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Builtin Tango Dark

Builtin Tango Dark is a true black, dark terminal color scheme with a #000000 background and #ffffff text (21.0:1 contrast)

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Background
#000000
Foreground
#ffffff
Text contrast
21.00:1AAA
Accent contrast
7.72:1min 3.19
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drwxr-xr-x 8 ada staff 256 Oct 29 18:40 ..
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Builtin Tango Dark configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Builtin Tango Dark

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

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

palette = 0=#000000
palette = 1=#cc0000
palette = 2=#4e9a06
palette = 3=#c4a000
palette = 4=#3465a4
palette = 5=#75507b
palette = 6=#06989a
palette = 7=#d3d7cf
palette = 8=#555753
palette = 9=#ef2929
palette = 10=#8ae234
palette = 11=#fce94f
palette = 12=#729fcf
palette = 13=#ad7fa8
palette = 14=#34e2e2
palette = 15=#eeeeec
background = #000000
foreground = #ffffff
cursor-color = #ffffff
cursor-text = #000000
selection-background = #b5d5ff
selection-foreground = #000000

Builtin Tango Dark 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#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA
Cursorcursor#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#b5d5ffrgb(181 213 255)hsl(214 100% 85%)oklch(86.4% 0.068 255.3)13.93 AAA
Selection textselectionText#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Blackcolor0#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Redcolor1#cc0000rgb(204 0 0)hsl(0 100% 40%)oklch(53.1% 0.218 29.2)3.57 AA Large
Greencolor2#4e9a06rgb(78 154 6)hsl(91 93% 31%)oklch(61.3% 0.178 135.4)5.95 AA
Yellowcolor3#c4a000rgb(196 160 0)hsl(49 100% 38%)oklch(71.8% 0.147 92.6)8.38 AAA
Bluecolor4#3465a4rgb(52 101 164)hsl(214 52% 42%)oklch(50.4% 0.114 255.7)3.54 AA Large
Magentacolor5#75507brgb(117 80 123)hsl(292 21% 40%)oklch(48.8% 0.080 321.8)3.19 AA Large
Cyancolor6#06989argb(6 152 154)hsl(181 93% 31%)oklch(61.7% 0.104 196.5)5.97 AA
Whitecolor7#d3d7cfrgb(211 215 207)hsl(90 9% 83%)oklch(87.4% 0.012 128.6)14.39 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#555753rgb(85 87 83)hsl(90 2% 33%)oklch(45.4% 0.007 128.6)2.87 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#ef2929rgb(239 41 41)hsl(0 86% 55%)oklch(61.3% 0.230 27.4)5.02 AA
Bright Greencolor10#8ae234rgb(138 226 52)hsl(90 75% 55%)oklch(82.6% 0.215 133.3)13.01 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#fce94frgb(252 233 79)hsl(53 97% 65%)oklch(92.3% 0.168 102.2)16.91 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#729fcfrgb(114 159 207)hsl(211 49% 63%)oklch(68.9% 0.086 250.7)7.58 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#ad7fa8rgb(173 127 168)hsl(307 22% 59%)oklch(65.5% 0.080 330.2)6.38 AA
Bright Cyancolor14#34e2e2rgb(52 226 226)hsl(180 75% 55%)oklch(83.1% 0.133 194.9)13.12 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#eeeeecrgb(238 238 236)hsl(60 6% 93%)oklch(94.9% 0.003 106.5)18.08 AAA

About Builtin Tango Dark

Builtin Tango Dark is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #000000 background with #ffffff as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 21.00:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 7.72:1 (minimum 3.19:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #cc0000 red, #4e9a06 green, #3465a4 blue, and #75507b 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.

Published upstream with an identical palette under the names Gnometerm

Schemes similar to Builtin Tango Dark

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