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Kaolin Light

Kaolin Light is a soft, light terminal color scheme with a #edeeeb background and #353b3c text (9.8:1 contrast)

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Background
#edeeeb
Foreground
#353b3c
Text contrast
9.79:1AAA
Accent contrast
3.61:1min 2.19
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Kaolin Light configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Kaolin Light

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

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

palette = 0=#353b3c
palette = 1=#e84c58
palette = 2=#13665f
palette = 3=#e36b3f
palette = 4=#3b84cc
palette = 5=#a9779c
palette = 6=#6facb3
palette = 7=#c8ccc3
palette = 8=#4b5254
palette = 9=#e84c58
palette = 10=#317a56
palette = 11=#c5882c
palette = 12=#4c7a90
palette = 13=#6d46e3
palette = 14=#008b8b
palette = 15=#4b5254
background = #edeeeb
foreground = #353b3c
cursor-color = #353b3c
cursor-text = #edeeeb
selection-background = #bbbebc
selection-foreground = #353b3c

Kaolin Light palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#edeeebrgb(237 238 235)hsl(80 8% 93%)oklch(94.8% 0.004 121.6)—
Foregroundforeground#353b3crgb(53 59 60)hsl(189 6% 22%)oklch(34.7% 0.008 208.7)9.79 AAA
Cursorcursor#353b3crgb(53 59 60)hsl(189 6% 22%)oklch(34.7% 0.008 208.7)9.79 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#edeeebrgb(237 238 235)hsl(80 8% 93%)oklch(94.8% 0.004 121.6)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#bbbebcrgb(187 190 188)hsl(140 2% 74%)oklch(79.9% 0.004 157.2)1.61 Fail
Selection textselectionText#353b3crgb(53 59 60)hsl(189 6% 22%)oklch(34.7% 0.008 208.7)9.79 AAA
Blackcolor0#353b3crgb(53 59 60)hsl(189 6% 22%)oklch(34.7% 0.008 208.7)9.79 AAA
Redcolor1#e84c58rgb(232 76 88)hsl(355 77% 60%)oklch(63.6% 0.192 20.2)3.22 AA Large
Greencolor2#13665frgb(19 102 95)hsl(175 69% 24%)oklch(46.2% 0.075 186.2)5.83 AA
Yellowcolor3#e36b3frgb(227 107 63)hsl(16 75% 57%)oklch(66.4% 0.161 40.0)2.80 Fail
Bluecolor4#3b84ccrgb(59 132 204)hsl(210 59% 52%)oklch(60.1% 0.132 250.7)3.36 AA Large
Magentacolor5#a9779crgb(169 119 156)hsl(316 23% 56%)oklch(63.2% 0.080 336.3)3.11 AA Large
Cyancolor6#6facb3rgb(111 172 179)hsl(186 31% 57%)oklch(70.5% 0.064 205.0)2.19 Fail
Whitecolor7#c8ccc3rgb(200 204 195)hsl(87 8% 78%)oklch(84.0% 0.013 126.4)1.40 Fail
Bright Blackcolor8#4b5254rgb(75 82 84)hsl(193 6% 31%)oklch(43.3% 0.010 216.7)6.84 AA
Bright Redcolor9#e84c58rgb(232 76 88)hsl(355 77% 60%)oklch(63.6% 0.192 20.2)3.22 AA Large
Bright Greencolor10#317a56rgb(49 122 86)hsl(150 43% 34%)oklch(52.3% 0.093 159.1)4.45 AA Large
Bright Yellowcolor11#c5882crgb(197 136 44)hsl(36 63% 47%)oklch(67.3% 0.127 72.8)2.60 Fail
Bright Bluecolor12#4c7a90rgb(76 122 144)hsl(199 31% 43%)oklch(55.5% 0.061 229.9)4.01 AA Large
Bright Magentacolor13#6d46e3rgb(109 70 227)hsl(255 74% 58%)oklch(53.3% 0.223 287.7)4.96 AA
Bright Cyancolor14#008b8brgb(0 139 139)hsl(180 100% 27%)oklch(57.7% 0.098 194.8)3.56 AA Large
Bright Whitecolor15#4b5254rgb(75 82 84)hsl(193 6% 31%)oklch(43.3% 0.010 216.7)6.84 AA

About Kaolin Light

Kaolin Light is a light terminal color scheme built on a neutral #edeeeb background with #353b3c as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 9.79:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 3.61:1 (minimum 2.19:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #e84c58 red, #13665f green, #3b84cc blue, and #a9779c 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)