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Grayscale Dark

Grayscale Dark is a monochrome, dark terminal color scheme with a #101010 background and #b9b9b9 text (9.7:1 contrast)

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Background
#101010
Foreground
#b9b9b9
Text contrast
9.70:1AAA
Accent contrast
5.06:1min 3.41
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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
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Grayscale Dark configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Grayscale Dark

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

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# Theme: Grayscale Dark (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/grayscale-dark?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#101010
palette = 1=#7c7c7c
palette = 2=#8e8e8e
palette = 3=#a0a0a0
palette = 4=#686868
palette = 5=#747474
palette = 6=#868686
palette = 7=#b9b9b9
palette = 8=#525252
palette = 9=#7c7c7c
palette = 10=#8e8e8e
palette = 11=#a0a0a0
palette = 12=#686868
palette = 13=#747474
palette = 14=#868686
palette = 15=#f7f7f7
background = #101010
foreground = #b9b9b9
cursor-color = #b9b9b9
cursor-text = #101010
selection-background = #343434
selection-foreground = #b9b9b9

Grayscale Dark palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#101010rgb(16 16 16)hsl(0 0% 6%)oklch(17.3% 0.000 0)—
Foregroundforeground#b9b9b9rgb(185 185 185)hsl(0 0% 73%)oklch(78.6% 0.000 0)9.70 AAA
Cursorcursor#b9b9b9rgb(185 185 185)hsl(0 0% 73%)oklch(78.6% 0.000 0)9.70 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#101010rgb(16 16 16)hsl(0 0% 6%)oklch(17.3% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#343434rgb(52 52 52)hsl(0 0% 20%)oklch(32.5% 0.000 0)1.53 Fail
Selection textselectionText#b9b9b9rgb(185 185 185)hsl(0 0% 73%)oklch(78.6% 0.000 0)9.70 AAA
Blackcolor0#101010rgb(16 16 16)hsl(0 0% 6%)oklch(17.3% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Redcolor1#7c7c7crgb(124 124 124)hsl(0 0% 49%)oklch(58.6% 0.000 0)4.56 AA
Greencolor2#8e8e8ergb(142 142 142)hsl(0 0% 56%)oklch(64.7% 0.000 0)5.81 AA
Yellowcolor3#a0a0a0rgb(160 160 160)hsl(0 0% 63%)oklch(70.6% 0.000 0)7.28 AAA
Bluecolor4#686868rgb(104 104 104)hsl(0 0% 41%)oklch(51.7% 0.000 0)3.41 AA Large
Magentacolor5#747474rgb(116 116 116)hsl(0 0% 45%)oklch(55.9% 0.000 0)4.07 AA Large
Cyancolor6#868686rgb(134 134 134)hsl(0 0% 53%)oklch(62.0% 0.000 0)5.23 AA
Whitecolor7#b9b9b9rgb(185 185 185)hsl(0 0% 73%)oklch(78.6% 0.000 0)9.70 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#525252rgb(82 82 82)hsl(0 0% 32%)oklch(43.9% 0.000 0)2.44 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#7c7c7crgb(124 124 124)hsl(0 0% 49%)oklch(58.6% 0.000 0)4.56 AA
Bright Greencolor10#8e8e8ergb(142 142 142)hsl(0 0% 56%)oklch(64.7% 0.000 0)5.81 AA
Bright Yellowcolor11#a0a0a0rgb(160 160 160)hsl(0 0% 63%)oklch(70.6% 0.000 0)7.28 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#686868rgb(104 104 104)hsl(0 0% 41%)oklch(51.7% 0.000 0)3.41 AA Large
Bright Magentacolor13#747474rgb(116 116 116)hsl(0 0% 45%)oklch(55.9% 0.000 0)4.07 AA Large
Bright Cyancolor14#868686rgb(134 134 134)hsl(0 0% 53%)oklch(62.0% 0.000 0)5.23 AA
Bright Whitecolor15#f7f7f7rgb(247 247 247)hsl(0 0% 97%)oklch(97.6% 0.000 0)17.76 AAA

About Grayscale Dark

Grayscale Dark is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #101010 background with #b9b9b9 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 9.70:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 5.06:1 (minimum 3.41:1).

Its palette is low-saturation, anchored by #7c7c7c red, #8e8e8e green, #686868 blue, and #747474 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: Gogh (MIT OR Apache-2.0)