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City Lights

City Lights is a cool, dark terminal color scheme with a #171d23 background and #ffffff text (17.0:1 contrast)

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Background
#171d23
Foreground
#ffffff
Text contrast
16.98:1AAA
Accent contrast
7.32:1min 2.87
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City Lights configs

16 formats, all from one palette

City Lights

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

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# Theme: City Lights (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/city-lights?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#41505e
palette = 1=#d95468
palette = 2=#8bd49c
palette = 3=#ebbf83
palette = 4=#539afc
palette = 5=#b62d65
palette = 6=#70e1e8
palette = 7=#ffffff
palette = 8=#41505e
palette = 9=#d95468
palette = 10=#8bd49c
palette = 11=#ebbf83
palette = 12=#539afc
palette = 13=#b62d65
palette = 14=#70e1e8
palette = 15=#ffffff
background = #171d23
foreground = #ffffff
cursor-color = #008b94
cursor-text = #171d23
selection-background = #494e53
selection-foreground = #ffffff

City Lights palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#171d23rgb(23 29 35)hsl(210 21% 11%)oklch(22.7% 0.015 248.5)—
Foregroundforeground#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)16.98 AAA
Cursorcursor#008b94rgb(0 139 148)hsl(184 100% 29%)oklch(58.0% 0.099 202.8)4.14 AA Large
Cursor textcursorText#171d23rgb(23 29 35)hsl(210 21% 11%)oklch(22.7% 0.015 248.5)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#494e53rgb(73 78 83)hsl(210 6% 31%)oklch(42.1% 0.011 248.1)2.02 Fail
Selection textselectionText#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)16.98 AAA
Blackcolor0#41505ergb(65 80 94)hsl(209 18% 31%)oklch(42.4% 0.030 246.7)2.05 Fail
Redcolor1#d95468rgb(217 84 104)hsl(351 64% 59%)oklch(62.5% 0.167 14.3)4.38 AA Large
Greencolor2#8bd49crgb(139 212 156)hsl(134 46% 69%)oklch(80.7% 0.108 150.8)9.70 AAA
Yellowcolor3#ebbf83rgb(235 191 131)hsl(35 72% 72%)oklch(83.0% 0.092 74.6)9.96 AAA
Bluecolor4#539afcrgb(83 154 252)hsl(215 97% 66%)oklch(68.6% 0.162 257.0)5.98 AA
Magentacolor5#b62d65rgb(182 45 101)hsl(335 60% 45%)oklch(52.7% 0.178 0.8)2.87 Fail
Cyancolor6#70e1e8rgb(112 225 232)hsl(184 72% 67%)oklch(84.6% 0.103 200.8)11.02 AAA
Whitecolor7#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)16.98 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#41505ergb(65 80 94)hsl(209 18% 31%)oklch(42.4% 0.030 246.7)2.05 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#d95468rgb(217 84 104)hsl(351 64% 59%)oklch(62.5% 0.167 14.3)4.38 AA Large
Bright Greencolor10#8bd49crgb(139 212 156)hsl(134 46% 69%)oklch(80.7% 0.108 150.8)9.70 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#ebbf83rgb(235 191 131)hsl(35 72% 72%)oklch(83.0% 0.092 74.6)9.96 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#539afcrgb(83 154 252)hsl(215 97% 66%)oklch(68.6% 0.162 257.0)5.98 AA
Bright Magentacolor13#b62d65rgb(182 45 101)hsl(335 60% 45%)oklch(52.7% 0.178 0.8)2.87 Fail
Bright Cyancolor14#70e1e8rgb(112 225 232)hsl(184 72% 67%)oklch(84.6% 0.103 200.8)11.02 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)16.98 AAA

About City Lights

City Lights is a dark terminal color scheme built on a cool-tinted #171d23 background with #ffffff as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 16.98:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 7.32:1 (minimum 2.87:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #d95468 red, #8bd49c green, #539afc blue, and #b62d65 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)