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Mesa Blue

Mesa Blue is a muted, pastel, dark terminal color scheme with a #164c72 background and #fff0d7 text (8.1:1 contrast)

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Background
#164c72
Foreground
#fff0d7
Text contrast
8.09:1AAA
Accent contrast
6.27:1min 5.04
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Mesa Blue configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Mesa Blue

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

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# Theme: Mesa Blue (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/mesa-blue?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#d3d8d5
palette = 1=#ffad91
palette = 2=#9fdfad
palette = 3=#f6d67a
palette = 4=#b7d9f4
palette = 5=#ecafd4
palette = 6=#a6e5df
palette = 7=#fff0d7
palette = 8=#e1e5e2
palette = 9=#ffc0a8
palette = 10=#b9e9c2
palette = 11=#ffe596
palette = 12=#cee6f8
palette = 13=#f3c7e0
palette = 14=#c2efea
palette = 15=#fffaf0
background = #164c72
foreground = #fff0d7
cursor-color = #ffc05d
cursor-text = #164c72
selection-background = #35698b
selection-foreground = #fff8e9

Mesa Blue palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#164c72rgb(22 76 114)hsl(205 68% 27%)oklch(40.1% 0.085 243.9)—
Foregroundforeground#fff0d7rgb(255 240 215)hsl(37 100% 92%)oklch(96.1% 0.037 80.6)8.09 AAA
Cursorcursor#ffc05drgb(255 192 93)hsl(37 100% 68%)oklch(84.7% 0.136 76.3)5.60 AA
Cursor textcursorText#164c72rgb(22 76 114)hsl(205 68% 27%)oklch(40.1% 0.085 243.9)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#35698brgb(53 105 139)hsl(204 45% 38%)oklch(50.0% 0.078 239.5)1.53 Fail
Selection textselectionText#fff8e9rgb(255 248 233)hsl(41 100% 96%)oklch(98.1% 0.021 85.9)8.59 AAA
Blackcolor0#d3d8d5rgb(211 216 213)hsl(144 6% 84%)oklch(87.8% 0.007 160.1)6.30 AA
Redcolor1#ffad91rgb(255 173 145)hsl(15 100% 78%)oklch(82.0% 0.104 39.6)5.04 AA
Greencolor2#9fdfadrgb(159 223 173)hsl(133 50% 75%)oklch(84.7% 0.095 150.8)5.90 AA
Yellowcolor3#f6d67argb(246 214 122)hsl(45 87% 72%)oklch(88.4% 0.117 90.7)6.41 AA
Bluecolor4#b7d9f4rgb(183 217 244)hsl(207 73% 84%)oklch(86.9% 0.052 242.2)6.16 AA
Magentacolor5#ecafd4rgb(236 175 212)hsl(324 62% 81%)oklch(82.1% 0.085 342.1)5.04 AA
Cyancolor6#a6e5dfrgb(166 229 223)hsl(174 55% 77%)oklch(87.8% 0.064 188.7)6.45 AA
Whitecolor7#fff0d7rgb(255 240 215)hsl(37 100% 92%)oklch(96.1% 0.037 80.6)8.09 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#e1e5e2rgb(225 229 226)hsl(135 7% 89%)oklch(91.8% 0.006 153.8)7.14 AAA
Bright Redcolor9#ffc0a8rgb(255 192 168)hsl(17 100% 83%)oklch(85.9% 0.080 41.8)5.78 AA
Bright Greencolor10#b9e9c2rgb(185 233 194)hsl(131 52% 82%)oklch(89.0% 0.073 150.3)6.71 AA
Bright Yellowcolor11#ffe596rgb(255 229 150)hsl(45 100% 79%)oklch(92.6% 0.102 91.9)7.31 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#cee6f8rgb(206 230 248)hsl(206 75% 89%)oklch(91.3% 0.035 240.3)7.05 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#f3c7e0rgb(243 199 224)hsl(326 65% 87%)oklch(87.5% 0.059 343.3)6.08 AA
Bright Cyancolor14#c2efeargb(194 239 234)hsl(173 58% 85%)oklch(91.9% 0.047 188.1)7.28 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#fffaf0rgb(255 250 240)hsl(40 100% 97%)oklch(98.6% 0.014 84.6)8.73 AAA

About Mesa Blue

Mesa Blue is a dark terminal color scheme built on a cool-tinted #164c72 background with #fff0d7 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 8.09:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 6.27:1 (minimum 5.04:1).

Its palette is low-saturation, anchored by #ffad91 red, #9fdfad green, #b7d9f4 blue, and #ecafd4 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)