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Charcoal

Charcoal is a true black, monochrome, dark terminal color scheme with a #0d0d0d background and #c4c4c4 text (11.1:1 contrast)

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Background
#0d0d0d
Foreground
#c4c4c4
Text contrast
11.14:1AAA
Accent contrast
8.94:1min 5.48
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~/dev/tintdex on main [!?] via ⬢ v1.4.3
❯ ls -la
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
~/dev/tintdex on main [!?] via ⬢ v1.4.3
❯ git status
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Your branch is ahead of 'origin/main' by 2 commits.
Changes to be committed:
new file: src/theme.css
modified: README.md
Changes not staged for commit:
modified: src/app.tsx
deleted: legacy/colors.js
Untracked files:
notes.md
~/dev/tintdex on main [!?] via ⬢ v1.4.3
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Charcoal configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Charcoal

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

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Raw file
# Theme: Charcoal (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/charcoal?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#111111
palette = 1=#888888
palette = 2=#a8a8a8
palette = 3=#b0b0b0
palette = 4=#9a9a9a
palette = 5=#8a8a8a
palette = 6=#a0a0a0
palette = 7=#c0c0c0
palette = 8=#474747
palette = 9=#a0a0a0
palette = 10=#c4c4c4
palette = 11=#c8c8c8
palette = 12=#d0d0d0
palette = 13=#b8b8b8
palette = 14=#cccccc
palette = 15=#ececec
background = #0d0d0d
foreground = #c4c4c4
cursor-color = #d0d0d0
cursor-text = #0d0d0d
selection-background = #2e2e2e
selection-foreground = #e0e0e0

Charcoal palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#0d0d0drgb(13 13 13)hsl(0 0% 5%)oklch(15.9% 0.000 0)—
Foregroundforeground#c4c4c4rgb(196 196 196)hsl(0 0% 77%)oklch(82.0% 0.000 0)11.14 AAA
Cursorcursor#d0d0d0rgb(208 208 208)hsl(0 0% 82%)oklch(85.8% 0.000 0)12.60 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#0d0d0drgb(13 13 13)hsl(0 0% 5%)oklch(15.9% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#2e2e2ergb(46 46 46)hsl(0 0% 18%)oklch(30.1% 0.000 0)1.43 Fail
Selection textselectionText#e0e0e0rgb(224 224 224)hsl(0 0% 88%)oklch(90.7% 0.000 0)14.72 AAA
Blackcolor0#111111rgb(17 17 17)hsl(0 0% 7%)oklch(17.8% 0.000 0)1.03 Fail
Redcolor1#888888rgb(136 136 136)hsl(0 0% 53%)oklch(62.7% 0.000 0)5.48 AA
Greencolor2#a8a8a8rgb(168 168 168)hsl(0 0% 66%)oklch(73.2% 0.000 0)8.17 AAA
Yellowcolor3#b0b0b0rgb(176 176 176)hsl(0 0% 69%)oklch(75.7% 0.000 0)8.96 AAA
Bluecolor4#9a9a9argb(154 154 154)hsl(0 0% 60%)oklch(68.6% 0.000 0)6.91 AA
Magentacolor5#8a8a8argb(138 138 138)hsl(0 0% 54%)oklch(63.3% 0.000 0)5.63 AA
Cyancolor6#a0a0a0rgb(160 160 160)hsl(0 0% 63%)oklch(70.6% 0.000 0)7.43 AAA
Whitecolor7#c0c0c0rgb(192 192 192)hsl(0 0% 75%)oklch(80.8% 0.000 0)10.68 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#474747rgb(71 71 71)hsl(0 0% 28%)oklch(39.8% 0.000 0)2.09 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#a0a0a0rgb(160 160 160)hsl(0 0% 63%)oklch(70.6% 0.000 0)7.43 AAA
Bright Greencolor10#c4c4c4rgb(196 196 196)hsl(0 0% 77%)oklch(82.0% 0.000 0)11.14 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#c8c8c8rgb(200 200 200)hsl(0 0% 78%)oklch(83.3% 0.000 0)11.62 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#d0d0d0rgb(208 208 208)hsl(0 0% 82%)oklch(85.8% 0.000 0)12.60 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#b8b8b8rgb(184 184 184)hsl(0 0% 72%)oklch(78.3% 0.000 0)9.80 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#ccccccrgb(204 204 204)hsl(0 0% 80%)oklch(84.5% 0.000 0)12.10 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#ecececrgb(236 236 236)hsl(0 0% 93%)oklch(94.3% 0.000 0)16.45 AAA

About Charcoal

Charcoal is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #0d0d0d background with #c4c4c4 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 11.14:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 8.94:1 (minimum 5.48:1).

Its palette is low-saturation, anchored by #888888 red, #a8a8a8 green, #9a9a9a blue, and #8a8a8a 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.

Schemes similar to Charcoal

Source: iTerm2 Color Schemes (MIT)