NOTES:If you're running emacs in a console, "export COLORTERM=truecolor" to get more than 256 colors. If you block JOINS, PARTS, etc. (the background noise), the theme might get too intense as the default face "color-51" is high intensity and is meant to stand out from the background noise. In that case substitute "color-51" with "color-75".
Copy the elisp below (except the first and last lines (and the comment) if you're already using Custom) into your .emacs. The modeline customization is optional, but enhances the theme.
(custom-set-faces ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom. ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful. ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance. ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right. '(erc-action-face ((t (:foreground "color-75" :weight bold)))) '(erc-button ((t (:foreground "color-30" :underline t :weight normal)))) '(erc-current-nick-face ((t (:background "yellow" :foreground "lightskyblue1")))) '(erc-default-face ((t (:background "color-232" :foreground "color-51")))) '(erc-input-face ((t (:foreground "color-45" :weight bold)))) '(erc-nick-default-face ((t (:foreground "color-36" :weight bold)))) '(erc-notice-face ((t (:foreground "color-66" :weight normal)))) '(erc-timestamp-face ((t (:foreground "color-66" :weight bold)))) '(mode-line ((t (:background "color-24" :foreground "lightskyblue1" :weight bold)))) )
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