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Kitty Default

Kitty Default is a true black, high contrast, dark terminal color scheme with a #000000 background and #dddddd text (15.5:1 contrast)

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Background
#000000
Foreground
#dddddd
Text contrast
15.46:1AAA
Accent contrast
9.54:1min 3.59
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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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Kitty Default configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Kitty Default

Save to ~/.config/ghostty/themes/Kitty Default, then set theme = Kitty Default in config or config.ghostty

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# Theme: Kitty Default (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/kitty-default?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#000000
palette = 1=#cc0403
palette = 2=#19cb00
palette = 3=#cecb00
palette = 4=#0d73cc
palette = 5=#cb1ed1
palette = 6=#0dcdcd
palette = 7=#dddddd
palette = 8=#767676
palette = 9=#f2201f
palette = 10=#23fd00
palette = 11=#fffd00
palette = 12=#1a8fff
palette = 13=#fd28ff
palette = 14=#14ffff
palette = 15=#ffffff
background = #000000
foreground = #dddddd
cursor-color = #cccccc
cursor-text = #111111
selection-background = #fffacd
selection-foreground = #000000

Kitty Default 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#ddddddrgb(221 221 221)hsl(0 0% 87%)oklch(89.8% 0.000 0)15.46 AAA
Cursorcursor#ccccccrgb(204 204 204)hsl(0 0% 80%)oklch(84.5% 0.000 0)13.08 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#111111rgb(17 17 17)hsl(0 0% 7%)oklch(17.8% 0.000 0)1.11 Fail
Selectionselection#fffacdrgb(255 250 205)hsl(54 100% 90%)oklch(97.8% 0.058 102.2)19.81 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#cc0403rgb(204 4 3)hsl(0 97% 41%)oklch(53.2% 0.217 29.2)3.59 AA Large
Greencolor2#19cb00rgb(25 203 0)hsl(113 100% 40%)oklch(73.1% 0.246 142.0)9.58 AAA
Yellowcolor3#cecb00rgb(206 203 0)hsl(59 100% 40%)oklch(81.8% 0.177 108.7)12.17 AAA
Bluecolor4#0d73ccrgb(13 115 204)hsl(208 88% 43%)oklch(55.2% 0.161 252.1)4.34 AA Large
Magentacolor5#cb1ed1rgb(203 30 209)hsl(298 75% 47%)oklch(60.3% 0.265 326.6)4.65 AA
Cyancolor6#0dcdcdrgb(13 205 205)hsl(180 88% 43%)oklch(76.9% 0.130 194.8)10.63 AAA
Whitecolor7#ddddddrgb(221 221 221)hsl(0 0% 87%)oklch(89.8% 0.000 0)15.46 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#767676rgb(118 118 118)hsl(0 0% 46%)oklch(56.6% 0.000 0)4.62 AA
Bright Redcolor9#f2201frgb(242 32 31)hsl(0 89% 54%)oklch(61.4% 0.238 28.2)5.00 AA
Bright Greencolor10#23fd00rgb(35 253 0)hsl(112 100% 50%)oklch(86.3% 0.290 142.0)15.12 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#fffd00rgb(255 253 0)hsl(60 100% 50%)oklch(96.4% 0.209 109.2)19.30 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#1a8fffrgb(26 143 255)hsl(209 100% 55%)oklch(64.9% 0.192 253.2)6.42 AA
Bright Magentacolor13#fd28ffrgb(253 40 255)hsl(299 100% 58%)oklch(70.8% 0.309 327.8)6.92 AA
Bright Cyancolor14#14ffffrgb(20 255 255)hsl(180 100% 54%)oklch(90.6% 0.153 194.8)16.78 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA

About Kitty Default

Kitty Default is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #000000 background with #dddddd as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 15.46:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 9.54:1 (minimum 3.59:1).

Its palette is highly saturated, anchored by #cc0403 red, #19cb00 green, #0d73cc blue, and #cb1ed1 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.

Published upstream with an identical palette under the names Kitty

Schemes similar to Kitty Default

Source: iTerm2 Color Schemes (GPL-3.0-only)