Color

How to use this theme

You can import this theme from the Web Awesome CDN.

In HTML In CSS

Dark mode

To activate the dark color scheme of the theme on any element and its contents, apply the class wa-dark to it. This means you can use different color schemes throughout the page. Here, we use the default theme with a dark sidebar:

<html>
  <head>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="path/to/web-awesome/dist/styles/themes/default.css" />
  </head>

  <body>
    <nav class="wa-dark">
      <!-- dark-themed sidebar -->
    </nav>

    <!-- light-themed content -->
  </body>
</html>

You can apply the class to the <html> element on your page to activate the dark color scheme for the entire page.

<html class="wa-dark">
  <head>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="path/to/web-awesome/dist/styles/themes/default.css" />
    <!-- other links, scripts, and metadata -->
  </head>
  <body>
    <!-- page content -->
  </body>
</html>

Detecting Color Scheme Preference

Web Awesome's themes have both light and dark styles built in. However, Web Awesome doesn't try to auto-detect the user's light/dark mode preference. This should be done at the application level.

As a best practice, to provide a dark theme in your app, you should:

  • Check for prefers-color-scheme and use its value by default
  • Allow the user to override the setting in your app
  • Remember the user's preference and restore it on subsequent logins

Web Awesome avoids using the prefers-color-scheme media query because not all apps support dark mode, and it would break things for the ones that don't.

Assuming the user's preference is in a variable called colorScheme (values: auto, light, dark), you can use the following JS snippet to apply the wa-dark class to the <html> element accordingly:

const systemDark = window.matchMedia('(prefers-color-scheme: dark)');
const applyDark = function (event = systemDark) {
  const isDark = colorScheme === 'auto' ? event.matches : colorScheme === 'dark';
  document.documentElement.classList.toggle('wa-dark', isDark);
};
systemDark.addEventListener('change', applyDark);
applyDark();
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