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Dark Castle

Dark Castle is a true black, vibrant, dark terminal color scheme with a #000000 background and #ffd580 text (15.1:1 contrast)

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Background
#000000
Foreground
#ffd580
Text contrast
15.08:1AAA
Accent contrast
7.76:1min 2.41
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Dark Castle configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Dark Castle

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

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# Theme: Dark Castle (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/dark-castle?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#1a1a1a
palette = 1=#ff000f
palette = 2=#08d220
palette = 3=#dfc200
palette = 4=#2d449b
palette = 5=#aa1b86
palette = 6=#007b88
palette = 7=#9c9c9c
palette = 8=#292929
palette = 9=#ef6b73
palette = 10=#bae67e
palette = 11=#ffd580
palette = 12=#4164ff
palette = 13=#9354ff
palette = 14=#4dbced
palette = 15=#ffffff
background = #000000
foreground = #ffd580
cursor-color = #ff8040
cursor-text = #000000
selection-background = #221a0b
selection-foreground = #ffd580

Dark Castle palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)—
Foregroundforeground#ffd580rgb(255 213 128)hsl(40 100% 75%)oklch(89.1% 0.114 83.9)15.08 AAA
Cursorcursor#ff8040rgb(255 128 64)hsl(20 100% 63%)oklch(73.5% 0.173 45.1)8.41 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#221a0brgb(34 26 11)hsl(39 51% 9%)oklch(22.3% 0.029 82.1)1.22 Fail
Selection textselectionText#ffd580rgb(255 213 128)hsl(40 100% 75%)oklch(89.1% 0.114 83.9)15.08 AAA
Blackcolor0#1a1a1argb(26 26 26)hsl(0 0% 10%)oklch(21.8% 0.000 0)1.21 Fail
Redcolor1#ff000frgb(255 0 15)hsl(356 100% 50%)oklch(62.8% 0.257 28.4)5.26 AA
Greencolor2#08d220rgb(8 210 32)hsl(127 93% 43%)oklch(75.0% 0.248 143.2)10.25 AAA
Yellowcolor3#dfc200rgb(223 194 0)hsl(52 100% 44%)oklch(81.4% 0.168 98.3)11.85 AAA
Bluecolor4#2d449brgb(45 68 155)hsl(227 55% 39%)oklch(42.1% 0.144 268.3)2.41 Fail
Magentacolor5#aa1b86rgb(170 27 134)hsl(315 73% 39%)oklch(50.7% 0.202 341.2)3.21 AA Large
Cyancolor6#007b88rgb(0 123 136)hsl(186 100% 27%)oklch(53.3% 0.092 207.7)4.19 AA Large
Whitecolor7#9c9c9crgb(156 156 156)hsl(0 0% 61%)oklch(69.3% 0.000 0)7.65 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#292929rgb(41 41 41)hsl(0 0% 16%)oklch(28.1% 0.000 0)1.44 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#ef6b73rgb(239 107 115)hsl(356 80% 68%)oklch(69.0% 0.163 18.7)7.02 AAA
Bright Greencolor10#bae67ergb(186 230 126)hsl(85 68% 70%)oklch(87.1% 0.140 127.8)14.71 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#ffd580rgb(255 213 128)hsl(40 100% 75%)oklch(89.1% 0.114 83.9)15.08 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#4164ffrgb(65 100 255)hsl(229 100% 63%)oklch(57.4% 0.233 268.2)4.49 AA Large
Bright Magentacolor13#9354ffrgb(147 84 255)hsl(262 100% 66%)oklch(60.9% 0.239 295.2)4.95 AA
Bright Cyancolor14#4dbcedrgb(77 188 237)hsl(198 82% 62%)oklch(75.2% 0.122 230.6)9.73 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA

About Dark Castle

Dark Castle is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #000000 background with #ffd580 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 15.08:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 7.76:1 (minimum 2.41:1).

Its palette is highly saturated, anchored by #ff000f red, #08d220 green, #2d449b blue, and #aa1b86 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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