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Lichen Light

Lichen Light is a soft, light terminal color scheme with a #e6e9ed background and #414549 text (7.9:1 contrast)

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Background
#e6e9ed
Foreground
#414549
Text contrast
7.94:1AAA
Accent contrast
2.81:1min 1.40
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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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Lichen Light configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Lichen Light

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

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

palette = 0=#f5f6f8
palette = 1=#ba0e2e
palette = 2=#249388
palette = 3=#64964c
palette = 4=#1a9d6b
palette = 5=#246c82
palette = 6=#1a9d6b
palette = 7=#4d5256
palette = 8=#ffffff
palette = 9=#e61f44
palette = 10=#4ad3c5
palette = 11=#9ac286
palette = 12=#3edfa2
palette = 13=#41aacb
palette = 14=#3edfa2
palette = 15=#656b71
background = #e6e9ed
foreground = #414549
cursor-color = #222222
cursor-text = #414549
selection-background = #1a9d6b
selection-foreground = #ffffff

Lichen Light palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#e6e9edrgb(230 233 237)hsl(214 16% 92%)oklch(93.3% 0.006 255.5)—
Foregroundforeground#414549rgb(65 69 73)hsl(210 6% 27%)oklch(38.8% 0.009 248.1)7.94 AAA
Cursorcursor#222222rgb(34 34 34)hsl(0 0% 13%)oklch(25.2% 0.000 0)13.06 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#414549rgb(65 69 73)hsl(210 6% 27%)oklch(38.8% 0.009 248.1)7.94 AAA
Selectionselection#1a9d6brgb(26 157 107)hsl(157 72% 36%)oklch(61.7% 0.131 161.0)2.84 Fail
Selection textselectionText#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)1.22 Fail
Blackcolor0#f5f6f8rgb(245 246 248)hsl(220 18% 97%)oklch(97.3% 0.003 264.5)1.13 Fail
Redcolor1#ba0e2ergb(186 14 46)hsl(349 86% 39%)oklch(50.3% 0.196 21.1)5.41 AA
Greencolor2#249388rgb(36 147 136)hsl(174 61% 36%)oklch(60.1% 0.097 185.0)3.08 AA Large
Yellowcolor3#64964crgb(100 150 76)hsl(101 33% 44%)oklch(62.0% 0.117 136.3)2.87 Fail
Bluecolor4#1a9d6brgb(26 157 107)hsl(157 72% 36%)oklch(61.7% 0.131 161.0)2.84 Fail
Magentacolor5#246c82rgb(36 108 130)hsl(194 57% 33%)oklch(49.7% 0.078 222.1)4.87 AA
Cyancolor6#1a9d6brgb(26 157 107)hsl(157 72% 36%)oklch(61.7% 0.131 161.0)2.84 Fail
Whitecolor7#4d5256rgb(77 82 86)hsl(207 6% 32%)oklch(43.6% 0.009 241.8)6.49 AA
Bright Blackcolor8#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)1.22 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#e61f44rgb(230 31 68)hsl(349 80% 51%)oklch(59.5% 0.225 19.4)3.71 AA Large
Bright Greencolor10#4ad3c5rgb(74 211 197)hsl(174 61% 56%)oklch(79.0% 0.119 185.4)1.51 Fail
Bright Yellowcolor11#9ac286rgb(154 194 134)hsl(100 33% 64%)oklch(77.0% 0.093 135.5)1.65 Fail
Bright Bluecolor12#3edfa2rgb(62 223 162)hsl(157 72% 56%)oklch(80.7% 0.158 162.9)1.40 Fail
Bright Magentacolor13#41aacbrgb(65 170 203)hsl(194 57% 53%)oklch(69.1% 0.106 222.5)2.20 Fail
Bright Cyancolor14#3edfa2rgb(62 223 162)hsl(157 72% 56%)oklch(80.7% 0.158 162.9)1.40 Fail
Bright Whitecolor15#656b71rgb(101 107 113)hsl(210 6% 42%)oklch(52.5% 0.012 248.1)4.43 AA Large

About Lichen Light

Lichen Light is a light terminal color scheme built on a neutral #e6e9ed background with #414549 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 7.94:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 2.81:1 (minimum 1.40:1).

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)