Umbra

Natural dark mode for the sites you open every day

Umbra turns the websites you visit daily β€” especially work web apps like Notion, Linear, Jira, GitHub, Gmail, and Slack β€” into a comfortable, natural dark mode. It does not simply invert the whole screen (that makes colors muddy and breaks brand colors). Instead it tries three approaches in order and stops as soon as one works well.

Tier A β†’ B β†’ C for the best result on each site. Per-site or global toggle, brightness/contrast/saturation, system light/dark follow, and themes saved on your device. Free β€” no Umbra account.

Features

Three-tier dark mode

Tier A β€” Site-native dark

If the site already has a dark theme, Umbra enables that first. Site-authored designs are usually the most natural.

Tier B β€” Design-color matching

When no ready-made dark theme exists, Umbra remaps the site’s design colors to a dark palette β€” keeping the feel while darkening backgrounds.

Tier C β€” Readable dark

If needed, Umbra carefully retunes page colors. Brand colors stay recognizable; text stays comfortable for long reading.

βš™οΈ Controls

  • Enable on all sites or only the site you are viewing
  • Adjust brightness, contrast, and saturation
  • Optional follow system light/dark
  • Dark before the white flash β€” starts dark early on page load
  • Themes you create are saved on your device and apply instantly on return

πŸ’° Pricing

The current release is free. There is no Umbra account.

Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcut

Alt + Shift + Q
Toggle Umbra globally (customize at chrome://extensions/shortcuts)
Guide

πŸš€ How to use

  • Install Umbra and open a supported work site
  • Choose global or per-site mode in the popup
  • Fine-tune brightness, contrast, and saturation if needed
  • Press Alt+Shift+Q to toggle quickly β€” disable on awkward sites per site
Limits

⚠️ Unsupported & limitations (honest)

  • In-app canvas surfaces (Figma canvas, Google Docs canvas mode, etc.)
  • Inside closed shadow DOM
  • Inside PDF viewers
  • Tier C results vary by site β€” turn Umbra off for that site if it looks off
  • OK to install alongside Dark Reader, but do not enable both on the same site (colors change twice)
Users

Perfect for

  • People who live in Notion, Linear, Jira, GitHub, Gmail, and Slack all day
  • Anyone tired of harsh white flashes and muddy inverted dark modes
  • Teams who want per-site control without an extra account
Privacy

πŸ”’ Privacy

  • No visit history, analytics, sale, or transmission of browsing data to Umbra
  • Settings sync only via Chrome’s built-in sync (Google account) β€” no Umbra account
  • Theme storage and small local logs stay on your device only
  • Per-site rules ship inside the extension β€” no remote code fetched and executed later
  • Network use is limited to styling already-open pages (color transforms) and links you open directly (e.g. feedback)

Umbra β€” dark mode that respects how each site was designed.

URL

Chrome Web Store URLs

Register these paths in the Chrome Web Store listing for Umbra.

Store listing

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