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Modus Vivendi

Modus Vivendi is a true black, high contrast, dark terminal color scheme with a #000000 background and #ffffff text (21.0:1 contrast)

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Background
#000000
Foreground
#ffffff
Text contrast
21.00:1AAA
Accent contrast
10.07:1min 7.03
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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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Modus Vivendi configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Modus Vivendi

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

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# Theme: Modus Vivendi (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/modus-vivendi?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#000000
palette = 1=#ff5f59
palette = 2=#44bc44
palette = 3=#d0bc00
palette = 4=#2fafff
palette = 5=#feacd0
palette = 6=#00d3d0
palette = 7=#a6a6a6
palette = 8=#595959
palette = 9=#ff7f9f
palette = 10=#00c06f
palette = 11=#fec43f
palette = 12=#79a8ff
palette = 13=#b6a0ff
palette = 14=#6ae4b9
palette = 15=#ffffff
background = #000000
foreground = #ffffff
cursor-color = #ffffff
cursor-text = #000000
selection-background = #5a5a5a
selection-foreground = #ffffff

Modus Vivendi palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)—
Foregroundforeground#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA
Cursorcursor#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#5a5a5argb(90 90 90)hsl(0 0% 35%)oklch(46.8% 0.000 0)3.04 AA Large
Selection textselectionText#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA
Blackcolor0#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Redcolor1#ff5f59rgb(255 95 89)hsl(2 100% 67%)oklch(69.4% 0.196 25.7)7.03 AAA
Greencolor2#44bc44rgb(68 188 68)hsl(120 47% 50%)oklch(70.3% 0.192 143.2)8.52 AAA
Yellowcolor3#d0bc00rgb(208 188 0)hsl(54 100% 41%)oklch(78.8% 0.165 101.7)10.88 AAA
Bluecolor4#2fafffrgb(47 175 255)hsl(203 100% 59%)oklch(72.3% 0.157 242.3)8.70 AAA
Magentacolor5#feacd0rgb(254 172 208)hsl(334 98% 84%)oklch(83.4% 0.105 351.7)12.03 AAA
Cyancolor6#00d3d0rgb(0 211 208)hsl(179 100% 41%)oklch(78.4% 0.134 192.9)11.23 AAA
Whitecolor7#a6a6a6rgb(166 166 166)hsl(0 0% 65%)oklch(72.5% 0.000 0)8.63 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#595959rgb(89 89 89)hsl(0 0% 35%)oklch(46.4% 0.000 0)3.00 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#ff7f9frgb(255 127 159)hsl(345 100% 75%)oklch(75.0% 0.158 5.8)8.79 AAA
Bright Greencolor10#00c06frgb(0 192 111)hsl(155 100% 38%)oklch(71.0% 0.175 155.1)8.77 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#fec43frgb(254 196 63)hsl(42 99% 62%)oklch(85.1% 0.155 83.8)13.18 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#79a8ffrgb(121 168 255)hsl(219 100% 74%)oklch(73.5% 0.137 262.0)8.86 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#b6a0ffrgb(182 160 255)hsl(254 100% 81%)oklch(76.2% 0.135 293.6)9.46 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#6ae4b9rgb(106 228 185)hsl(159 69% 65%)oklch(83.7% 0.127 167.5)13.41 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA

About Modus Vivendi

Modus Vivendi is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #000000 background with #ffffff as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 21.00:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 10.07:1 (minimum 7.03:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #ff5f59 red, #44bc44 green, #2fafff blue, and #feacd0 magenta. Part of the Modus theme family.

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)