Makurai Theme

Minimal highlighting with maximum clarity

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Dark

vim.cmd.colorscheme("makurai_dark")

Autumn

vim.cmd.colorscheme("makurai_autumn")

Light

vim.cmd.colorscheme("makurai_light")

Installation

lazy:

return {
  "Skardyy/makurai-nvim",
  config = function()
    -- you don't have to call setup
    require "makurai".setup({
      transparent = false,               -- removes the bg color
      cursor = false,                    -- rather or not to modify the cursor color too, changes the `Cursor` highlight
      highlight_only_method_def = false, -- when true, highlights only methods definition, not calls
    })

    vim.cmd.colorscheme("makurai_dark")
  end
}

Overriding the palette

the below example "converts" makurai_dark into makurai_autumn

require("makurai").modify("dark", {
  syntax = {
    keyword = "#ff6340",
    fn      = "#facc75",
    str     = "#a2d93d",
    const   = "#e67399",
    type    = "#60bfbf",
  },
})

the options are everything in the palette here

Theme Philosophy

The core philosophy behind this theme is minimal highlighting with maximum clarity. Instead of overwhelming the code with color, it uses up to five distinct colors to emphasize the most critical syntax elements, grouped by role:

1. Orange – Keywords
2. Yellow – Functions, methods, functions constructors..
3. Green – Strings
4. Blue – Types, modules, interfaces, structs, namespaces..
5. Purple – Constants, enums, numbers..

All other elements remain in white to reduce visual noise.