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Liquid Carbon

Liquid Carbon is a dark terminal color scheme with a #303030 background and #afc2c2 text (7.1:1 contrast)

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Background
#303030
Foreground
#afc2c2
Text contrast
7.11:1AAA
Accent contrast
4.70:1min 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
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Liquid Carbon configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Liquid Carbon

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

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# Theme: Liquid Carbon (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/liquid-carbon?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#000000
palette = 1=#ff3030
palette = 2=#559a70
palette = 3=#ccac00
palette = 4=#0099cc
palette = 5=#cc69c8
palette = 6=#7ac4cc
palette = 7=#bccccc
palette = 8=#000000
palette = 9=#ff3030
palette = 10=#559a70
palette = 11=#ccac00
palette = 12=#0099cc
palette = 13=#cc69c8
palette = 14=#7ac4cc
palette = 15=#bccccc
background = #303030
foreground = #afc2c2
cursor-color = #ffffff
cursor-text = #000000
selection-background = #7dbeff
selection-foreground = #000000

Liquid Carbon palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#303030rgb(48 48 48)hsl(0 0% 19%)oklch(30.9% 0.000 0)—
Foregroundforeground#afc2c2rgb(175 194 194)hsl(180 13% 72%)oklch(80.0% 0.021 196.7)7.11 AAA
Cursorcursor#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)13.20 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)1.59 Fail
Selectionselection#7dbeffrgb(125 190 255)hsl(210 100% 75%)oklch(78.3% 0.115 249.5)6.71 AA
Selection textselectionText#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)1.59 Fail
Blackcolor0#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)1.59 Fail
Redcolor1#ff3030rgb(255 48 48)hsl(0 100% 59%)oklch(64.7% 0.239 27.2)3.59 AA Large
Greencolor2#559a70rgb(85 154 112)hsl(143 29% 47%)oklch(62.9% 0.095 155.7)3.92 AA Large
Yellowcolor3#ccac00rgb(204 172 0)hsl(51 100% 40%)oklch(75.0% 0.154 95.6)5.95 AA
Bluecolor4#0099ccrgb(0 153 204)hsl(195 100% 40%)oklch(64.1% 0.129 231.1)4.04 AA Large
Magentacolor5#cc69c8rgb(204 105 200)hsl(302 49% 61%)oklch(66.9% 0.171 328.8)4.04 AA Large
Cyancolor6#7ac4ccrgb(122 196 204)hsl(186 45% 64%)oklch(77.5% 0.075 204.5)6.66 AA
Whitecolor7#bcccccrgb(188 204 204)hsl(180 14% 77%)oklch(83.3% 0.017 196.8)7.95 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)1.59 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#ff3030rgb(255 48 48)hsl(0 100% 59%)oklch(64.7% 0.239 27.2)3.59 AA Large
Bright Greencolor10#559a70rgb(85 154 112)hsl(143 29% 47%)oklch(62.9% 0.095 155.7)3.92 AA Large
Bright Yellowcolor11#ccac00rgb(204 172 0)hsl(51 100% 40%)oklch(75.0% 0.154 95.6)5.95 AA
Bright Bluecolor12#0099ccrgb(0 153 204)hsl(195 100% 40%)oklch(64.1% 0.129 231.1)4.04 AA Large
Bright Magentacolor13#cc69c8rgb(204 105 200)hsl(302 49% 61%)oklch(66.9% 0.171 328.8)4.04 AA Large
Bright Cyancolor14#7ac4ccrgb(122 196 204)hsl(186 45% 64%)oklch(77.5% 0.075 204.5)6.66 AA
Bright Whitecolor15#bcccccrgb(188 204 204)hsl(180 14% 77%)oklch(83.3% 0.017 196.8)7.95 AAA

About Liquid Carbon

Liquid Carbon is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #303030 background with #afc2c2 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 7.11:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 4.70:1 (minimum 3.59:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #ff3030 red, #559a70 green, #0099cc blue, and #cc69c8 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.

Schemes similar to Liquid Carbon

Source: iTerm2 Color Schemes (MIT)