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.TH "HUGO-GEN-CHROMASTYLES" "1" "Aug 2026" "Hugo 0.165.0" "Hugo Manual"

.SH NAME
hugo-gen-chromastyles - Generate CSS stylesheet for the Chroma code highlighter


.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBhugo gen chromastyles [flags] [args]\fP


.SH DESCRIPTION
Generate CSS stylesheet for the Chroma code highlighter for a given style. This stylesheet is needed if markup.highlight.noClasses is disabled in config.

.PP
See https://gohugo.io/quick-reference/syntax-highlighting-styles/ for a preview of the available styles.


.SH OPTIONS
\fB--classDark\fP="dark"
	class name used by --modeSelector for dark styles

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\fB--classLight\fP="light"
	class name used by --modeSelector for light styles

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\fB-h\fP, \fB--help\fP[=false]
	help for chromastyles

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\fB--highlightStyle\fP=""
	foreground and background colors for highlighted lines, e.g. --highlightStyle "#fff000 bg:#000fff"

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\fB--lineNumbersInlineStyle\fP=""
	foreground and background colors for inline line numbers, e.g. --lineNumbersInlineStyle "#fff000 bg:#000fff"

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\fB--lineNumbersTableStyle\fP=""
	foreground and background colors for table line numbers, e.g. --lineNumbersTableStyle "#fff000 bg:#000fff"

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\fB--mode\fP=""
	style mode ("light", "dark")

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\fB--modeSelector\fP[=false]
	scope selectors under a top level mode class, e.g. ".dark .chroma"

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\fB--omitClassComments\fP[=false]
	omit CSS class comment prefixes in the generated CSS

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\fB--omitEmpty\fP[=false]
	omit empty CSS rules (deprecated, no longer needed)

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\fB--style\fP="friendly"
	highlighter style


.SH OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS
\fB--clock\fP=""
	set the clock used by Hugo, e.g. --clock 2021-11-06T22:30:00.00+09:00

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\fB--config\fP=""
	config file (default is hugo.yaml|json|toml)

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\fB--configDir\fP="config"
	config dir

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\fB-d\fP, \fB--destination\fP=""
	filesystem path to write files to

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\fB-e\fP, \fB--environment\fP=""
	build environment

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\fB--ignoreVendorPaths\fP=""
	ignores any _vendor for module paths matching the given Glob pattern

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\fB--logLevel\fP=""
	log level (debug|info|warn|error)

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\fB--noBuildLock\fP[=false]
	don't create .hugo_build.lock file

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\fB--quiet\fP[=false]
	build in quiet mode

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\fB-M\fP, \fB--renderToMemory\fP[=false]
	render to memory (mostly useful when running the server)

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\fB-s\fP, \fB--source\fP=""
	filesystem path to read files relative from

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\fB--themesDir\fP=""
	filesystem path to themes directory


.SH SEE ALSO
\fBhugo-gen(1)\fP