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Matte Black

Matte Black is a monochrome, dark terminal color scheme with a #121212 background and #bebebe text (10.1:1 contrast)

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Background
#121212
Foreground
#bebebe
Text contrast
10.08:1AAA
Accent contrast
7.10:1min 2.00
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drwxr-xr-x 8 ada staff 256 Oct 29 18:40 ..
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drwxr-xr-x 3 ada staff 96 Oct 28 11:02 public
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Matte Black configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Matte Black

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

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# Theme: Matte Black (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/matte-black?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#333333
palette = 1=#d35f5f
palette = 2=#ffc107
palette = 3=#b91c1c
palette = 4=#e68e0d
palette = 5=#d35f5f
palette = 6=#bebebe
palette = 7=#bebebe
palette = 8=#8a8a8d
palette = 9=#891c1c
palette = 10=#ffc107
palette = 11=#b90a0a
palette = 12=#f59e0b
palette = 13=#b91c1c
palette = 14=#eaeaea
palette = 15=#ffffff
background = #121212
foreground = #bebebe
cursor-color = #eaeaea
cursor-text = #121212
selection-background = #333333
selection-foreground = #eaeaea

Matte Black palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#121212rgb(18 18 18)hsl(0 0% 7%)oklch(18.2% 0.000 0)—
Foregroundforeground#bebebergb(190 190 190)hsl(0 0% 75%)oklch(80.2% 0.000 0)10.08 AAA
Cursorcursor#eaeaeargb(234 234 234)hsl(0 0% 92%)oklch(93.7% 0.000 0)15.57 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#121212rgb(18 18 18)hsl(0 0% 7%)oklch(18.2% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#333333rgb(51 51 51)hsl(0 0% 20%)oklch(32.1% 0.000 0)1.48 Fail
Selection textselectionText#eaeaeargb(234 234 234)hsl(0 0% 92%)oklch(93.7% 0.000 0)15.57 AAA
Blackcolor0#333333rgb(51 51 51)hsl(0 0% 20%)oklch(32.1% 0.000 0)1.48 Fail
Redcolor1#d35f5frgb(211 95 95)hsl(0 57% 60%)oklch(62.9% 0.147 22.2)4.97 AA
Greencolor2#ffc107rgb(255 193 7)hsl(45 100% 51%)oklch(84.4% 0.172 84.9)11.49 AAA
Yellowcolor3#b91c1crgb(185 28 28)hsl(0 74% 42%)oklch(50.5% 0.190 27.5)2.90 Fail
Bluecolor4#e68e0drgb(230 142 13)hsl(36 89% 48%)oklch(72.2% 0.158 66.5)7.35 AAA
Magentacolor5#d35f5frgb(211 95 95)hsl(0 57% 60%)oklch(62.9% 0.147 22.2)4.97 AA
Cyancolor6#bebebergb(190 190 190)hsl(0 0% 75%)oklch(80.2% 0.000 0)10.08 AAA
Whitecolor7#bebebergb(190 190 190)hsl(0 0% 75%)oklch(80.2% 0.000 0)10.08 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#8a8a8drgb(138 138 141)hsl(240 1% 55%)oklch(63.4% 0.004 286.3)5.44 AA
Bright Redcolor9#891c1crgb(137 28 28)hsl(0 66% 32%)oklch(41.4% 0.145 26.3)2.00 Fail
Bright Greencolor10#ffc107rgb(255 193 7)hsl(45 100% 51%)oklch(84.4% 0.172 84.9)11.49 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#b90a0argb(185 10 10)hsl(0 90% 38%)oklch(49.7% 0.199 28.7)2.77 Fail
Bright Bluecolor12#f59e0brgb(245 158 11)hsl(38 92% 50%)oklch(76.9% 0.165 70.1)8.72 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#b91c1crgb(185 28 28)hsl(0 74% 42%)oklch(50.5% 0.190 27.5)2.90 Fail
Bright Cyancolor14#eaeaeargb(234 234 234)hsl(0 0% 92%)oklch(93.7% 0.000 0)15.57 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)18.73 AAA

About Matte Black

Matte Black is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #121212 background with #bebebe as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 10.08:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 7.10:1 (minimum 2.00:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #d35f5f red, #ffc107 green, #e68e0d blue, and #d35f5f 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 Matte Black

Source: iTerm2 Color Schemes (MIT)