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Darcula

Darcula is a soft, dark terminal color scheme with a #2b2b2b background and #a9b7c6 text (6.9:1 contrast)

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Background
#2b2b2b
Foreground
#a9b7c6
Text contrast
6.93:1AA
Accent contrast
4.64:1min 3.52
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❯ ls -la
drwxr-xr-x 12 ada staff 384 Oct 30 09:12 .
drwxr-xr-x 8 ada staff 256 Oct 29 18:40 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 ada staff 1.2K Oct 30 09:10 .gitignore
drwxr-xr-x 5 ada staff 160 Oct 30 09:12 src
drwxr-xr-x 3 ada staff 96 Oct 28 11:02 public
-rwxr-xr-x 1 ada staff 2.4K Oct 30 08:57 build.sh
-rw-r--r-- 1 ada staff 4.1K Oct 30 09:01 package.json
lrwxr-xr-x 1 ada staff 18 Oct 27 14:33 node_modules -> ../cache/modules
-rw-r--r-- 1 ada staff 48K Oct 26 10:15 logo.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 ada staff 9.8M Oct 25 21:47 backup.tar.gz
~/dev/tintdex on main [!?] via ⬢ v1.4.3
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new file: src/theme.css
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modified: src/app.tsx
deleted: legacy/colors.js
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Darcula configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Darcula

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

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

palette = 0=#2b2b2b
palette = 1=#4eade5
palette = 2=#6a8759
palette = 3=#bbb529
palette = 4=#9876aa
palette = 5=#cc7832
palette = 6=#629755
palette = 7=#a9b7c6
palette = 8=#606366
palette = 9=#4eade5
palette = 10=#6a8759
palette = 11=#bbb529
palette = 12=#9876aa
palette = 13=#cc7832
palette = 14=#629755
palette = 15=#ffffff
background = #2b2b2b
foreground = #a9b7c6
cursor-color = #a9b7c6
cursor-text = #2b2b2b
selection-background = #484b4e
selection-foreground = #a9b7c6

Darcula palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#2b2b2brgb(43 43 43)hsl(0 0% 17%)oklch(28.9% 0.000 0)—
Foregroundforeground#a9b7c6rgb(169 183 198)hsl(211 20% 72%)oklch(77.3% 0.027 250.0)6.93 AA
Cursorcursor#a9b7c6rgb(169 183 198)hsl(211 20% 72%)oklch(77.3% 0.027 250.0)6.93 AA
Cursor textcursorText#2b2b2brgb(43 43 43)hsl(0 0% 17%)oklch(28.9% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#484b4ergb(72 75 78)hsl(210 4% 29%)oklch(41.1% 0.006 248.0)1.61 Fail
Selection textselectionText#a9b7c6rgb(169 183 198)hsl(211 20% 72%)oklch(77.3% 0.027 250.0)6.93 AA
Blackcolor0#2b2b2brgb(43 43 43)hsl(0 0% 17%)oklch(28.9% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Redcolor1#4eade5rgb(78 173 229)hsl(202 74% 60%)oklch(71.4% 0.121 237.7)5.69 AA
Greencolor2#6a8759rgb(106 135 89)hsl(98 21% 44%)oklch(58.9% 0.075 134.4)3.52 AA Large
Yellowcolor3#bbb529rgb(187 181 41)hsl(58 64% 45%)oklch(75.5% 0.150 106.9)6.58 AA
Bluecolor4#9876aargb(152 118 170)hsl(279 23% 56%)oklch(61.8% 0.086 313.6)3.71 AA Large
Magentacolor5#cc7832rgb(204 120 50)hsl(27 61% 50%)oklch(65.2% 0.134 56.7)4.25 AA Large
Cyancolor6#629755rgb(98 151 85)hsl(108 28% 46%)oklch(62.3% 0.111 139.6)4.10 AA Large
Whitecolor7#a9b7c6rgb(169 183 198)hsl(211 20% 72%)oklch(77.3% 0.027 250.0)6.93 AA
Bright Blackcolor8#606366rgb(96 99 102)hsl(210 3% 39%)oklch(49.8% 0.006 247.9)2.34 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#4eade5rgb(78 173 229)hsl(202 74% 60%)oklch(71.4% 0.121 237.7)5.69 AA
Bright Greencolor10#6a8759rgb(106 135 89)hsl(98 21% 44%)oklch(58.9% 0.075 134.4)3.52 AA Large
Bright Yellowcolor11#bbb529rgb(187 181 41)hsl(58 64% 45%)oklch(75.5% 0.150 106.9)6.58 AA
Bright Bluecolor12#9876aargb(152 118 170)hsl(279 23% 56%)oklch(61.8% 0.086 313.6)3.71 AA Large
Bright Magentacolor13#cc7832rgb(204 120 50)hsl(27 61% 50%)oklch(65.2% 0.134 56.7)4.25 AA Large
Bright Cyancolor14#629755rgb(98 151 85)hsl(108 28% 46%)oklch(62.3% 0.111 139.6)4.10 AA Large
Bright Whitecolor15#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)14.16 AAA

About Darcula

Darcula is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #2b2b2b background with #a9b7c6 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 6.93:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 4.64:1 (minimum 3.52:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #4eade5 red, #6a8759 green, #9876aa blue, and #cc7832 magenta. Part of the JetBrains theme family.

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)