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+# lychee theme
+
+A light coloured theme. <3
+I like it, it's pretty.
+
+![A screenshot of lychee](https://snaek.org/s/liyuj/rozer.png)
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+" Maintainer: chee <chee@snaek.org>
+" URL: https://github.com/chee/vim-lychee-theme
+
+set background=light
+
+highlight clear
+
+if exists("syntax_on")
+    syntax reset
+endif
+
+let g:colors_name="lychee"
+highlight Normal guibg=#f9fcff guifg=#086F8A ctermbg=231 ctermfg=24
+
+highlight Cursor guibg=#ee046f ctermbg=198
+highlight CursorLine guibg=#ffffff
+highlight CursorLineNr guifg=#086f8a gui=NONE ctermfg=24 cterm=NONE
+highlight DiffAdd guifg=#205b46 ctermfg=35
+highlight DiffChange guifg=#c08624 ctermfg=172
+highlight DiffDelete guifg=#f72d37 ctermfg=196
+highlight ErrorMsg	guibg=#f72d37 guifg=white ctermbg=196 ctermfg=15
+highlight StatusLine guifg=#66629f ctermfg=61
+highlight StatusLineNC	guifg=#8887ac ctermfg=99
+highlight Visual guibg=#ee046f ctermbg=198
+
+highlight Comment guifg=#8899aa ctermfg=242
+highlight Constant	guifg=#333333 ctermfg=235
+highlight String guifg=#205b46 guibg=#96e8cb ctermfg=22 ctermbg=79
+highlight Number guifg=#0cadd6 ctermfg=39
+highlight Boolean guifg=#333333 gui=bold cterm=bold ctermfg=233
+highlight Float guifg=#0cadd6 ctermfg=39
+highlight Identifier guifg=#f85b3a ctermfg=202
+highlight Function guifg=#db4e80 ctermfg=161
+highlight Statement guifg=#444488 gui=NONE cterm=NONE ctermfg=56
+highlight Type guifg=#9e3430 ctermfg=124
+highlight Character guifg=#ee046f ctermfg=197
+highlight PreProc guifg=#444488 ctermfg=56
+highlight Operator guifg=#086F8A ctermfg=24
+highlight Type guifg=#0cadd6 gui=NONE cterm=NONE
+highlight Special guifg=#ee046f ctermfg=197
+highlight Error guibg=#f72d37 ctermbg=196
+highlight Todo guibg=#c08624 ctermbg=220
+highlight Underlined guifg=#086fba ctermfg=24
+
+highlight LineNr guifg=#cccccc