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Berlin

Berlin is a true black, monochrome, dark terminal color scheme with a #000000 background and #cccccc text (13.1:1 contrast)

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Background
#000000
Foreground
#cccccc
Text contrast
13.08:1AAA
Accent contrast
12.45:1min 5.92
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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
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-rw-r--r-- 1 ada staff 4.1K Oct 30 09:01 package.json
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-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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Berlin configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Berlin

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

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

palette = 0=#000000
palette = 1=#999999
palette = 2=#bbbbbb
palette = 3=#dddddd
palette = 4=#888888
palette = 5=#aaaaaa
palette = 6=#cccccc
palette = 7=#ffffff
palette = 8=#333333
palette = 9=#bbbbbb
palette = 10=#dddddd
palette = 11=#ffffff
palette = 12=#aaaaaa
palette = 13=#cccccc
palette = 14=#eeeeee
palette = 15=#ffffff
background = #000000
foreground = #cccccc
cursor-color = #cccccc
cursor-text = #000000
selection-background = #191919
selection-foreground = #cccccc

Berlin palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)—
Foregroundforeground#ccccccrgb(204 204 204)hsl(0 0% 80%)oklch(84.5% 0.000 0)13.08 AAA
Cursorcursor#ccccccrgb(204 204 204)hsl(0 0% 80%)oklch(84.5% 0.000 0)13.08 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#191919rgb(25 25 25)hsl(0 0% 10%)oklch(21.3% 0.000 0)1.19 Fail
Selection textselectionText#ccccccrgb(204 204 204)hsl(0 0% 80%)oklch(84.5% 0.000 0)13.08 AAA
Blackcolor0#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Redcolor1#999999rgb(153 153 153)hsl(0 0% 60%)oklch(68.3% 0.000 0)7.37 AAA
Greencolor2#bbbbbbrgb(187 187 187)hsl(0 0% 73%)oklch(79.2% 0.000 0)10.94 AAA
Yellowcolor3#ddddddrgb(221 221 221)hsl(0 0% 87%)oklch(89.8% 0.000 0)15.46 AAA
Bluecolor4#888888rgb(136 136 136)hsl(0 0% 53%)oklch(62.7% 0.000 0)5.92 AA
Magentacolor5#aaaaaargb(170 170 170)hsl(0 0% 67%)oklch(73.8% 0.000 0)9.04 AAA
Cyancolor6#ccccccrgb(204 204 204)hsl(0 0% 80%)oklch(84.5% 0.000 0)13.08 AAA
Whitecolor7#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#333333rgb(51 51 51)hsl(0 0% 20%)oklch(32.1% 0.000 0)1.66 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#bbbbbbrgb(187 187 187)hsl(0 0% 73%)oklch(79.2% 0.000 0)10.94 AAA
Bright Greencolor10#ddddddrgb(221 221 221)hsl(0 0% 87%)oklch(89.8% 0.000 0)15.46 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#aaaaaargb(170 170 170)hsl(0 0% 67%)oklch(73.8% 0.000 0)9.04 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#ccccccrgb(204 204 204)hsl(0 0% 80%)oklch(84.5% 0.000 0)13.08 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#eeeeeergb(238 238 238)hsl(0 0% 93%)oklch(94.9% 0.000 0)18.10 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA

About Berlin

Berlin is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #000000 background with #cccccc as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 13.08:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 12.45:1 (minimum 5.92:1).

Its palette is low-saturation, anchored by #999999 red, #bbbbbb green, #888888 blue, and #aaaaaa 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)