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Chalkby

Chalkby is a pastel, cool, dark terminal color scheme with a #1f2d2d background and #ffffff text (14.3:1 contrast)

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Background
#1f2d2d
Foreground
#ffffff
Text contrast
14.27:1AAA
Accent contrast
9.23:1min 5.08
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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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Chalkby configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Chalkby

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

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

palette = 0=#2e3436
palette = 1=#ffb0b0
palette = 2=#c8ff9b
palette = 3=#fffca4
palette = 4=#6f9ceb
palette = 5=#9395d3
palette = 6=#bdeaff
palette = 7=#d3d7cf
palette = 8=#555753
palette = 9=#ffb0b0
palette = 10=#c8ff9b
palette = 11=#fffca4
palette = 12=#6f9ceb
palette = 13=#9395d3
palette = 14=#bdeaff
palette = 15=#eeeeec
background = #1f2d2d
foreground = #ffffff
cursor-color = #ffffff
cursor-text = #1f2d2d
selection-background = #505c5b
selection-foreground = #ffffff

Chalkby palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#1f2d2drgb(31 45 45)hsl(180 18% 15%)oklch(28.5% 0.019 196.1)—
Foregroundforeground#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)14.27 AAA
Cursorcursor#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)14.27 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#1f2d2drgb(31 45 45)hsl(180 18% 15%)oklch(28.5% 0.019 196.1)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#505c5brgb(80 92 91)hsl(175 7% 34%)oklch(46.4% 0.015 190.5)2.05 Fail
Selection textselectionText#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)14.27 AAA
Blackcolor0#2e3436rgb(46 52 54)hsl(195 8% 20%)oklch(32.0% 0.009 219.8)1.13 Fail
Redcolor1#ffb0b0rgb(255 176 176)hsl(0 100% 85%)oklch(83.3% 0.093 19.2)8.22 AAA
Greencolor2#c8ff9brgb(200 255 155)hsl(93 100% 80%)oklch(94.0% 0.140 132.0)12.39 AAA
Yellowcolor3#fffca4rgb(255 252 164)hsl(58 100% 82%)oklch(97.4% 0.109 106.6)13.40 AAA
Bluecolor4#6f9cebrgb(111 156 235)hsl(218 76% 68%)oklch(69.4% 0.127 261.1)5.19 AA
Magentacolor5#9395d3rgb(147 149 211)hsl(238 42% 70%)oklch(69.2% 0.091 282.3)5.08 AA
Cyancolor6#bdeaffrgb(189 234 255)hsl(199 100% 87%)oklch(91.2% 0.055 228.0)11.13 AAA
Whitecolor7#d3d7cfrgb(211 215 207)hsl(90 9% 83%)oklch(87.4% 0.012 128.6)9.78 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#555753rgb(85 87 83)hsl(90 2% 33%)oklch(45.4% 0.007 128.6)1.95 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#ffb0b0rgb(255 176 176)hsl(0 100% 85%)oklch(83.3% 0.093 19.2)8.22 AAA
Bright Greencolor10#c8ff9brgb(200 255 155)hsl(93 100% 80%)oklch(94.0% 0.140 132.0)12.39 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#fffca4rgb(255 252 164)hsl(58 100% 82%)oklch(97.4% 0.109 106.6)13.40 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#6f9cebrgb(111 156 235)hsl(218 76% 68%)oklch(69.4% 0.127 261.1)5.19 AA
Bright Magentacolor13#9395d3rgb(147 149 211)hsl(238 42% 70%)oklch(69.2% 0.091 282.3)5.08 AA
Bright Cyancolor14#bdeaffrgb(189 234 255)hsl(199 100% 87%)oklch(91.2% 0.055 228.0)11.13 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#eeeeecrgb(238 238 236)hsl(60 6% 93%)oklch(94.9% 0.003 106.5)12.28 AAA

About Chalkby

Chalkby is a dark terminal color scheme built on a cool-tinted #1f2d2d background with #ffffff as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 14.27:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 9.23:1 (minimum 5.08:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #ffb0b0 red, #c8ff9b green, #6f9ceb blue, and #9395d3 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)