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Monokai Charcoal

Monokai Charcoal is a true black, vibrant, 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
8.61:1min 5.01
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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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Monokai Charcoal configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Monokai Charcoal

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

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# Theme: Monokai Charcoal (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/monokai-charcoal?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#1a1a1a
palette = 1=#f4005f
palette = 2=#98e024
palette = 3=#fa8419
palette = 4=#9d65ff
palette = 5=#f4005f
palette = 6=#58d1eb
palette = 7=#c4c5b5
palette = 8=#625e4c
palette = 9=#f4005f
palette = 10=#98e024
palette = 11=#e0d561
palette = 12=#9d65ff
palette = 13=#f4005f
palette = 14=#58d1eb
palette = 15=#f6f6ef
background = #000000
foreground = #ffffff
cursor-color = #ffffff
cursor-text = #000000
selection-background = #222222
selection-foreground = #ffffff

Monokai Charcoal 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#222222rgb(34 34 34)hsl(0 0% 13%)oklch(25.2% 0.000 0)1.32 Fail
Selection textselectionText#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA
Blackcolor0#1a1a1argb(26 26 26)hsl(0 0% 10%)oklch(21.8% 0.000 0)1.21 Fail
Redcolor1#f4005frgb(244 0 95)hsl(337 100% 48%)oklch(61.7% 0.247 11.2)5.01 AA
Greencolor2#98e024rgb(152 224 36)hsl(83 75% 51%)oklch(82.8% 0.213 129.8)13.02 AAA
Yellowcolor3#fa8419rgb(250 132 25)hsl(29 96% 54%)oklch(73.2% 0.176 54.4)8.38 AAA
Bluecolor4#9d65ffrgb(157 101 255)hsl(262 100% 70%)oklch(64.2% 0.219 296.5)5.74 AA
Magentacolor5#f4005frgb(244 0 95)hsl(337 100% 48%)oklch(61.7% 0.247 11.2)5.01 AA
Cyancolor6#58d1ebrgb(88 209 235)hsl(191 79% 63%)oklch(80.2% 0.113 214.3)11.73 AAA
Whitecolor7#c4c5b5rgb(196 197 181)hsl(64 12% 74%)oklch(81.8% 0.022 109.8)12.00 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#625e4crgb(98 94 76)hsl(49 13% 34%)oklch(48.0% 0.028 96.9)3.22 AA Large
Bright Redcolor9#f4005frgb(244 0 95)hsl(337 100% 48%)oklch(61.7% 0.247 11.2)5.01 AA
Bright Greencolor10#98e024rgb(152 224 36)hsl(83 75% 51%)oklch(82.8% 0.213 129.8)13.02 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#e0d561rgb(224 213 97)hsl(55 67% 63%)oklch(85.9% 0.137 103.9)13.86 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#9d65ffrgb(157 101 255)hsl(262 100% 70%)oklch(64.2% 0.219 296.5)5.74 AA
Bright Magentacolor13#f4005frgb(244 0 95)hsl(337 100% 48%)oklch(61.7% 0.247 11.2)5.01 AA
Bright Cyancolor14#58d1ebrgb(88 209 235)hsl(191 79% 63%)oklch(80.2% 0.113 214.3)11.73 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#f6f6efrgb(246 246 239)hsl(60 28% 95%)oklch(97.1% 0.009 106.6)19.35 AAA

About Monokai Charcoal

Monokai Charcoal 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 8.61:1 (minimum 5.01:1).

Its palette is highly saturated, anchored by #f4005f red, #98e024 green, #9d65ff blue, and #f4005f magenta. Part of the Monokai 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.

Schemes similar to Monokai Charcoal

Source: Alacritty Theme (Apache-2.0)