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iTerm2 Tango Dark

iTerm2 Tango Dark is a true black, 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
8.68:1min 4.11
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drwxr-xr-x 8 ada staff 256 Oct 29 18:40 ..
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iTerm2 Tango Dark configs

16 formats, all from one palette

iTerm2 Tango Dark

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

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

palette = 0=#000000
palette = 1=#d81e00
palette = 2=#5ea702
palette = 3=#cfae00
palette = 4=#427ab3
palette = 5=#89658e
palette = 6=#00a7aa
palette = 7=#dbded8
palette = 8=#686a66
palette = 9=#f54235
palette = 10=#99e343
palette = 11=#fdeb61
palette = 12=#84b0d8
palette = 13=#bc94b7
palette = 14=#37e6e8
palette = 15=#f1f1f0
background = #000000
foreground = #ffffff
cursor-color = #ffffff
cursor-text = #000000
selection-background = #c1deff
selection-foreground = #000000

iTerm2 Tango Dark 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#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 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#d81e00rgb(216 30 0)hsl(8 100% 42%)oklch(56.3% 0.219 31.1)4.11 AA Large
Greencolor2#5ea702rgb(94 167 2)hsl(87 98% 33%)oklch(65.5% 0.186 133.6)7.00 AAA
Yellowcolor3#cfae00rgb(207 174 0)hsl(50 100% 41%)oklch(75.7% 0.156 95.3)9.71 AAA
Bluecolor4#427ab3rgb(66 122 179)hsl(210 46% 48%)oklch(56.7% 0.107 250.6)4.67 AA
Magentacolor5#89658ergb(137 101 142)hsl(293 17% 48%)oklch(55.8% 0.075 322.3)4.32 AA Large
Cyancolor6#00a7aargb(0 167 170)hsl(181 100% 33%)oklch(66.1% 0.112 197.0)7.11 AAA
Whitecolor7#dbded8rgb(219 222 216)hsl(90 8% 86%)oklch(89.7% 0.009 128.6)15.45 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#686a66rgb(104 106 102)hsl(90 2% 41%)oklch(52.1% 0.007 128.6)3.84 AA Large
Bright Redcolor9#f54235rgb(245 66 53)hsl(4 91% 58%)oklch(64.3% 0.217 28.8)5.71 AA
Bright Greencolor10#99e343rgb(153 227 67)hsl(88 74% 58%)oklch(83.7% 0.201 131.3)13.42 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#fdeb61rgb(253 235 97)hsl(53 98% 69%)oklch(92.9% 0.157 101.9)17.23 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#84b0d8rgb(132 176 216)hsl(209 52% 68%)oklch(74.0% 0.075 246.4)9.18 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#bc94b7rgb(188 148 183)hsl(308 23% 66%)oklch(71.5% 0.068 330.5)8.06 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#37e6e8rgb(55 230 232)hsl(181 79% 56%)oklch(84.3% 0.134 196.1)13.65 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#f1f1f0rgb(241 241 240)hsl(60 3% 94%)oklch(95.8% 0.001 106.4)18.58 AAA

About iTerm2 Tango Dark

iTerm2 Tango Dark 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 8.68:1 (minimum 4.11:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #d81e00 red, #5ea702 green, #427ab3 blue, and #89658e 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)