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Charcoal Dark

Charcoal Dark is a true black, monochrome, dark terminal color scheme with a #0f0b05 background and #c3a983 text (8.7:1 contrast)

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Background
#0f0b05
Foreground
#c3a983
Text contrast
8.71:1AAA
Accent contrast
9.54:1min 6.16
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❯ 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
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Charcoal Dark configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Charcoal Dark

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

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

palette = 0=#0f0b05
palette = 1=#a88c62
palette = 2=#dec8a7
palette = 3=#dec8a7
palette = 4=#c3a983
palette = 5=#a88c62
palette = 6=#dec8a7
palette = 7=#c3a983
palette = 8=#57462c
palette = 9=#a88c62
palette = 10=#dec8a7
palette = 11=#dec8a7
palette = 12=#c3a983
palette = 13=#a88c62
palette = 14=#dec8a7
palette = 15=#231b0e
background = #0f0b05
foreground = #c3a983
cursor-color = #c3a983
cursor-text = #0f0b05
selection-background = #352d1f
selection-foreground = #c3a983

Charcoal Dark palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#0f0b05rgb(15 11 5)hsl(36 50% 4%)oklch(15.2% 0.015 81.2)—
Foregroundforeground#c3a983rgb(195 169 131)hsl(36 35% 64%)oklch(74.8% 0.060 77.0)8.71 AAA
Cursorcursor#c3a983rgb(195 169 131)hsl(36 35% 64%)oklch(74.8% 0.060 77.0)8.71 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#0f0b05rgb(15 11 5)hsl(36 50% 4%)oklch(15.2% 0.015 81.2)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#352d1frgb(53 45 31)hsl(38 26% 16%)oklch(30.2% 0.026 81.3)1.44 Fail
Selection textselectionText#c3a983rgb(195 169 131)hsl(36 35% 64%)oklch(74.8% 0.060 77.0)8.71 AAA
Blackcolor0#0f0b05rgb(15 11 5)hsl(36 50% 4%)oklch(15.2% 0.015 81.2)1.00 Fail
Redcolor1#a88c62rgb(168 140 98)hsl(36 29% 52%)oklch(65.6% 0.067 77.3)6.16 AA
Greencolor2#dec8a7rgb(222 200 167)hsl(36 45% 76%)oklch(84.3% 0.051 77.9)12.08 AAA
Yellowcolor3#dec8a7rgb(222 200 167)hsl(36 45% 76%)oklch(84.3% 0.051 77.9)12.08 AAA
Bluecolor4#c3a983rgb(195 169 131)hsl(36 35% 64%)oklch(74.8% 0.060 77.0)8.71 AAA
Magentacolor5#a88c62rgb(168 140 98)hsl(36 29% 52%)oklch(65.6% 0.067 77.3)6.16 AA
Cyancolor6#dec8a7rgb(222 200 167)hsl(36 45% 76%)oklch(84.3% 0.051 77.9)12.08 AAA
Whitecolor7#c3a983rgb(195 169 131)hsl(36 35% 64%)oklch(74.8% 0.060 77.0)8.71 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#57462crgb(87 70 44)hsl(36 33% 26%)oklch(40.5% 0.046 77.5)2.17 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#a88c62rgb(168 140 98)hsl(36 29% 52%)oklch(65.6% 0.067 77.3)6.16 AA
Bright Greencolor10#dec8a7rgb(222 200 167)hsl(36 45% 76%)oklch(84.3% 0.051 77.9)12.08 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#dec8a7rgb(222 200 167)hsl(36 45% 76%)oklch(84.3% 0.051 77.9)12.08 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#c3a983rgb(195 169 131)hsl(36 35% 64%)oklch(74.8% 0.060 77.0)8.71 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#a88c62rgb(168 140 98)hsl(36 29% 52%)oklch(65.6% 0.067 77.3)6.16 AA
Bright Cyancolor14#dec8a7rgb(222 200 167)hsl(36 45% 76%)oklch(84.3% 0.051 77.9)12.08 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#231b0ergb(35 27 14)hsl(37 43% 10%)oklch(22.8% 0.026 79.0)1.15 Fail

About Charcoal Dark

Charcoal Dark is a dark terminal color scheme built on a warm-tinted #0f0b05 background with #c3a983 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 8.71:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 9.54:1 (minimum 6.16:1).

Its palette is low-saturation, anchored by #a88c62 red, #dec8a7 green, #c3a983 blue, and #a88c62 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)