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Aurora

Aurora is a vibrant, cool, dark terminal color scheme with a #23262e background and #ffca28 text (9.9:1 contrast)

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Background
#23262e
Foreground
#ffca28
Text contrast
9.89:1AAA
Accent contrast
7.00:1min 1.59
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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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Aurora configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Aurora

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

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

palette = 0=#23262e
palette = 1=#f0266f
palette = 2=#8fd46d
palette = 3=#ffe66d
palette = 4=#0321d7
palette = 5=#ee5d43
palette = 6=#03d6b8
palette = 7=#c74ded
palette = 8=#292e38
palette = 9=#f92672
palette = 10=#8fd46d
palette = 11=#ffe66d
palette = 12=#03d6b8
palette = 13=#ee5d43
palette = 14=#03d6b8
palette = 15=#c74ded
background = #23262e
foreground = #ffca28
cursor-color = #ee5d43
cursor-text = #ffd29c
selection-background = #292e38
selection-foreground = #00e8c6

Aurora palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#23262ergb(35 38 46)hsl(224 14% 16%)oklch(26.9% 0.016 269.1)—
Foregroundforeground#ffca28rgb(255 202 40)hsl(45 100% 58%)oklch(86.2% 0.168 88.3)9.89 AAA
Cursorcursor#ee5d43rgb(238 93 67)hsl(9 83% 60%)oklch(66.2% 0.184 32.3)4.53 AA
Cursor textcursorText#ffd29crgb(255 210 156)hsl(33 100% 81%)oklch(89.0% 0.086 71.5)10.77 AAA
Selectionselection#292e38rgb(41 46 56)hsl(220 15% 19%)oklch(30.1% 0.019 264.2)1.11 Fail
Selection textselectionText#00e8c6rgb(0 232 198)hsl(171 100% 45%)oklch(83.2% 0.154 176.9)9.62 AAA
Blackcolor0#23262ergb(35 38 46)hsl(224 14% 16%)oklch(26.9% 0.016 269.1)1.00 Fail
Redcolor1#f0266frgb(240 38 111)hsl(338 87% 55%)oklch(62.5% 0.233 7.1)3.75 AA Large
Greencolor2#8fd46drgb(143 212 109)hsl(100 54% 63%)oklch(80.1% 0.153 136.2)8.50 AAA
Yellowcolor3#ffe66drgb(255 230 109)hsl(50 100% 71%)oklch(92.2% 0.143 97.8)12.10 AAA
Bluecolor4#0321d7rgb(3 33 215)hsl(232 97% 43%)oklch(41.8% 0.261 264.5)1.59 Fail
Magentacolor5#ee5d43rgb(238 93 67)hsl(9 83% 60%)oklch(66.2% 0.184 32.3)4.53 AA
Cyancolor6#03d6b8rgb(3 214 184)hsl(171 97% 43%)oklch(78.4% 0.144 177.7)8.15 AAA
Whitecolor7#c74dedrgb(199 77 237)hsl(286 82% 62%)oklch(64.8% 0.242 317.1)4.12 AA Large
Bright Blackcolor8#292e38rgb(41 46 56)hsl(220 15% 19%)oklch(30.1% 0.019 264.2)1.11 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#f92672rgb(249 38 114)hsl(338 95% 56%)oklch(64.2% 0.240 7.5)4.00 AA Large
Bright Greencolor10#8fd46drgb(143 212 109)hsl(100 54% 63%)oklch(80.1% 0.153 136.2)8.50 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#ffe66drgb(255 230 109)hsl(50 100% 71%)oklch(92.2% 0.143 97.8)12.10 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#03d6b8rgb(3 214 184)hsl(171 97% 43%)oklch(78.4% 0.144 177.7)8.15 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#ee5d43rgb(238 93 67)hsl(9 83% 60%)oklch(66.2% 0.184 32.3)4.53 AA
Bright Cyancolor14#03d6b8rgb(3 214 184)hsl(171 97% 43%)oklch(78.4% 0.144 177.7)8.15 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#c74dedrgb(199 77 237)hsl(286 82% 62%)oklch(64.8% 0.242 317.1)4.12 AA Large

About Aurora

Aurora is a dark terminal color scheme built on a cool-tinted #23262e background with #ffca28 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 9.89:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 7.00:1 (minimum 1.59:1).

Its palette is highly saturated, anchored by #f0266f red, #8fd46d green, #0321d7 blue, and #ee5d43 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: iTerm2 Color Schemes (MIT)