Skip to content
Tintdex

GitHub Dark High Contrast

GitHub Dark High Contrast is a true black, high contrast, dark terminal color scheme with a #0a0c10 background and #f0f3f6 text (17.6:1 contrast)

Get config
Background
#0a0c10
Foreground
#f0f3f6
Text contrast
17.57:1AAA
Accent contrast
10.50:1min 9.20
zsh — ls & git status
zsh — ls & git status
zsh — ls & git status
zsh — ls & git status
zsh — ls & git status — Konsole
~/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
❯

GitHub Dark High Contrast configs

16 formats, all from one palette

GitHub Dark High Contrast

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

More Ghostty themes
Raw file
# Theme: GitHub Dark High Contrast (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/github-dark-high-contrast?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#7a828e
palette = 1=#ff9492
palette = 2=#26cd4d
palette = 3=#f0b72f
palette = 4=#71b7ff
palette = 5=#cb9eff
palette = 6=#39c5cf
palette = 7=#d9dee3
palette = 8=#9ea7b3
palette = 9=#ffb1af
palette = 10=#4ae168
palette = 11=#f7c843
palette = 12=#91cbff
palette = 13=#dbb7ff
palette = 14=#56d4dd
palette = 15=#ffffff
background = #0a0c10
foreground = #f0f3f6
cursor-color = #71b7ff
cursor-text = #71b7ff
selection-background = #f0f3f6
selection-foreground = #0a0c10

GitHub Dark High Contrast palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#0a0c10rgb(10 12 16)hsl(220 23% 5%)oklch(15.4% 0.009 264.3)—
Foregroundforeground#f0f3f6rgb(240 243 246)hsl(210 25% 95%)oklch(96.3% 0.005 247.9)17.57 AAA
Cursorcursor#71b7ffrgb(113 183 255)hsl(210 100% 72%)oklch(76.3% 0.126 250.4)9.24 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#71b7ffrgb(113 183 255)hsl(210 100% 72%)oklch(76.3% 0.126 250.4)9.24 AAA
Selectionselection#f0f3f6rgb(240 243 246)hsl(210 25% 95%)oklch(96.3% 0.005 247.9)17.57 AAA
Selection textselectionText#0a0c10rgb(10 12 16)hsl(220 23% 5%)oklch(15.4% 0.009 264.3)1.00 Fail
Blackcolor0#7a828ergb(122 130 142)hsl(216 8% 52%)oklch(60.4% 0.021 258.4)5.04 AA
Redcolor1#ff9492rgb(255 148 146)hsl(1 100% 79%)oklch(77.9% 0.129 21.6)9.23 AAA
Greencolor2#26cd4drgb(38 205 77)hsl(134 69% 48%)oklch(74.2% 0.214 146.2)9.25 AAA
Yellowcolor3#f0b72frgb(240 183 47)hsl(42 87% 56%)oklch(81.1% 0.154 83.8)10.74 AAA
Bluecolor4#71b7ffrgb(113 183 255)hsl(210 100% 72%)oklch(76.3% 0.126 250.4)9.24 AAA
Magentacolor5#cb9effrgb(203 158 255)hsl(268 100% 81%)oklch(77.7% 0.142 304.7)9.20 AAA
Cyancolor6#39c5cfrgb(57 197 207)hsl(184 61% 52%)oklch(75.5% 0.116 202.1)9.38 AAA
Whitecolor7#d9dee3rgb(217 222 227)hsl(210 15% 87%)oklch(89.8% 0.009 247.9)14.45 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#9ea7b3rgb(158 167 179)hsl(214 12% 66%)oklch(72.5% 0.020 255.6)8.05 AAA
Bright Redcolor9#ffb1afrgb(255 177 175)hsl(1 100% 84%)oklch(83.4% 0.092 20.8)11.33 AAA
Bright Greencolor10#4ae168rgb(74 225 104)hsl(132 72% 59%)oklch(80.4% 0.207 146.8)11.43 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#f7c843rgb(247 200 67)hsl(44 92% 62%)oklch(85.2% 0.153 88.6)12.39 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#91cbffrgb(145 203 255)hsl(208 100% 78%)oklch(82.1% 0.095 246.3)11.36 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#dbb7ffrgb(219 183 255)hsl(270 100% 86%)oklch(83.5% 0.105 307.0)11.40 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#56d4ddrgb(86 212 221)hsl(184 67% 60%)oklch(80.4% 0.111 201.8)11.05 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)19.57 AAA

About GitHub Dark High Contrast

GitHub Dark High Contrast is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #0a0c10 background with #f0f3f6 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 17.57:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 10.50:1 (minimum 9.20:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #ff9492 red, #26cd4d green, #71b7ff blue, and #cb9eff magenta. Part of the GitHub theme family.

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.

Schemes similar to GitHub Dark High Contrast

Source: iTerm2 Color Schemes (MIT)