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Apple System Colors

Apple System Colors is a vibrant, dark terminal color scheme with a #1e1e1e background and #ffffff text (16.7:1 contrast)

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Background
#1e1e1e
Foreground
#ffffff
Text contrast
16.67:1AAA
Accent contrast
6.05:1min 3.09
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Apple System Colors configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Apple System Colors

Save to ~/.config/ghostty/themes/Apple System Colors, then set theme = Apple System Colors in config or config.ghostty

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# Theme: Apple System Colors (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/apple-system-colors?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#1a1a1a
palette = 1=#cc372e
palette = 2=#26a439
palette = 3=#cdac08
palette = 4=#0869cb
palette = 5=#9647bf
palette = 6=#479ec2
palette = 7=#98989d
palette = 8=#464646
palette = 9=#ff453a
palette = 10=#32d74b
palette = 11=#ffd60a
palette = 12=#0a84ff
palette = 13=#bf5af2
palette = 14=#76d6ff
palette = 15=#ffffff
background = #1e1e1e
foreground = #ffffff
cursor-color = #98989d
cursor-text = #ffffff
selection-background = #3f638b
selection-foreground = #ffffff

Apple System Colors palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#1e1e1ergb(30 30 30)hsl(0 0% 12%)oklch(23.5% 0.000 0)—
Foregroundforeground#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)16.67 AAA
Cursorcursor#98989drgb(152 152 157)hsl(240 2% 61%)oklch(68.1% 0.007 286.2)5.81 AA
Cursor textcursorText#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)16.67 AAA
Selectionselection#3f638brgb(63 99 139)hsl(212 38% 40%)oklch(49.0% 0.077 252.0)2.67 Fail
Selection textselectionText#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)16.67 AAA
Blackcolor0#1a1a1argb(26 26 26)hsl(0 0% 10%)oklch(21.8% 0.000 0)1.04 Fail
Redcolor1#cc372ergb(204 55 46)hsl(3 63% 49%)oklch(56.2% 0.187 28.2)3.30 AA Large
Greencolor2#26a439rgb(38 164 57)hsl(129 62% 40%)oklch(63.0% 0.181 145.1)5.12 AA
Yellowcolor3#cdac08rgb(205 172 8)hsl(50 92% 42%)oklch(75.2% 0.153 95.0)7.54 AAA
Bluecolor4#0869cbrgb(8 105 203)hsl(210 92% 41%)oklch(52.9% 0.171 255.2)3.09 AA Large
Magentacolor5#9647bfrgb(150 71 191)hsl(280 48% 51%)oklch(55.1% 0.188 312.2)3.14 AA Large
Cyancolor6#479ec2rgb(71 158 194)hsl(198 50% 52%)oklch(66.1% 0.099 228.3)5.51 AA
Whitecolor7#98989drgb(152 152 157)hsl(240 2% 61%)oklch(68.1% 0.007 286.2)5.81 AA
Bright Blackcolor8#464646rgb(70 70 70)hsl(0 0% 27%)oklch(39.4% 0.000 0)1.77 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#ff453argb(255 69 58)hsl(3 100% 61%)oklch(66.3% 0.224 28.3)4.89 AA
Bright Greencolor10#32d74brgb(50 215 75)hsl(129 67% 52%)oklch(77.0% 0.224 145.0)8.70 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#ffd60argb(255 214 10)hsl(50 100% 52%)oklch(88.5% 0.181 94.8)11.81 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#0a84ffrgb(10 132 255)hsl(210 100% 52%)oklch(62.4% 0.206 255.5)4.57 AA
Bright Magentacolor13#bf5af2rgb(191 90 242)hsl(280 85% 65%)oklch(65.6% 0.227 312.4)4.73 AA
Bright Cyancolor14#76d6ffrgb(118 214 255)hsl(198 100% 73%)oklch(83.2% 0.107 227.9)10.19 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)16.67 AAA

About Apple System Colors

Apple System Colors is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #1e1e1e background with #ffffff as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 16.67:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 6.05:1 (minimum 3.09:1).

Its palette is highly saturated, anchored by #cc372e red, #26a439 green, #0869cb blue, and #9647bf magenta. Part of the Apple theme family.

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.

Schemes similar to Apple System Colors

Source: iTerm2 Color Schemes (MIT)