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Kaolin Dark

Kaolin Dark is a dark terminal color scheme with a #18181b background and #e4e4e8 text (14.0:1 contrast)

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Background
#18181b
Foreground
#e4e4e8
Text contrast
13.97:1AAA
Accent contrast
6.71:1min 3.19
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Kaolin Dark configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Kaolin Dark

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

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

palette = 0=#4b5254
palette = 1=#cd5c60
palette = 2=#6fb593
palette = 3=#dbac66
palette = 4=#91b9c7
palette = 5=#845a84
palette = 6=#4d9391
palette = 7=#e4e4e8
palette = 8=#879193
palette = 9=#e36d5b
palette = 10=#72ccba
palette = 11=#f2c866
palette = 12=#97b8de
palette = 13=#8c629c
palette = 14=#5096ab
palette = 15=#efeff1
background = #18181b
foreground = #e4e4e8
cursor-color = #e4e4e8
cursor-text = #18181b
selection-background = #444447
selection-foreground = #e4e4e8

Kaolin Dark palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#18181brgb(24 24 27)hsl(240 6% 10%)oklch(21.0% 0.006 285.9)—
Foregroundforeground#e4e4e8rgb(228 228 232)hsl(240 8% 90%)oklch(92.0% 0.005 286.3)13.97 AAA
Cursorcursor#e4e4e8rgb(228 228 232)hsl(240 8% 90%)oklch(92.0% 0.005 286.3)13.97 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#18181brgb(24 24 27)hsl(240 6% 10%)oklch(21.0% 0.006 285.9)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#444447rgb(68 68 71)hsl(240 2% 27%)oklch(38.8% 0.005 286.2)1.83 Fail
Selection textselectionText#e4e4e8rgb(228 228 232)hsl(240 8% 90%)oklch(92.0% 0.005 286.3)13.97 AAA
Blackcolor0#4b5254rgb(75 82 84)hsl(193 6% 31%)oklch(43.3% 0.010 216.7)2.22 Fail
Redcolor1#cd5c60rgb(205 92 96)hsl(358 53% 58%)oklch(61.6% 0.144 20.1)4.47 AA Large
Greencolor2#6fb593rgb(111 181 147)hsl(151 32% 57%)oklch(71.7% 0.087 162.0)7.35 AAA
Yellowcolor3#dbac66rgb(219 172 102)hsl(36 62% 63%)oklch(77.3% 0.104 76.2)8.53 AAA
Bluecolor4#91b9c7rgb(145 185 199)hsl(196 33% 67%)oklch(76.1% 0.047 221.3)8.41 AAA
Magentacolor5#845a84rgb(132 90 132)hsl(300 19% 44%)oklch(52.8% 0.082 326.7)3.19 AA Large
Cyancolor6#4d9391rgb(77 147 145)hsl(178 31% 44%)oklch(61.7% 0.071 193.0)4.98 AA
Whitecolor7#e4e4e8rgb(228 228 232)hsl(240 8% 90%)oklch(92.0% 0.005 286.3)13.97 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#879193rgb(135 145 147)hsl(190 5% 55%)oklch(64.9% 0.012 211.0)5.49 AA
Bright Redcolor9#e36d5brgb(227 109 91)hsl(8 71% 62%)oklch(67.1% 0.151 30.4)5.57 AA
Bright Greencolor10#72ccbargb(114 204 186)hsl(168 47% 62%)oklch(78.4% 0.091 179.4)9.33 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#f2c866rgb(242 200 102)hsl(42 84% 67%)oklch(85.0% 0.126 86.3)11.16 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#97b8dergb(151 184 222)hsl(212 52% 73%)oklch(77.2% 0.065 252.2)8.63 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#8c629crgb(140 98 156)hsl(283 23% 50%)oklch(56.2% 0.099 316.4)3.66 AA Large
Bright Cyancolor14#5096abrgb(80 150 171)hsl(194 36% 49%)oklch(63.6% 0.077 219.7)5.31 AA
Bright Whitecolor15#efeff1rgb(239 239 241)hsl(240 7% 94%)oklch(95.3% 0.003 286.3)15.43 AAA

About Kaolin Dark

Kaolin Dark is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #18181b background with #e4e4e8 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 13.97:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 6.71:1 (minimum 3.19:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #cd5c60 red, #6fb593 green, #91b9c7 blue, and #845a84 magenta. Part of the Kaolin 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: Gogh (MIT OR Apache-2.0)