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12-bit Rainbow

12-bit Rainbow is a true black, dark terminal color scheme with a #040404 background and #feffff text (20.5:1 contrast)

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Background
#040404
Foreground
#feffff
Text contrast
20.47:1AAA
Accent contrast
6.60:1min 2.17
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12-bit Rainbow configs

16 formats, all from one palette

12-bit Rainbow

Save to ~/.config/ghostty/themes/12-bit Rainbow, then set theme = 12-bit Rainbow in config or config.ghostty

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# Theme: 12-bit Rainbow (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/12-bit-rainbow?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#000000
palette = 1=#a03050
palette = 2=#40d080
palette = 3=#e09040
palette = 4=#3060b0
palette = 5=#603090
palette = 6=#0090c0
palette = 7=#dbded8
palette = 8=#685656
palette = 9=#c06060
palette = 10=#90d050
palette = 11=#e0d000
palette = 12=#00b0c0
palette = 13=#801070
palette = 14=#20b0c0
palette = 15=#ffffff
background = #040404
foreground = #feffff
cursor-color = #e0d000
cursor-text = #000000
selection-background = #606060
selection-foreground = #ffffff

12-bit Rainbow palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#040404rgb(4 4 4)hsl(0 0% 2%)oklch(10.7% 0.000 0)—
Foregroundforeground#feffffrgb(254 255 255)hsl(180 100% 100%)oklch(99.9% 0.001 197.1)20.47 AAA
Cursorcursor#e0d000rgb(224 208 0)hsl(56 100% 44%)oklch(84.4% 0.178 103.9)12.88 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)1.02 Fail
Selectionselection#606060rgb(96 96 96)hsl(0 0% 38%)oklch(48.9% 0.000 0)3.26 AA Large
Selection textselectionText#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)20.50 AAA
Blackcolor0#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)1.02 Fail
Redcolor1#a03050rgb(160 48 80)hsl(343 54% 41%)oklch(48.6% 0.148 7.4)2.96 Fail
Greencolor2#40d080rgb(64 208 128)hsl(147 61% 53%)oklch(76.3% 0.167 154.4)10.30 AAA
Yellowcolor3#e09040rgb(224 144 64)hsl(30 72% 56%)oklch(72.1% 0.135 62.5)8.04 AAA
Bluecolor4#3060b0rgb(48 96 176)hsl(218 57% 44%)oklch(49.9% 0.138 260.0)3.34 AA Large
Magentacolor5#603090rgb(96 48 144)hsl(270 50% 38%)oklch(42.2% 0.153 303.4)2.27 Fail
Cyancolor6#0090c0rgb(0 144 192)hsl(195 100% 38%)oklch(61.3% 0.123 230.9)5.61 AA
Whitecolor7#dbded8rgb(219 222 216)hsl(90 8% 86%)oklch(89.7% 0.009 128.6)15.09 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#685656rgb(104 86 86)hsl(0 9% 37%)oklch(47.1% 0.024 18.0)2.98 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#c06060rgb(192 96 96)hsl(0 43% 56%)oklch(60.4% 0.124 21.4)4.96 AA
Bright Greencolor10#90d050rgb(144 208 80)hsl(90 58% 56%)oklch(78.8% 0.172 131.8)11.06 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#e0d000rgb(224 208 0)hsl(56 100% 44%)oklch(84.4% 0.178 103.9)12.88 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#00b0c0rgb(0 176 192)hsl(185 100% 38%)oklch(69.2% 0.118 206.3)7.78 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#801070rgb(128 16 112)hsl(309 78% 28%)oklch(41.7% 0.173 335.3)2.17 Fail
Bright Cyancolor14#20b0c0rgb(32 176 192)hsl(186 71% 44%)oklch(69.4% 0.113 206.9)7.84 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)20.50 AAA

About 12-bit Rainbow

12-bit Rainbow is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #040404 background with #feffff as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 20.47:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 6.60:1 (minimum 2.17:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #a03050 red, #40d080 green, #3060b0 blue, and #603090 magenta.

Ready-to-use configs can be exported for Ghostty, iTerm2, Kitty, Alacritty, WezTerm, Windows Terminal, Warp, foot, Rio, XFCE4 Terminal, and Xresources, along with VS Code and Zed integrated terminals, CSS variables, Tailwind CSS, and JSON.

Published upstream with an identical palette under the names 12 Bit Rainbow

Schemes similar to 12-bit Rainbow

Source: iTerm2 Color Schemes (CC0-1.0)