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Chesterish

Chesterish is a cool, dark terminal color scheme with a #293340 background and #cdd2e9 text (8.5:1 contrast)

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Background
#293340
Foreground
#cdd2e9
Text contrast
8.52:1AAA
Accent contrast
6.27:1min 4.58
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Chesterish configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Chesterish

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

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

palette = 0=#293340
palette = 1=#e17e85
palette = 2=#61ba86
palette = 3=#ffec8e
palette = 4=#4cb2ff
palette = 5=#be86e3
palette = 6=#2dced0
palette = 7=#cdd2e9
palette = 8=#546386
palette = 9=#e17e85
palette = 10=#61ba86
palette = 11=#ffec8e
palette = 12=#4cb2ff
palette = 13=#be86e3
palette = 14=#2dced0
palette = 15=#cdd2e9
background = #293340
foreground = #cdd2e9
cursor-color = #cdd2e9
cursor-text = #293340
selection-background = #4e5767
selection-foreground = #cdd2e9

Chesterish palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#293340rgb(41 51 64)hsl(214 22% 21%)oklch(31.8% 0.027 255.1)—
Foregroundforeground#cdd2e9rgb(205 210 233)hsl(229 39% 86%)oklch(86.7% 0.032 276.0)8.52 AAA
Cursorcursor#cdd2e9rgb(205 210 233)hsl(229 39% 86%)oklch(86.7% 0.032 276.0)8.52 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#293340rgb(41 51 64)hsl(214 22% 21%)oklch(31.8% 0.027 255.1)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#4e5767rgb(78 87 103)hsl(218 14% 35%)oklch(45.5% 0.029 262.0)1.76 Fail
Selection textselectionText#cdd2e9rgb(205 210 233)hsl(229 39% 86%)oklch(86.7% 0.032 276.0)8.52 AAA
Blackcolor0#293340rgb(41 51 64)hsl(214 22% 21%)oklch(31.8% 0.027 255.1)1.00 Fail
Redcolor1#e17e85rgb(225 126 133)hsl(356 62% 69%)oklch(70.3% 0.122 16.2)4.58 AA
Greencolor2#61ba86rgb(97 186 134)hsl(145 39% 55%)oklch(71.9% 0.116 156.3)5.41 AA
Yellowcolor3#ffec8ergb(255 236 142)hsl(50 100% 78%)oklch(93.9% 0.117 98.2)10.74 AAA
Bluecolor4#4cb2ffrgb(76 178 255)hsl(206 100% 65%)oklch(73.7% 0.146 244.6)5.55 AA
Magentacolor5#be86e3rgb(190 134 227)hsl(276 62% 71%)oklch(71.0% 0.143 310.9)4.70 AA
Cyancolor6#2dced0rgb(45 206 208)hsl(181 64% 50%)oklch(77.5% 0.124 196.2)6.61 AA
Whitecolor7#cdd2e9rgb(205 210 233)hsl(229 39% 86%)oklch(86.7% 0.032 276.0)8.52 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#546386rgb(84 99 134)hsl(222 23% 43%)oklch(50.2% 0.059 266.4)2.14 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#e17e85rgb(225 126 133)hsl(356 62% 69%)oklch(70.3% 0.122 16.2)4.58 AA
Bright Greencolor10#61ba86rgb(97 186 134)hsl(145 39% 55%)oklch(71.9% 0.116 156.3)5.41 AA
Bright Yellowcolor11#ffec8ergb(255 236 142)hsl(50 100% 78%)oklch(93.9% 0.117 98.2)10.74 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#4cb2ffrgb(76 178 255)hsl(206 100% 65%)oklch(73.7% 0.146 244.6)5.55 AA
Bright Magentacolor13#be86e3rgb(190 134 227)hsl(276 62% 71%)oklch(71.0% 0.143 310.9)4.70 AA
Bright Cyancolor14#2dced0rgb(45 206 208)hsl(181 64% 50%)oklch(77.5% 0.124 196.2)6.61 AA
Bright Whitecolor15#cdd2e9rgb(205 210 233)hsl(229 39% 86%)oklch(86.7% 0.032 276.0)8.52 AAA

About Chesterish

Chesterish is a dark terminal color scheme built on a cool-tinted #293340 background with #cdd2e9 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 8.52:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 6.27:1 (minimum 4.58:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #e17e85 red, #61ba86 green, #4cb2ff blue, and #be86e3 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)