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Measured Dark

Measured Dark is a cool, dark terminal color scheme with a #00211f background and #dcdcdc text (12.4:1 contrast)

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Background
#00211f
Foreground
#dcdcdc
Text contrast
12.38:1AAA
Accent contrast
7.17:1min 5.66
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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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Measured Dark configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Measured Dark

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

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# Theme: Measured Dark (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/measured-dark?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#00211f
palette = 1=#ce7e8e
palette = 2=#56c16f
palette = 3=#bfac4e
palette = 4=#88b0da
palette = 5=#b39be0
palette = 6=#62c0be
palette = 7=#dcdcdc
palette = 8=#ababab
palette = 9=#ce7e8e
palette = 10=#56c16f
palette = 11=#bfac4e
palette = 12=#88b0da
palette = 13=#b39be0
palette = 14=#62c0be
palette = 15=#f5f5f5
background = #00211f
foreground = #dcdcdc
cursor-color = #dcdcdc
cursor-text = #00211f
selection-background = #334b48
selection-foreground = #dcdcdc

Measured Dark palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#00211frgb(0 33 31)hsl(176 100% 6%)oklch(22.3% 0.039 189.0)—
Foregroundforeground#dcdcdcrgb(220 220 220)hsl(0 0% 86%)oklch(89.4% 0.000 0)12.38 AAA
Cursorcursor#dcdcdcrgb(220 220 220)hsl(0 0% 86%)oklch(89.4% 0.000 0)12.38 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#00211frgb(0 33 31)hsl(176 100% 6%)oklch(22.3% 0.039 189.0)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#334b48rgb(51 75 72)hsl(173 19% 25%)oklch(39.2% 0.030 186.4)1.81 Fail
Selection textselectionText#dcdcdcrgb(220 220 220)hsl(0 0% 86%)oklch(89.4% 0.000 0)12.38 AAA
Blackcolor0#00211frgb(0 33 31)hsl(176 100% 6%)oklch(22.3% 0.039 189.0)1.00 Fail
Redcolor1#ce7e8ergb(206 126 142)hsl(348 45% 65%)oklch(68.2% 0.101 7.1)5.66 AA
Greencolor2#56c16frgb(86 193 111)hsl(134 46% 55%)oklch(72.8% 0.154 148.9)7.48 AAA
Yellowcolor3#bfac4ergb(191 172 78)hsl(50 47% 53%)oklch(74.2% 0.116 98.0)7.46 AAA
Bluecolor4#88b0dargb(136 176 218)hsl(211 53% 69%)oklch(74.3% 0.075 250.1)7.49 AAA
Magentacolor5#b39be0rgb(179 155 224)hsl(261 53% 74%)oklch(73.6% 0.101 299.9)7.02 AAA
Cyancolor6#62c0bergb(98 192 190)hsl(179 43% 57%)oklch(75.0% 0.089 193.6)7.92 AAA
Whitecolor7#dcdcdcrgb(220 220 220)hsl(0 0% 86%)oklch(89.4% 0.000 0)12.38 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#abababrgb(171 171 171)hsl(0 0% 67%)oklch(74.1% 0.000 0)7.39 AAA
Bright Redcolor9#ce7e8ergb(206 126 142)hsl(348 45% 65%)oklch(68.2% 0.101 7.1)5.66 AA
Bright Greencolor10#56c16frgb(86 193 111)hsl(134 46% 55%)oklch(72.8% 0.154 148.9)7.48 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#bfac4ergb(191 172 78)hsl(50 47% 53%)oklch(74.2% 0.116 98.0)7.46 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#88b0dargb(136 176 218)hsl(211 53% 69%)oklch(74.3% 0.075 250.1)7.49 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#b39be0rgb(179 155 224)hsl(261 53% 74%)oklch(73.6% 0.101 299.9)7.02 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#62c0bergb(98 192 190)hsl(179 43% 57%)oklch(75.0% 0.089 193.6)7.92 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#f5f5f5rgb(245 245 245)hsl(0 0% 96%)oklch(97.0% 0.000 0)15.57 AAA

About Measured Dark

Measured Dark is a dark terminal color scheme built on a cool-tinted #00211f background with #dcdcdc as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 12.38:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 7.17:1 (minimum 5.66:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #ce7e8e red, #56c16f green, #88b0da blue, and #b39be0 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)