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Cherry Midnight

Cherry Midnight is a cool, dark terminal color scheme with a #101017 background and #bdc3df text (10.9:1 contrast)

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Background
#101017
Foreground
#bdc3df
Text contrast
10.86:1AAA
Accent contrast
9.87:1min 5.30
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Cherry Midnight configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Cherry Midnight

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

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# Theme: Cherry Midnight (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/cherry-midnight?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#33333f
palette = 1=#ff568e
palette = 2=#64de83
palette = 3=#efff73
palette = 4=#73a9ff
palette = 5=#946ff7
palette = 6=#62c6da
palette = 7=#dedeff
palette = 8=#43435a
palette = 9=#ff69a2
palette = 10=#73de8a
palette = 11=#f3ff85
palette = 12=#85b6ff
palette = 13=#a481f7
palette = 14=#71c2d9
palette = 15=#ebebff
background = #101017
foreground = #bdc3df
cursor-color = #bdc3df
cursor-text = #101017
selection-background = #353642
selection-foreground = #bdc3df

Cherry Midnight palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#101017rgb(16 16 23)hsl(240 18% 8%)oklch(17.7% 0.014 284.8)—
Foregroundforeground#bdc3dfrgb(189 195 223)hsl(229 35% 81%)oklch(82.1% 0.040 275.9)10.86 AAA
Cursorcursor#bdc3dfrgb(189 195 223)hsl(229 35% 81%)oklch(82.1% 0.040 275.9)10.86 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#101017rgb(16 16 23)hsl(240 18% 8%)oklch(17.7% 0.014 284.8)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#353642rgb(53 54 66)hsl(235 11% 23%)oklch(33.7% 0.021 281.4)1.59 Fail
Selection textselectionText#bdc3dfrgb(189 195 223)hsl(229 35% 81%)oklch(82.1% 0.040 275.9)10.86 AAA
Blackcolor0#33333frgb(51 51 63)hsl(240 11% 22%)oklch(32.6% 0.021 285.2)1.52 Fail
Redcolor1#ff568ergb(255 86 142)hsl(340 100% 67%)oklch(69.5% 0.208 4.0)6.29 AA
Greencolor2#64de83rgb(100 222 131)hsl(135 65% 63%)oklch(80.9% 0.168 149.5)11.11 AAA
Yellowcolor3#efff73rgb(239 255 115)hsl(67 100% 73%)oklch(96.1% 0.164 115.0)17.34 AAA
Bluecolor4#73a9ffrgb(115 169 255)hsl(217 100% 73%)oklch(73.4% 0.138 259.4)7.98 AAA
Magentacolor5#946ff7rgb(148 111 247)hsl(256 89% 70%)oklch(64.3% 0.195 292.6)5.30 AA
Cyancolor6#62c6dargb(98 198 218)hsl(190 62% 62%)oklch(77.4% 0.097 212.5)9.57 AAA
Whitecolor7#dedeffrgb(222 222 255)hsl(240 100% 94%)oklch(91.1% 0.045 285.5)14.43 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#43435argb(67 67 90)hsl(240 15% 31%)oklch(39.2% 0.039 284.5)1.97 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#ff69a2rgb(255 105 162)hsl(337 100% 71%)oklch(72.2% 0.190 359.3)7.03 AAA
Bright Greencolor10#73de8argb(115 222 138)hsl(133 62% 66%)oklch(81.6% 0.154 149.0)11.32 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#f3ff85rgb(243 255 133)hsl(66 100% 76%)oklch(96.6% 0.147 113.8)17.55 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#85b6ffrgb(133 182 255)hsl(216 100% 76%)oklch(77.1% 0.118 258.1)9.14 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#a481f7rgb(164 129 247)hsl(258 88% 74%)oklch(68.7% 0.170 295.2)6.37 AA
Bright Cyancolor14#71c2d9rgb(113 194 217)hsl(193 58% 65%)oklch(77.1% 0.086 218.2)9.40 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#ebebffrgb(235 235 255)hsl(240 100% 96%)oklch(94.6% 0.027 285.9)16.11 AAA

About Cherry Midnight

Cherry Midnight is a dark terminal color scheme built on a cool-tinted #101017 background with #bdc3df as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 10.86:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 9.87:1 (minimum 5.30:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #ff568e red, #64de83 green, #73a9ff blue, and #946ff7 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)