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Base2Tone Motel

Base2Tone Motel is a soft, monochrome, dark terminal color scheme with a #242323 background and #a5979a text (5.6:1 contrast)

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Background
#242323
Foreground
#a5979a
Text contrast
5.59:1AA
Accent contrast
5.86:1min 1.27
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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
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-rw-r--r-- 1 ada staff 48K Oct 26 10:15 logo.png
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Base2Tone Motel configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Base2Tone Motel

Save to ~/.config/ghostty/themes/Base2Tone Motel, then set theme = Base2Tone Motel in config or config.ghostty

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# Theme: Base2Tone Motel (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/base2tone-motel?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#242323
palette = 1=#956f76
palette = 2=#f8917c
palette = 3=#ffc8bd
palette = 4=#a7868b
palette = 5=#f8917c
palette = 6=#b89da2
palette = 7=#a5979a
palette = 8=#766b6c
palette = 9=#ffa28f
palette = 10=#373434
palette = 11=#5a5354
palette = 12=#86797b
palette = 13=#dec9cc
palette = 14=#f77c64
palette = 15=#f0dbdf
background = #242323
foreground = #a5979a
cursor-color = #e24f32
cursor-text = #242323
selection-background = #413d3e
selection-foreground = #a5979a

Base2Tone Motel palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#242323rgb(36 35 35)hsl(0 1% 14%)oklch(25.7% 0.001 17.3)—
Foregroundforeground#a5979argb(165 151 154)hsl(347 7% 62%)oklch(68.9% 0.017 2.9)5.59 AA
Cursorcursor#e24f32rgb(226 79 50)hsl(10 75% 54%)oklch(62.5% 0.188 33.1)4.03 AA Large
Cursor textcursorText#242323rgb(36 35 35)hsl(0 1% 14%)oklch(25.7% 0.001 17.3)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#413d3ergb(65 61 62)hsl(345 3% 25%)oklch(36.4% 0.006 0.3)1.46 Fail
Selection textselectionText#a5979argb(165 151 154)hsl(347 7% 62%)oklch(68.9% 0.017 2.9)5.59 AA
Blackcolor0#242323rgb(36 35 35)hsl(0 1% 14%)oklch(25.7% 0.001 17.3)1.00 Fail
Redcolor1#956f76rgb(149 111 118)hsl(349 15% 51%)oklch(58.2% 0.049 6.4)3.59 AA Large
Greencolor2#f8917crgb(248 145 124)hsl(10 90% 73%)oklch(76.1% 0.129 32.4)6.97 AA
Yellowcolor3#ffc8bdrgb(255 200 189)hsl(10 100% 87%)oklch(87.9% 0.065 31.4)10.64 AAA
Bluecolor4#a7868brgb(167 134 139)hsl(351 16% 59%)oklch(65.2% 0.041 8.1)4.80 AA
Magentacolor5#f8917crgb(248 145 124)hsl(10 90% 73%)oklch(76.1% 0.129 32.4)6.97 AA
Cyancolor6#b89da2rgb(184 157 162)hsl(349 16% 67%)oklch(72.1% 0.033 5.4)6.26 AA
Whitecolor7#a5979argb(165 151 154)hsl(347 7% 62%)oklch(68.9% 0.017 2.9)5.59 AA
Bright Blackcolor8#766b6crgb(118 107 108)hsl(355 5% 44%)oklch(53.8% 0.014 11.3)3.05 AA Large
Bright Redcolor9#ffa28frgb(255 162 143)hsl(10 100% 78%)oklch(80.1% 0.115 32.2)8.07 AAA
Bright Greencolor10#373434rgb(55 52 52)hsl(0 3% 21%)oklch(32.8% 0.004 17.4)1.27 Fail
Bright Yellowcolor11#5a5354rgb(90 83 84)hsl(351 4% 34%)oklch(44.9% 0.009 7.6)2.09 Fail
Bright Bluecolor12#86797brgb(134 121 123)hsl(351 5% 50%)oklch(58.9% 0.016 7.0)3.76 AA Large
Bright Magentacolor13#dec9ccrgb(222 201 204)hsl(351 24% 83%)oklch(85.4% 0.024 7.8)9.95 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#f77c64rgb(247 124 100)hsl(10 90% 68%)oklch(72.3% 0.156 32.4)5.99 AA
Bright Whitecolor15#f0dbdfrgb(240 219 223)hsl(349 41% 90%)oklch(91.0% 0.024 4.5)11.87 AAA

About Base2Tone Motel

Base2Tone Motel is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #242323 background with #a5979a as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 5.59:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 5.86:1 (minimum 1.27:1).

Its palette is low-saturation, anchored by #956f76 red, #f8917c green, #a7868b blue, and #f8917c magenta. Part of the Base2Tone 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: Gogh (MIT OR Apache-2.0)