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Chester

Chester is a cool, dark terminal color scheme with a #2c3643 background and #ffffff text (12.2:1 contrast)

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Background
#2c3643
Foreground
#ffffff
Text contrast
12.24:1AAA
Accent contrast
5.39:1min 2.93
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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
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drwxr-xr-x 3 ada staff 96 Oct 28 11:02 public
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Chester configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Chester

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

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

palette = 0=#080200
palette = 1=#fa5e5b
palette = 2=#16c98d
palette = 3=#ffc83f
palette = 4=#288ad6
palette = 5=#d34590
palette = 6=#28ddde
palette = 7=#e7e7e7
palette = 8=#6f6b68
palette = 9=#fa5e5b
palette = 10=#16c98d
palette = 11=#feef6d
palette = 12=#278ad6
palette = 13=#d34590
palette = 14=#27dede
palette = 15=#ffffff
background = #2c3643
foreground = #ffffff
cursor-color = #b4b1b1
cursor-text = #000000
selection-background = #67747c
selection-foreground = #ffffff

Chester palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#2c3643rgb(44 54 67)hsl(214 21% 22%)oklch(32.9% 0.027 255.1)—
Foregroundforeground#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)12.24 AAA
Cursorcursor#b4b1b1rgb(180 177 177)hsl(0 2% 70%)oklch(76.3% 0.003 17.2)5.75 AA
Cursor textcursorText#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)1.72 Fail
Selectionselection#67747crgb(103 116 124)hsl(203 9% 45%)oklch(55.1% 0.020 234.8)2.54 Fail
Selection textselectionText#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)12.24 AAA
Blackcolor0#080200rgb(8 2 0)hsl(15 100% 2%)oklch(10.0% 0.024 56.9)1.68 Fail
Redcolor1#fa5e5brgb(250 94 91)hsl(1 94% 67%)oklch(68.5% 0.192 24.7)3.97 AA Large
Greencolor2#16c98drgb(22 201 141)hsl(160 80% 44%)oklch(74.1% 0.158 162.6)5.70 AA
Yellowcolor3#ffc83frgb(255 200 63)hsl(43 100% 62%)oklch(86.0% 0.157 85.6)7.92 AAA
Bluecolor4#288ad6rgb(40 138 214)hsl(206 69% 50%)oklch(61.5% 0.144 247.1)3.32 AA Large
Magentacolor5#d34590rgb(211 69 144)hsl(328 62% 55%)oklch(61.1% 0.191 351.7)2.93 Fail
Cyancolor6#28dddergb(40 221 222)hsl(180 73% 51%)oklch(81.6% 0.133 195.5)7.28 AAA
Whitecolor7#e7e7e7rgb(231 231 231)hsl(0 0% 91%)oklch(92.8% 0.000 0)9.90 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#6f6b68rgb(111 107 104)hsl(26 3% 42%)oklch(53.0% 0.007 59.6)2.32 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#fa5e5brgb(250 94 91)hsl(1 94% 67%)oklch(68.5% 0.192 24.7)3.97 AA Large
Bright Greencolor10#16c98drgb(22 201 141)hsl(160 80% 44%)oklch(74.1% 0.158 162.6)5.70 AA
Bright Yellowcolor11#feef6drgb(254 239 109)hsl(54 99% 71%)oklch(94.0% 0.150 102.8)10.36 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#278ad6rgb(39 138 214)hsl(206 69% 50%)oklch(61.5% 0.145 246.9)3.32 AA Large
Bright Magentacolor13#d34590rgb(211 69 144)hsl(328 62% 55%)oklch(61.1% 0.191 351.7)2.93 Fail
Bright Cyancolor14#27dedergb(39 222 222)hsl(180 73% 51%)oklch(81.8% 0.134 194.9)7.34 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)12.24 AAA

About Chester

Chester is a dark terminal color scheme built on a cool-tinted #2c3643 background with #ffffff as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 12.24:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 5.39:1 (minimum 2.93:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #fa5e5b red, #16c98d green, #288ad6 blue, and #d34590 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)