return { "mellow-theme/mellow.nvim",
  disable = not vim.fn.has("nvim-0.8.0"),
  requires = "nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter",
  function()
    vim.g.mellow_variant = "dark"
    local c = require("mellow.colors")[vim.g.mellow_variant]

    vim.g.mellow_highlight_overrides = {
      -- stop inactive windows from having a darker bg
      ["NormalNC"] = { link = "Normal" },

      -- make floats darker
      ["NormalFloat"] = { fg = c.fg, bg = "#111111" },
      ["FloatBorder"] = { link = "NormalFloat" },

      -- make diagnostics have an undercurl
      ["DiagnosticUnderlineError"] = { fg = c.red, undercurl = true },
      ["DiagnosticUnderlineWarn"] = { fg = c.yellow, undercurl = true },
      ["DiagnosticUnderlineInfo"] = { fg = c.blue, undercurl = true },
      ["DiagnosticUnderlineHint"] = { fg = c.cyan, undercurl = true },

      -- make blink actually look nice
      ["BlinkCmpMenu"] = { link = "NormalFloat" },
      ["BlinkCmpMenuBorder"] = { link = "BlinkCmpMenu" },
      ["BlinkCmpMenuSelection"] = { bg = c.gray01 },
      ["BlinkCmpLabelDeprecated"] = { link = "CmpItemAbbrDeprecated" }
    }
  end
}