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Low Contrast

Low Contrast is a soft, vibrant, dark terminal color scheme with a #333333 background and #dddddd text (9.3:1 contrast)

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Background
#333333
Foreground
#dddddd
Text contrast
9.30:1AAA
Accent contrast
3.59:1min 1.03
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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
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Low Contrast configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Low Contrast

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

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

palette = 0=#000000
palette = 1=#bb0000
palette = 2=#00bb00
palette = 3=#bbbb00
palette = 4=#0000bb
palette = 5=#bb00bb
palette = 6=#00bbbb
palette = 7=#bbbbbb
palette = 8=#000000
palette = 9=#bb0000
palette = 10=#00bb00
palette = 11=#bbbb00
palette = 12=#0000bb
palette = 13=#bb00bb
palette = 14=#00bbbb
palette = 15=#bbbbbb
background = #333333
foreground = #dddddd
cursor-color = #dddddd
cursor-text = #333333
selection-background = #595959
selection-foreground = #dddddd

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#ddddddrgb(221 221 221)hsl(0 0% 87%)oklch(89.8% 0.000 0)9.30 AAA
Cursorcursor#ddddddrgb(221 221 221)hsl(0 0% 87%)oklch(89.8% 0.000 0)9.30 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#333333rgb(51 51 51)hsl(0 0% 20%)oklch(32.1% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#595959rgb(89 89 89)hsl(0 0% 35%)oklch(46.4% 0.000 0)1.80 Fail
Selection textselectionText#ddddddrgb(221 221 221)hsl(0 0% 87%)oklch(89.8% 0.000 0)9.30 AAA
Blackcolor0#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)1.66 Fail
Redcolor1#bb0000rgb(187 0 0)hsl(0 100% 37%)oklch(49.7% 0.204 29.2)1.87 Fail
Greencolor2#00bb00rgb(0 187 0)hsl(120 100% 37%)oklch(68.6% 0.234 142.5)4.88 AA
Yellowcolor3#bbbb00rgb(187 187 0)hsl(60 100% 37%)oklch(76.7% 0.167 109.8)6.15 AA
Bluecolor4#0000bbrgb(0 0 187)hsl(240 100% 37%)oklch(35.8% 0.248 264.1)1.03 Fail
Magentacolor5#bb00bbrgb(187 0 187)hsl(300 100% 37%)oklch(55.6% 0.255 328.4)2.30 Fail
Cyancolor6#00bbbbrgb(0 187 187)hsl(180 100% 37%)oklch(71.7% 0.122 194.8)5.31 AA
Whitecolor7#bbbbbbrgb(187 187 187)hsl(0 0% 73%)oklch(79.2% 0.000 0)6.58 AA
Bright Blackcolor8#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)1.66 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#bb0000rgb(187 0 0)hsl(0 100% 37%)oklch(49.7% 0.204 29.2)1.87 Fail
Bright Greencolor10#00bb00rgb(0 187 0)hsl(120 100% 37%)oklch(68.6% 0.234 142.5)4.88 AA
Bright Yellowcolor11#bbbb00rgb(187 187 0)hsl(60 100% 37%)oklch(76.7% 0.167 109.8)6.15 AA
Bright Bluecolor12#0000bbrgb(0 0 187)hsl(240 100% 37%)oklch(35.8% 0.248 264.1)1.03 Fail
Bright Magentacolor13#bb00bbrgb(187 0 187)hsl(300 100% 37%)oklch(55.6% 0.255 328.4)2.30 Fail
Bright Cyancolor14#00bbbbrgb(0 187 187)hsl(180 100% 37%)oklch(71.7% 0.122 194.8)5.31 AA
Bright Whitecolor15#bbbbbbrgb(187 187 187)hsl(0 0% 73%)oklch(79.2% 0.000 0)6.58 AA

About Low Contrast

Low Contrast is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #333333 background with #dddddd as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 9.30:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 3.59:1 (minimum 1.03:1).

Its palette is highly saturated, anchored by #bb0000 red, #00bb00 green, #0000bb blue, and #bb00bb 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: Gogh (MIT OR Apache-2.0)