Interestingly, Monokai was developed back when Mac OS was not using sRGB by default, so using the RGB values today looks different than it did back then [1].<p>People have gotten used to the higher contrast, and the theme works great this way too.<p>[1]: <a href="http://www.hardtoc.com/archives/310" rel="nofollow">http://www.hardtoc.com/archives/310</a>