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Ayu

Ayu is a cool, dark terminal color scheme with a #0b0e14 background and #bfbdb6 text (10.3:1 contrast)

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Background
#0b0e14
Foreground
#bfbdb6
Text contrast
10.27:1AAA
Accent contrast
10.10:1min 6.34
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~/dev/tintdex on main [!?] via ⬢ v1.4.3
❯ 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
❯ git status
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Your branch is ahead of 'origin/main' by 2 commits.
Changes to be committed:
new file: src/theme.css
modified: README.md
Changes not staged for commit:
modified: src/app.tsx
deleted: legacy/colors.js
Untracked files:
notes.md
~/dev/tintdex on main [!?] via ⬢ v1.4.3
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Ayu configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Ayu

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

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Raw file
# Theme: Ayu (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/ayu?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#11151c
palette = 1=#ea6c73
palette = 2=#7fd962
palette = 3=#f9af4f
palette = 4=#53bdfa
palette = 5=#cda1fa
palette = 6=#90e1c6
palette = 7=#c7c7c7
palette = 8=#686868
palette = 9=#f07178
palette = 10=#aad94c
palette = 11=#ffb454
palette = 12=#59c2ff
palette = 13=#d2a6ff
palette = 14=#95e6cb
palette = 15=#ffffff
background = #0b0e14
foreground = #bfbdb6
cursor-color = #e6b450
cursor-text = #0b0e14
selection-background = #409fff
selection-foreground = #0b0e14

Ayu palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#0b0e14rgb(11 14 20)hsl(220 29% 6%)oklch(16.3% 0.014 264.1)—
Foregroundforeground#bfbdb6rgb(191 189 182)hsl(47 7% 73%)oklch(79.8% 0.010 93.6)10.27 AAA
Cursorcursor#e6b450rgb(230 180 80)hsl(40 75% 61%)oklch(79.7% 0.130 82.2)10.13 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#0b0e14rgb(11 14 20)hsl(220 29% 6%)oklch(16.3% 0.014 264.1)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#409fffrgb(64 159 255)hsl(210 100% 63%)oklch(69.2% 0.167 251.8)7.01 AAA
Selection textselectionText#0b0e14rgb(11 14 20)hsl(220 29% 6%)oklch(16.3% 0.014 264.1)1.00 Fail
Blackcolor0#11151crgb(17 21 28)hsl(218 24% 9%)oklch(19.5% 0.016 261.6)1.06 Fail
Redcolor1#ea6c73rgb(234 108 115)hsl(357 75% 67%)oklch(68.4% 0.156 18.7)6.34 AA
Greencolor2#7fd962rgb(127 217 98)hsl(105 61% 62%)oklch(80.3% 0.178 138.7)11.04 AAA
Yellowcolor3#f9af4frgb(249 175 79)hsl(34 93% 64%)oklch(80.8% 0.140 70.3)10.37 AAA
Bluecolor4#53bdfargb(83 189 250)hsl(202 94% 65%)oklch(76.2% 0.131 237.3)9.22 AAA
Magentacolor5#cda1fargb(205 161 250)hsl(270 90% 81%)oklch(78.1% 0.131 306.3)9.27 AAA
Cyancolor6#90e1c6rgb(144 225 198)hsl(160 57% 72%)oklch(85.0% 0.089 171.0)12.67 AAA
Whitecolor7#c7c7c7rgb(199 199 199)hsl(0 0% 78%)oklch(83.0% 0.000 0)11.43 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#686868rgb(104 104 104)hsl(0 0% 41%)oklch(51.7% 0.000 0)3.47 AA Large
Bright Redcolor9#f07178rgb(240 113 120)hsl(357 81% 69%)oklch(70.1% 0.157 18.6)6.75 AA
Bright Greencolor10#aad94crgb(170 217 76)hsl(80 65% 57%)oklch(82.5% 0.175 125.8)11.72 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#ffb454rgb(255 180 84)hsl(34 100% 66%)oklch(82.4% 0.141 70.2)10.95 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#59c2ffrgb(89 194 255)hsl(202 100% 67%)oklch(77.7% 0.130 237.3)9.74 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#d2a6ffrgb(210 166 255)hsl(270 100% 83%)oklch(79.7% 0.131 306.3)9.79 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#95e6cbrgb(149 230 203)hsl(160 62% 74%)oklch(86.5% 0.088 171.1)13.30 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)19.32 AAA

About Ayu

Ayu is a dark terminal color scheme built on a cool-tinted #0b0e14 background with #bfbdb6 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 10.27:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 10.10:1 (minimum 6.34:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #ea6c73 red, #7fd962 green, #53bdfa blue, and #cda1fa magenta. Part of the Ayu 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.

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Source: iTerm2 Color Schemes (MIT)