listed. PRs welcome.

Compatible with

• Obsidian 1.4+ (including the Properties / metadata editor)
• Default core plugins (Graph, Outline, Tags, Search, Bookmarks, Canvas)
• Popular community plugins (Dataview, Tasks)
• Light mode at full parity — Gotham at dawn (softened cream + gold) gets the same structure as dark: gold heading rules, signal blockquotes, styled tables, callouts, scrollbars, and tags. Both variants are driven by the same palette tokens, so the two modes stay in lockstep.

Accessibility

• Faint and code-comment text are tuned for legible contrast on Gotham black.
• mod-cta buttons and checkbox markers use a contrast-aware on-accent color, so gold buttons stay readable in light mode too.
• Keyboard navigation shows a clear gold :focus-visible ring.

Notes

• Headings, links, tags, and the active tab are picked out in Bat-signal gold.
• Code blocks use a near-black background with gold keywords and green strings.
• Blockquotes get a gold left bar and a faint glow — the "signal" motif.
• Joker red is reserved for unresolved links and destructive actions, so it stays meaningful when you see it.