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Cursor Light

Cursor Light is a soft, light terminal color scheme with a #f3f3f3 background and #252525 text (13.8:1 contrast)

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Background
#f3f3f3
Foreground
#252525
Text contrast
13.81:1AAA
Accent contrast
3.51:1min 2.67
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Cursor Light configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Cursor Light

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

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# Theme: Cursor Light (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/cursor-light?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#252525
palette = 1=#cf2d56
palette = 2=#1f8a65
palette = 3=#a16900
palette = 4=#3c7cab
palette = 5=#b8448b
palette = 6=#4c7f8c
palette = 7=#afafaf
palette = 8=#5c5c5c
palette = 9=#e75e78
palette = 10=#55a583
palette = 11=#c08532
palette = 12=#6299c3
palette = 13=#d06ba6
palette = 14=#6f9ba6
palette = 15=#ffffff
background = #f3f3f3
foreground = #252525
cursor-color = #252525
cursor-text = #f3f3f3
selection-background = #d9d9d9
selection-foreground = #252525

Cursor Light palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#f3f3f3rgb(243 243 243)hsl(0 0% 95%)oklch(96.4% 0.000 0)—
Foregroundforeground#252525rgb(37 37 37)hsl(0 0% 15%)oklch(26.4% 0.000 0)13.81 AAA
Cursorcursor#252525rgb(37 37 37)hsl(0 0% 15%)oklch(26.4% 0.000 0)13.81 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#f3f3f3rgb(243 243 243)hsl(0 0% 95%)oklch(96.4% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#d9d9d9rgb(217 217 217)hsl(0 0% 85%)oklch(88.5% 0.000 0)1.27 Fail
Selection textselectionText#252525rgb(37 37 37)hsl(0 0% 15%)oklch(26.4% 0.000 0)13.81 AAA
Blackcolor0#252525rgb(37 37 37)hsl(0 0% 15%)oklch(26.4% 0.000 0)13.81 AAA
Redcolor1#cf2d56rgb(207 45 86)hsl(345 64% 49%)oklch(56.6% 0.197 12.3)4.55 AA
Greencolor2#1f8a65rgb(31 138 101)hsl(159 63% 33%)oklch(56.5% 0.110 164.5)3.88 AA Large
Yellowcolor3#a16900rgb(161 105 0)hsl(39 100% 32%)oklch(56.7% 0.121 72.7)4.17 AA Large
Bluecolor4#3c7cabrgb(60 124 171)hsl(205 48% 45%)oklch(56.5% 0.098 243.0)4.06 AA Large
Magentacolor5#b8448brgb(184 68 139)hsl(323 46% 49%)oklch(56.7% 0.168 346.1)4.47 AA Large
Cyancolor6#4c7f8crgb(76 127 140)hsl(192 30% 42%)oklch(56.6% 0.058 215.9)4.01 AA Large
Whitecolor7#afafafrgb(175 175 175)hsl(0 0% 69%)oklch(75.4% 0.000 0)1.98 Fail
Bright Blackcolor8#5c5c5crgb(92 92 92)hsl(0 0% 36%)oklch(47.5% 0.000 0)6.03 AA
Bright Redcolor9#e75e78rgb(231 94 120)hsl(349 74% 64%)oklch(66.3% 0.171 11.4)3.02 AA Large
Bright Greencolor10#55a583rgb(85 165 131)hsl(154 32% 49%)oklch(66.1% 0.095 164.1)2.67 Fail
Bright Yellowcolor11#c08532rgb(192 133 50)hsl(35 59% 47%)oklch(66.1% 0.121 71.7)2.85 Fail
Bright Bluecolor12#6299c3rgb(98 153 195)hsl(206 45% 57%)oklch(66.1% 0.086 242.5)2.76 Fail
Bright Magentacolor13#d06ba6rgb(208 107 166)hsl(325 52% 62%)oklch(66.3% 0.145 345.7)2.99 Fail
Bright Cyancolor14#6f9ba6rgb(111 155 166)hsl(192 24% 54%)oklch(66.2% 0.050 214.9)2.74 Fail
Bright Whitecolor15#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)1.11 Fail

About Cursor Light

Cursor Light is a light terminal color scheme built on a neutral #f3f3f3 background with #252525 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 13.81:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 3.51:1 (minimum 2.67:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #cf2d56 red, #1f8a65 green, #3c7cab blue, and #b8448b 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)