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Black Cat

Black Cat is a high contrast, pastel, dark terminal color scheme with a #180a2b background and #f5edff text (16.5:1 contrast)

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Background
#180a2b
Foreground
#f5edff
Text contrast
16.51:1AAA
Accent contrast
10.23:1min 7.50
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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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Black Cat configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Black Cat

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

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

palette = 0=#a9a0b6
palette = 1=#ff8992
palette = 2=#9fda65
palette = 3=#edc85e
palette = 4=#8bbdf0
palette = 5=#c78bf0
palette = 6=#76d2d1
palette = 7=#f5edff
palette = 8=#b3abbf
palette = 9=#ff979f
palette = 10=#abde77
palette = 11=#efcf71
palette = 12=#99c5f2
palette = 13=#ce99f2
palette = 14=#86d7d7
palette = 15=#f6efff
background = #180a2b
foreground = #f5edff
cursor-color = #ff979f
cursor-text = #180a2b
selection-background = #b3abbf
selection-foreground = #f6efff

Black Cat palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#180a2brgb(24 10 43)hsl(265 62% 10%)oklch(18.7% 0.064 299.7)—
Foregroundforeground#f5edffrgb(245 237 255)hsl(267 100% 96%)oklch(95.8% 0.025 305.9)16.51 AAA
Cursorcursor#ff979frgb(255 151 159)hsl(355 100% 80%)oklch(78.7% 0.125 15.4)9.11 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#180a2brgb(24 10 43)hsl(265 62% 10%)oklch(18.7% 0.064 299.7)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#b3abbfrgb(179 171 191)hsl(264 14% 71%)oklch(75.4% 0.030 303.8)8.50 AAA
Selection textselectionText#f6efffrgb(246 239 255)hsl(266 100% 97%)oklch(96.2% 0.022 305.6)16.75 AAA
Blackcolor0#a9a0b6rgb(169 160 182)hsl(265 13% 67%)oklch(72.0% 0.033 304.1)7.51 AAA
Redcolor1#ff8992rgb(255 137 146)hsl(355 100% 77%)oklch(76.2% 0.143 16.2)8.28 AAA
Greencolor2#9fda65rgb(159 218 101)hsl(90 61% 63%)oklch(82.3% 0.161 131.3)11.36 AAA
Yellowcolor3#edc85ergb(237 200 94)hsl(44 80% 65%)oklch(84.5% 0.131 90.1)11.66 AAA
Bluecolor4#8bbdf0rgb(139 189 240)hsl(210 77% 74%)oklch(78.2% 0.090 249.5)9.52 AAA
Magentacolor5#c78bf0rgb(199 139 240)hsl(276 77% 74%)oklch(73.4% 0.154 310.4)7.50 AAA
Cyancolor6#76d2d1rgb(118 210 209)hsl(179 51% 64%)oklch(80.7% 0.088 194.6)10.66 AAA
Whitecolor7#f5edffrgb(245 237 255)hsl(267 100% 96%)oklch(95.8% 0.025 305.9)16.51 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#b3abbfrgb(179 171 191)hsl(264 14% 71%)oklch(75.4% 0.030 303.8)8.50 AAA
Bright Redcolor9#ff979frgb(255 151 159)hsl(355 100% 80%)oklch(78.7% 0.125 15.4)9.11 AAA
Bright Greencolor10#abde77rgb(171 222 119)hsl(90 61% 67%)oklch(84.2% 0.143 130.5)12.04 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#efcf71rgb(239 207 113)hsl(45 80% 69%)oklch(86.3% 0.119 91.0)12.38 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#99c5f2rgb(153 197 242)hsl(210 77% 77%)oklch(80.8% 0.079 249.4)10.40 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#ce99f2rgb(206 153 242)hsl(276 77% 77%)oklch(76.5% 0.135 310.8)8.47 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#86d7d7rgb(134 215 215)hsl(180 50% 68%)oklch(82.7% 0.079 195.7)11.38 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#f6efffrgb(246 239 255)hsl(266 100% 97%)oklch(96.2% 0.022 305.6)16.75 AAA

About Black Cat

Black Cat is a dark terminal color scheme built on a cool-tinted #180a2b background with #f5edff as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 16.51:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 10.23:1 (minimum 7.50:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #ff8992 red, #9fda65 green, #8bbdf0 blue, and #c78bf0 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)