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Kanagawa Wave

Kanagawa Wave is a cool, dark terminal color scheme with a #1f1f28 background and #dcd7ba text (11.3:1 contrast)

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Background
#1f1f28
Foreground
#dcd7ba
Text contrast
11.26:1AAA
Accent contrast
5.80:1min 3.22
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Kanagawa Wave configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Kanagawa Wave

Save to ~/.config/ghostty/themes/Kanagawa Wave, then set theme = Kanagawa Wave in config or config.ghostty

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# Theme: Kanagawa Wave (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/kanagawa-wave?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#090618
palette = 1=#c34043
palette = 2=#76946a
palette = 3=#c0a36e
palette = 4=#7e9cd8
palette = 5=#957fb8
palette = 6=#6a9589
palette = 7=#c8c093
palette = 8=#727169
palette = 9=#e82424
palette = 10=#98bb6c
palette = 11=#e6c384
palette = 12=#7fb4ca
palette = 13=#938aa9
palette = 14=#7aa89f
palette = 15=#dcd7ba
background = #1f1f28
foreground = #dcd7ba
cursor-color = #dcd7ba
cursor-text = #1f1f28
selection-background = #dcd7ba
selection-foreground = #1f1f28

Kanagawa Wave palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#1f1f28rgb(31 31 40)hsl(240 13% 14%)oklch(24.3% 0.017 285.1)—
Foregroundforeground#dcd7bargb(220 215 186)hsl(51 33% 80%)oklch(87.6% 0.039 99.1)11.26 AAA
Cursorcursor#dcd7bargb(220 215 186)hsl(51 33% 80%)oklch(87.6% 0.039 99.1)11.26 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#1f1f28rgb(31 31 40)hsl(240 13% 14%)oklch(24.3% 0.017 285.1)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#dcd7bargb(220 215 186)hsl(51 33% 80%)oklch(87.6% 0.039 99.1)11.26 AAA
Selection textselectionText#1f1f28rgb(31 31 40)hsl(240 13% 14%)oklch(24.3% 0.017 285.1)1.00 Fail
Blackcolor0#090618rgb(9 6 24)hsl(250 60% 6%)oklch(14.0% 0.039 289.1)1.22 Fail
Redcolor1#c34043rgb(195 64 67)hsl(359 52% 51%)oklch(55.9% 0.167 23.1)3.22 AA Large
Greencolor2#76946argb(118 148 106)hsl(103 17% 50%)oklch(63.2% 0.070 136.9)4.84 AA
Yellowcolor3#c0a36ergb(192 163 110)hsl(39 39% 59%)oklch(72.9% 0.078 82.0)6.78 AA
Bluecolor4#7e9cd8rgb(126 156 216)hsl(220 54% 67%)oklch(69.4% 0.095 263.7)5.94 AA
Magentacolor5#957fb8rgb(149 127 184)hsl(263 29% 61%)oklch(63.8% 0.087 301.7)4.67 AA
Cyancolor6#6a9589rgb(106 149 137)hsl(163 17% 50%)oklch(63.5% 0.050 175.4)4.88 AA
Whitecolor7#c8c093rgb(200 192 147)hsl(51 33% 68%)oklch(80.3% 0.061 99.2)8.89 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#727169rgb(114 113 105)hsl(53 4% 43%)oklch(54.7% 0.012 101.0)3.33 AA Large
Bright Redcolor9#e82424rgb(232 36 36)hsl(0 81% 53%)oklch(59.8% 0.227 27.6)3.66 AA Large
Bright Greencolor10#98bb6crgb(152 187 108)hsl(87 37% 58%)oklch(74.8% 0.112 128.4)7.52 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#e6c384rgb(230 195 132)hsl(39 66% 71%)oklch(83.3% 0.090 81.6)9.73 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#7fb4cargb(127 180 202)hsl(198 41% 65%)oklch(74.1% 0.064 225.7)7.23 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#938aa9rgb(147 138 169)hsl(257 15% 60%)oklch(65.2% 0.047 298.4)5.02 AA
Bright Cyancolor14#7aa89frgb(122 168 159)hsl(168 21% 57%)oklch(69.6% 0.051 181.3)6.17 AA
Bright Whitecolor15#dcd7bargb(220 215 186)hsl(51 33% 80%)oklch(87.6% 0.039 99.1)11.26 AAA

About Kanagawa Wave

Kanagawa Wave is a dark terminal color scheme built on a cool-tinted #1f1f28 background with #dcd7ba as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 11.26:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 5.80:1 (minimum 3.22:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #c34043 red, #76946a green, #7e9cd8 blue, and #957fb8 magenta. Part of the Kanagawa 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 (MIT)