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Molten Core

Molten Core is a true black, high contrast, dark terminal color scheme with a #0a0908 background and #f8f8f2 text (18.7:1 contrast)

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Background
#0a0908
Foreground
#f8f8f2
Text contrast
18.66:1AAA
Accent contrast
10.77:1min 7.10
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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
On branch main
Your branch is ahead of 'origin/main' by 2 commits.
Changes to be committed:
new file: src/theme.css
modified: README.md
Changes not staged for commit:
modified: src/app.tsx
deleted: legacy/colors.js
Untracked files:
notes.md
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Molten Core configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Molten Core

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

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# Theme: Molten Core (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/molten-core?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#b8b5b0
palette = 1=#ff6b57
palette = 2=#68d391
palette = 3=#ffbf47
palette = 4=#79aaff
palette = 5=#df83ef
palette = 6=#70d8e5
palette = 7=#f8f8f2
palette = 8=#ccc8c1
palette = 9=#ff8979
palette = 10=#88e0a8
palette = 11=#ffd273
palette = 12=#9abfff
palette = 13=#eca4f5
palette = 14=#94e7ef
palette = 15=#ffffff
background = #0a0908
foreground = #f8f8f2
cursor-color = #ffc37a
cursor-text = #0a0908
selection-background = #392217
selection-foreground = #fff2df

Molten Core palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#0a0908rgb(10 9 8)hsl(30 11% 4%)oklch(14.1% 0.003 69.4)—
Foregroundforeground#f8f8f2rgb(248 248 242)hsl(60 30% 96%)oklch(97.7% 0.008 106.5)18.66 AAA
Cursorcursor#ffc37argb(255 195 122)hsl(33 100% 74%)oklch(85.6% 0.114 70.8)12.64 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#0a0908rgb(10 9 8)hsl(30 11% 4%)oklch(14.1% 0.003 69.4)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#392217rgb(57 34 23)hsl(19 43% 16%)oklch(27.8% 0.040 46.2)1.34 Fail
Selection textselectionText#fff2dfrgb(255 242 223)hsl(36 100% 94%)oklch(96.6% 0.029 77.6)18.02 AAA
Blackcolor0#b8b5b0rgb(184 181 176)hsl(38 5% 71%)oklch(77.4% 0.008 80.7)9.73 AAA
Redcolor1#ff6b57rgb(255 107 87)hsl(7 100% 67%)oklch(70.8% 0.185 30.1)7.10 AAA
Greencolor2#68d391rgb(104 211 145)hsl(143 55% 62%)oklch(78.6% 0.138 154.5)10.72 AAA
Yellowcolor3#ffbf47rgb(255 191 71)hsl(39 100% 64%)oklch(84.3% 0.150 79.5)12.12 AAA
Bluecolor4#79aaffrgb(121 170 255)hsl(218 100% 74%)oklch(73.9% 0.135 260.9)8.53 AAA
Magentacolor5#df83efrgb(223 131 239)hsl(291 77% 73%)oklch(74.7% 0.177 321.5)8.18 AAA
Cyancolor6#70d8e5rgb(112 216 229)hsl(187 69% 67%)oklch(82.5% 0.098 206.2)11.98 AAA
Whitecolor7#f8f8f2rgb(248 248 242)hsl(60 30% 96%)oklch(97.7% 0.008 106.5)18.66 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#ccc8c1rgb(204 200 193)hsl(38 10% 78%)oklch(83.4% 0.011 81.8)11.94 AAA
Bright Redcolor9#ff8979rgb(255 137 121)hsl(7 100% 74%)oklch(75.6% 0.146 29.0)8.63 AAA
Bright Greencolor10#88e0a8rgb(136 224 168)hsl(142 59% 71%)oklch(83.6% 0.117 155.1)12.58 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#ffd273rgb(255 210 115)hsl(41 100% 73%)oklch(88.4% 0.124 84.4)13.94 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#9abfffrgb(154 191 255)hsl(218 100% 80%)oklch(80.2% 0.100 261.1)10.68 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#eca4f5rgb(236 164 245)hsl(293 80% 80%)oklch(81.5% 0.135 322.8)10.61 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#94e7efrgb(148 231 239)hsl(185 74% 76%)oklch(87.8% 0.081 203.6)14.15 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)19.90 AAA

About Molten Core

Molten Core is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #0a0908 background with #f8f8f2 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 18.66:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 10.77:1 (minimum 7.10:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #ff6b57 red, #68d391 green, #79aaff blue, and #df83ef 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)