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Candy

Candy is a true black, vibrant, dark terminal color scheme with a #000000 background and #aaaaaa text (9.0:1 contrast)

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Background
#000000
Foreground
#aaaaaa
Text contrast
9.04:1AAA
Accent contrast
9.78:1min 5.58
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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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Candy configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Candy

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

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

palette = 0=#2e3436
palette = 1=#fa2573
palette = 2=#a6e32d
palette = 3=#fc951e
palette = 4=#c48dff
palette = 5=#fa2573
palette = 6=#67d9f0
palette = 7=#f2f2f2
palette = 8=#555753
palette = 9=#fa2573
palette = 10=#8ae234
palette = 11=#fce94f
palette = 12=#729fcf
palette = 13=#fa2573
palette = 14=#34e2e2
palette = 15=#eeeeec
background = #000000
foreground = #aaaaaa
cursor-color = #aaaaaa
cursor-text = #000000
selection-background = #131313
selection-foreground = #aaaaaa

Candy 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#aaaaaargb(170 170 170)hsl(0 0% 67%)oklch(73.8% 0.000 0)9.04 AAA
Cursorcursor#aaaaaargb(170 170 170)hsl(0 0% 67%)oklch(73.8% 0.000 0)9.04 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#131313rgb(19 19 19)hsl(0 0% 7%)oklch(18.7% 0.000 0)1.13 Fail
Selection textselectionText#aaaaaargb(170 170 170)hsl(0 0% 67%)oklch(73.8% 0.000 0)9.04 AAA
Blackcolor0#2e3436rgb(46 52 54)hsl(195 8% 20%)oklch(32.0% 0.009 219.8)1.66 Fail
Redcolor1#fa2573rgb(250 37 115)hsl(338 96% 56%)oklch(64.3% 0.242 7.2)5.58 AA
Greencolor2#a6e32drgb(166 227 45)hsl(80 76% 53%)oklch(84.4% 0.206 127.4)13.65 AAA
Yellowcolor3#fc951ergb(252 149 30)hsl(32 97% 55%)oklch(76.2% 0.168 61.7)9.46 AAA
Bluecolor4#c48dffrgb(196 141 255)hsl(269 100% 78%)oklch(74.2% 0.167 304.9)8.60 AAA
Magentacolor5#fa2573rgb(250 37 115)hsl(338 96% 56%)oklch(64.3% 0.242 7.2)5.58 AA
Cyancolor6#67d9f0rgb(103 217 240)hsl(190 82% 67%)oklch(82.8% 0.108 212.8)12.76 AAA
Whitecolor7#f2f2f2rgb(242 242 242)hsl(0 0% 95%)oklch(96.1% 0.000 0)18.76 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#555753rgb(85 87 83)hsl(90 2% 33%)oklch(45.4% 0.007 128.6)2.87 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#fa2573rgb(250 37 115)hsl(338 96% 56%)oklch(64.3% 0.242 7.2)5.58 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#fa2573rgb(250 37 115)hsl(338 96% 56%)oklch(64.3% 0.242 7.2)5.58 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 Candy

Candy is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #000000 background with #aaaaaa as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 9.04:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 9.78:1 (minimum 5.58:1).

Its palette is highly saturated, anchored by #fa2573 red, #a6e32d green, #c48dff blue, and #fa2573 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)