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iTerm2 Pastel Dark Background

iTerm2 Pastel Dark Background is a true black, pastel, 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
15.25:1min 8.75
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iTerm2 Pastel Dark Background configs

16 formats, all from one palette

iTerm2 Pastel Dark Background

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

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

palette = 0=#626262
palette = 1=#ff8373
palette = 2=#b4fb73
palette = 3=#fffdc3
palette = 4=#a5d5fe
palette = 5=#ff90fe
palette = 6=#d1d1fe
palette = 7=#f1f1f1
palette = 8=#8f8f8f
palette = 9=#ffc4be
palette = 10=#d6fcba
palette = 11=#fffed5
palette = 12=#c2e3ff
palette = 13=#ffb2fe
palette = 14=#e6e6fe
palette = 15=#ffffff
background = #000000
foreground = #c7c7c7
cursor-color = #ffb473
cursor-text = #ffffff
selection-background = #454d96
selection-foreground = #f4f4f4

iTerm2 Pastel 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#ffb473rgb(255 180 115)hsl(28 100% 73%)oklch(82.8% 0.120 60.9)12.03 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA
Selectionselection#454d96rgb(69 77 150)hsl(234 37% 43%)oklch(45.1% 0.118 275.9)2.75 Fail
Selection textselectionText#f4f4f4rgb(244 244 244)hsl(0 0% 96%)oklch(96.7% 0.000 0)19.09 AAA
Blackcolor0#626262rgb(98 98 98)hsl(0 0% 38%)oklch(49.6% 0.000 0)3.44 AA Large
Redcolor1#ff8373rgb(255 131 115)hsl(7 100% 73%)oklch(74.6% 0.154 28.8)8.75 AAA
Greencolor2#b4fb73rgb(180 251 115)hsl(91 94% 72%)oklch(91.3% 0.182 132.0)16.99 AAA
Yellowcolor3#fffdc3rgb(255 253 195)hsl(58 100% 88%)oklch(98.2% 0.074 106.0)20.09 AAA
Bluecolor4#a5d5fergb(165 213 254)hsl(208 98% 82%)oklch(85.4% 0.076 244.6)13.55 AAA
Magentacolor5#ff90fergb(255 144 254)hsl(301 100% 78%)oklch(80.8% 0.188 327.5)10.67 AAA
Cyancolor6#d1d1fergb(209 209 254)hsl(240 96% 91%)oklch(87.5% 0.062 285.1)14.26 AAA
Whitecolor7#f1f1f1rgb(241 241 241)hsl(0 0% 95%)oklch(95.8% 0.000 0)18.59 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#8f8f8frgb(143 143 143)hsl(0 0% 56%)oklch(65.0% 0.000 0)6.49 AA
Bright Redcolor9#ffc4bergb(255 196 190)hsl(6 100% 87%)oklch(87.2% 0.069 25.2)13.89 AAA
Bright Greencolor10#d6fcbargb(214 252 186)hsl(95 92% 86%)oklch(94.8% 0.095 132.3)18.49 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#fffed5rgb(255 254 213)hsl(59 100% 92%)oklch(98.7% 0.053 106.2)20.39 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#c2e3ffrgb(194 227 255)hsl(208 100% 88%)oklch(90.1% 0.052 244.0)15.73 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#ffb2fergb(255 178 254)hsl(301 100% 85%)oklch(86.0% 0.131 327.1)13.05 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#e6e6fergb(230 230 254)hsl(240 92% 95%)oklch(93.2% 0.032 285.8)17.11 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA

About iTerm2 Pastel Dark Background

iTerm2 Pastel 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 15.25:1 (minimum 8.75:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #ff8373 red, #b4fb73 green, #a5d5fe blue, and #ff90fe 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.

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