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Dawn

Dawn is a soft, muted, dark terminal color scheme with a #181b20 background and #9b9081 text (5.5:1 contrast)

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Background
#181b20
Foreground
#9b9081
Text contrast
5.51:1AA
Accent contrast
2.62:1min 2.22
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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
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Dawn configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Dawn

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

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

palette = 0=#353535
palette = 1=#744b40
palette = 2=#6d6137
palette = 3=#765636
palette = 4=#61564b
palette = 5=#6b4a49
palette = 6=#435861
palette = 7=#b3b3b3
palette = 8=#5f5f5f
palette = 9=#785850
palette = 10=#6f6749
palette = 11=#776049
palette = 12=#696057
palette = 13=#6f5a59
palette = 14=#525f66
palette = 15=#cdcdcd
background = #181b20
foreground = #9b9081
cursor-color = #9b9081
cursor-text = #181b20
selection-background = #353536
selection-foreground = #9b9081

Dawn palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#181b20rgb(24 27 32)hsl(218 14% 11%)oklch(22.1% 0.011 260.7)—
Foregroundforeground#9b9081rgb(155 144 129)hsl(35 12% 56%)oklch(65.9% 0.025 75.7)5.51 AA
Cursorcursor#9b9081rgb(155 144 129)hsl(35 12% 56%)oklch(65.9% 0.025 75.7)5.51 AA
Cursor textcursorText#181b20rgb(24 27 32)hsl(218 14% 11%)oklch(22.1% 0.011 260.7)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#353536rgb(53 53 54)hsl(240 1% 21%)oklch(32.9% 0.002 286.3)1.41 Fail
Selection textselectionText#9b9081rgb(155 144 129)hsl(35 12% 56%)oklch(65.9% 0.025 75.7)5.51 AA
Blackcolor0#353535rgb(53 53 53)hsl(0 0% 21%)oklch(32.9% 0.000 0)1.41 Fail
Redcolor1#744b40rgb(116 75 64)hsl(13 29% 35%)oklch(45.6% 0.059 35.7)2.32 Fail
Greencolor2#6d6137rgb(109 97 55)hsl(47 33% 32%)oklch(49.4% 0.062 93.9)2.81 Fail
Yellowcolor3#765636rgb(118 86 54)hsl(30 37% 34%)oklch(47.9% 0.063 65.4)2.59 Fail
Bluecolor4#61564brgb(97 86 75)hsl(30 13% 34%)oklch(46.1% 0.023 67.2)2.42 Fail
Magentacolor5#6b4a49rgb(107 74 73)hsl(2 19% 35%)oklch(44.5% 0.045 21.0)2.22 Fail
Cyancolor6#435861rgb(67 88 97)hsl(198 18% 32%)oklch(44.7% 0.030 226.0)2.31 Fail
Whitecolor7#b3b3b3rgb(179 179 179)hsl(0 0% 70%)oklch(76.7% 0.000 0)8.23 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#5f5f5frgb(95 95 95)hsl(0 0% 37%)oklch(48.5% 0.000 0)2.70 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#785850rgb(120 88 80)hsl(12 20% 39%)oklch(49.2% 0.045 34.5)2.72 Fail
Bright Greencolor10#6f6749rgb(111 103 73)hsl(47 21% 36%)oklch(51.3% 0.045 95.0)3.05 AA Large
Bright Yellowcolor11#776049rgb(119 96 73)hsl(30 24% 38%)oklch(50.6% 0.046 66.5)2.92 Fail
Bright Bluecolor12#696057rgb(105 96 87)hsl(30 9% 38%)oklch(49.5% 0.018 67.4)2.80 Fail
Bright Magentacolor13#6f5a59rgb(111 90 89)hsl(3 11% 39%)oklch(48.8% 0.028 21.3)2.70 Fail
Bright Cyancolor14#525f66rgb(82 95 102)hsl(201 11% 36%)oklch(47.7% 0.020 231.3)2.62 Fail
Bright Whitecolor15#cdcdcdrgb(205 205 205)hsl(0 0% 80%)oklch(84.8% 0.000 0)10.86 AAA

About Dawn

Dawn is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #181b20 background with #9b9081 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 5.51:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 2.62:1 (minimum 2.22:1).

Its palette is low-saturation, anchored by #744b40 red, #6d6137 green, #61564b blue, and #6b4a49 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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