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Kitty Low Contrast

Kitty Low Contrast is a vibrant, dark terminal color scheme with a #333333 background and #ffffff text (12.6:1 contrast)

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Background
#333333
Foreground
#ffffff
Text contrast
12.63:1AAA
Accent contrast
5.74:1min 2.16
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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
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-rw-r--r-- 1 ada staff 4.1K Oct 30 09:01 package.json
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Kitty Low Contrast configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Kitty Low Contrast

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

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# Theme: Kitty Low Contrast (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/kitty-low-contrast?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 = #333333
foreground = #ffffff
cursor-color = #cccccc
cursor-text = #111111
selection-background = #fffacd
selection-foreground = #000000

Kitty Low Contrast palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#333333rgb(51 51 51)hsl(0 0% 20%)oklch(32.1% 0.000 0)—
Foregroundforeground#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)12.63 AAA
Cursorcursor#ccccccrgb(204 204 204)hsl(0 0% 80%)oklch(84.5% 0.000 0)7.87 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#111111rgb(17 17 17)hsl(0 0% 7%)oklch(17.8% 0.000 0)1.49 Fail
Selectionselection#fffacdrgb(255 250 205)hsl(54 100% 90%)oklch(97.8% 0.058 102.2)11.92 AAA
Selection textselectionText#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)1.66 Fail
Blackcolor0#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)1.66 Fail
Redcolor1#cc0403rgb(204 4 3)hsl(0 97% 41%)oklch(53.2% 0.217 29.2)2.16 Fail
Greencolor2#19cb00rgb(25 203 0)hsl(113 100% 40%)oklch(73.1% 0.246 142.0)5.77 AA
Yellowcolor3#cecb00rgb(206 203 0)hsl(59 100% 40%)oklch(81.8% 0.177 108.7)7.32 AAA
Bluecolor4#0d73ccrgb(13 115 204)hsl(208 88% 43%)oklch(55.2% 0.161 252.1)2.61 Fail
Magentacolor5#cb1ed1rgb(203 30 209)hsl(298 75% 47%)oklch(60.3% 0.265 326.6)2.80 Fail
Cyancolor6#0dcdcdrgb(13 205 205)hsl(180 88% 43%)oklch(76.9% 0.130 194.8)6.40 AA
Whitecolor7#ddddddrgb(221 221 221)hsl(0 0% 87%)oklch(89.8% 0.000 0)9.30 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#767676rgb(118 118 118)hsl(0 0% 46%)oklch(56.6% 0.000 0)2.78 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#f2201frgb(242 32 31)hsl(0 89% 54%)oklch(61.4% 0.238 28.2)3.01 AA Large
Bright Greencolor10#23fd00rgb(35 253 0)hsl(112 100% 50%)oklch(86.3% 0.290 142.0)9.10 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#fffd00rgb(255 253 0)hsl(60 100% 50%)oklch(96.4% 0.209 109.2)11.61 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#1a8fffrgb(26 143 255)hsl(209 100% 55%)oklch(64.9% 0.192 253.2)3.86 AA Large
Bright Magentacolor13#fd28ffrgb(253 40 255)hsl(299 100% 58%)oklch(70.8% 0.309 327.8)4.17 AA Large
Bright Cyancolor14#14ffffrgb(20 255 255)hsl(180 100% 54%)oklch(90.6% 0.153 194.8)10.09 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)12.63 AAA

About Kitty Low Contrast

Kitty Low Contrast is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #333333 background with #ffffff as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 12.63:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 5.74:1 (minimum 2.16:1).

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.

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