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Lumen

by stephanteig
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Description

This theme supports Dark Mode

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Lumen

A collection of six refined color schemes for Obsidian — three light, three dark. Each scheme has its own personality while sharing a consistent foundation: clean sans-serif typography, gradient underline links, strong heading hierarchy, and accent-tinted blockquotes.

Color Schemes

Paper & Ink — Light

Warm off-white with near-black ink. Minimal and print-inspired.

Paper & Ink

Lavender Fog — Light

Desaturated purple-white with deep plum and soft violet accents.

Lavender Fog

Iron Press — Light

Newsprint grey with a single crimson accent. Editorial and structured.

Iron Press

Nordic Slate — Dark

Desaturated blue-grey with ice-blue accents. Calm and clean.

Nordic Slate

Soft Dusk — Dark

Mauve-purple with dusty rose and lavender. Warm and editorial.

Soft Dusk

Tokyo Night — Dark

Deep indigo with electric blue and violet syntax. Developer-focused.

Tokyo Night

Features

  • Six distinct color schemes — three light, three dark, all switchable from a single setting
  • Strong heading hierarchy — six levels with explicit size, weight, and color at every step; H5 styled as a small-caps section label
  • Gradient underline links — internal and external links reveal a color underline on hover
  • Accent-tinted blockquotes — left border with a subtle background fill matching each scheme's accent
  • Styled bold and italic — each scheme colors **bold** and *italic* independently for emphasis that reads clearly
  • Tag pills — rounded, accent-tinted tags with smooth hover transitions
  • Fade-in status bar — opacity 45% at rest, full on hover, keeping the UI uncluttered
  • Slim scrollbars — 5px rounded thumbs throughout

Requirements

Style Settings is required to switch between color schemes. Without it, the theme defaults to dark mode.

If you want to use a light scheme (Paper & Ink, Lavender Fog, or Iron Press), go to Settings → Style Settings → Lumen → Color scheme and select it there. The theme itself does not follow Obsidian's light/dark toggle — all switching is done through Style Settings.

Installation

From the Community Themes browser

  1. Open Settings → Appearance → Themes
  2. Search for Lumen
  3. Click Install and use

Manual

  1. Download theme.css and manifest.json
  2. Create a folder called Lumen in .obsidian/themes/
  3. Place both files inside it
  4. Go to Settings → Appearance and select Lumen

Switching schemes

  1. Install the Style Settings plugin
  2. Open Settings → Style Settings → Lumen
  3. Choose a color scheme from the Color scheme dropdown

Author

Made by Stephan Teig

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