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Midnight Arcade

Midnight Arcade is a high contrast, cool, dark terminal color scheme with a #0b1220 background and #f8fafc text (17.9:1 contrast)

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Background
#0b1220
Foreground
#f8fafc
Text contrast
17.89:1AAA
Accent contrast
9.30:1min 6.96
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❯ 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
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deleted: legacy/colors.js
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Midnight Arcade configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Midnight Arcade

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

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Raw file
# Theme: Midnight Arcade (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/midnight-arcade?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#3f4550
palette = 1=#fb7185
palette = 2=#22c55e
palette = 3=#fbbf24
palette = 4=#60a5fa
palette = 5=#e879f9
palette = 6=#22d3ee
palette = 7=#b6c2d5
palette = 8=#3d4452
palette = 9=#fc8d9d
palette = 10=#4ed17e
palette = 11=#fccb4b
palette = 12=#80b7fb
palette = 13=#ed94fa
palette = 14=#4edcf1
palette = 15=#f8fafc
background = #0b1220
foreground = #f8fafc
cursor-color = #f8fafc
cursor-text = #0b1220
selection-background = #f8fafc
selection-foreground = #0b1220

Midnight Arcade palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#0b1220rgb(11 18 32)hsl(220 49% 8%)oklch(18.3% 0.031 263.4)—
Foregroundforeground#f8fafcrgb(248 250 252)hsl(210 40% 98%)oklch(98.4% 0.003 247.9)17.89 AAA
Cursorcursor#f8fafcrgb(248 250 252)hsl(210 40% 98%)oklch(98.4% 0.003 247.9)17.89 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#0b1220rgb(11 18 32)hsl(220 49% 8%)oklch(18.3% 0.031 263.4)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#f8fafcrgb(248 250 252)hsl(210 40% 98%)oklch(98.4% 0.003 247.9)17.89 AAA
Selection textselectionText#0b1220rgb(11 18 32)hsl(220 49% 8%)oklch(18.3% 0.031 263.4)1.00 Fail
Blackcolor0#3f4550rgb(63 69 80)hsl(219 12% 28%)oklch(38.9% 0.020 262.6)1.94 Fail
Redcolor1#fb7185rgb(251 113 133)hsl(351 95% 71%)oklch(71.9% 0.169 13.4)6.96 AA
Greencolor2#22c55ergb(34 197 94)hsl(142 71% 45%)oklch(72.3% 0.192 149.6)8.22 AAA
Yellowcolor3#fbbf24rgb(251 191 36)hsl(43 96% 56%)oklch(83.7% 0.164 84.4)11.22 AAA
Bluecolor4#60a5fargb(96 165 250)hsl(213 94% 68%)oklch(71.4% 0.143 254.6)7.36 AAA
Magentacolor5#e879f9rgb(232 121 249)hsl(292 91% 73%)oklch(74.8% 0.207 322.2)7.61 AAA
Cyancolor6#22d3eergb(34 211 238)hsl(188 86% 53%)oklch(79.7% 0.134 211.5)10.36 AAA
Whitecolor7#b6c2d5rgb(182 194 213)hsl(217 27% 77%)oklch(81.1% 0.030 259.6)10.40 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#3d4452rgb(61 68 82)hsl(220 15% 28%)oklch(38.6% 0.026 264.2)1.91 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#fc8d9drgb(252 141 157)hsl(351 95% 77%)oklch(76.7% 0.135 11.6)8.41 AAA
Bright Greencolor10#4ed17ergb(78 209 126)hsl(142 59% 56%)oklch(76.8% 0.165 152.3)9.58 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#fccb4brgb(252 203 75)hsl(43 97% 64%)oklch(86.3% 0.151 87.3)12.29 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#80b7fbrgb(128 183 251)hsl(213 94% 74%)oklch(76.8% 0.114 254.3)8.99 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#ed94fargb(237 148 250)hsl(292 91% 78%)oklch(79.2% 0.167 322.3)9.11 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#4edcf1rgb(78 220 241)hsl(188 85% 63%)oklch(82.7% 0.122 209.1)11.44 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#f8fafcrgb(248 250 252)hsl(210 40% 98%)oklch(98.4% 0.003 247.9)17.89 AAA

About Midnight Arcade

Midnight Arcade is a dark terminal color scheme built on a cool-tinted #0b1220 background with #f8fafc as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 17.89:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 9.30:1 (minimum 6.96:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #fb7185 red, #22c55e green, #60a5fa blue, and #e879f9 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)