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Earl Grey

Earl Grey is a soft, muted, light terminal color scheme with a #fcfbf9 background and #605a52 text (6.6:1 contrast)

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Background
#fcfbf9
Foreground
#605a52
Text contrast
6.59:1AA
Accent contrast
5.64:1min 4.00
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Earl Grey configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Earl Grey

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

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# Theme: Earl Grey (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/earl-grey?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#605a52
palette = 1=#8f5652
palette = 2=#747b4d
palette = 3=#897d43
palette = 4=#556995
palette = 5=#83577d
palette = 6=#477a7b
palette = 7=#c2beb8
palette = 8=#a8a094
palette = 9=#82403c
palette = 10=#656d37
palette = 11=#796d2f
palette = 12=#3e5588
palette = 13=#77406f
palette = 14=#326b6c
palette = 15=#c2beb8
background = #fcfbf9
foreground = #605a52
cursor-color = #605a52
cursor-text = #fcfbf9
selection-background = #e1ddd6
selection-foreground = #605a52

Earl Grey palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#fcfbf9rgb(252 251 249)hsl(40 33% 98%)oklch(98.8% 0.003 84.6)—
Foregroundforeground#605a52rgb(96 90 82)hsl(34 8% 35%)oklch(47.1% 0.015 75.2)6.59 AA
Cursorcursor#605a52rgb(96 90 82)hsl(34 8% 35%)oklch(47.1% 0.015 75.2)6.59 AA
Cursor textcursorText#fcfbf9rgb(252 251 249)hsl(40 33% 98%)oklch(98.8% 0.003 84.6)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#e1ddd6rgb(225 221 214)hsl(38 15% 86%)oklch(89.9% 0.010 81.8)1.31 Fail
Selection textselectionText#605a52rgb(96 90 82)hsl(34 8% 35%)oklch(47.1% 0.015 75.2)6.59 AA
Blackcolor0#605a52rgb(96 90 82)hsl(34 8% 35%)oklch(47.1% 0.015 75.2)6.59 AA
Redcolor1#8f5652rgb(143 86 82)hsl(4 27% 44%)oklch(51.7% 0.077 24.4)5.61 AA
Greencolor2#747b4drgb(116 123 77)hsl(69 23% 39%)oklch(56.5% 0.066 115.6)4.34 AA Large
Yellowcolor3#897d43rgb(137 125 67)hsl(50 34% 40%)oklch(58.7% 0.080 97.9)4.00 AA Large
Bluecolor4#556995rgb(85 105 149)hsl(221 27% 46%)oklch(52.3% 0.074 265.2)5.29 AA
Magentacolor5#83577drgb(131 87 125)hsl(308 20% 43%)oklch(51.8% 0.079 331.6)5.60 AA
Cyancolor6#477a7brgb(71 122 123)hsl(181 27% 38%)oklch(54.4% 0.055 197.3)4.68 AA
Whitecolor7#c2beb8rgb(194 190 184)hsl(36 8% 74%)oklch(80.3% 0.009 78.3)1.79 Fail
Bright Blackcolor8#a8a094rgb(168 160 148)hsl(36 10% 62%)oklch(70.9% 0.019 78.2)2.50 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#82403crgb(130 64 60)hsl(3 37% 37%)oklch(45.4% 0.092 24.9)7.39 AAA
Bright Greencolor10#656d37rgb(101 109 55)hsl(69 33% 32%)oklch(51.5% 0.077 116.1)5.35 AA
Bright Yellowcolor11#796d2frgb(121 109 47)hsl(50 44% 33%)oklch(53.3% 0.083 98.5)5.02 AA
Bright Bluecolor12#3e5588rgb(62 85 136)hsl(221 37% 39%)oklch(45.5% 0.088 264.7)7.10 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#77406frgb(119 64 111)hsl(309 30% 36%)oklch(45.6% 0.100 332.7)7.39 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#326b6crgb(50 107 108)hsl(181 37% 31%)oklch(49.0% 0.060 196.9)5.88 AA
Bright Whitecolor15#c2beb8rgb(194 190 184)hsl(36 8% 74%)oklch(80.3% 0.009 78.3)1.79 Fail

About Earl Grey

Earl Grey is a light terminal color scheme built on a neutral #fcfbf9 background with #605a52 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 6.59:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 5.64:1 (minimum 4.00:1).

Its palette is low-saturation, anchored by #8f5652 red, #747b4d green, #556995 blue, and #83577d 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.

Schemes similar to Earl Grey

Source: iTerm2 Color Schemes (MIT)