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Chicago Day

Chicago Day is a light terminal color scheme with a #e8f0ea background and #364c40 text (8.0:1 contrast)

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Background
#e8f0ea
Foreground
#364c40
Text contrast
7.98:1AAA
Accent contrast
4.20:1min 2.33
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Chicago Day configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Chicago Day

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

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# Theme: Chicago Day (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/chicago-day?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#e8f0ea
palette = 1=#c60c30
palette = 2=#009b3a
palette = 3=#968400
palette = 4=#522398
palette = 5=#e27ea6
palette = 6=#00a1de
palette = 7=#364c40
palette = 8=#8a9a91
palette = 9=#c60c30
palette = 10=#009b3a
palette = 11=#968400
palette = 12=#522398
palette = 13=#e27ea6
palette = 14=#00a1de
palette = 15=#1e2a24
background = #e8f0ea
foreground = #364c40
cursor-color = #364c40
cursor-text = #e8f0ea
selection-background = #b8c4bc
selection-foreground = #364c40

Chicago Day palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#e8f0eargb(232 240 234)hsl(135 21% 93%)oklch(94.7% 0.012 153.7)—
Foregroundforeground#364c40rgb(54 76 64)hsl(147 17% 25%)oklch(39.4% 0.034 160.5)7.98 AAA
Cursorcursor#364c40rgb(54 76 64)hsl(147 17% 25%)oklch(39.4% 0.034 160.5)7.98 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#e8f0eargb(232 240 234)hsl(135 21% 93%)oklch(94.7% 0.012 153.7)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#b8c4bcrgb(184 196 188)hsl(140 9% 75%)oklch(80.9% 0.017 156.8)1.55 Fail
Selection textselectionText#364c40rgb(54 76 64)hsl(147 17% 25%)oklch(39.4% 0.034 160.5)7.98 AAA
Blackcolor0#e8f0eargb(232 240 234)hsl(135 21% 93%)oklch(94.7% 0.012 153.7)1.00 Fail
Redcolor1#c60c30rgb(198 12 48)hsl(348 89% 41%)oklch(52.6% 0.207 21.3)5.17 AA
Greencolor2#009b3argb(0 155 58)hsl(142 100% 30%)oklch(60.1% 0.176 147.5)3.15 AA Large
Yellowcolor3#968400rgb(150 132 0)hsl(53 100% 29%)oklch(61.1% 0.127 99.7)3.23 AA Large
Bluecolor4#522398rgb(82 35 152)hsl(264 63% 37%)oklch(39.6% 0.176 295.4)8.81 AAA
Magentacolor5#e27ea6rgb(226 126 166)hsl(336 63% 69%)oklch(71.4% 0.131 355.5)2.33 Fail
Cyancolor6#00a1dergb(0 161 222)hsl(196 100% 44%)oklch(66.9% 0.141 234.6)2.53 Fail
Whitecolor7#364c40rgb(54 76 64)hsl(147 17% 25%)oklch(39.4% 0.034 160.5)7.98 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#8a9a91rgb(138 154 145)hsl(146 7% 57%)oklch(67.1% 0.022 161.2)2.54 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#c60c30rgb(198 12 48)hsl(348 89% 41%)oklch(52.6% 0.207 21.3)5.17 AA
Bright Greencolor10#009b3argb(0 155 58)hsl(142 100% 30%)oklch(60.1% 0.176 147.5)3.15 AA Large
Bright Yellowcolor11#968400rgb(150 132 0)hsl(53 100% 29%)oklch(61.1% 0.127 99.7)3.23 AA Large
Bright Bluecolor12#522398rgb(82 35 152)hsl(264 63% 37%)oklch(39.6% 0.176 295.4)8.81 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#e27ea6rgb(226 126 166)hsl(336 63% 69%)oklch(71.4% 0.131 355.5)2.33 Fail
Bright Cyancolor14#00a1dergb(0 161 222)hsl(196 100% 44%)oklch(66.9% 0.141 234.6)2.53 Fail
Bright Whitecolor15#1e2a24rgb(30 42 36)hsl(150 17% 14%)oklch(27.2% 0.020 163.0)12.81 AAA

About Chicago Day

Chicago Day is a light terminal color scheme built on a neutral #e8f0ea background with #364c40 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 7.98:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 4.20:1 (minimum 2.33:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #c60c30 red, #009b3a green, #522398 blue, and #e27ea6 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)