---
name: "hugo-gen-chromastyles"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "hugo"
version: "0.169.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/hugo-gen-chromastyles"
---

# hugo-gen-chromastyles(1)

Generate CSS stylesheet for the Chroma code highlighter

## NAME

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

## SYNOPSIS

**hugo gen chromastyles \[flags\] \[args\]**

## 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.

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

## OPTIONS

**--classDark**="dark"\
 	class name used by --modeSelector for dark styles

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

**-h**, **--help**\[=false\]\
 	help for chromastyles

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

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

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

**--mode**=""\
 	style mode ("light", "dark")

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

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

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

**--style**="friendly"\
 	highlighter style

## OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

**--clock**=""\
 	set the clock used by Hugo, e.g. --clock 2021-11-06T22:30:00.00+09:00

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

**--configDir**="config"\
 	config dir

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

**-e**, **--environment**=""\
 	build environment

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

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

**--noBuildLock**\[=false\]\
 	don't create .hugo\_build.lock file

**--quiet**\[=false\]\
 	build in quiet mode

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

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

**--themesDir**=""\
 	filesystem path to themes directory

## SEE ALSO

**[hugo-gen(1)](/hugo-gen/1.md)**