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Carbonight Contrast

Carbonight Contrast is a true black, high contrast, 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
15.02:1min 3.19
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Carbonight Contrast configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Carbonight Contrast

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

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# Theme: Carbonight Contrast (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/carbonight-contrast?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#0d0d0d
palette = 1=#ba0e2e
palette = 2=#c4c4c4
palette = 3=#8c8c8c
palette = 4=#ffffff
palette = 5=#eeeeee
palette = 6=#ffffff
palette = 7=#ffffff
palette = 8=#262626
palette = 9=#e61f44
palette = 10=#f7f7f7
palette = 11=#bfbfbf
palette = 12=#ffffff
palette = 13=#ffffff
palette = 14=#ffffff
palette = 15=#ffffff
background = #000000
foreground = #ffffff
cursor-color = #f8f8f0
cursor-text = #ffffff
selection-background = #8c8c8c
selection-foreground = #ffffff

Carbonight Contrast 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#f8f8f0rgb(248 248 240)hsl(60 36% 96%)oklch(97.7% 0.011 106.6)19.68 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA
Selectionselection#8c8c8crgb(140 140 140)hsl(0 0% 55%)oklch(64.0% 0.000 0)6.25 AA
Selection textselectionText#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA
Blackcolor0#0d0d0drgb(13 13 13)hsl(0 0% 5%)oklch(15.9% 0.000 0)1.08 Fail
Redcolor1#ba0e2ergb(186 14 46)hsl(349 86% 39%)oklch(50.3% 0.196 21.1)3.19 AA Large
Greencolor2#c4c4c4rgb(196 196 196)hsl(0 0% 77%)oklch(82.0% 0.000 0)12.04 AAA
Yellowcolor3#8c8c8crgb(140 140 140)hsl(0 0% 55%)oklch(64.0% 0.000 0)6.25 AA
Bluecolor4#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA
Magentacolor5#eeeeeergb(238 238 238)hsl(0 0% 93%)oklch(94.9% 0.000 0)18.10 AAA
Cyancolor6#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA
Whitecolor7#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#262626rgb(38 38 38)hsl(0 0% 15%)oklch(26.9% 0.000 0)1.39 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#e61f44rgb(230 31 68)hsl(349 80% 51%)oklch(59.5% 0.225 19.4)4.64 AA
Bright Greencolor10#f7f7f7rgb(247 247 247)hsl(0 0% 97%)oklch(97.6% 0.000 0)19.60 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#bfbfbfrgb(191 191 191)hsl(0 0% 75%)oklch(80.5% 0.000 0)11.42 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA

About Carbonight Contrast

Carbonight Contrast 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 15.02:1 (minimum 3.19:1).

Its palette is low-saturation, anchored by #ba0e2e red, #c4c4c4 green, #ffffff blue, and #eeeeee 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: Rainglow (MIT)