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Friction Light

Friction Light is a soft, muted, light terminal color scheme with a #ffffff background and #38363f text (11.9:1 contrast)

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Background
#ffffff
Foreground
#38363f
Text contrast
11.88:1AAA
Accent contrast
2.75:1min 1.02
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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 Light configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Friction Light

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

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

palette = 0=#ffffff
palette = 1=#ba0e2e
palette = 2=#8d89a5
palette = 3=#6aa7a7
palette = 4=#c2bed6
palette = 5=#8d89a5
palette = 6=#6aa7a7
palette = 7=#44424d
palette = 8=#ffffff
palette = 9=#e61f44
palette = 10=#c5c3d1
palette = 11=#aacdcd
palette = 12=#fdfdfd
palette = 13=#c5c3d1
palette = 14=#aacdcd
palette = 15=#5d5968
background = #ffffff
foreground = #38363f
cursor-color = #333333
cursor-text = #38363f
selection-background = #6aa7a7
selection-foreground = #ffffff

Friction Light palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)—
Foregroundforeground#38363frgb(56 54 63)hsl(253 8% 23%)oklch(33.8% 0.016 295.7)11.88 AAA
Cursorcursor#333333rgb(51 51 51)hsl(0 0% 20%)oklch(32.1% 0.000 0)12.63 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#38363frgb(56 54 63)hsl(253 8% 23%)oklch(33.8% 0.016 295.7)11.88 AAA
Selectionselection#6aa7a7rgb(106 167 167)hsl(180 26% 54%)oklch(68.7% 0.063 195.8)2.73 Fail
Selection textselectionText#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Blackcolor0#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Redcolor1#ba0e2ergb(186 14 46)hsl(349 86% 39%)oklch(50.3% 0.196 21.1)6.58 AA
Greencolor2#8d89a5rgb(141 137 165)hsl(249 13% 59%)oklch(64.3% 0.042 291.7)3.36 AA Large
Yellowcolor3#6aa7a7rgb(106 167 167)hsl(180 26% 54%)oklch(68.7% 0.063 195.8)2.73 Fail
Bluecolor4#c2bed6rgb(194 190 214)hsl(250 23% 79%)oklch(81.2% 0.034 293.3)1.81 Fail
Magentacolor5#8d89a5rgb(141 137 165)hsl(249 13% 59%)oklch(64.3% 0.042 291.7)3.36 AA Large
Cyancolor6#6aa7a7rgb(106 167 167)hsl(180 26% 54%)oklch(68.7% 0.063 195.8)2.73 Fail
Whitecolor7#44424drgb(68 66 77)hsl(251 8% 28%)oklch(38.5% 0.019 293.8)9.85 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#e61f44rgb(230 31 68)hsl(349 80% 51%)oklch(59.5% 0.225 19.4)4.52 AA
Bright Greencolor10#c5c3d1rgb(197 195 209)hsl(249 13% 79%)oklch(82.3% 0.020 292.5)1.74 Fail
Bright Yellowcolor11#aacdcdrgb(170 205 205)hsl(180 26% 74%)oklch(82.3% 0.037 196.5)1.70 Fail
Bright Bluecolor12#fdfdfdrgb(253 253 253)hsl(0 0% 99%)oklch(99.4% 0.000 0)1.02 Fail
Bright Magentacolor13#c5c3d1rgb(197 195 209)hsl(249 13% 79%)oklch(82.3% 0.020 292.5)1.74 Fail
Bright Cyancolor14#aacdcdrgb(170 205 205)hsl(180 26% 74%)oklch(82.3% 0.037 196.5)1.70 Fail
Bright Whitecolor15#5d5968rgb(93 89 104)hsl(256 8% 38%)oklch(47.3% 0.024 297.7)6.79 AA

About Friction Light

Friction Light is a light terminal color scheme built on a neutral #ffffff background with #38363f as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 11.88:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 2.75:1 (minimum 1.02:1).

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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Source: Rainglow (MIT)