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Grayscale Light

Grayscale Light is a soft, monochrome, light terminal color scheme with a #f7f7f7 background and #464646 text (8.8:1 contrast)

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Background
#f7f7f7
Foreground
#464646
Text contrast
8.81:1AAA
Accent contrast
3.73:1min 2.44
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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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Grayscale Light configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Grayscale Light

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

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

palette = 0=#f7f7f7
palette = 1=#7c7c7c
palette = 2=#8e8e8e
palette = 3=#a0a0a0
palette = 4=#686868
palette = 5=#747474
palette = 6=#868686
palette = 7=#464646
palette = 8=#ababab
palette = 9=#7c7c7c
palette = 10=#8e8e8e
palette = 11=#a0a0a0
palette = 12=#686868
palette = 13=#747474
palette = 14=#868686
palette = 15=#101010
background = #f7f7f7
foreground = #464646
cursor-color = #464646
cursor-text = #f7f7f7
selection-background = #c7c7c7
selection-foreground = #464646

Grayscale Light palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#f7f7f7rgb(247 247 247)hsl(0 0% 97%)oklch(97.6% 0.000 0)—
Foregroundforeground#464646rgb(70 70 70)hsl(0 0% 27%)oklch(39.4% 0.000 0)8.81 AAA
Cursorcursor#464646rgb(70 70 70)hsl(0 0% 27%)oklch(39.4% 0.000 0)8.81 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#f7f7f7rgb(247 247 247)hsl(0 0% 97%)oklch(97.6% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#c7c7c7rgb(199 199 199)hsl(0 0% 78%)oklch(83.0% 0.000 0)1.58 Fail
Selection textselectionText#464646rgb(70 70 70)hsl(0 0% 27%)oklch(39.4% 0.000 0)8.81 AAA
Blackcolor0#f7f7f7rgb(247 247 247)hsl(0 0% 97%)oklch(97.6% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Redcolor1#7c7c7crgb(124 124 124)hsl(0 0% 49%)oklch(58.6% 0.000 0)3.90 AA Large
Greencolor2#8e8e8ergb(142 142 142)hsl(0 0% 56%)oklch(64.7% 0.000 0)3.06 AA Large
Yellowcolor3#a0a0a0rgb(160 160 160)hsl(0 0% 63%)oklch(70.6% 0.000 0)2.44 Fail
Bluecolor4#686868rgb(104 104 104)hsl(0 0% 41%)oklch(51.7% 0.000 0)5.20 AA
Magentacolor5#747474rgb(116 116 116)hsl(0 0% 45%)oklch(55.9% 0.000 0)4.36 AA Large
Cyancolor6#868686rgb(134 134 134)hsl(0 0% 53%)oklch(62.0% 0.000 0)3.40 AA Large
Whitecolor7#464646rgb(70 70 70)hsl(0 0% 27%)oklch(39.4% 0.000 0)8.81 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#abababrgb(171 171 171)hsl(0 0% 67%)oklch(74.1% 0.000 0)2.14 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#7c7c7crgb(124 124 124)hsl(0 0% 49%)oklch(58.6% 0.000 0)3.90 AA Large
Bright Greencolor10#8e8e8ergb(142 142 142)hsl(0 0% 56%)oklch(64.7% 0.000 0)3.06 AA Large
Bright Yellowcolor11#a0a0a0rgb(160 160 160)hsl(0 0% 63%)oklch(70.6% 0.000 0)2.44 Fail
Bright Bluecolor12#686868rgb(104 104 104)hsl(0 0% 41%)oklch(51.7% 0.000 0)5.20 AA
Bright Magentacolor13#747474rgb(116 116 116)hsl(0 0% 45%)oklch(55.9% 0.000 0)4.36 AA Large
Bright Cyancolor14#868686rgb(134 134 134)hsl(0 0% 53%)oklch(62.0% 0.000 0)3.40 AA Large
Bright Whitecolor15#101010rgb(16 16 16)hsl(0 0% 6%)oklch(17.3% 0.000 0)17.76 AAA

About Grayscale Light

Grayscale Light is a light terminal color scheme built on a neutral #f7f7f7 background with #464646 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 8.81:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 3.73:1 (minimum 2.44:1).

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)