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Legacy Contrast

Legacy Contrast is a true black, dark terminal color scheme with a #080a0c background and #aec2e0 text (10.9:1 contrast)

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Background
#080a0c
Foreground
#aec2e0
Text contrast
10.95:1AAA
Accent contrast
9.48:1min 3.01
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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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Legacy Contrast configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Legacy Contrast

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

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

palette = 0=#12171b
palette = 1=#ba0e2e
palette = 2=#267fb5
palette = 3=#ffffff
palette = 4=#ffb20d
palette = 5=#748aa6
palette = 6=#267fb5
palette = 7=#c0d0e7
palette = 8=#27303a
palette = 9=#e61f44
palette = 10=#63b0de
palette = 11=#ffffff
palette = 12=#ffd273
palette = 13=#b2bece
palette = 14=#63b0de
palette = 15=#e5ecf5
background = #080a0c
foreground = #aec2e0
cursor-color = #f8f8f0
cursor-text = #aec2e0
selection-background = #ff410d
selection-foreground = #ffffff

Legacy Contrast palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#080a0crgb(8 10 12)hsl(210 20% 4%)oklch(14.3% 0.006 246.4)—
Foregroundforeground#aec2e0rgb(174 194 224)hsl(216 45% 78%)oklch(80.9% 0.048 258.4)10.95 AAA
Cursorcursor#f8f8f0rgb(248 248 240)hsl(60 36% 96%)oklch(97.7% 0.011 106.6)18.58 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#aec2e0rgb(174 194 224)hsl(216 45% 78%)oklch(80.9% 0.048 258.4)10.95 AAA
Selectionselection#ff410drgb(255 65 13)hsl(13 100% 53%)oklch(65.7% 0.231 34.0)5.68 AA
Selection textselectionText#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)19.83 AAA
Blackcolor0#12171brgb(18 23 27)hsl(207 20% 9%)oklch(20.1% 0.011 242.3)1.10 Fail
Redcolor1#ba0e2ergb(186 14 46)hsl(349 86% 39%)oklch(50.3% 0.196 21.1)3.01 AA Large
Greencolor2#267fb5rgb(38 127 181)hsl(203 65% 43%)oklch(57.1% 0.116 240.6)4.52 AA
Yellowcolor3#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)19.83 AAA
Bluecolor4#ffb20drgb(255 178 13)hsl(41 100% 53%)oklch(81.6% 0.169 77.1)10.98 AAA
Magentacolor5#748aa6rgb(116 138 166)hsl(214 22% 55%)oklch(62.6% 0.049 254.6)5.60 AA
Cyancolor6#267fb5rgb(38 127 181)hsl(203 65% 43%)oklch(57.1% 0.116 240.6)4.52 AA
Whitecolor7#c0d0e7rgb(192 208 231)hsl(215 45% 83%)oklch(85.3% 0.037 257.4)12.67 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#27303argb(39 48 58)hsl(212 20% 19%)oklch(30.5% 0.022 251.3)1.48 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#e61f44rgb(230 31 68)hsl(349 80% 51%)oklch(59.5% 0.225 19.4)4.39 AA Large
Bright Greencolor10#63b0dergb(99 176 222)hsl(202 65% 63%)oklch(72.6% 0.102 236.7)8.31 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)19.83 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#ffd273rgb(255 210 115)hsl(41 100% 73%)oklch(88.4% 0.124 84.4)13.90 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#b2becergb(178 190 206)hsl(214 22% 75%)oklch(79.7% 0.026 255.6)10.53 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#63b0dergb(99 176 222)hsl(202 65% 63%)oklch(72.6% 0.102 236.7)8.31 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#e5ecf5rgb(229 236 245)hsl(214 44% 93%)oklch(94.0% 0.014 254.6)16.66 AAA

About Legacy Contrast

Legacy Contrast is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #080a0c background with #aec2e0 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 10.95:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 9.48:1 (minimum 3.01:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #ba0e2e red, #267fb5 green, #ffb20d blue, and #748aa6 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)