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Abyssal

Abyssal is a true black, high contrast, dark terminal color scheme with a #000000 background and #e0e4e7 text (16.4:1 contrast)

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Background
#000000
Foreground
#e0e4e7
Text contrast
16.42:1AAA
Accent contrast
9.82:1min 5.12
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❯ ls -la
drwxr-xr-x 12 ada staff 384 Oct 30 09:12 .
drwxr-xr-x 8 ada staff 256 Oct 29 18:40 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 ada staff 1.2K Oct 30 09:10 .gitignore
drwxr-xr-x 5 ada staff 160 Oct 30 09:12 src
drwxr-xr-x 3 ada staff 96 Oct 28 11:02 public
-rwxr-xr-x 1 ada staff 2.4K Oct 30 08:57 build.sh
-rw-r--r-- 1 ada staff 4.1K Oct 30 09:01 package.json
lrwxr-xr-x 1 ada staff 18 Oct 27 14:33 node_modules -> ../cache/modules
-rw-r--r-- 1 ada staff 48K Oct 26 10:15 logo.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 ada staff 9.8M Oct 25 21:47 backup.tar.gz
~/dev/tintdex on main [!?] via ⬢ v1.4.3
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new file: src/theme.css
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modified: src/app.tsx
deleted: legacy/colors.js
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Abyssal configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Abyssal

Save to ~/.config/ghostty/themes/Abyssal, then set theme = Abyssal in config or config.ghostty

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# Theme: Abyssal (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/abyssal?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#000000
palette = 1=#ff7518
palette = 2=#39aa62
palette = 3=#ffcc00
palette = 4=#01a0e4
palette = 5=#ab5ccb
palette = 6=#40e0d0
palette = 7=#e0e4e7
palette = 8=#4f5b66
palette = 9=#feac57
palette = 10=#4ce070
palette = 11=#ffee50
palette = 12=#4b97c8
palette = 13=#ba8efa
palette = 14=#20b2aa
palette = 15=#f7f7ff
background = #000000
foreground = #e0e4e7
cursor-color = #e0e4e7
cursor-text = #000000
selection-background = #343d46
selection-foreground = #e0e4e7

Abyssal palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)—
Foregroundforeground#e0e4e7rgb(224 228 231)hsl(206 13% 89%)oklch(91.7% 0.006 239.8)16.42 AAA
Cursorcursor#e0e4e7rgb(224 228 231)hsl(206 13% 89%)oklch(91.7% 0.006 239.8)16.42 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#343d46rgb(52 61 70)hsl(210 15% 24%)oklch(35.5% 0.020 248.4)1.90 Fail
Selection textselectionText#e0e4e7rgb(224 228 231)hsl(206 13% 89%)oklch(91.7% 0.006 239.8)16.42 AAA
Blackcolor0#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Redcolor1#ff7518rgb(255 117 24)hsl(24 100% 55%)oklch(71.6% 0.191 47.1)7.81 AAA
Greencolor2#39aa62rgb(57 170 98)hsl(142 50% 45%)oklch(65.7% 0.147 151.8)7.10 AAA
Yellowcolor3#ffcc00rgb(255 204 0)hsl(48 100% 50%)oklch(86.5% 0.177 90.4)13.89 AAA
Bluecolor4#01a0e4rgb(1 160 228)hsl(198 99% 45%)oklch(67.0% 0.148 237.7)7.15 AAA
Magentacolor5#ab5ccbrgb(171 92 203)hsl(283 52% 58%)oklch(61.2% 0.177 315.2)5.12 AA
Cyancolor6#40e0d0rgb(64 224 208)hsl(174 72% 56%)oklch(82.2% 0.131 185.1)12.79 AAA
Whitecolor7#e0e4e7rgb(224 228 231)hsl(206 13% 89%)oklch(91.7% 0.006 239.8)16.42 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#4f5b66rgb(79 91 102)hsl(209 13% 35%)oklch(46.5% 0.023 246.0)3.02 AA Large
Bright Redcolor9#feac57rgb(254 172 87)hsl(31 99% 67%)oklch(80.9% 0.139 64.5)11.25 AAA
Bright Greencolor10#4ce070rgb(76 224 112)hsl(135 70% 59%)oklch(80.3% 0.198 148.0)12.20 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#ffee50rgb(255 238 80)hsl(54 100% 66%)oklch(93.6% 0.171 103.1)17.60 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#4b97c8rgb(75 151 200)hsl(204 53% 54%)oklch(64.9% 0.105 239.5)6.56 AA
Bright Magentacolor13#ba8efargb(186 142 250)hsl(264 92% 77%)oklch(73.1% 0.157 301.4)8.34 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#20b2aargb(32 178 170)hsl(177 70% 41%)oklch(69.1% 0.114 189.0)8.01 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#f7f7ffrgb(247 247 255)hsl(240 100% 98%)oklch(97.8% 0.011 286.2)19.70 AAA

About Abyssal

Abyssal is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #000000 background with #e0e4e7 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 16.42:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 9.82:1 (minimum 5.12:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #ff7518 red, #39aa62 green, #01a0e4 blue, and #ab5ccb 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.

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Source: Tinted Theming (Base16 & Base24) (MIT)