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Molokai

Molokai is a vibrant, dark terminal color scheme with a #121212 background and #bbbbbb text (9.8:1 contrast)

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Background
#121212
Foreground
#bbbbbb
Text contrast
9.76:1AAA
Accent contrast
8.61:1min 3.10
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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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Changes to be committed:
new file: src/theme.css
modified: README.md
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modified: src/app.tsx
deleted: legacy/colors.js
Untracked files:
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Molokai configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Molokai

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

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

palette = 0=#121212
palette = 1=#fa2573
palette = 2=#98e123
palette = 3=#dfd460
palette = 4=#1080d0
palette = 5=#8700ff
palette = 6=#43a8d0
palette = 7=#bbbbbb
palette = 8=#555555
palette = 9=#f6669d
palette = 10=#b1e05f
palette = 11=#fff26d
palette = 12=#00afff
palette = 13=#af87ff
palette = 14=#51ceff
palette = 15=#ffffff
background = #121212
foreground = #bbbbbb
cursor-color = #bbbbbb
cursor-text = #ffffff
selection-background = #b5d5ff
selection-foreground = #000000

Molokai palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#121212rgb(18 18 18)hsl(0 0% 7%)oklch(18.2% 0.000 0)—
Foregroundforeground#bbbbbbrgb(187 187 187)hsl(0 0% 73%)oklch(79.2% 0.000 0)9.76 AAA
Cursorcursor#bbbbbbrgb(187 187 187)hsl(0 0% 73%)oklch(79.2% 0.000 0)9.76 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)18.73 AAA
Selectionselection#b5d5ffrgb(181 213 255)hsl(214 100% 85%)oklch(86.4% 0.068 255.3)12.42 AAA
Selection textselectionText#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)1.12 Fail
Blackcolor0#121212rgb(18 18 18)hsl(0 0% 7%)oklch(18.2% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Redcolor1#fa2573rgb(250 37 115)hsl(338 96% 56%)oklch(64.3% 0.242 7.2)4.98 AA
Greencolor2#98e123rgb(152 225 35)hsl(83 76% 51%)oklch(83.0% 0.214 129.9)11.71 AAA
Yellowcolor3#dfd460rgb(223 212 96)hsl(55 66% 63%)oklch(85.6% 0.137 103.9)12.24 AAA
Bluecolor4#1080d0rgb(16 128 208)hsl(205 86% 44%)oklch(58.5% 0.152 247.8)4.48 AA Large
Magentacolor5#8700ffrgb(135 0 255)hsl(272 100% 50%)oklch(53.8% 0.294 296.2)3.10 AA Large
Cyancolor6#43a8d0rgb(67 168 208)hsl(197 60% 54%)oklch(68.9% 0.109 227.9)6.91 AA
Whitecolor7#bbbbbbrgb(187 187 187)hsl(0 0% 73%)oklch(79.2% 0.000 0)9.76 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#555555rgb(85 85 85)hsl(0 0% 33%)oklch(45.0% 0.000 0)2.51 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#f6669drgb(246 102 157)hsl(337 89% 68%)oklch(70.5% 0.184 359.1)6.52 AA
Bright Greencolor10#b1e05frgb(177 224 95)hsl(82 68% 63%)oklch(84.8% 0.165 126.5)12.22 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#fff26drgb(255 242 109)hsl(55 100% 71%)oklch(94.6% 0.153 103.7)16.21 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#00afffrgb(0 175 255)hsl(199 100% 50%)oklch(71.9% 0.164 239.8)7.65 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#af87ffrgb(175 135 255)hsl(260 100% 76%)oklch(71.2% 0.172 297.2)6.90 AA
Bright Cyancolor14#51ceffrgb(81 206 255)hsl(197 100% 66%)oklch(80.2% 0.129 227.8)10.37 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)18.73 AAA

About Molokai

Molokai is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #121212 background with #bbbbbb as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 9.76:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 8.61:1 (minimum 3.10:1).

Its palette is highly saturated, anchored by #fa2573 red, #98e123 green, #1080d0 blue, and #8700ff 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)