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iTerm2 Dark Background

iTerm2 Dark Background is a true black, vibrant, dark terminal color scheme with a #000000 background and #c7c7c7 text (12.4:1 contrast)

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Background
#000000
Foreground
#c7c7c7
Text contrast
12.42:1AAA
Accent contrast
9.54:1min 2.09
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iTerm2 Dark Background configs

16 formats, all from one palette

iTerm2 Dark Background

Save to ~/.config/ghostty/themes/iTerm2 Dark Background, then set theme = iTerm2 Dark Background in config or config.ghostty

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Raw file
# Theme: iTerm2 Dark Background (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/iterm2-dark-background?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#000000
palette = 1=#c91b00
palette = 2=#00c200
palette = 3=#c7c400
palette = 4=#0225c7
palette = 5=#ca30c7
palette = 6=#00c5c7
palette = 7=#c7c7c7
palette = 8=#686868
palette = 9=#ff6e67
palette = 10=#5ffa68
palette = 11=#fffc67
palette = 12=#6871ff
palette = 13=#ff77ff
palette = 14=#60fdff
palette = 15=#ffffff
background = #000000
foreground = #c7c7c7
cursor-color = #c7c7c7
cursor-text = #ffffff
selection-background = #c1deff
selection-foreground = #000000

iTerm2 Dark Background palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)—
Foregroundforeground#c7c7c7rgb(199 199 199)hsl(0 0% 78%)oklch(83.0% 0.000 0)12.42 AAA
Cursorcursor#c7c7c7rgb(199 199 199)hsl(0 0% 78%)oklch(83.0% 0.000 0)12.42 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA
Selectionselection#c1deffrgb(193 222 255)hsl(212 100% 88%)oklch(89.0% 0.055 251.8)15.16 AAA
Selection textselectionText#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Blackcolor0#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Redcolor1#c91b00rgb(201 27 0)hsl(8 100% 39%)oklch(53.4% 0.207 31.1)3.64 AA Large
Greencolor2#00c200rgb(0 194 0)hsl(120 100% 38%)oklch(70.5% 0.240 142.5)8.72 AAA
Yellowcolor3#c7c400rgb(199 196 0)hsl(59 100% 39%)oklch(79.7% 0.172 108.6)11.32 AAA
Bluecolor4#0225c7rgb(2 37 199)hsl(229 98% 39%)oklch(40.2% 0.242 264.3)2.09 Fail
Magentacolor5#ca30c7rgb(202 48 199)hsl(301 62% 49%)oklch(60.5% 0.244 329.0)4.76 AA
Cyancolor6#00c5c7rgb(0 197 199)hsl(181 100% 39%)oklch(74.6% 0.127 196.1)9.81 AAA
Whitecolor7#c7c7c7rgb(199 199 199)hsl(0 0% 78%)oklch(83.0% 0.000 0)12.42 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#686868rgb(104 104 104)hsl(0 0% 41%)oklch(51.7% 0.000 0)3.77 AA Large
Bright Redcolor9#ff6e67rgb(255 110 103)hsl(3 100% 70%)oklch(71.5% 0.178 25.4)7.68 AAA
Bright Greencolor10#5ffa68rgb(95 250 104)hsl(123 94% 68%)oklch(87.3% 0.230 144.2)15.36 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#fffc67rgb(255 252 103)hsl(59 100% 70%)oklch(96.6% 0.168 108.1)19.37 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#6871ffrgb(104 113 255)hsl(236 100% 70%)oklch(61.8% 0.208 275.8)5.39 AA
Bright Magentacolor13#ff77ffrgb(255 119 255)hsl(300 100% 73%)oklch(77.6% 0.228 327.5)9.33 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#60fdffrgb(96 253 255)hsl(181 100% 69%)oklch(91.3% 0.130 196.3)16.99 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA

About iTerm2 Dark Background

iTerm2 Dark Background is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #000000 background with #c7c7c7 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 12.42:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 9.54:1 (minimum 2.09:1).

Its palette is highly saturated, anchored by #c91b00 red, #00c200 green, #0225c7 blue, and #ca30c7 magenta. Part of the iTerm2 Built-in 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 iTerm2 Dark Background

Source: iTerm2 Color Schemes (GPL-2.0-or-later)