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Erebus

Erebus is a true black, dark terminal color scheme with a #000000 background and #ffffff text (21.0:1 contrast)

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Background
#000000
Foreground
#ffffff
Text contrast
21.00:1AAA
Accent contrast
8.33:1min 5.44
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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
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Erebus configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Erebus

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

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

palette = 0=#757575
palette = 1=#ff5f5f
palette = 2=#de8a36
palette = 3=#d78787
palette = 4=#af5fd7
palette = 5=#ff87d7
palette = 6=#dea3e5
palette = 7=#b8b8b8
palette = 8=#b8b8b8
palette = 9=#d78787
palette = 10=#ff9f6f
palette = 11=#ff5f5f
palette = 12=#dea3e5
palette = 13=#d7afaf
palette = 14=#af5fd7
palette = 15=#757575
background = #000000
foreground = #ffffff
cursor-color = #ffffff
cursor-text = #000000
selection-background = #222222
selection-foreground = #ffffff

Erebus palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)—
Foregroundforeground#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA
Cursorcursor#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#222222rgb(34 34 34)hsl(0 0% 13%)oklch(25.2% 0.000 0)1.32 Fail
Selection textselectionText#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA
Blackcolor0#757575rgb(117 117 117)hsl(0 0% 46%)oklch(56.2% 0.000 0)4.56 AA
Redcolor1#ff5f5frgb(255 95 95)hsl(0 100% 69%)oklch(69.5% 0.195 23.7)7.05 AAA
Greencolor2#de8a36rgb(222 138 54)hsl(30 72% 54%)oklch(70.7% 0.140 61.6)7.79 AAA
Yellowcolor3#d78787rgb(215 135 135)hsl(0 50% 69%)oklch(70.6% 0.099 19.8)7.70 AAA
Bluecolor4#af5fd7rgb(175 95 215)hsl(280 60% 61%)oklch(62.8% 0.187 313.0)5.44 AA
Magentacolor5#ff87d7rgb(255 135 215)hsl(320 100% 76%)oklch(78.0% 0.172 341.4)9.70 AAA
Cyancolor6#dea3e5rgb(222 163 229)hsl(294 56% 77%)oklch(79.3% 0.111 322.9)10.48 AAA
Whitecolor7#b8b8b8rgb(184 184 184)hsl(0 0% 72%)oklch(78.3% 0.000 0)10.59 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#b8b8b8rgb(184 184 184)hsl(0 0% 72%)oklch(78.3% 0.000 0)10.59 AAA
Bright Redcolor9#d78787rgb(215 135 135)hsl(0 50% 69%)oklch(70.6% 0.099 19.8)7.70 AAA
Bright Greencolor10#ff9f6frgb(255 159 111)hsl(20 100% 72%)oklch(79.0% 0.131 46.8)10.44 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#ff5f5frgb(255 95 95)hsl(0 100% 69%)oklch(69.5% 0.195 23.7)7.05 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#dea3e5rgb(222 163 229)hsl(294 56% 77%)oklch(79.3% 0.111 322.9)10.48 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#d7afafrgb(215 175 175)hsl(0 33% 76%)oklch(79.0% 0.047 18.2)10.64 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#af5fd7rgb(175 95 215)hsl(280 60% 61%)oklch(62.8% 0.187 313.0)5.44 AA
Bright Whitecolor15#757575rgb(117 117 117)hsl(0 0% 46%)oklch(56.2% 0.000 0)4.56 AA

About Erebus

Erebus is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #000000 background with #ffffff as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 21.00:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 8.33:1 (minimum 5.44:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #ff5f5f red, #de8a36 green, #af5fd7 blue, and #ff87d7 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: terminal.sexy (MIT)