How can I change vim status line color?

Question

I\'m tring to change vim\'s status line color by editing my .vimrc .

By using the command au, I tried to change the color of the status lin

Answer 1

I use this for my status line, which changes the colour of the line depending on what mode I'm in, amongst other tidbits:

function! InsertStatuslineColor(mode)
  if a:mode == 'i'
    hi statusline guibg=Cyan ctermfg=6 guifg=Black ctermbg=0
  elseif a:mode == 'r'
    hi statusline guibg=Purple ctermfg=5 guifg=Black ctermbg=0
  else
    hi statusline guibg=DarkRed ctermfg=1 guifg=Black ctermbg=0
  endif
endfunction

au InsertEnter * call InsertStatuslineColor(v:insertmode)
au InsertLeave * hi statusline guibg=DarkGrey ctermfg=8 guifg=White ctermbg=15

" default the statusline to green when entering Vim
hi statusline guibg=DarkGrey ctermfg=8 guifg=White ctermbg=15

" Formats the statusline
set statusline=%f                           " file name
set statusline+=[%{strlen(&fenc)?&fenc:'none'}, "file encoding
set statusline+=%{&ff}] "file format
set statusline+=%y      "filetype
set statusline+=%h      "help file flag
set statusline+=%m      "modified flag
set statusline+=%r      "read only flag

" Puts in the current git status
    if count(g:pathogen_disabled, 'Fugitive') < 1   
        set statusline+=%{fugitive#statusline()}
    endif

" Puts in syntastic warnings
    if count(g:pathogen_disabled, 'Syntastic') < 1  
        set statusline+=%#warningmsg#
        set statusline+=%{SyntasticStatuslineFlag()}
        set statusline+=%*
    endif

set statusline+=\ %=                        " align left
set statusline+=Line:%l/%L[%p%%]            " line X of Y [percent of file]
set statusline+=\ Col:%c                    " current column
set statusline+=\ Buf:%n                    " Buffer number
set statusline+=\ [%b][0x%B]\               " ASCII and byte code under cursor