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Dark Pastel

Dark Pastel is a true black, high contrast, dark terminal color scheme with a #000000 background and #ffffff text (21.0:1 contrast)

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Background
#000000
Foreground
#ffffff
Text contrast
21.00:1AAA
Accent contrast
11.91:1min 4.13
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Dark Pastel configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Dark Pastel

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

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

palette = 0=#000000
palette = 1=#ff5555
palette = 2=#55ff55
palette = 3=#ffff55
palette = 4=#5555ff
palette = 5=#ff55ff
palette = 6=#55ffff
palette = 7=#bbbbbb
palette = 8=#555555
palette = 9=#ff5555
palette = 10=#55ff55
palette = 11=#ffff55
palette = 12=#5555ff
palette = 13=#ff55ff
palette = 14=#55ffff
palette = 15=#ffffff
background = #000000
foreground = #ffffff
cursor-color = #bbbbbb
cursor-text = #ffffff
selection-background = #b5d5ff
selection-foreground = #000000

Dark Pastel 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#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA
Cursorcursor#bbbbbbrgb(187 187 187)hsl(0 0% 73%)oklch(79.2% 0.000 0)10.94 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA
Selectionselection#b5d5ffrgb(181 213 255)hsl(214 100% 85%)oklch(86.4% 0.068 255.3)13.93 AAA
Selection textselectionText#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Blackcolor0#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Redcolor1#ff5555rgb(255 85 85)hsl(0 100% 67%)oklch(68.2% 0.206 24.4)6.68 AA
Greencolor2#55ff55rgb(85 255 85)hsl(120 100% 67%)oklch(88.0% 0.252 143.1)15.82 AAA
Yellowcolor3#ffff55rgb(255 255 85)hsl(60 100% 67%)oklch(97.1% 0.183 109.4)19.69 AAA
Bluecolor4#5555ffrgb(85 85 255)hsl(240 100% 67%)oklch(56.0% 0.244 275.1)4.13 AA Large
Magentacolor5#ff55ffrgb(255 85 255)hsl(300 100% 67%)oklch(74.0% 0.272 327.9)8.00 AAA
Cyancolor6#55ffffrgb(85 255 255)hsl(180 100% 67%)oklch(91.5% 0.136 195.0)17.13 AAA
Whitecolor7#bbbbbbrgb(187 187 187)hsl(0 0% 73%)oklch(79.2% 0.000 0)10.94 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#555555rgb(85 85 85)hsl(0 0% 33%)oklch(45.0% 0.000 0)2.82 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#ff5555rgb(255 85 85)hsl(0 100% 67%)oklch(68.2% 0.206 24.4)6.68 AA
Bright Greencolor10#55ff55rgb(85 255 85)hsl(120 100% 67%)oklch(88.0% 0.252 143.1)15.82 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#ffff55rgb(255 255 85)hsl(60 100% 67%)oklch(97.1% 0.183 109.4)19.69 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#5555ffrgb(85 85 255)hsl(240 100% 67%)oklch(56.0% 0.244 275.1)4.13 AA Large
Bright Magentacolor13#ff55ffrgb(255 85 255)hsl(300 100% 67%)oklch(74.0% 0.272 327.9)8.00 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#55ffffrgb(85 255 255)hsl(180 100% 67%)oklch(91.5% 0.136 195.0)17.13 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA

About Dark Pastel

Dark Pastel is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #000000 background with #ffffff as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 21.00:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 11.91:1 (minimum 4.13:1).

Its palette is highly saturated, anchored by #ff5555 red, #55ff55 green, #5555ff blue, and #ff55ff 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)