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Default Dark

Default Dark is a dark terminal color scheme with a #181818 background and #d8d8d8 text (12.5:1 contrast)

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Background
#181818
Foreground
#d8d8d8
Text contrast
12.46:1AAA
Accent contrast
7.51:1min 3.12
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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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Default Dark configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Default Dark

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

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

palette = 0=#181818
palette = 1=#ab4642
palette = 2=#a1b56c
palette = 3=#f7ca88
palette = 4=#7cafc2
palette = 5=#ba8baf
palette = 6=#86c1b9
palette = 7=#d8d8d8
palette = 8=#585858
palette = 9=#ab4642
palette = 10=#a1b56c
palette = 11=#f7ca88
palette = 12=#7cafc2
palette = 13=#ba8baf
palette = 14=#86c1b9
palette = 15=#f8f8f8
background = #181818
foreground = #d8d8d8
cursor-color = #d8d8d8
cursor-text = #181818
selection-background = #424242
selection-foreground = #d8d8d8

Default Dark palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#181818rgb(24 24 24)hsl(0 0% 9%)oklch(20.9% 0.000 0)—
Foregroundforeground#d8d8d8rgb(216 216 216)hsl(0 0% 85%)oklch(88.2% 0.000 0)12.46 AAA
Cursorcursor#d8d8d8rgb(216 216 216)hsl(0 0% 85%)oklch(88.2% 0.000 0)12.46 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#181818rgb(24 24 24)hsl(0 0% 9%)oklch(20.9% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#424242rgb(66 66 66)hsl(0 0% 26%)oklch(37.9% 0.000 0)1.77 Fail
Selection textselectionText#d8d8d8rgb(216 216 216)hsl(0 0% 85%)oklch(88.2% 0.000 0)12.46 AAA
Blackcolor0#181818rgb(24 24 24)hsl(0 0% 9%)oklch(20.9% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Redcolor1#ab4642rgb(171 70 66)hsl(2 44% 46%)oklch(52.8% 0.134 25.0)3.12 AA Large
Greencolor2#a1b56crgb(161 181 108)hsl(76 33% 57%)oklch(74.1% 0.100 121.4)7.90 AAA
Yellowcolor3#f7ca88rgb(247 202 136)hsl(36 87% 75%)oklch(86.4% 0.098 76.4)11.63 AAA
Bluecolor4#7cafc2rgb(124 175 194)hsl(196 36% 62%)oklch(72.5% 0.060 223.1)7.41 AAA
Magentacolor5#ba8bafrgb(186 139 175)hsl(314 25% 64%)oklch(69.3% 0.075 334.9)6.26 AA
Cyancolor6#86c1b9rgb(134 193 185)hsl(172 32% 64%)oklch(76.8% 0.062 185.4)8.74 AAA
Whitecolor7#d8d8d8rgb(216 216 216)hsl(0 0% 85%)oklch(88.2% 0.000 0)12.46 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#585858rgb(88 88 88)hsl(0 0% 35%)oklch(46.0% 0.000 0)2.50 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#ab4642rgb(171 70 66)hsl(2 44% 46%)oklch(52.8% 0.134 25.0)3.12 AA Large
Bright Greencolor10#a1b56crgb(161 181 108)hsl(76 33% 57%)oklch(74.1% 0.100 121.4)7.90 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#f7ca88rgb(247 202 136)hsl(36 87% 75%)oklch(86.4% 0.098 76.4)11.63 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#7cafc2rgb(124 175 194)hsl(196 36% 62%)oklch(72.5% 0.060 223.1)7.41 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#ba8bafrgb(186 139 175)hsl(314 25% 64%)oklch(69.3% 0.075 334.9)6.26 AA
Bright Cyancolor14#86c1b9rgb(134 193 185)hsl(172 32% 64%)oklch(76.8% 0.062 185.4)8.74 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#f8f8f8rgb(248 248 248)hsl(0 0% 97%)oklch(97.9% 0.000 0)16.72 AAA

About Default Dark

Default Dark is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #181818 background with #d8d8d8 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 12.46:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 7.51:1 (minimum 3.12:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #ab4642 red, #a1b56c green, #7cafc2 blue, and #ba8baf 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.

Published upstream with an identical palette under the names Base16 Default Dark

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Source: Gogh (MIT OR Apache-2.0)