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Lichen

Lichen is a soft, cool, dark terminal color scheme with a #1a252f background and #9cadbc text (6.8:1 contrast)

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Background
#1a252f
Foreground
#9cadbc
Text contrast
6.76:1AA
Accent contrast
6.51:1min 2.36
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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
~/dev/tintdex on main [!?] via ⬢ v1.4.3
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modified: src/app.tsx
deleted: legacy/colors.js
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Lichen configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Lichen

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

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# Theme: Lichen (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/lichen?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#23323f
palette = 1=#ba0e2e
palette = 2=#249388
palette = 3=#9ce878
palette = 4=#1a9d6b
palette = 5=#246c82
palette = 6=#1a9d6b
palette = 7=#abbac6
palette = 8=#354c60
palette = 9=#e61f44
palette = 10=#4ad3c5
palette = 11=#dcf7cf
palette = 12=#3edfa2
palette = 13=#41aacb
palette = 14=#3edfa2
palette = 15=#cad3db
background = #1a252f
foreground = #9cadbc
cursor-color = #f8f8f0
cursor-text = #9cadbc
selection-background = #1a9d6b
selection-foreground = #ffffff

Lichen palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#1a252frgb(26 37 47)hsl(209 29% 14%)oklch(25.9% 0.024 246.3)—
Foregroundforeground#9cadbcrgb(156 173 188)hsl(208 19% 67%)oklch(73.9% 0.029 244.8)6.76 AA
Cursorcursor#f8f8f0rgb(248 248 240)hsl(60 36% 96%)oklch(97.7% 0.011 106.6)14.58 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#9cadbcrgb(156 173 188)hsl(208 19% 67%)oklch(73.9% 0.029 244.8)6.76 AA
Selectionselection#1a9d6brgb(26 157 107)hsl(157 72% 36%)oklch(61.7% 0.131 161.0)4.50 AA
Selection textselectionText#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)15.56 AAA
Blackcolor0#23323frgb(35 50 63)hsl(208 29% 19%)oklch(31.0% 0.031 245.2)1.19 Fail
Redcolor1#ba0e2ergb(186 14 46)hsl(349 86% 39%)oklch(50.3% 0.196 21.1)2.36 Fail
Greencolor2#249388rgb(36 147 136)hsl(174 61% 36%)oklch(60.1% 0.097 185.0)4.15 AA Large
Yellowcolor3#9ce878rgb(156 232 120)hsl(101 71% 69%)oklch(85.6% 0.164 136.4)10.54 AAA
Bluecolor4#1a9d6brgb(26 157 107)hsl(157 72% 36%)oklch(61.7% 0.131 161.0)4.50 AA
Magentacolor5#246c82rgb(36 108 130)hsl(194 57% 33%)oklch(49.7% 0.078 222.1)2.62 Fail
Cyancolor6#1a9d6brgb(26 157 107)hsl(157 72% 36%)oklch(61.7% 0.131 161.0)4.50 AA
Whitecolor7#abbac6rgb(171 186 198)hsl(207 19% 72%)oklch(78.1% 0.024 242.0)7.83 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#354c60rgb(53 76 96)hsl(208 29% 29%)oklch(40.6% 0.044 245.4)1.74 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#e61f44rgb(230 31 68)hsl(349 80% 51%)oklch(59.5% 0.225 19.4)3.44 AA Large
Bright Greencolor10#4ad3c5rgb(74 211 197)hsl(174 61% 56%)oklch(79.0% 0.119 185.4)8.46 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#dcf7cfrgb(220 247 207)hsl(100 71% 89%)oklch(94.6% 0.060 135.4)13.52 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#3edfa2rgb(62 223 162)hsl(157 72% 56%)oklch(80.7% 0.158 162.9)9.10 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#41aacbrgb(65 170 203)hsl(194 57% 53%)oklch(69.1% 0.106 222.5)5.81 AA
Bright Cyancolor14#3edfa2rgb(62 223 162)hsl(157 72% 56%)oklch(80.7% 0.158 162.9)9.10 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#cad3dbrgb(202 211 219)hsl(208 19% 83%)oklch(86.2% 0.015 244.7)10.26 AAA

About Lichen

Lichen is a dark terminal color scheme built on a cool-tinted #1a252f background with #9cadbc as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 6.76:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 6.51:1 (minimum 2.36:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #ba0e2e red, #249388 green, #1a9d6b blue, and #246c82 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)