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Arc Light

Arc Light is a soft, light terminal color scheme with a #e8ecf2 background and #333333 text (10.7:1 contrast)

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Background
#e8ecf2
Foreground
#333333
Text contrast
10.66:1AAA
Accent contrast
3.49:1min 1.91
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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
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Arc Light configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Arc Light

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

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Raw file
# Theme: Arc Light (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/arc-light?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#0d1117
palette = 1=#c32424
palette = 2=#24c391
palette = 3=#c3a924
palette = 4=#2455c3
palette = 5=#c224c3
palette = 6=#24bac3
palette = 7=#e8ecf2
palette = 8=#3b4d68
palette = 9=#be2323
palette = 10=#23be8d
palette = 11=#bea423
palette = 12=#2351be
palette = 13=#be23be
palette = 14=#23b6be
palette = 15=#ffffff
background = #e8ecf2
foreground = #333333
cursor-color = #00ff00
cursor-text = #e8ecf2
selection-background = #b7babe
selection-foreground = #333333

Arc Light palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#e8ecf2rgb(232 236 242)hsl(216 28% 93%)oklch(94.2% 0.009 258.3)—
Foregroundforeground#333333rgb(51 51 51)hsl(0 0% 20%)oklch(32.1% 0.000 0)10.66 AAA
Cursorcursor#00ff00rgb(0 255 0)hsl(120 100% 50%)oklch(86.6% 0.295 142.5)1.16 Fail
Cursor textcursorText#e8ecf2rgb(232 236 242)hsl(216 28% 93%)oklch(94.2% 0.009 258.3)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#b7babergb(183 186 190)hsl(214 5% 73%)oklch(78.8% 0.007 255.5)1.64 Fail
Selection textselectionText#333333rgb(51 51 51)hsl(0 0% 20%)oklch(32.1% 0.000 0)10.66 AAA
Blackcolor0#0d1117rgb(13 17 23)hsl(216 28% 7%)oklch(17.6% 0.014 258.4)15.96 AAA
Redcolor1#c32424rgb(195 36 36)hsl(0 69% 45%)oklch(53.0% 0.194 27.0)4.92 AA
Greencolor2#24c391rgb(36 195 145)hsl(161 69% 45%)oklch(72.8% 0.145 165.5)1.91 Fail
Yellowcolor3#c3a924rgb(195 169 36)hsl(50 69% 45%)oklch(73.6% 0.143 97.1)1.96 Fail
Bluecolor4#2455c3rgb(36 85 195)hsl(222 69% 45%)oklch(48.5% 0.180 263.2)5.60 AA
Magentacolor5#c224c3rgb(194 36 195)hsl(300 69% 45%)oklch(58.3% 0.248 327.9)4.09 AA Large
Cyancolor6#24bac3rgb(36 186 195)hsl(183 69% 45%)oklch(72.1% 0.116 201.4)1.99 Fail
Whitecolor7#e8ecf2rgb(232 236 242)hsl(216 28% 93%)oklch(94.2% 0.009 258.3)1.00 Fail
Bright Blackcolor8#3b4d68rgb(59 77 104)hsl(216 28% 32%)oklch(41.7% 0.051 258.3)7.24 AAA
Bright Redcolor9#be2323rgb(190 35 35)hsl(0 69% 44%)oklch(52.0% 0.190 27.0)5.13 AA
Bright Greencolor10#23be8drgb(35 190 141)hsl(161 69% 44%)oklch(71.4% 0.142 165.4)2.01 Fail
Bright Yellowcolor11#bea423rgb(190 164 35)hsl(50 69% 44%)oklch(72.1% 0.139 96.7)2.08 Fail
Bright Bluecolor12#2351bergb(35 81 190)hsl(222 69% 44%)oklch(47.3% 0.179 263.6)5.92 AA
Bright Magentacolor13#be23bergb(190 35 190)hsl(300 69% 44%)oklch(57.4% 0.243 328.2)4.24 AA Large
Bright Cyancolor14#23b6bergb(35 182 190)hsl(183 69% 44%)oklch(70.9% 0.114 200.8)2.08 Fail
Bright Whitecolor15#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)1.19 Fail

About Arc Light

Arc Light is a light terminal color scheme built on a neutral #e8ecf2 background with #333333 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 10.66:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 3.49:1 (minimum 1.91:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #c32424 red, #24c391 green, #2455c3 blue, and #c224c3 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: Gogh (MIT OR Apache-2.0)