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Forged in Steel

Forged in Steel is a muted, cool, dark terminal color scheme with a #14232f background and #e8f1f5 text (14.0:1 contrast)

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Background
#14232f
Foreground
#e8f1f5
Text contrast
13.98:1AAA
Accent contrast
8.26:1min 5.28
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~/dev/tintdex on main [!?] via ⬢ v1.4.3
❯ ls -la
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
❯ git status
On branch main
Your branch is ahead of 'origin/main' by 2 commits.
Changes to be committed:
new file: src/theme.css
modified: README.md
Changes not staged for commit:
modified: src/app.tsx
deleted: legacy/colors.js
Untracked files:
notes.md
~/dev/tintdex on main [!?] via ⬢ v1.4.3
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Forged in Steel configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Forged in Steel

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

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# Theme: Forged in Steel (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/forged-in-steel?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#9daebc
palette = 1=#db7779
palette = 2=#95b9b7
palette = 3=#bcb9a1
palette = 4=#83b8da
palette = 5=#a8b2c9
palette = 6=#81c8d4
palette = 7=#dbe8ee
palette = 8=#b7c6d0
palette = 9=#ef8583
palette = 10=#a9c9c4
palette = 11=#d2cfb7
palette = 12=#a0cbea
palette = 13=#c0c8d9
palette = 14=#9ad9e0
palette = 15=#ffffff
background = #14232f
foreground = #e8f1f5
cursor-color = #c8dce8
cursor-text = #14232f
selection-background = #354b5a
selection-foreground = #ffffff

Forged in Steel palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#14232frgb(20 35 47)hsl(207 40% 13%)oklch(24.9% 0.031 243.6)—
Foregroundforeground#e8f1f5rgb(232 241 245)hsl(198 39% 94%)oklch(95.3% 0.011 226.0)13.98 AAA
Cursorcursor#c8dce8rgb(200 220 232)hsl(202 41% 85%)oklch(88.3% 0.027 234.0)11.33 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#14232frgb(20 35 47)hsl(207 40% 13%)oklch(24.9% 0.031 243.6)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#354b5argb(53 75 90)hsl(204 26% 28%)oklch(40.1% 0.037 238.7)1.76 Fail
Selection textselectionText#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)16.02 AAA
Blackcolor0#9daebcrgb(157 174 188)hsl(207 19% 68%)oklch(74.2% 0.028 242.9)7.03 AAA
Redcolor1#db7779rgb(219 119 121)hsl(359 58% 66%)oklch(68.2% 0.125 19.6)5.28 AA
Greencolor2#95b9b7rgb(149 185 183)hsl(177 20% 65%)oklch(75.9% 0.039 192.2)7.55 AAA
Yellowcolor3#bcb9a1rgb(188 185 161)hsl(53 17% 68%)oklch(78.2% 0.033 101.3)8.08 AAA
Bluecolor4#83b8dargb(131 184 218)hsl(203 54% 68%)oklch(75.8% 0.074 237.2)7.50 AAA
Magentacolor5#a8b2c9rgb(168 178 201)hsl(222 23% 72%)oklch(76.3% 0.035 266.9)7.53 AAA
Cyancolor6#81c8d4rgb(129 200 212)hsl(189 49% 67%)oklch(79.0% 0.073 209.3)8.50 AAA
Whitecolor7#dbe8eergb(219 232 238)hsl(199 36% 90%)oklch(92.3% 0.016 227.0)12.80 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#b7c6d0rgb(183 198 208)hsl(204 21% 77%)oklch(81.8% 0.022 236.8)9.15 AAA
Bright Redcolor9#ef8583rgb(239 133 131)hsl(1 77% 73%)oklch(73.2% 0.130 21.9)6.37 AA
Bright Greencolor10#a9c9c4rgb(169 201 196)hsl(171 23% 73%)oklch(81.1% 0.035 185.0)9.03 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#d2cfb7rgb(210 207 183)hsl(53 23% 77%)oklch(85.0% 0.033 101.2)10.18 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#a0cbeargb(160 203 234)hsl(205 64% 77%)oklch(82.2% 0.063 239.9)9.32 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#c0c8d9rgb(192 200 217)hsl(221 25% 80%)oklch(83.2% 0.025 265.6)9.54 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#9ad9e0rgb(154 217 224)hsl(186 53% 74%)oklch(84.5% 0.064 204.7)10.20 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)16.02 AAA

About Forged in Steel

Forged in Steel is a dark terminal color scheme built on a cool-tinted #14232f background with #e8f1f5 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 13.98:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 8.26:1 (minimum 5.28:1).

Its palette is low-saturation, anchored by #db7779 red, #95b9b7 green, #83b8da blue, and #a8b2c9 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)