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Hysterical Frequency

Hysterical Frequency is a cool, dark terminal color scheme with a #202444 background and #f1ebfa text (12.9:1 contrast)

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Background
#202444
Foreground
#f1ebfa
Text contrast
12.89:1AAA
Accent contrast
7.97:1min 5.52
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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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Hysterical Frequency configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Hysterical Frequency

Save to ~/.config/ghostty/themes/Hysterical Frequency, then set theme = Hysterical Frequency in config or config.ghostty

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# Theme: Hysterical Frequency (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/hysterical-frequency?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#a8b2b8
palette = 1=#e77b9c
palette = 2=#8dc8a0
palette = 3=#edc86e
palette = 4=#82baf0
palette = 5=#d1a1eb
palette = 6=#7bd1db
palette = 7=#f1ebfa
palette = 8=#b9c1c6
palette = 9=#ea8ba8
palette = 10=#9bcfab
palette = 11=#efcf7f
palette = 12=#91c2f2
palette = 13=#d7aced
palette = 14=#8bd7df
palette = 15=#f4effb
background = #202444
foreground = #f1ebfa
cursor-color = #efcf7f
cursor-text = #202444
selection-background = #493f5c
selection-foreground = #f1ebfa

Hysterical Frequency palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#202444rgb(32 36 68)hsl(233 36% 20%)oklch(27.4% 0.059 276.4)—
Foregroundforeground#f1ebfargb(241 235 250)hsl(264 60% 95%)oklch(94.9% 0.021 304.0)12.89 AAA
Cursorcursor#efcf7frgb(239 207 127)hsl(43 78% 72%)oklch(86.5% 0.106 88.4)9.95 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#202444rgb(32 36 68)hsl(233 36% 20%)oklch(27.4% 0.059 276.4)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#493f5crgb(73 63 92)hsl(261 19% 30%)oklch(39.0% 0.050 299.9)1.54 Fail
Selection textselectionText#f1ebfargb(241 235 250)hsl(264 60% 95%)oklch(94.9% 0.021 304.0)12.89 AAA
Blackcolor0#a8b2b8rgb(168 178 184)hsl(203 10% 69%)oklch(75.8% 0.014 233.8)6.96 AA
Redcolor1#e77b9crgb(231 123 156)hsl(342 69% 69%)oklch(71.3% 0.137 1.7)5.52 AA
Greencolor2#8dc8a0rgb(141 200 160)hsl(139 35% 67%)oklch(78.1% 0.083 154.4)7.80 AAA
Yellowcolor3#edc86ergb(237 200 110)hsl(43 78% 68%)oklch(84.6% 0.117 87.5)9.37 AAA
Bluecolor4#82baf0rgb(130 186 240)hsl(209 79% 73%)oklch(77.1% 0.097 248.3)7.32 AAA
Magentacolor5#d1a1ebrgb(209 161 235)hsl(279 65% 78%)oklch(77.9% 0.115 313.3)7.16 AAA
Cyancolor6#7bd1dbrgb(123 209 219)hsl(186 57% 67%)oklch(81.0% 0.084 205.2)8.58 AAA
Whitecolor7#f1ebfargb(241 235 250)hsl(264 60% 95%)oklch(94.9% 0.021 304.0)12.89 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#b9c1c6rgb(185 193 198)hsl(203 10% 75%)oklch(80.6% 0.011 234.9)8.24 AAA
Bright Redcolor9#ea8ba8rgb(234 139 168)hsl(342 69% 73%)oklch(74.5% 0.120 0.8)6.27 AA
Bright Greencolor10#9bcfabrgb(155 207 171)hsl(138 35% 71%)oklch(80.8% 0.074 154.3)8.52 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#efcf7frgb(239 207 127)hsl(43 78% 72%)oklch(86.5% 0.106 88.4)9.95 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#91c2f2rgb(145 194 242)hsl(210 79% 76%)oklch(79.7% 0.086 248.4)8.02 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#d7acedrgb(215 172 237)hsl(280 64% 80%)oklch(80.5% 0.101 314.0)7.88 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#8bd7dfrgb(139 215 223)hsl(186 57% 71%)oklch(83.3% 0.076 204.3)9.22 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#f4effbrgb(244 239 251)hsl(265 60% 96%)oklch(95.9% 0.017 304.8)13.30 AAA

About Hysterical Frequency

Hysterical Frequency is a dark terminal color scheme built on a cool-tinted #202444 background with #f1ebfa as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 12.89:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 7.97:1 (minimum 5.52:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #e77b9c red, #8dc8a0 green, #82baf0 blue, and #d1a1eb 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: iTerm2 Color Schemes (MIT)