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Desert

Desert is a dark terminal color scheme with a #333333 background and #ffffff text (12.6:1 contrast)

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Background
#333333
Foreground
#ffffff
Text contrast
12.63:1AAA
Accent contrast
7.53:1min 3.39
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Desert configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Desert

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

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

palette = 0=#4d4d4d
palette = 1=#ff2b2b
palette = 2=#98fb98
palette = 3=#f0e68c
palette = 4=#cd853f
palette = 5=#ffdead
palette = 6=#ffa0a0
palette = 7=#f5deb3
palette = 8=#555555
palette = 9=#ff5555
palette = 10=#55ff55
palette = 11=#ffff55
palette = 12=#87ceff
palette = 13=#ff55ff
palette = 14=#ffd700
palette = 15=#ffffff
background = #333333
foreground = #ffffff
cursor-color = #00ff00
cursor-text = #000000
selection-background = #b5d5ff
selection-foreground = #000000

Desert palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#333333rgb(51 51 51)hsl(0 0% 20%)oklch(32.1% 0.000 0)—
Foregroundforeground#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)12.63 AAA
Cursorcursor#00ff00rgb(0 255 0)hsl(120 100% 50%)oklch(86.6% 0.295 142.5)9.21 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)1.66 Fail
Selectionselection#b5d5ffrgb(181 213 255)hsl(214 100% 85%)oklch(86.4% 0.068 255.3)8.38 AAA
Selection textselectionText#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)1.66 Fail
Blackcolor0#4d4d4drgb(77 77 77)hsl(0 0% 30%)oklch(42.0% 0.000 0)1.49 Fail
Redcolor1#ff2b2brgb(255 43 43)hsl(0 100% 58%)oklch(64.3% 0.242 27.5)3.39 AA Large
Greencolor2#98fb98rgb(152 251 152)hsl(120 93% 79%)oklch(90.4% 0.162 144.1)9.98 AAA
Yellowcolor3#f0e68crgb(240 230 140)hsl(54 77% 75%)oklch(91.3% 0.112 102.8)9.87 AAA
Bluecolor4#cd853frgb(205 133 63)hsl(30 59% 53%)oklch(67.8% 0.123 62.2)4.23 AA Large
Magentacolor5#ffdeadrgb(255 222 173)hsl(36 100% 84%)oklch(91.6% 0.073 77.4)9.81 AAA
Cyancolor6#ffa0a0rgb(255 160 160)hsl(0 100% 81%)oklch(80.2% 0.114 19.9)6.49 AA
Whitecolor7#f5deb3rgb(245 222 179)hsl(39 77% 83%)oklch(90.9% 0.061 83.0)9.62 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#555555rgb(85 85 85)hsl(0 0% 33%)oklch(45.0% 0.000 0)1.69 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#ff5555rgb(255 85 85)hsl(0 100% 67%)oklch(68.2% 0.206 24.4)4.02 AA Large
Bright Greencolor10#55ff55rgb(85 255 85)hsl(120 100% 67%)oklch(88.0% 0.252 143.1)9.52 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#ffff55rgb(255 255 85)hsl(60 100% 67%)oklch(97.1% 0.183 109.4)11.84 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#87ceffrgb(135 206 255)hsl(205 100% 76%)oklch(82.3% 0.099 239.7)7.40 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#ff55ffrgb(255 85 255)hsl(300 100% 67%)oklch(74.0% 0.272 327.9)4.81 AA
Bright Cyancolor14#ffd700rgb(255 215 0)hsl(51 100% 50%)oklch(88.7% 0.182 95.3)9.01 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)12.63 AAA

About Desert

Desert is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #333333 background with #ffffff as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 12.63:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 7.53:1 (minimum 3.39:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #ff2b2b red, #98fb98 green, #cd853f blue, and #ffdead 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)