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Challenger Deep

Challenger Deep is a pastel, cool, dark terminal color scheme with a #1e1c31 background and #cbe1e7 text (12.2:1 contrast)

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Background
#1e1c31
Foreground
#cbe1e7
Text contrast
12.22:1AAA
Accent contrast
9.50:1min 4.56
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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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Challenger Deep configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Challenger Deep

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

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# Theme: Challenger Deep (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/challenger-deep?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#141228
palette = 1=#ff5458
palette = 2=#62d196
palette = 3=#ffb378
palette = 4=#65b2ff
palette = 5=#906cff
palette = 6=#63f2f1
palette = 7=#a6b3cc
palette = 8=#565575
palette = 9=#ff8080
palette = 10=#95ffa4
palette = 11=#ffe9aa
palette = 12=#91ddff
palette = 13=#c991e1
palette = 14=#aaffe4
palette = 15=#cbe3e7
background = #1e1c31
foreground = #cbe1e7
cursor-color = #fbfcfc
cursor-text = #ff271d
selection-background = #cbe1e7
selection-foreground = #1e1c31

Challenger Deep palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#1e1c31rgb(30 28 49)hsl(246 27% 15%)oklch(24.0% 0.040 287.4)—
Foregroundforeground#cbe1e7rgb(203 225 231)hsl(193 37% 85%)oklch(89.5% 0.025 215.9)12.22 AAA
Cursorcursor#fbfcfcrgb(251 252 252)hsl(180 14% 99%)oklch(99.0% 0.001 197.1)16.14 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#ff271drgb(255 39 29)hsl(3 100% 56%)oklch(64.0% 0.246 29.1)4.39 AA Large
Selectionselection#cbe1e7rgb(203 225 231)hsl(193 37% 85%)oklch(89.5% 0.025 215.9)12.22 AAA
Selection textselectionText#1e1c31rgb(30 28 49)hsl(246 27% 15%)oklch(24.0% 0.040 287.4)1.00 Fail
Blackcolor0#141228rgb(20 18 40)hsl(245 38% 11%)oklch(19.8% 0.043 285.9)1.10 Fail
Redcolor1#ff5458rgb(255 84 88)hsl(359 100% 66%)oklch(68.2% 0.207 23.3)5.26 AA
Greencolor2#62d196rgb(98 209 150)hsl(148 55% 60%)oklch(78.0% 0.134 157.9)8.75 AAA
Yellowcolor3#ffb378rgb(255 179 120)hsl(26 100% 74%)oklch(82.7% 0.116 58.1)9.46 AAA
Bluecolor4#65b2ffrgb(101 178 255)hsl(210 100% 70%)oklch(74.6% 0.136 250.1)7.40 AAA
Magentacolor5#906cffrgb(144 108 255)hsl(255 100% 71%)oklch(64.0% 0.209 290.6)4.56 AA
Cyancolor6#63f2f1rgb(99 242 241)hsl(180 85% 67%)oklch(88.4% 0.122 194.5)12.25 AAA
Whitecolor7#a6b3ccrgb(166 179 204)hsl(219 27% 73%)oklch(76.5% 0.039 263.6)7.85 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#565575rgb(86 85 117)hsl(242 16% 40%)oklch(46.3% 0.052 285.6)2.33 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#ff8080rgb(255 128 128)hsl(0 100% 75%)oklch(74.4% 0.155 21.5)6.84 AA
Bright Greencolor10#95ffa4rgb(149 255 164)hsl(128 100% 79%)oklch(91.4% 0.158 147.4)13.52 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#ffe9aargb(255 233 170)hsl(44 100% 83%)oklch(93.7% 0.083 91.1)13.82 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#91ddffrgb(145 221 255)hsl(199 100% 78%)oklch(86.0% 0.089 228.0)11.05 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#c991e1rgb(201 145 225)hsl(282 57% 73%)oklch(73.9% 0.127 315.4)6.81 AA
Bright Cyancolor14#aaffe4rgb(170 255 228)hsl(161 100% 83%)oklch(93.8% 0.091 172.3)14.33 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#cbe3e7rgb(203 227 231)hsl(189 37% 85%)oklch(89.9% 0.026 208.7)12.39 AAA

About Challenger Deep

Challenger Deep is a dark terminal color scheme built on a cool-tinted #1e1c31 background with #cbe1e7 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 12.22:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 9.50:1 (minimum 4.56:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #ff5458 red, #62d196 green, #65b2ff blue, and #906cff 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)