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Mellow

Mellow is a dark terminal color scheme with a #161617 background and #c9c7cd text (10.8:1 contrast)

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Background
#161617
Foreground
#c9c7cd
Text contrast
10.79:1AAA
Accent contrast
9.04:1min 7.14
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~/dev/tintdex on main [!?] via ⬢ v1.4.3
❯ ls -la
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
~/dev/tintdex on main [!?] via ⬢ v1.4.3
❯ git status
On branch main
Your branch is ahead of 'origin/main' by 2 commits.
Changes to be committed:
new file: src/theme.css
modified: README.md
Changes not staged for commit:
modified: src/app.tsx
deleted: legacy/colors.js
Untracked files:
notes.md
~/dev/tintdex on main [!?] via ⬢ v1.4.3
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Mellow configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Mellow

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

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# Theme: Mellow (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/mellow?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#27272a
palette = 1=#f5a191
palette = 2=#90b99f
palette = 3=#e6b99d
palette = 4=#aca1cf
palette = 5=#e29eca
palette = 6=#ea83a5
palette = 7=#c1c0d4
palette = 8=#353539
palette = 9=#ffae9f
palette = 10=#9dc6ac
palette = 11=#f0c5a9
palette = 12=#b9aeda
palette = 13=#ecaad6
palette = 14=#f591b2
palette = 15=#cac9dd
background = #161617
foreground = #c9c7cd
cursor-color = #cac9dd
cursor-text = #161617
selection-background = #2a2a2d
selection-foreground = #c1c0d4

Mellow palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#161617rgb(22 22 23)hsl(240 2% 9%)oklch(20.1% 0.002 286.2)—
Foregroundforeground#c9c7cdrgb(201 199 205)hsl(260 6% 79%)oklch(83.3% 0.009 301.3)10.79 AAA
Cursorcursor#cac9ddrgb(202 201 221)hsl(243 23% 83%)oklch(84.3% 0.028 288.1)11.12 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#161617rgb(22 22 23)hsl(240 2% 9%)oklch(20.1% 0.002 286.2)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#2a2a2drgb(42 42 45)hsl(240 3% 17%)oklch(28.6% 0.005 286.1)1.26 Fail
Selection textselectionText#c1c0d4rgb(193 192 212)hsl(243 19% 79%)oklch(81.5% 0.028 288.1)10.13 AAA
Blackcolor0#27272argb(39 39 42)hsl(240 4% 16%)oklch(27.4% 0.005 286.0)1.21 Fail
Redcolor1#f5a191rgb(245 161 145)hsl(10 83% 76%)oklch(78.8% 0.103 31.3)8.95 AAA
Greencolor2#90b99frgb(144 185 159)hsl(142 23% 65%)oklch(74.9% 0.058 156.9)8.29 AAA
Yellowcolor3#e6b99drgb(230 185 157)hsl(23 59% 76%)oklch(81.9% 0.065 53.5)10.15 AAA
Bluecolor4#aca1cfrgb(172 161 207)hsl(254 32% 72%)oklch(73.4% 0.067 295.7)7.54 AAA
Magentacolor5#e29ecargb(226 158 202)hsl(321 54% 75%)oklch(77.8% 0.098 340.6)8.59 AAA
Cyancolor6#ea83a5rgb(234 131 165)hsl(340 71% 72%)oklch(73.1% 0.131 359.7)7.14 AAA
Whitecolor7#c1c0d4rgb(193 192 212)hsl(243 19% 79%)oklch(81.5% 0.028 288.1)10.13 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#353539rgb(53 53 57)hsl(240 4% 22%)oklch(33.0% 0.007 286.0)1.48 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#ffae9frgb(255 174 159)hsl(9 100% 81%)oklch(82.5% 0.098 30.9)10.17 AAA
Bright Greencolor10#9dc6acrgb(157 198 172)hsl(142 26% 70%)oklch(79.0% 0.057 157.0)9.56 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#f0c5a9rgb(240 197 169)hsl(24 70% 80%)oklch(85.4% 0.062 54.8)11.42 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#b9aedargb(185 174 218)hsl(255 37% 77%)oklch(77.5% 0.063 296.4)8.72 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#ecaad6rgb(236 170 214)hsl(320 63% 80%)oklch(81.3% 0.096 339.5)9.72 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#f591b2rgb(245 145 178)hsl(340 83% 76%)oklch(77.0% 0.126 359.3)8.25 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#cac9ddrgb(202 201 221)hsl(243 23% 83%)oklch(84.3% 0.028 288.1)11.12 AAA

About Mellow

Mellow is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #161617 background with #c9c7cd as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 10.79:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 9.04:1 (minimum 7.14:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #f5a191 red, #90b99f green, #aca1cf blue, and #e29eca 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: iTerm2 Color Schemes (MIT)