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Eldritch Dark

Eldritch Dark is a high contrast, cool, dark terminal color scheme with a #171928 background and #ebfafa text (16.2:1 contrast)

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Background
#171928
Foreground
#ebfafa
Text contrast
16.24:1AAA
Accent contrast
9.49:1min 4.85
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Eldritch Dark configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Eldritch Dark

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

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Raw file
# Theme: Eldritch Dark (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/eldritch-dark?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#21222c
palette = 1=#f9515d
palette = 2=#37f499
palette = 3=#e9f941
palette = 4=#9071f4
palette = 5=#f265b5
palette = 6=#04d1f9
palette = 7=#ebfafa
palette = 8=#7081d0
palette = 9=#f16c75
palette = 10=#69f8b3
palette = 11=#f1fc79
palette = 12=#a48cf2
palette = 13=#fd92ce
palette = 14=#66e4fd
palette = 15=#ffffff
background = #171928
foreground = #ebfafa
cursor-color = #ebfafa
cursor-text = #171928
selection-background = #444a57
selection-foreground = #ebfafa

Eldritch Dark palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#171928rgb(23 25 40)hsl(233 27% 12%)oklch(21.9% 0.030 277.8)—
Foregroundforeground#ebfafargb(235 250 250)hsl(180 60% 95%)oklch(97.4% 0.016 196.9)16.24 AAA
Cursorcursor#ebfafargb(235 250 250)hsl(180 60% 95%)oklch(97.4% 0.016 196.9)16.24 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#171928rgb(23 25 40)hsl(233 27% 12%)oklch(21.9% 0.030 277.8)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#444a57rgb(68 74 87)hsl(221 12% 30%)oklch(40.9% 0.023 265.7)1.96 Fail
Selection textselectionText#ebfafargb(235 250 250)hsl(180 60% 95%)oklch(97.4% 0.016 196.9)16.24 AAA
Blackcolor0#21222crgb(33 34 44)hsl(235 14% 15%)oklch(25.5% 0.019 280.5)1.10 Fail
Redcolor1#f9515drgb(249 81 93)hsl(356 93% 65%)oklch(67.0% 0.203 20.6)5.28 AA
Greencolor2#37f499rgb(55 244 153)hsl(151 90% 59%)oklch(85.6% 0.193 156.2)12.07 AAA
Yellowcolor3#e9f941rgb(233 249 65)hsl(65 94% 62%)oklch(94.0% 0.194 114.6)15.00 AAA
Bluecolor4#9071f4rgb(144 113 244)hsl(254 86% 70%)oklch(64.1% 0.188 291.0)4.85 AA
Magentacolor5#f265b5rgb(242 101 181)hsl(326 84% 67%)oklch(70.6% 0.192 348.0)6.06 AA
Cyancolor6#04d1f9rgb(4 209 249)hsl(190 97% 50%)oklch(79.5% 0.143 218.3)9.53 AAA
Whitecolor7#ebfafargb(235 250 250)hsl(180 60% 95%)oklch(97.4% 0.016 196.9)16.24 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#7081d0rgb(112 129 208)hsl(229 51% 63%)oklch(62.4% 0.121 273.2)4.76 AA
Bright Redcolor9#f16c75rgb(241 108 117)hsl(356 83% 68%)oklch(69.5% 0.164 18.3)5.92 AA
Bright Greencolor10#69f8b3rgb(105 248 179)hsl(151 91% 69%)oklch(88.3% 0.158 159.5)13.00 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#f1fc79rgb(241 252 121)hsl(65 96% 73%)oklch(95.7% 0.155 113.3)15.70 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#a48cf2rgb(164 140 242)hsl(254 80% 75%)oklch(70.4% 0.147 293.1)6.31 AA
Bright Magentacolor13#fd92cergb(253 146 206)hsl(326 96% 78%)oklch(79.0% 0.146 346.2)8.44 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#66e4fdrgb(102 228 253)hsl(190 97% 70%)oklch(85.7% 0.116 212.7)11.67 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)17.41 AAA

About Eldritch Dark

Eldritch Dark is a dark terminal color scheme built on a cool-tinted #171928 background with #ebfafa as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 16.24:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 9.49:1 (minimum 4.85:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #f9515d red, #37f499 green, #9071f4 blue, and #f265b5 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)