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Chalk Lost

Chalk Lost is a pastel, dark terminal color scheme with a #2d2d2d background and #d4d4d4 text (9.3:1 contrast)

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Background
#2d2d2d
Foreground
#d4d4d4
Text contrast
9.29:1AAA
Accent contrast
7.45:1min 5.64
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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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Chalk Lost configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Chalk Lost

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

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# Theme: Chalk Lost (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/chalk-lost?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#646464
palette = 1=#f58e8e
palette = 2=#a9d3ab
palette = 3=#fed37e
palette = 4=#7aabd4
palette = 5=#d6add5
palette = 6=#79d4d5
palette = 7=#d4d4d4
palette = 8=#646464
palette = 9=#f58e8e
palette = 10=#a9d3ab
palette = 11=#fed37e
palette = 12=#7aabd4
palette = 13=#d6add5
palette = 14=#79d4d5
palette = 15=#d4d4d4
background = #2d2d2d
foreground = #d4d4d4
cursor-color = #d4d4d4
cursor-text = #2d2d2d
selection-background = #525252
selection-foreground = #d4d4d4

Chalk Lost palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#2d2d2drgb(45 45 45)hsl(0 0% 18%)oklch(29.7% 0.000 0)—
Foregroundforeground#d4d4d4rgb(212 212 212)hsl(0 0% 83%)oklch(87.0% 0.000 0)9.29 AAA
Cursorcursor#d4d4d4rgb(212 212 212)hsl(0 0% 83%)oklch(87.0% 0.000 0)9.29 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#2d2d2drgb(45 45 45)hsl(0 0% 18%)oklch(29.7% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#525252rgb(82 82 82)hsl(0 0% 32%)oklch(43.9% 0.000 0)1.76 Fail
Selection textselectionText#d4d4d4rgb(212 212 212)hsl(0 0% 83%)oklch(87.0% 0.000 0)9.29 AAA
Blackcolor0#646464rgb(100 100 100)hsl(0 0% 39%)oklch(50.3% 0.000 0)2.33 Fail
Redcolor1#f58e8ergb(245 142 142)hsl(0 84% 76%)oklch(75.6% 0.125 20.4)6.00 AA
Greencolor2#a9d3abrgb(169 211 171)hsl(123 32% 75%)oklch(82.6% 0.071 146.1)8.26 AAA
Yellowcolor3#fed37ergb(254 211 126)hsl(40 98% 75%)oklch(88.6% 0.114 83.3)9.73 AAA
Bluecolor4#7aabd4rgb(122 171 212)hsl(207 51% 65%)oklch(72.2% 0.080 244.5)5.64 AA
Magentacolor5#d6add5rgb(214 173 213)hsl(301 33% 76%)oklch(79.7% 0.072 327.0)7.08 AAA
Cyancolor6#79d4d5rgb(121 212 213)hsl(181 52% 65%)oklch(81.4% 0.087 196.5)8.00 AAA
Whitecolor7#d4d4d4rgb(212 212 212)hsl(0 0% 83%)oklch(87.0% 0.000 0)9.29 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#646464rgb(100 100 100)hsl(0 0% 39%)oklch(50.3% 0.000 0)2.33 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#f58e8ergb(245 142 142)hsl(0 84% 76%)oklch(75.6% 0.125 20.4)6.00 AA
Bright Greencolor10#a9d3abrgb(169 211 171)hsl(123 32% 75%)oklch(82.6% 0.071 146.1)8.26 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#fed37ergb(254 211 126)hsl(40 98% 75%)oklch(88.6% 0.114 83.3)9.73 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#7aabd4rgb(122 171 212)hsl(207 51% 65%)oklch(72.2% 0.080 244.5)5.64 AA
Bright Magentacolor13#d6add5rgb(214 173 213)hsl(301 33% 76%)oklch(79.7% 0.072 327.0)7.08 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#79d4d5rgb(121 212 213)hsl(181 52% 65%)oklch(81.4% 0.087 196.5)8.00 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#d4d4d4rgb(212 212 212)hsl(0 0% 83%)oklch(87.0% 0.000 0)9.29 AAA

About Chalk Lost

Chalk Lost is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #2d2d2d background with #d4d4d4 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 9.29:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 7.45:1 (minimum 5.64:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #f58e8e red, #a9d3ab green, #7aabd4 blue, and #d6add5 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)