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Black Box Recorder

Black Box Recorder is a true black, high contrast, dark terminal color scheme with a #050608 background and #f4f1e8 text (17.9:1 contrast)

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Background
#050608
Foreground
#f4f1e8
Text contrast
17.95:1AAA
Accent contrast
11.56:1min 8.26
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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
On branch main
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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Black Box Recorder configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Black Box Recorder

Save to ~/.config/ghostty/themes/Black Box Recorder, then set theme = Black Box Recorder in config or config.ghostty

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# Theme: Black Box Recorder (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/black-box-recorder?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#b9b7b0
palette = 1=#ff806d
palette = 2=#78d19d
palette = 3=#f1ca63
palette = 4=#8cb2ed
palette = 5=#d5a0e6
palette = 6=#80d3dc
palette = 7=#f4f1e8
palette = 8=#cbc8c0
palette = 9=#ff9c8b
palette = 10=#99deb5
palette = 11=#f7db86
palette = 12=#aac7f3
palette = 13=#e4b9ed
palette = 14=#a1e1e7
palette = 15=#fffdf7
background = #050608
foreground = #f4f1e8
cursor-color = #ffcc33
cursor-text = #050608
selection-background = #2b2414
selection-foreground = #fff8e7

Black Box Recorder palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#050608rgb(5 6 8)hsl(220 23% 3%)oklch(12.2% 0.006 261.6)—
Foregroundforeground#f4f1e8rgb(244 241 232)hsl(45 35% 93%)oklch(95.8% 0.012 91.5)17.95 AAA
Cursorcursor#ffcc33rgb(255 204 51)hsl(45 100% 60%)oklch(86.7% 0.165 88.7)13.45 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#050608rgb(5 6 8)hsl(220 23% 3%)oklch(12.2% 0.006 261.6)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#2b2414rgb(43 36 20)hsl(42 37% 12%)oklch(26.4% 0.029 86.8)1.32 Fail
Selection textselectionText#fff8e7rgb(255 248 231)hsl(42 100% 95%)oklch(98.0% 0.024 88.2)19.14 AAA
Blackcolor0#b9b7b0rgb(185 183 176)hsl(47 6% 71%)oklch(77.9% 0.010 93.6)10.10 AAA
Redcolor1#ff806drgb(255 128 109)hsl(8 100% 71%)oklch(74.1% 0.158 30.1)8.26 AAA
Greencolor2#78d19drgb(120 209 157)hsl(145 49% 65%)oklch(79.1% 0.114 156.9)11.01 AAA
Yellowcolor3#f1ca63rgb(241 202 99)hsl(44 84% 67%)oklch(85.3% 0.129 88.7)12.90 AAA
Bluecolor4#8cb2edrgb(140 178 237)hsl(216 73% 74%)oklch(75.8% 0.095 259.0)9.37 AAA
Magentacolor5#d5a0e6rgb(213 160 230)hsl(285 58% 76%)oklch(77.9% 0.113 317.8)9.65 AAA
Cyancolor6#80d3dcrgb(128 211 220)hsl(186 57% 68%)oklch(81.7% 0.082 204.6)11.84 AAA
Whitecolor7#f4f1e8rgb(244 241 232)hsl(45 35% 93%)oklch(95.8% 0.012 91.5)17.95 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#cbc8c0rgb(203 200 192)hsl(44 10% 77%)oklch(83.3% 0.011 89.7)12.13 AAA
Bright Redcolor9#ff9c8brgb(255 156 139)hsl(9 100% 77%)oklch(79.0% 0.122 30.5)10.02 AAA
Bright Greencolor10#99deb5rgb(153 222 181)hsl(144 51% 74%)oklch(84.3% 0.090 157.7)13.00 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#f7db86rgb(247 219 134)hsl(45 88% 75%)oklch(89.7% 0.109 91.8)14.90 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#aac7f3rgb(170 199 243)hsl(216 75% 81%)oklch(82.3% 0.070 258.6)11.75 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#e4b9edrgb(228 185 237)hsl(290 59% 83%)oklch(84.0% 0.085 320.4)12.03 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#a1e1e7rgb(161 225 231)hsl(185 59% 77%)oklch(86.9% 0.065 203.3)13.94 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#fffdf7rgb(255 253 247)hsl(45 100% 98%)oklch(99.4% 0.008 91.5)19.93 AAA

About Black Box Recorder

Black Box Recorder is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #050608 background with #f4f1e8 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 17.95:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 11.56:1 (minimum 8.26:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #ff806d red, #78d19d green, #8cb2ed blue, and #d5a0e6 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)