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iTerm2 Default

iTerm2 Default is a true black, high contrast, dark terminal color scheme with a #000000 background and #ffffff text (21.0:1 contrast)

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Background
#000000
Foreground
#ffffff
Text contrast
21.00:1AAA
Accent contrast
9.54:1min 2.13
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~/dev/tintdex on main [!?] via ⬢ v1.4.3
❯ ls -la
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
~/dev/tintdex on main [!?] via ⬢ v1.4.3
❯ git status
On branch main
Your branch is ahead of 'origin/main' by 2 commits.
Changes to be committed:
new file: src/theme.css
modified: README.md
Changes not staged for commit:
modified: src/app.tsx
deleted: legacy/colors.js
Untracked files:
notes.md
~/dev/tintdex on main [!?] via ⬢ v1.4.3
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iTerm2 Default configs

16 formats, all from one palette

iTerm2 Default

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

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# Theme: iTerm2 Default (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/iterm2-default?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#000000
palette = 1=#c91b00
palette = 2=#00c200
palette = 3=#c7c400
palette = 4=#2225c4
palette = 5=#ca30c7
palette = 6=#00c5c7
palette = 7=#ffffff
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 = #ffffff
cursor-color = #e5e5e5
cursor-text = #000000
selection-background = #c1deff
selection-foreground = #000000

iTerm2 Default 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#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA
Cursorcursor#e5e5e5rgb(229 229 229)hsl(0 0% 90%)oklch(92.2% 0.000 0)16.67 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
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#2225c4rgb(34 37 196)hsl(239 70% 45%)oklch(40.7% 0.233 269.2)2.13 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#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 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 Default

iTerm2 Default is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #000000 background with #ffffff as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 21.00:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 9.54:1 (minimum 2.13:1).

Its palette is highly saturated, anchored by #c91b00 red, #00c200 green, #2225c4 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 Default

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