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Catthode

Catthode 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
12.36:1min 7.57
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drwxr-xr-x 8 ada staff 256 Oct 29 18:40 ..
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Catthode configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Catthode

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

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

palette = 0=#141414
palette = 1=#ff6b6b
palette = 2=#b9d665
palette = 3=#ffb86c
palette = 4=#9cd9e6
palette = 5=#eba4be
palette = 6=#aee6d6
palette = 7=#b3b3b3
palette = 8=#636363
palette = 9=#ff6b6b
palette = 10=#b9d665
palette = 11=#fae2c8
palette = 12=#9cd9e6
palette = 13=#eba4be
palette = 14=#aee6d6
palette = 15=#ffffff
background = #000000
foreground = #ffffff
cursor-color = #ff9e3b
cursor-text = #000000
selection-background = #2d2d2d
selection-foreground = #ffffff

Catthode 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#ff9e3brgb(255 158 59)hsl(30 100% 62%)oklch(78.3% 0.158 61.7)10.21 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#2d2d2drgb(45 45 45)hsl(0 0% 18%)oklch(29.7% 0.000 0)1.52 Fail
Selection textselectionText#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA
Blackcolor0#141414rgb(20 20 20)hsl(0 0% 8%)oklch(19.1% 0.000 0)1.14 Fail
Redcolor1#ff6b6brgb(255 107 107)hsl(0 100% 71%)oklch(71.2% 0.181 22.8)7.57 AAA
Greencolor2#b9d665rgb(185 214 101)hsl(75 58% 62%)oklch(83.1% 0.144 121.5)12.87 AAA
Yellowcolor3#ffb86crgb(255 184 108)hsl(31 100% 71%)oklch(83.4% 0.124 66.6)12.32 AAA
Bluecolor4#9cd9e6rgb(156 217 230)hsl(191 60% 76%)oklch(84.8% 0.064 212.3)13.48 AAA
Magentacolor5#eba4bergb(235 164 190)hsl(338 64% 78%)oklch(79.4% 0.090 355.7)10.59 AAA
Cyancolor6#aee6d6rgb(174 230 214)hsl(163 53% 79%)oklch(88.2% 0.061 175.4)15.09 AAA
Whitecolor7#b3b3b3rgb(179 179 179)hsl(0 0% 70%)oklch(76.7% 0.000 0)10.02 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#636363rgb(99 99 99)hsl(0 0% 39%)oklch(50.0% 0.000 0)3.50 AA Large
Bright Redcolor9#ff6b6brgb(255 107 107)hsl(0 100% 71%)oklch(71.2% 0.181 22.8)7.57 AAA
Bright Greencolor10#b9d665rgb(185 214 101)hsl(75 58% 62%)oklch(83.1% 0.144 121.5)12.87 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#fae2c8rgb(250 226 200)hsl(31 83% 88%)oklch(92.6% 0.043 69.5)16.78 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#9cd9e6rgb(156 217 230)hsl(191 60% 76%)oklch(84.8% 0.064 212.3)13.48 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#eba4bergb(235 164 190)hsl(338 64% 78%)oklch(79.4% 0.090 355.7)10.59 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#aee6d6rgb(174 230 214)hsl(163 53% 79%)oklch(88.2% 0.061 175.4)15.09 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA

About Catthode

Catthode 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 12.36:1 (minimum 7.57:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #ff6b6b red, #b9d665 green, #9cd9e6 blue, and #eba4be 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)