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Mellow Contrast

Mellow Contrast is a true black, high contrast, dark terminal color scheme with a #0b0a09 background and #f8f8f2 text (18.6:1 contrast)

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Background
#0b0a09
Foreground
#f8f8f2
Text contrast
18.56:1AAA
Accent contrast
10.03:1min 3.01
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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
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Your branch is ahead of 'origin/main' by 2 commits.
Changes to be committed:
new file: src/theme.css
modified: README.md
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modified: src/app.tsx
deleted: legacy/colors.js
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notes.md
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Mellow Contrast configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Mellow Contrast

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

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

palette = 0=#191714
palette = 1=#ba0e2e
palette = 2=#f2bc79
palette = 3=#1f8181
palette = 4=#f28972
palette = 5=#f2bc79
palette = 6=#f55d79
palette = 7=#ffffff
palette = 8=#35302b
palette = 9=#e61f44
palette = 10=#fbead6
palette = 11=#37cfcf
palette = 12=#fbd7cf
palette = 13=#fbead6
palette = 14=#fbbdc8
palette = 15=#ffffff
background = #0b0a09
foreground = #f8f8f2
cursor-color = #f8f8f0
cursor-text = #f8f8f2
selection-background = #f55d79
selection-foreground = #ffffff

Mellow Contrast palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#0b0a09rgb(11 10 9)hsl(30 10% 4%)oklch(14.6% 0.003 68.6)—
Foregroundforeground#f8f8f2rgb(248 248 242)hsl(60 30% 96%)oklch(97.7% 0.008 106.5)18.56 AAA
Cursorcursor#f8f8f0rgb(248 248 240)hsl(60 36% 96%)oklch(97.7% 0.011 106.6)18.53 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#f8f8f2rgb(248 248 242)hsl(60 30% 96%)oklch(97.7% 0.008 106.5)18.56 AAA
Selectionselection#f55d79rgb(245 93 121)hsl(349 88% 66%)oklch(68.3% 0.186 12.4)6.33 AA
Selection textselectionText#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)19.78 AAA
Blackcolor0#191714rgb(25 23 20)hsl(36 11% 9%)oklch(20.6% 0.007 78.2)1.11 Fail
Redcolor1#ba0e2ergb(186 14 46)hsl(349 86% 39%)oklch(50.3% 0.196 21.1)3.01 AA Large
Greencolor2#f2bc79rgb(242 188 121)hsl(33 82% 71%)oklch(83.0% 0.105 71.5)11.53 AAA
Yellowcolor3#1f8181rgb(31 129 129)hsl(180 61% 31%)oklch(55.0% 0.086 195.0)4.25 AA Large
Bluecolor4#f28972rgb(242 137 114)hsl(11 83% 70%)oklch(73.8% 0.133 33.4)8.10 AAA
Magentacolor5#f2bc79rgb(242 188 121)hsl(33 82% 71%)oklch(83.0% 0.105 71.5)11.53 AAA
Cyancolor6#f55d79rgb(245 93 121)hsl(349 88% 66%)oklch(68.3% 0.186 12.4)6.33 AA
Whitecolor7#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)19.78 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#35302brgb(53 48 43)hsl(30 10% 19%)oklch(31.3% 0.011 67.4)1.52 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#e61f44rgb(230 31 68)hsl(349 80% 51%)oklch(59.5% 0.225 19.4)4.37 AA Large
Bright Greencolor10#fbead6rgb(251 234 214)hsl(32 82% 91%)oklch(94.5% 0.032 71.9)16.81 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#37cfcfrgb(55 207 207)hsl(180 61% 51%)oklch(77.9% 0.122 194.9)10.35 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#fbd7cfrgb(251 215 207)hsl(11 85% 90%)oklch(90.7% 0.042 32.6)14.81 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#fbead6rgb(251 234 214)hsl(32 82% 91%)oklch(94.5% 0.032 71.9)16.81 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#fbbdc8rgb(251 189 200)hsl(349 89% 86%)oklch(85.8% 0.073 6.9)12.45 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)19.78 AAA

About Mellow Contrast

Mellow Contrast is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #0b0a09 background with #f8f8f2 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 18.56:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 10.03:1 (minimum 3.01:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #ba0e2e red, #f2bc79 green, #f28972 blue, and #f2bc79 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: Rainglow (MIT)