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Builtin Light

Builtin Light is a soft, vibrant, light terminal color scheme with a #ffffff background and #000000 text (21.0:1 contrast)

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Background
#ffffff
Foreground
#000000
Text contrast
21.00:1AAA
Accent contrast
3.83:1min 1.07
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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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Builtin Light configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Builtin Light

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

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# Theme: Builtin Light (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/builtin-light?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#000000
palette = 1=#bb0000
palette = 2=#00bb00
palette = 3=#bbbb00
palette = 4=#0000bb
palette = 5=#bb00bb
palette = 6=#00bbbb
palette = 7=#bbbbbb
palette = 8=#555555
palette = 9=#ff5555
palette = 10=#55ff55
palette = 11=#ffff55
palette = 12=#5555ff
palette = 13=#ff55ff
palette = 14=#55ffff
palette = 15=#ffffff
background = #ffffff
foreground = #000000
cursor-color = #000000
cursor-text = #ffffff
selection-background = #b5d5ff
selection-foreground = #000000

Builtin Light palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)—
Foregroundforeground#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA
Cursorcursor#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#b5d5ffrgb(181 213 255)hsl(214 100% 85%)oklch(86.4% 0.068 255.3)1.51 Fail
Selection textselectionText#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA
Blackcolor0#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA
Redcolor1#bb0000rgb(187 0 0)hsl(0 100% 37%)oklch(49.7% 0.204 29.2)6.75 AA
Greencolor2#00bb00rgb(0 187 0)hsl(120 100% 37%)oklch(68.6% 0.234 142.5)2.59 Fail
Yellowcolor3#bbbb00rgb(187 187 0)hsl(60 100% 37%)oklch(76.7% 0.167 109.8)2.05 Fail
Bluecolor4#0000bbrgb(0 0 187)hsl(240 100% 37%)oklch(35.8% 0.248 264.1)12.23 AAA
Magentacolor5#bb00bbrgb(187 0 187)hsl(300 100% 37%)oklch(55.6% 0.255 328.4)5.48 AA
Cyancolor6#00bbbbrgb(0 187 187)hsl(180 100% 37%)oklch(71.7% 0.122 194.8)2.38 Fail
Whitecolor7#bbbbbbrgb(187 187 187)hsl(0 0% 73%)oklch(79.2% 0.000 0)1.92 Fail
Bright Blackcolor8#555555rgb(85 85 85)hsl(0 0% 33%)oklch(45.0% 0.000 0)7.46 AAA
Bright Redcolor9#ff5555rgb(255 85 85)hsl(0 100% 67%)oklch(68.2% 0.206 24.4)3.14 AA Large
Bright Greencolor10#55ff55rgb(85 255 85)hsl(120 100% 67%)oklch(88.0% 0.252 143.1)1.33 Fail
Bright Yellowcolor11#ffff55rgb(255 255 85)hsl(60 100% 67%)oklch(97.1% 0.183 109.4)1.07 Fail
Bright Bluecolor12#5555ffrgb(85 85 255)hsl(240 100% 67%)oklch(56.0% 0.244 275.1)5.09 AA
Bright Magentacolor13#ff55ffrgb(255 85 255)hsl(300 100% 67%)oklch(74.0% 0.272 327.9)2.63 Fail
Bright Cyancolor14#55ffffrgb(85 255 255)hsl(180 100% 67%)oklch(91.5% 0.136 195.0)1.23 Fail
Bright Whitecolor15#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail

About Builtin Light

Builtin Light is a light terminal color scheme built on a neutral #ffffff background with #000000 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 21.00:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 3.83:1 (minimum 1.07:1).

Its palette is highly saturated, anchored by #bb0000 red, #00bb00 green, #0000bb blue, and #bb00bb magenta. Part of the iTerm2 Built-in 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.

Schemes similar to Builtin Light

Source: iTerm2 Color Schemes (GPL-2.0-or-later)