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base16-icy

base16-icy is a soft, monochrome, dark terminal color scheme with a #021012 background and #095b67 text (2.5:1 contrast)

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Background
#021012
Foreground
#095b67
Text contrast
2.49:1Fail
Accent contrast
9.97:1min 7.14
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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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base16-icy configs

16 formats, all from one palette

base16-icy

Save to ~/.config/ghostty/themes/base16-icy, then set theme = base16-icy in config or config.ghostty

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# Theme: base16-icy (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/base16-icy?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#021012
palette = 1=#16c2d9
palette = 2=#4dd0e1
palette = 3=#80deea
palette = 4=#00bcd4
palette = 5=#00adc1
palette = 6=#26c6d6
palette = 7=#095b67
palette = 8=#052e34
palette = 9=#b3ebf2
palette = 10=#4dd0e1
palette = 11=#80deea
palette = 12=#00bcd4
palette = 13=#00adc1
palette = 14=#26c6d6
palette = 15=#0c7c7c
background = #021012
foreground = #095b67
cursor-color = #16c2d9
cursor-text = #021012
selection-background = #041f23
selection-foreground = #021012

base16-icy palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#021012rgb(2 16 18)hsl(188 80% 4%)oklch(16.0% 0.023 205.7)—
Foregroundforeground#095b67rgb(9 91 103)hsl(188 84% 22%)oklch(43.3% 0.072 210.8)2.49 Fail
Cursorcursor#16c2d9rgb(22 194 217)hsl(187 82% 47%)oklch(74.7% 0.127 210.1)8.99 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#021012rgb(2 16 18)hsl(188 80% 4%)oklch(16.0% 0.023 205.7)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#041f23rgb(4 31 35)hsl(188 79% 8%)oklch(22.1% 0.033 208.6)1.13 Fail
Selection textselectionText#021012rgb(2 16 18)hsl(188 80% 4%)oklch(16.0% 0.023 205.7)1.00 Fail
Blackcolor0#021012rgb(2 16 18)hsl(188 80% 4%)oklch(16.0% 0.023 205.7)1.00 Fail
Redcolor1#16c2d9rgb(22 194 217)hsl(187 82% 47%)oklch(74.7% 0.127 210.1)8.99 AAA
Greencolor2#4dd0e1rgb(77 208 225)hsl(187 71% 59%)oklch(79.3% 0.114 207.3)10.53 AAA
Yellowcolor3#80deeargb(128 222 234)hsl(187 72% 71%)oklch(84.7% 0.091 206.2)12.49 AAA
Bluecolor4#00bcd4rgb(0 188 212)hsl(187 100% 42%)oklch(72.9% 0.126 210.8)8.42 AAA
Magentacolor5#00adc1rgb(0 173 193)hsl(186 100% 38%)oklch(68.5% 0.118 209.3)7.14 AAA
Cyancolor6#26c6d6rgb(38 198 214)hsl(185 70% 49%)oklch(75.7% 0.123 205.7)9.33 AAA
Whitecolor7#095b67rgb(9 91 103)hsl(188 84% 22%)oklch(43.3% 0.072 210.8)2.49 Fail
Bright Blackcolor8#052e34rgb(5 46 52)hsl(188 82% 11%)oklch(27.7% 0.044 209.5)1.33 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#b3ebf2rgb(179 235 242)hsl(187 71% 83%)oklch(90.4% 0.058 205.7)14.82 AAA
Bright Greencolor10#4dd0e1rgb(77 208 225)hsl(187 71% 59%)oklch(79.3% 0.114 207.3)10.53 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#80deeargb(128 222 234)hsl(187 72% 71%)oklch(84.7% 0.091 206.2)12.49 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#00bcd4rgb(0 188 212)hsl(187 100% 42%)oklch(72.9% 0.126 210.8)8.42 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#00adc1rgb(0 173 193)hsl(186 100% 38%)oklch(68.5% 0.118 209.3)7.14 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#26c6d6rgb(38 198 214)hsl(185 70% 49%)oklch(75.7% 0.123 205.7)9.33 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#0c7c7crgb(12 124 124)hsl(180 82% 27%)oklch(53.2% 0.088 194.8)3.86 AA Large

About base16-icy

base16-icy is a dark terminal color scheme built on a cool-tinted #021012 background with #095b67 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 2.49:1 WCAG contrast ratio (below AA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 9.97:1 (minimum 7.14:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #16c2d9 red, #4dd0e1 green, #00bcd4 blue, and #00adc1 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)