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High Contrast

High Contrast is a vibrant, dark terminal color scheme with a #444444 background and #dddddd text (7.2:1 contrast)

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Background
#444444
Foreground
#dddddd
Text contrast
7.17:1AAA
Accent contrast
5.10:1min 1.13
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High Contrast configs

16 formats, all from one palette

High Contrast

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

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# Theme: High Contrast (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/high-contrast?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#000000
palette = 1=#ff0000
palette = 2=#00ff00
palette = 3=#ffff00
palette = 4=#0000ff
palette = 5=#ff00ff
palette = 6=#00ffff
palette = 7=#ffffff
palette = 8=#000000
palette = 9=#ff0000
palette = 10=#00ff00
palette = 11=#ffff00
palette = 12=#0000ff
palette = 13=#ff00ff
palette = 14=#00ffff
palette = 15=#ffffff
background = #444444
foreground = #dddddd
cursor-color = #dddddd
cursor-text = #444444
selection-background = #676767
selection-foreground = #dddddd

High Contrast palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#444444rgb(68 68 68)hsl(0 0% 27%)oklch(38.7% 0.000 0)—
Foregroundforeground#ddddddrgb(221 221 221)hsl(0 0% 87%)oklch(89.8% 0.000 0)7.17 AAA
Cursorcursor#ddddddrgb(221 221 221)hsl(0 0% 87%)oklch(89.8% 0.000 0)7.17 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#444444rgb(68 68 68)hsl(0 0% 27%)oklch(38.7% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#676767rgb(103 103 103)hsl(0 0% 40%)oklch(51.4% 0.000 0)1.72 Fail
Selection textselectionText#ddddddrgb(221 221 221)hsl(0 0% 87%)oklch(89.8% 0.000 0)7.17 AAA
Blackcolor0#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)2.16 Fail
Redcolor1#ff0000rgb(255 0 0)hsl(0 100% 50%)oklch(62.8% 0.258 29.2)2.44 Fail
Greencolor2#00ff00rgb(0 255 0)hsl(120 100% 50%)oklch(86.6% 0.295 142.5)7.10 AAA
Yellowcolor3#ffff00rgb(255 255 0)hsl(60 100% 50%)oklch(96.8% 0.211 109.8)9.07 AAA
Bluecolor4#0000ffrgb(0 0 255)hsl(240 100% 50%)oklch(45.2% 0.313 264.1)1.13 Fail
Magentacolor5#ff00ffrgb(255 0 255)hsl(300 100% 50%)oklch(70.2% 0.322 328.4)3.11 AA Large
Cyancolor6#00ffffrgb(0 255 255)hsl(180 100% 50%)oklch(90.5% 0.155 194.8)7.77 AAA
Whitecolor7#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)9.74 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)2.16 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#ff0000rgb(255 0 0)hsl(0 100% 50%)oklch(62.8% 0.258 29.2)2.44 Fail
Bright Greencolor10#00ff00rgb(0 255 0)hsl(120 100% 50%)oklch(86.6% 0.295 142.5)7.10 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#ffff00rgb(255 255 0)hsl(60 100% 50%)oklch(96.8% 0.211 109.8)9.07 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#0000ffrgb(0 0 255)hsl(240 100% 50%)oklch(45.2% 0.313 264.1)1.13 Fail
Bright Magentacolor13#ff00ffrgb(255 0 255)hsl(300 100% 50%)oklch(70.2% 0.322 328.4)3.11 AA Large
Bright Cyancolor14#00ffffrgb(0 255 255)hsl(180 100% 50%)oklch(90.5% 0.155 194.8)7.77 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)9.74 AAA

About High Contrast

High Contrast is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #444444 background with #dddddd as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 7.17:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 5.10:1 (minimum 1.13:1).

Its palette is highly saturated, anchored by #ff0000 red, #00ff00 green, #0000ff blue, and #ff00ff 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.

Schemes similar to High Contrast

Source: Gogh (MIT OR Apache-2.0)