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Default Light

Default Light is a soft, light terminal color scheme with a #f8f8f8 background and #383838 text (11.0:1 contrast)

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Background
#f8f8f8
Foreground
#383838
Text contrast
11.04:1AAA
Accent contrast
2.63:1min 1.44
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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 Light configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Default Light

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

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

palette = 0=#f8f8f8
palette = 1=#ab4642
palette = 2=#a1b56c
palette = 3=#f7ca88
palette = 4=#7cafc2
palette = 5=#ba8baf
palette = 6=#86c1b9
palette = 7=#383838
palette = 8=#b8b8b8
palette = 9=#ab4642
palette = 10=#a1b56c
palette = 11=#f7ca88
palette = 12=#7cafc2
palette = 13=#ba8baf
palette = 14=#86c1b9
palette = 15=#181818
background = #f8f8f8
foreground = #383838
cursor-color = #383838
cursor-text = #f8f8f8
selection-background = #c4c4c4
selection-foreground = #383838

Default Light palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#f8f8f8rgb(248 248 248)hsl(0 0% 97%)oklch(97.9% 0.000 0)—
Foregroundforeground#383838rgb(56 56 56)hsl(0 0% 22%)oklch(34.1% 0.000 0)11.04 AAA
Cursorcursor#383838rgb(56 56 56)hsl(0 0% 22%)oklch(34.1% 0.000 0)11.04 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#f8f8f8rgb(248 248 248)hsl(0 0% 97%)oklch(97.9% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#c4c4c4rgb(196 196 196)hsl(0 0% 77%)oklch(82.0% 0.000 0)1.64 Fail
Selection textselectionText#383838rgb(56 56 56)hsl(0 0% 22%)oklch(34.1% 0.000 0)11.04 AAA
Blackcolor0#f8f8f8rgb(248 248 248)hsl(0 0% 97%)oklch(97.9% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Redcolor1#ab4642rgb(171 70 66)hsl(2 44% 46%)oklch(52.8% 0.134 25.0)5.36 AA
Greencolor2#a1b56crgb(161 181 108)hsl(76 33% 57%)oklch(74.1% 0.100 121.4)2.12 Fail
Yellowcolor3#f7ca88rgb(247 202 136)hsl(36 87% 75%)oklch(86.4% 0.098 76.4)1.44 Fail
Bluecolor4#7cafc2rgb(124 175 194)hsl(196 36% 62%)oklch(72.5% 0.060 223.1)2.26 Fail
Magentacolor5#ba8bafrgb(186 139 175)hsl(314 25% 64%)oklch(69.3% 0.075 334.9)2.67 Fail
Cyancolor6#86c1b9rgb(134 193 185)hsl(172 32% 64%)oklch(76.8% 0.062 185.4)1.91 Fail
Whitecolor7#383838rgb(56 56 56)hsl(0 0% 22%)oklch(34.1% 0.000 0)11.04 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#b8b8b8rgb(184 184 184)hsl(0 0% 72%)oklch(78.3% 0.000 0)1.87 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#ab4642rgb(171 70 66)hsl(2 44% 46%)oklch(52.8% 0.134 25.0)5.36 AA
Bright Greencolor10#a1b56crgb(161 181 108)hsl(76 33% 57%)oklch(74.1% 0.100 121.4)2.12 Fail
Bright Yellowcolor11#f7ca88rgb(247 202 136)hsl(36 87% 75%)oklch(86.4% 0.098 76.4)1.44 Fail
Bright Bluecolor12#7cafc2rgb(124 175 194)hsl(196 36% 62%)oklch(72.5% 0.060 223.1)2.26 Fail
Bright Magentacolor13#ba8bafrgb(186 139 175)hsl(314 25% 64%)oklch(69.3% 0.075 334.9)2.67 Fail
Bright Cyancolor14#86c1b9rgb(134 193 185)hsl(172 32% 64%)oklch(76.8% 0.062 185.4)1.91 Fail
Bright Whitecolor15#181818rgb(24 24 24)hsl(0 0% 9%)oklch(20.9% 0.000 0)16.72 AAA

About Default Light

Default Light is a light terminal color scheme built on a neutral #f8f8f8 background with #383838 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 11.04:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 2.63:1 (minimum 1.44:1).

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.

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Source: Gogh (MIT OR Apache-2.0)