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Dead Letter Office

Dead Letter Office is a true black, high contrast, dark terminal color scheme with a #090d12 background and #eef2f6 text (17.3:1 contrast)

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Background
#090d12
Foreground
#eef2f6
Text contrast
17.32:1AAA
Accent contrast
11.73:1min 8.04
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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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Dead Letter Office configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Dead Letter Office

Save to ~/.config/ghostty/themes/Dead Letter Office, then set theme = Dead Letter Office in config or config.ghostty

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# Theme: Dead Letter Office (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/dead-letter-office?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#b8c1cc
palette = 1=#ff8178
palette = 2=#79d5a7
palette = 3=#ffd36a
palette = 4=#88b6ff
palette = 5=#dca5ff
palette = 6=#83dce5
palette = 7=#eef2f6
palette = 8=#cbd2da
palette = 9=#ff9b94
palette = 10=#9ae2bd
palette = 11=#ffe18c
palette = 12=#a9caff
palette = 13=#e8beff
palette = 14=#a4e9ef
palette = 15=#ffffff
background = #090d12
foreground = #eef2f6
cursor-color = #8fc7ff
cursor-text = #090d12
selection-background = #26313d
selection-foreground = #f7fafc

Dead Letter Office palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#090d12rgb(9 13 18)hsl(213 33% 5%)oklch(15.7% 0.013 254.0)—
Foregroundforeground#eef2f6rgb(238 242 246)hsl(210 31% 95%)oklch(95.9% 0.007 247.9)17.32 AAA
Cursorcursor#8fc7ffrgb(143 199 255)hsl(210 100% 78%)oklch(81.2% 0.099 249.1)10.93 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#090d12rgb(9 13 18)hsl(213 33% 5%)oklch(15.7% 0.013 254.0)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#26313drgb(38 49 61)hsl(211 23% 19%)oklch(30.8% 0.026 250.9)1.47 Fail
Selection textselectionText#f7fafcrgb(247 250 252)hsl(204 45% 98%)oklch(98.3% 0.004 236.5)18.59 AAA
Blackcolor0#b8c1ccrgb(184 193 204)hsl(213 16% 76%)oklch(80.7% 0.018 253.4)10.70 AAA
Redcolor1#ff8178rgb(255 129 120)hsl(4 100% 74%)oklch(74.4% 0.155 25.7)8.04 AAA
Greencolor2#79d5a7rgb(121 213 167)hsl(150 52% 65%)oklch(80.3% 0.111 160.7)11.03 AAA
Yellowcolor3#ffd36argb(255 211 106)hsl(42 100% 71%)oklch(88.5% 0.133 86.7)13.71 AAA
Bluecolor4#88b6ffrgb(136 182 255)hsl(217 100% 77%)oklch(77.2% 0.116 259.4)9.45 AAA
Magentacolor5#dca5ffrgb(220 165 255)hsl(277 100% 82%)oklch(80.5% 0.136 311.6)10.08 AAA
Cyancolor6#83dce5rgb(131 220 229)hsl(186 65% 71%)oklch(84.2% 0.086 204.0)12.37 AAA
Whitecolor7#eef2f6rgb(238 242 246)hsl(210 31% 95%)oklch(95.9% 0.007 247.9)17.32 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#cbd2dargb(203 210 218)hsl(212 17% 83%)oklch(86.1% 0.013 251.6)12.77 AAA
Bright Redcolor9#ff9b94rgb(255 155 148)hsl(4 100% 79%)oklch(79.1% 0.121 24.5)9.62 AAA
Bright Greencolor10#9ae2bdrgb(154 226 189)hsl(149 55% 75%)oklch(85.5% 0.089 161.4)12.98 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#ffe18crgb(255 225 140)hsl(44 100% 77%)oklch(91.6% 0.110 90.7)15.22 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#a9caffrgb(169 202 255)hsl(217 100% 83%)oklch(83.4% 0.083 259.8)11.67 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#e8beffrgb(232 190 255)hsl(279 100% 87%)oklch(85.9% 0.099 313.4)12.28 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#a4e9efrgb(164 233 239)hsl(185 70% 79%)oklch(89.0% 0.069 202.8)14.36 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)19.48 AAA

About Dead Letter Office

Dead Letter Office is a dark terminal color scheme built on a cool-tinted #090d12 background with #eef2f6 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 17.32:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 11.73:1 (minimum 8.04:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #ff8178 red, #79d5a7 green, #88b6ff blue, and #dca5ff 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)