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You can customize the Dracula tmux theme by overriding color variables or setting colors for individual widgets.

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Overriding color variables

All Dracula colors can be overridden and new variables can be added using the @dracula-colors option.

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Basic usage

Add the following to your tmux configuration: 
set -g @dracula-colors "
# Custom Color Palette
white='#f8f8f2'
gray='#44475a'
dark_gray='#282a36'
light_purple='#bd93f9'
dark_purple='#6272a4'
cyan='#8be9fd'
green='#50fa7b'
orange='#ffb86c'
red='#ff5555'
pink='#ff79c6'
yellow='#f1fa8c'
"
You can format variables on multiple lines for readability or on a single line to save space in your configuration.

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Available color variables

The default Dracula color variables are:
VariableDefault ValueDescription
white#f8f8f2Primary foreground color
gray#44475aSecondary background
dark_gray#282a36Primary background
light_purple#bd93f9Light purple accent
dark_purple#6272a4Dark purple accent
cyan#8be9fdCyan accent
green#50fa7bGreen accent
orange#ffb86cOrange accent
red#ff5555Red accent
pink#ff79c6Pink accent
yellow#f1fa8cYellow accent
You can add new color variables beyond these defaults and use them in your widget color configurations.

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Per-widget color customization

Each widget supports custom colors through dedicated options. Widget colors are specified as two values: foreground and background.

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Format

set -g @dracula-WIDGET-colors "foreground background"

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Available widget color options

All widget color options with their default values: 
set -g @dracula-attached-clients-colors "cyan dark_gray"
set -g @dracula-battery-colors "pink dark_gray"
set -g @dracula-continuum-colors "cyan dark_gray"
set -g @dracula-cpu-usage-colors "orange dark_gray"
set -g @dracula-custom-plugin-colors "cyan dark_gray"
set -g @dracula-cwd-colors "dark_gray white"
set -g @dracula-fossil-colors "green dark_gray"
set -g @dracula-git-colors "green dark_gray"
set -g @dracula-gpu-power-draw-colors "green dark_gray"
set -g @dracula-gpu-ram-usage-colors "cyan dark_gray"
set -g @dracula-gpu-usage-colors "pink dark_gray"
set -g @dracula-hg-colors "green dark_gray"
set -g @dracula-kubernetes-context-colors "cyan dark_gray"
set -g @dracula-libre-colors "white dark_gray"
set -g @dracula-mpc-colors "green dark_gray"
set -g @dracula-network-bandwidth-colors "cyan dark_gray"
set -g @dracula-network-colors "cyan dark_gray"
set -g @dracula-network-ping-colors "cyan dark_gray"
set -g @dracula-network-vpn-colors "cyan dark_gray"
set -g @dracula-playerctl-colors "green dark_gray"
set -g @dracula-ram-usage-colors "cyan dark_gray"
set -g @dracula-spotify-tui-colors "green dark_gray"
set -g @dracula-ssh-session-colors "green dark_gray"
set -g @dracula-synchronize-panes-colors "cyan dark_gray"
set -g @dracula-terraform-colors "light_purple dark_gray"
set -g @dracula-time-colors "dark_purple white"
set -g @dracula-tmux-ram-usage-colors "cyan dark_gray"
set -g @dracula-weather-colors "orange dark_gray"

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Example configuration

Customize specific widgets to match your preferences: 
# Make the git widget stand out with pink
set -g @dracula-git-colors "pink dark_gray"

# Use blue for network widgets
set -g @dracula-network-colors "light_purple dark_gray"
set -g @dracula-network-bandwidth-colors "light_purple dark_gray"

# Customize time display
set -g @dracula-time-colors "cyan dark_gray"
Widget color options use the color variable names (like cyan, pink, dark_gray) not hex values. Define your colors in @dracula-colors first, then reference them in widget color options.

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Combining approaches

You can combine both color variable overrides and per-widget customization: 
# Override color variables
set -g @dracula-colors "
white='#f8f8f2'
cyan='#00d4ff'
green='#00ff87'
pink='#ff00ff'
dark_gray='#1a1a1a'
"

# Customize specific widgets
set -g @dracula-git-colors "green dark_gray"
set -g @dracula-time-colors "pink dark_gray"
set -g @dracula-network-colors "cyan dark_gray"
This gives you complete control over your status bar appearance.

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