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Keen Contrast

Keen Contrast 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
8.52:1min 3.19
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drwxr-xr-x 12 ada staff 384 Oct 30 09:12 .
drwxr-xr-x 8 ada staff 256 Oct 29 18:40 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 ada staff 1.2K Oct 30 09:10 .gitignore
drwxr-xr-x 5 ada staff 160 Oct 30 09:12 src
drwxr-xr-x 3 ada staff 96 Oct 28 11:02 public
-rwxr-xr-x 1 ada staff 2.4K Oct 30 08:57 build.sh
-rw-r--r-- 1 ada staff 4.1K Oct 30 09:01 package.json
lrwxr-xr-x 1 ada staff 18 Oct 27 14:33 node_modules -> ../cache/modules
-rw-r--r-- 1 ada staff 48K Oct 26 10:15 logo.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 ada staff 9.8M Oct 25 21:47 backup.tar.gz
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Keen Contrast configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Keen Contrast

Save to ~/.config/ghostty/themes/Keen Contrast, then set theme = Keen Contrast in config or config.ghostty

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# Theme: Keen Contrast (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/keen-contrast?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#0d0d0d
palette = 1=#ba0e2e
palette = 2=#6f8b94
palette = 3=#8767b7
palette = 4=#b5db99
palette = 5=#6f8b94
palette = 6=#8767b7
palette = 7=#ffffff
palette = 8=#262626
palette = 9=#e61f44
palette = 10=#aababf
palette = 11=#beacd8
palette = 12=#ecf6e4
palette = 13=#aababf
palette = 14=#beacd8
palette = 15=#ffffff
background = #000000
foreground = #ffffff
cursor-color = #f8f8f0
cursor-text = #ffffff
selection-background = #8767b7
selection-foreground = #ffffff

Keen Contrast 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#f8f8f0rgb(248 248 240)hsl(60 36% 96%)oklch(97.7% 0.011 106.6)19.68 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA
Selectionselection#8767b7rgb(135 103 183)hsl(264 36% 56%)oklch(57.9% 0.123 301.1)4.65 AA
Selection textselectionText#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA
Blackcolor0#0d0d0drgb(13 13 13)hsl(0 0% 5%)oklch(15.9% 0.000 0)1.08 Fail
Redcolor1#ba0e2ergb(186 14 46)hsl(349 86% 39%)oklch(50.3% 0.196 21.1)3.19 AA Large
Greencolor2#6f8b94rgb(111 139 148)hsl(195 15% 51%)oklch(61.8% 0.035 219.4)5.80 AA
Yellowcolor3#8767b7rgb(135 103 183)hsl(264 36% 56%)oklch(57.9% 0.123 301.1)4.65 AA
Bluecolor4#b5db99rgb(181 219 153)hsl(95 48% 73%)oklch(84.8% 0.097 132.5)13.56 AAA
Magentacolor5#6f8b94rgb(111 139 148)hsl(195 15% 51%)oklch(61.8% 0.035 219.4)5.80 AA
Cyancolor6#8767b7rgb(135 103 183)hsl(264 36% 56%)oklch(57.9% 0.123 301.1)4.65 AA
Whitecolor7#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#262626rgb(38 38 38)hsl(0 0% 15%)oklch(26.9% 0.000 0)1.39 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#e61f44rgb(230 31 68)hsl(349 80% 51%)oklch(59.5% 0.225 19.4)4.64 AA
Bright Greencolor10#aababfrgb(170 186 191)hsl(194 14% 71%)oklch(77.8% 0.019 218.4)10.49 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#beacd8rgb(190 172 216)hsl(265 36% 76%)oklch(77.4% 0.065 303.5)10.08 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#ecf6e4rgb(236 246 228)hsl(93 50% 93%)oklch(96.1% 0.026 130.9)18.87 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#aababfrgb(170 186 191)hsl(194 14% 71%)oklch(77.8% 0.019 218.4)10.49 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#beacd8rgb(190 172 216)hsl(265 36% 76%)oklch(77.4% 0.065 303.5)10.08 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA

About Keen Contrast

Keen Contrast 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 8.52:1 (minimum 3.19:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #ba0e2e red, #6f8b94 green, #b5db99 blue, and #6f8b94 magenta.

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: Rainglow (MIT)