Inspired by the icy terraces of Mount Everest and the first light breaking over its peaks, this theme pairs cool white and pale grey backgrounds with deep glacier blues and greens to create a clear and unhurried coding environment. Bright, airy surfaces keep the editor calm, while teals, forest greens, and a warm coral accent add definition and focus to key syntax elements.
A light theme from the Codigrate Nature collection, released 2023-09-02. Tags: Calm, Icy, Sunrise.
A free download from codigrate.com under the MIT licence: add it to your cart, enter the e-mail address the download link goes to, and get the theme file with its install steps.
Getting started on Slack
- Download the zip with the Download button. Inside is a small text file with the theme's four colors on one line.
- Open the text file and copy that line.
- In Slack, open Preferences → Themes, scroll to the bottom and paste the line into the custom theme field.
- In Preferences → Appearance, choose Light or Dark mode to match the theme; in Dark mode, turn on Darker sidebars.
- If you switch between light and dark mode, restart Slack so the theme applies correctly.
- Slack applies the theme instantly across the workspace.
Everest color palette
Every named color of the Everest palette, free to download for MacOS, CorelDRAW and Figma.
Everest on every platform
- Everest for JetBrains (free)
- Everest for Xcode ($2.99)
- Everest for VS Code (free)
- Everest for Chrome (free)
- Everest for Firefox (free)
- Everest for Open VSX (free)
- Everest for Slack (free), this page
- Everest for MacOS Terminal (free)
- Everest for iTerm2 (free)
- Everest for Ghostty (free)
- Everest for Claude Code (free)
- Everest for Rhino (free)
- Everest for Zed (free)
- Everest for Sublime Text (free)
- Everest for Line
From the blog
- Anatomy of a Light Theme: Everest: Anatomy of Everest, a light IDE theme: layered blue-grey backgrounds, a calm navy foreground, and a cool syntax palette lit by a few warm sparks of dawn.
- Dark Mode and Light Mode: What Your Eyes Actually Want: Neither mode is easier on your eyes by default. What dark and light mode do to your pupils, why good dark themes skip pure black, and how to pick by room light.
