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Chicago Night

Chicago Night is a vibrant, dark terminal color scheme with a #1e2a24 background and #a7b8af text (7.2:1 contrast)

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Background
#1e2a24
Foreground
#a7b8af
Text contrast
7.17:1AAA
Accent contrast
4.99:1min 1.45
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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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Chicago Night configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Chicago Night

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

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

palette = 0=#1e2a24
palette = 1=#c60c30
palette = 2=#009b3a
palette = 3=#f9e300
palette = 4=#522398
palette = 5=#e27ea6
palette = 6=#00a1de
palette = 7=#a7b8af
palette = 8=#5f7368
palette = 9=#c60c30
palette = 10=#009b3a
palette = 11=#f9e300
palette = 12=#522398
palette = 13=#e27ea6
palette = 14=#00a1de
palette = 15=#dbe3de
background = #1e2a24
foreground = #a7b8af
cursor-color = #a7b8af
cursor-text = #1e2a24
selection-background = #3d4a43
selection-foreground = #a7b8af

Chicago Night palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#1e2a24rgb(30 42 36)hsl(150 17% 14%)oklch(27.2% 0.020 163.0)—
Foregroundforeground#a7b8afrgb(167 184 175)hsl(148 11% 69%)oklch(76.7% 0.023 162.9)7.17 AAA
Cursorcursor#a7b8afrgb(167 184 175)hsl(148 11% 69%)oklch(76.7% 0.023 162.9)7.17 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#1e2a24rgb(30 42 36)hsl(150 17% 14%)oklch(27.2% 0.020 163.0)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#3d4a43rgb(61 74 67)hsl(148 10% 26%)oklch(39.5% 0.020 161.8)1.60 Fail
Selection textselectionText#a7b8afrgb(167 184 175)hsl(148 11% 69%)oklch(76.7% 0.023 162.9)7.17 AAA
Blackcolor0#1e2a24rgb(30 42 36)hsl(150 17% 14%)oklch(27.2% 0.020 163.0)1.00 Fail
Redcolor1#c60c30rgb(198 12 48)hsl(348 89% 41%)oklch(52.6% 0.207 21.3)2.48 Fail
Greencolor2#009b3argb(0 155 58)hsl(142 100% 30%)oklch(60.1% 0.176 147.5)4.07 AA Large
Yellowcolor3#f9e300rgb(249 227 0)hsl(55 100% 49%)oklch(90.5% 0.190 102.3)11.34 AAA
Bluecolor4#522398rgb(82 35 152)hsl(264 63% 37%)oklch(39.6% 0.176 295.4)1.45 Fail
Magentacolor5#e27ea6rgb(226 126 166)hsl(336 63% 69%)oklch(71.4% 0.131 355.5)5.50 AA
Cyancolor6#00a1dergb(0 161 222)hsl(196 100% 44%)oklch(66.9% 0.141 234.6)5.07 AA
Whitecolor7#a7b8afrgb(167 184 175)hsl(148 11% 69%)oklch(76.7% 0.023 162.9)7.17 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#5f7368rgb(95 115 104)hsl(147 10% 41%)oklch(53.6% 0.029 161.2)2.93 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#c60c30rgb(198 12 48)hsl(348 89% 41%)oklch(52.6% 0.207 21.3)2.48 Fail
Bright Greencolor10#009b3argb(0 155 58)hsl(142 100% 30%)oklch(60.1% 0.176 147.5)4.07 AA Large
Bright Yellowcolor11#f9e300rgb(249 227 0)hsl(55 100% 49%)oklch(90.5% 0.190 102.3)11.34 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#522398rgb(82 35 152)hsl(264 63% 37%)oklch(39.6% 0.176 295.4)1.45 Fail
Bright Magentacolor13#e27ea6rgb(226 126 166)hsl(336 63% 69%)oklch(71.4% 0.131 355.5)5.50 AA
Bright Cyancolor14#00a1dergb(0 161 222)hsl(196 100% 44%)oklch(66.9% 0.141 234.6)5.07 AA
Bright Whitecolor15#dbe3dergb(219 227 222)hsl(143 13% 87%)oklch(90.8% 0.011 158.8)11.37 AAA

About Chicago Night

Chicago Night is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #1e2a24 background with #a7b8af as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 7.17:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 4.99:1 (minimum 1.45:1).

Its palette is highly 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)