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E Ink

E Ink is a soft, monochrome, light terminal color scheme with a #cccccc background and #474747 text (5.8:1 contrast)

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Background
#cccccc
Foreground
#474747
Text contrast
5.79:1AA
Accent contrast
3.63:1min 1.38
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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
~/dev/tintdex on main [!?] via ⬢ v1.4.3
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E Ink configs

16 formats, all from one palette

E Ink

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

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# Theme: E Ink (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/e-ink?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#cccccc
palette = 1=#333333
palette = 2=#9a9a9a
palette = 3=#868686
palette = 4=#727272
palette = 5=#aeaeae
palette = 6=#4a4a4a
palette = 7=#5e5e5e
palette = 8=#5e5e5e
palette = 9=#333333
palette = 10=#9a9a9a
palette = 11=#868686
palette = 12=#727272
palette = 13=#aeaeae
palette = 14=#4a4a4a
palette = 15=#7c7c7c
background = #cccccc
foreground = #474747
cursor-color = #474747
cursor-text = #cccccc
selection-background = #a9a9a9
selection-foreground = #474747

E Ink palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#ccccccrgb(204 204 204)hsl(0 0% 80%)oklch(84.5% 0.000 0)—
Foregroundforeground#474747rgb(71 71 71)hsl(0 0% 28%)oklch(39.8% 0.000 0)5.79 AA
Cursorcursor#474747rgb(71 71 71)hsl(0 0% 28%)oklch(39.8% 0.000 0)5.79 AA
Cursor textcursorText#ccccccrgb(204 204 204)hsl(0 0% 80%)oklch(84.5% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#a9a9a9rgb(169 169 169)hsl(0 0% 66%)oklch(73.5% 0.000 0)1.46 Fail
Selection textselectionText#474747rgb(71 71 71)hsl(0 0% 28%)oklch(39.8% 0.000 0)5.79 AA
Blackcolor0#ccccccrgb(204 204 204)hsl(0 0% 80%)oklch(84.5% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Redcolor1#333333rgb(51 51 51)hsl(0 0% 20%)oklch(32.1% 0.000 0)7.87 AAA
Greencolor2#9a9a9argb(154 154 154)hsl(0 0% 60%)oklch(68.6% 0.000 0)1.75 Fail
Yellowcolor3#868686rgb(134 134 134)hsl(0 0% 53%)oklch(62.0% 0.000 0)2.27 Fail
Bluecolor4#727272rgb(114 114 114)hsl(0 0% 45%)oklch(55.2% 0.000 0)3.00 Fail
Magentacolor5#aeaeaergb(174 174 174)hsl(0 0% 68%)oklch(75.1% 0.000 0)1.38 Fail
Cyancolor6#4a4a4argb(74 74 74)hsl(0 0% 29%)oklch(40.9% 0.000 0)5.52 AA
Whitecolor7#5e5e5ergb(94 94 94)hsl(0 0% 37%)oklch(48.2% 0.000 0)4.04 AA Large
Bright Blackcolor8#5e5e5ergb(94 94 94)hsl(0 0% 37%)oklch(48.2% 0.000 0)4.04 AA Large
Bright Redcolor9#333333rgb(51 51 51)hsl(0 0% 20%)oklch(32.1% 0.000 0)7.87 AAA
Bright Greencolor10#9a9a9argb(154 154 154)hsl(0 0% 60%)oklch(68.6% 0.000 0)1.75 Fail
Bright Yellowcolor11#868686rgb(134 134 134)hsl(0 0% 53%)oklch(62.0% 0.000 0)2.27 Fail
Bright Bluecolor12#727272rgb(114 114 114)hsl(0 0% 45%)oklch(55.2% 0.000 0)3.00 Fail
Bright Magentacolor13#aeaeaergb(174 174 174)hsl(0 0% 68%)oklch(75.1% 0.000 0)1.38 Fail
Bright Cyancolor14#4a4a4argb(74 74 74)hsl(0 0% 29%)oklch(40.9% 0.000 0)5.52 AA
Bright Whitecolor15#7c7c7crgb(124 124 124)hsl(0 0% 49%)oklch(58.6% 0.000 0)2.60 Fail

About E Ink

E Ink is a light terminal color scheme built on a neutral #cccccc background with #474747 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 5.79:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 3.63:1 (minimum 1.38:1).

Its palette is low-saturation, anchored by #333333 red, #9a9a9a green, #727272 blue, and #aeaeae 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)