bearded-arc.nvim

A dark Neovim colorscheme inspired by Bearded Theme Arc for VSCode. Deep navy backgrounds with vivid accent colors — full Treesitter, LSP semantic token support, and 71 plugin integrations.

Features

• Full Treesitter highlight support
• LSP semantic token highlights
• Language-specific highlights for JS/JSX/TSX, Python, Go, Svelte, CSS, and more
• 71 plugin integrations with smart auto-detection via lazy.nvim
• Customizable via on_colors and on_highlights hooks
• Terminal colors (16 ANSI colors)
• Transparent background support

Color Palette

Deep navy backgrounds with vivid, readable accent colors:

Color	Hex	Used for
Background	#1c2433	Main editor background
Blue	#69C3FF	Functions, tags, titles, info diagnostics
Green	#3CEC85	Strings, characters, added diffs
Yellow	#EACD61	Keywords, operators, statements
Red	#E35535	Constants, numbers, booleans, errors
Cyan	#22ECDB	Storage class, search, special
Purple	#B78AFF	Types, structures, typedefs
Magenta	#F38CEC	Parameters
Orange	#FF955C	Warnings, debug
Pink	#FF738A	Variables, labels, special chars

See Palette docs for the full reference including all background shades, semantic colors, and terminal colors.

Requirements

• Neovim >= 0.8.0
• termguicolors enabled

Installation

vim.pack (Neovim 0.11+ built-in)

vim.pack.add({ 'https://github.com/kcayme/bearded-arc.nvim' })
vim.cmd.colorscheme("bearded-arc")

Since vim.pack doesn't use lazy.nvim, plugin auto-detection won't work. Enable all plugin highlights or specify them manually:

require("bearded-arc").setup({
  plugins = {
    all = true, -- load all 71 plugin highlight groups
  },
})

lazy.nvim

{
  "kcayme/bearded-arc.nvim",
  lazy = false,
  priority = 1000,
  opts = {},
}

packer.nvim

use { "kcayme/bearded-arc.nvim" }

Usage

vim.cmd.colorscheme("bearded-arc")

Configuration

Configuration is optional. Call setup before loading the colorscheme to override defaults:

require("bearded-arc").setup({
  transparent = false,       -- enable background transparency
  terminal_colors = true,    -- apply ANSI terminal colors
  dim_inactive = false,      -- dim inactive windows
  styles = {
    comments  = { italic = true },
    keywords  = {},
    functions = {},
    variables = {},
    strings   = {},
    sidebars  = "dark",      -- "dark" | "transparent" | "normal"
    floats    = "dark",      -- "dark" | "transparent" | "normal"
  },
  on_colors = function(colors)
    -- override palette colors
    -- colors.blue = "#89b4fa"
  end,
  on_highlights = function(highlights, palette)
    -- override highlight groups
    -- highlights.Comment = { fg = palette.muted, italic = true }
  end,
  plugins = {
    all = false,    -- load all plugin highlights
    auto = true,    -- auto-detect installed plugins via lazy.nvim
    -- override per plugin:
    -- telescope = true,
    -- gitsigns = false,
  },
})

See Configuration docs for all options and Recipes for common customization examples.

Help

Full documentation is available inside Neovim:

:h bearded-arc

Supported Plugins

70+ plugins are supported with auto-detection via lazy.nvim.

See the full plugin list for highlight group counts and per-plugin configuration options.

Acknowledgements

• Bearded Theme by BeardedBear for the original color palette