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Carbon Paper

Carbon Paper is a warm, light terminal color scheme with a #f8f6ed background and #1d2028 text (15.0:1 contrast)

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Background
#f8f6ed
Foreground
#1d2028
Text contrast
15.04:1AAA
Accent contrast
8.03:1min 6.72
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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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Carbon Paper configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Carbon Paper

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

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# Theme: Carbon Paper (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/carbon-paper?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#2c3038
palette = 1=#842424
palette = 2=#145a37
palette = 3=#654d00
palette = 4=#17458b
palette = 5=#603187
palette = 6=#005866
palette = 7=#3c4048
palette = 8=#474b53
palette = 9=#902a2a
palette = 10=#185f3d
palette = 11=#6d5300
palette = 12=#123a78
palette = 13=#67398f
palette = 14=#004b57
palette = 15=#454951
background = #f8f6ed
foreground = #1d2028
cursor-color = #31558e
cursor-text = #f8f6ed
selection-background = #ddd9cb
selection-foreground = #1d2028

Carbon Paper palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#f8f6edrgb(248 246 237)hsl(49 44% 95%)oklch(97.2% 0.012 96.4)—
Foregroundforeground#1d2028rgb(29 32 40)hsl(224 16% 14%)oklch(24.4% 0.016 269.0)15.04 AAA
Cursorcursor#31558ergb(49 85 142)hsl(217 49% 37%)oklch(45.2% 0.103 259.2)6.88 AA
Cursor textcursorText#f8f6edrgb(248 246 237)hsl(49 44% 95%)oklch(97.2% 0.012 96.4)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#ddd9cbrgb(221 217 203)hsl(47 21% 83%)oklch(88.5% 0.019 93.7)1.31 Fail
Selection textselectionText#1d2028rgb(29 32 40)hsl(224 16% 14%)oklch(24.4% 0.016 269.0)15.04 AAA
Blackcolor0#2c3038rgb(44 48 56)hsl(220 12% 20%)oklch(30.9% 0.015 264.3)12.22 AAA
Redcolor1#842424rgb(132 36 36)hsl(0 57% 33%)oklch(41.4% 0.131 25.0)8.59 AAA
Greencolor2#145a37rgb(20 90 55)hsl(150 64% 22%)oklch(41.6% 0.090 156.5)7.61 AAA
Yellowcolor3#654d00rgb(101 77 0)hsl(46 100% 20%)oklch(43.3% 0.089 87.9)7.42 AAA
Bluecolor4#17458brgb(23 69 139)hsl(216 72% 32%)oklch(40.2% 0.127 259.0)8.58 AAA
Magentacolor5#603187rgb(96 49 135)hsl(273 47% 36%)oklch(41.7% 0.141 306.4)8.48 AAA
Cyancolor6#005866rgb(0 88 102)hsl(188 100% 20%)oklch(42.3% 0.074 213.2)7.50 AAA
Whitecolor7#3c4048rgb(60 64 72)hsl(220 9% 26%)oklch(37.1% 0.015 264.4)9.61 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#474b53rgb(71 75 83)hsl(220 8% 30%)oklch(41.2% 0.014 264.4)8.08 AAA
Bright Redcolor9#902a2argb(144 42 42)hsl(0 55% 36%)oklch(44.3% 0.137 24.7)7.61 AAA
Bright Greencolor10#185f3drgb(24 95 61)hsl(151 60% 23%)oklch(43.3% 0.089 157.9)7.07 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#6d5300rgb(109 83 0)hsl(46 100% 21%)oklch(45.7% 0.093 87.6)6.72 AA
Bright Bluecolor12#123a78rgb(18 58 120)hsl(216 74% 27%)oklch(36.0% 0.115 259.3)10.20 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#67398frgb(103 57 143)hsl(272 43% 39%)oklch(44.3% 0.140 306.2)7.58 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#004b57rgb(0 75 87)hsl(188 100% 17%)oklch(37.9% 0.066 212.9)9.05 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#454951rgb(69 73 81)hsl(220 8% 29%)oklch(40.5% 0.014 264.4)8.34 AAA

About Carbon Paper

Carbon Paper is a light terminal color scheme built on a warm-tinted #f8f6ed background with #1d2028 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 15.04:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 8.03:1 (minimum 6.72:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #842424 red, #145a37 green, #17458b blue, and #603187 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)