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		Bekwnn on July 9, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Is timeless UI design a thing? The thing that bothered me about solarized was the lack of contrast with some of its colors. The light blue on dark blue can be painful to read. Hydrangea is a somewhat similar theme I enjoy a lot more. https://github.com/yuttie/hydrangea-vim

fermienrico on July 9, 2018 [–]

I agree. Solarized was developed with objectivity in mind, but the choice of a dark-blue and light-beige background colors are completely arbitrary. I use a modified solarized palette with #444444 background and it works fine.

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