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Desert Thunder

Desert Thunder is a muted, pastel, dark terminal color scheme with a #31485a background and #f5f1df text (8.4:1 contrast)

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Background
#31485a
Foreground
#f5f1df
Text contrast
8.40:1AAA
Accent contrast
6.23:1min 4.67
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Desert Thunder configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Desert Thunder

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

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

palette = 0=#d0d6d5
palette = 1=#f5a08c
palette = 2=#98d9ad
palette = 3=#eed47d
palette = 4=#a8d2f0
palette = 5=#dcb4df
palette = 6=#9de1df
palette = 7=#f5f1df
palette = 8=#dee3e2
palette = 9=#f9b6a5
palette = 10=#b0e3bd
palette = 11=#f6e19a
palette = 12=#c1dff4
palette = 13=#e7cae8
palette = 14=#b9ebe8
palette = 15=#fffdf4
background = #31485a
foreground = #f5f1df
cursor-color = #f4d06f
cursor-text = #31485a
selection-background = #4d6475
selection-foreground = #fffbed

Desert Thunder palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#31485argb(49 72 90)hsl(206 29% 27%)oklch(39.1% 0.042 242.7)—
Foregroundforeground#f5f1dfrgb(245 241 223)hsl(49 52% 92%)oklch(95.6% 0.024 96.6)8.40 AAA
Cursorcursor#f4d06frgb(244 208 111)hsl(44 86% 70%)oklch(86.9% 0.123 89.4)6.39 AA
Cursor textcursorText#31485argb(49 72 90)hsl(206 29% 27%)oklch(39.1% 0.042 242.7)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#4d6475rgb(77 100 117)hsl(206 21% 38%)oklch(49.1% 0.039 240.6)1.54 Fail
Selection textselectionText#fffbedrgb(255 251 237)hsl(47 100% 96%)oklch(98.7% 0.019 93.7)9.19 AAA
Blackcolor0#d0d6d5rgb(208 214 213)hsl(170 7% 83%)oklch(87.1% 0.007 185.2)6.47 AA
Redcolor1#f5a08crgb(245 160 140)hsl(11 84% 75%)oklch(78.6% 0.106 33.9)4.67 AA
Greencolor2#98d9adrgb(152 217 173)hsl(139 46% 72%)oklch(83.0% 0.090 154.4)5.83 AA
Yellowcolor3#eed47drgb(238 212 125)hsl(46 77% 71%)oklch(87.3% 0.111 93.3)6.51 AA
Bluecolor4#a8d2f0rgb(168 210 240)hsl(205 71% 80%)oklch(84.4% 0.061 239.5)5.96 AA
Magentacolor5#dcb4dfrgb(220 180 223)hsl(296 40% 79%)oklch(81.9% 0.074 324.0)5.28 AA
Cyancolor6#9de1dfrgb(157 225 223)hsl(178 53% 75%)oklch(86.4% 0.068 193.6)6.47 AA
Whitecolor7#f5f1dfrgb(245 241 223)hsl(49 52% 92%)oklch(95.6% 0.024 96.6)8.40 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#dee3e2rgb(222 227 226)hsl(168 8% 88%)oklch(91.2% 0.006 183.0)7.34 AAA
Bright Redcolor9#f9b6a5rgb(249 182 165)hsl(12 87% 81%)oklch(83.4% 0.082 34.7)5.56 AA
Bright Greencolor10#b0e3bdrgb(176 227 189)hsl(135 48% 79%)oklch(87.0% 0.074 152.5)6.61 AA
Bright Yellowcolor11#f6e19argb(246 225 154)hsl(46 84% 78%)oklch(91.1% 0.092 93.6)7.33 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#c1dff4rgb(193 223 244)hsl(205 70% 86%)oklch(88.8% 0.043 238.5)6.86 AA
Bright Magentacolor13#e7cae8rgb(231 202 232)hsl(298 39% 85%)oklch(87.2% 0.051 325.0)6.35 AA
Bright Cyancolor14#b9ebe8rgb(185 235 232)hsl(176 56% 82%)oklch(90.5% 0.051 191.7)7.31 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#fffdf4rgb(255 253 244)hsl(49 100% 98%)oklch(99.3% 0.012 96.4)9.35 AAA

About Desert Thunder

Desert Thunder is a dark terminal color scheme built on a cool-tinted #31485a background with #f5f1df as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 8.40:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 6.23:1 (minimum 4.67:1).

Its palette is low-saturation, anchored by #f5a08c red, #98d9ad green, #a8d2f0 blue, and #dcb4df 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)