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Friction

Friction is a soft, muted, dark terminal color scheme with a #26252d background and #7e7b99 text (3.7:1 contrast)

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Background
#26252d
Foreground
#7e7b99
Text contrast
3.74:1AA Large
Accent contrast
7.03:1min 2.30
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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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Friction configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Friction

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

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

palette = 0=#32303b
palette = 1=#ba0e2e
palette = 2=#8d89a5
palette = 3=#6aa7a7
palette = 4=#c2bed6
palette = 5=#8d89a5
palette = 6=#6aa7a7
palette = 7=#8c89a4
palette = 8=#494857
palette = 9=#e61f44
palette = 10=#c5c3d1
palette = 11=#aacdcd
palette = 12=#fdfdfd
palette = 13=#c5c3d1
palette = 14=#aacdcd
palette = 15=#a8a6ba
background = #26252d
foreground = #7e7b99
cursor-color = #ffffff
cursor-text = #7e7b99
selection-background = #6aa7a7
selection-foreground = #ffffff

Friction palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#26252drgb(38 37 45)hsl(248 10% 16%)oklch(26.9% 0.015 291.1)—
Foregroundforeground#7e7b99rgb(126 123 153)hsl(246 13% 54%)oklch(59.6% 0.045 289.5)3.74 AA Large
Cursorcursor#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)15.16 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#7e7b99rgb(126 123 153)hsl(246 13% 54%)oklch(59.6% 0.045 289.5)3.74 AA Large
Selectionselection#6aa7a7rgb(106 167 167)hsl(180 26% 54%)oklch(68.7% 0.063 195.8)5.56 AA
Selection textselectionText#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)15.16 AAA
Blackcolor0#32303brgb(50 48 59)hsl(251 10% 21%)oklch(31.6% 0.020 293.6)1.17 Fail
Redcolor1#ba0e2ergb(186 14 46)hsl(349 86% 39%)oklch(50.3% 0.196 21.1)2.30 Fail
Greencolor2#8d89a5rgb(141 137 165)hsl(249 13% 59%)oklch(64.3% 0.042 291.7)4.52 AA
Yellowcolor3#6aa7a7rgb(106 167 167)hsl(180 26% 54%)oklch(68.7% 0.063 195.8)5.56 AA
Bluecolor4#c2bed6rgb(194 190 214)hsl(250 23% 79%)oklch(81.2% 0.034 293.3)8.40 AAA
Magentacolor5#8d89a5rgb(141 137 165)hsl(249 13% 59%)oklch(64.3% 0.042 291.7)4.52 AA
Cyancolor6#6aa7a7rgb(106 167 167)hsl(180 26% 54%)oklch(68.7% 0.063 195.8)5.56 AA
Whitecolor7#8c89a4rgb(140 137 164)hsl(247 13% 59%)oklch(64.2% 0.040 290.3)4.50 AA Large
Bright Blackcolor8#494857rgb(73 72 87)hsl(244 9% 31%)oklch(40.8% 0.025 288.3)1.70 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#e61f44rgb(230 31 68)hsl(349 80% 51%)oklch(59.5% 0.225 19.4)3.35 AA Large
Bright Greencolor10#c5c3d1rgb(197 195 209)hsl(249 13% 79%)oklch(82.3% 0.020 292.5)8.74 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#aacdcdrgb(170 205 205)hsl(180 26% 74%)oklch(82.3% 0.037 196.5)8.90 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#fdfdfdrgb(253 253 253)hsl(0 0% 99%)oklch(99.4% 0.000 0)14.91 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#c5c3d1rgb(197 195 209)hsl(249 13% 79%)oklch(82.3% 0.020 292.5)8.74 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#aacdcdrgb(170 205 205)hsl(180 26% 74%)oklch(82.3% 0.037 196.5)8.90 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#a8a6bargb(168 166 186)hsl(246 13% 69%)oklch(73.3% 0.029 290.3)6.37 AA

About Friction

Friction is a dark terminal color scheme built on a cool-tinted #26252d background with #7e7b99 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 3.74:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AA Large), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 7.03:1 (minimum 2.30:1).

Its palette is low-saturation, anchored by #ba0e2e red, #8d89a5 green, #c2bed6 blue, and #8d89a5 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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