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Chalkboard

Chalkboard is a cool, dark terminal color scheme with a #29262f background and #d9e6f2 text (11.7:1 contrast)

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Background
#29262f
Foreground
#d9e6f2
Text contrast
11.72:1AAA
Accent contrast
7.15:1min 3.49
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drwxr-xr-x 8 ada staff 256 Oct 29 18:40 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 ada staff 1.2K Oct 30 09:10 .gitignore
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drwxr-xr-x 3 ada staff 96 Oct 28 11:02 public
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Chalkboard configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Chalkboard

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

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

palette = 0=#000000
palette = 1=#c37372
palette = 2=#72c373
palette = 3=#c2c372
palette = 4=#7372c3
palette = 5=#c372c2
palette = 6=#72c2c3
palette = 7=#d9d9d9
palette = 8=#323232
palette = 9=#dbaaaa
palette = 10=#aadbaa
palette = 11=#dadbaa
palette = 12=#aaaadb
palette = 13=#dbaada
palette = 14=#aadadb
palette = 15=#ffffff
background = #29262f
foreground = #d9e6f2
cursor-color = #d9e6f2
cursor-text = #29262f
selection-background = #073642
selection-foreground = #ffffff

Chalkboard palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#29262frgb(41 38 47)hsl(260 11% 17%)oklch(27.6% 0.017 300.5)—
Foregroundforeground#d9e6f2rgb(217 230 242)hsl(209 49% 90%)oklch(91.9% 0.022 245.9)11.72 AAA
Cursorcursor#d9e6f2rgb(217 230 242)hsl(209 49% 90%)oklch(91.9% 0.022 245.9)11.72 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#29262frgb(41 38 47)hsl(260 11% 17%)oklch(27.6% 0.017 300.5)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#073642rgb(7 54 66)hsl(192 81% 14%)oklch(30.9% 0.052 219.7)1.14 Fail
Selection textselectionText#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)14.87 AAA
Blackcolor0#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)1.41 Fail
Redcolor1#c37372rgb(195 115 114)hsl(1 40% 61%)oklch(64.3% 0.101 21.0)4.26 AA Large
Greencolor2#72c373rgb(114 195 115)hsl(121 40% 61%)oklch(74.5% 0.138 144.3)6.92 AA
Yellowcolor3#c2c372rgb(194 195 114)hsl(61 40% 61%)oklch(79.8% 0.104 109.2)8.03 AAA
Bluecolor4#7372c3rgb(115 114 195)hsl(241 40% 61%)oklch(58.9% 0.122 282.5)3.49 AA Large
Magentacolor5#c372c2rgb(195 114 194)hsl(301 40% 61%)oklch(66.8% 0.145 327.5)4.61 AA
Cyancolor6#72c2c3rgb(114 194 195)hsl(181 40% 61%)oklch(76.3% 0.079 196.7)7.24 AAA
Whitecolor7#d9d9d9rgb(217 217 217)hsl(0 0% 85%)oklch(88.5% 0.000 0)10.53 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#323232rgb(50 50 50)hsl(0 0% 20%)oklch(31.7% 0.000 0)1.16 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#dbaaaargb(219 170 170)hsl(0 40% 76%)oklch(78.3% 0.058 18.5)7.32 AAA
Bright Greencolor10#aadbaargb(170 219 170)hsl(120 40% 76%)oklch(84.4% 0.084 144.8)9.50 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#dadbaargb(218 219 170)hsl(61 40% 76%)oklch(87.8% 0.064 108.6)10.40 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#aaaadbrgb(170 170 219)hsl(240 40% 76%)oklch(75.5% 0.070 284.6)6.71 AA
Bright Magentacolor13#dbaadargb(219 170 218)hsl(301 40% 76%)oklch(79.8% 0.086 327.0)7.63 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#aadadbrgb(170 218 219)hsl(181 40% 76%)oklch(85.5% 0.050 197.8)9.74 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)14.87 AAA

About Chalkboard

Chalkboard is a dark terminal color scheme built on a cool-tinted #29262f background with #d9e6f2 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 11.72:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 7.15:1 (minimum 3.49:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #c37372 red, #72c373 green, #7372c3 blue, and #c372c2 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)