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Monokai Dark

Monokai Dark is a dark terminal color scheme with a #272822 background and #f8f8f2 text (13.9:1 contrast)

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Background
#272822
Foreground
#f8f8f2
Text contrast
13.94:1AAA
Accent contrast
6.89:1min 3.93
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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
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Monokai Dark configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Monokai Dark

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

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

palette = 0=#272822
palette = 1=#f92672
palette = 2=#a6e22e
palette = 3=#f4bf75
palette = 4=#66d9ef
palette = 5=#ae81ff
palette = 6=#2aa198
palette = 7=#f9f8f5
palette = 8=#75715e
palette = 9=#f92672
palette = 10=#a6e22e
palette = 11=#f4bf75
palette = 12=#66d9ef
palette = 13=#ae81ff
palette = 14=#2aa198
palette = 15=#f8f8f2
background = #272822
foreground = #f8f8f2
cursor-color = #f8f8f2
cursor-text = #272822
selection-background = #555650
selection-foreground = #f8f8f2

Monokai Dark palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#272822rgb(39 40 34)hsl(70 8% 15%)oklch(27.4% 0.011 114.8)—
Foregroundforeground#f8f8f2rgb(248 248 242)hsl(60 30% 96%)oklch(97.7% 0.008 106.5)13.94 AAA
Cursorcursor#f8f8f2rgb(248 248 242)hsl(60 30% 96%)oklch(97.7% 0.008 106.5)13.94 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#272822rgb(39 40 34)hsl(70 8% 15%)oklch(27.4% 0.011 114.8)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#555650rgb(85 86 80)hsl(70 4% 33%)oklch(45.0% 0.010 114.5)2.01 Fail
Selection textselectionText#f8f8f2rgb(248 248 242)hsl(60 30% 96%)oklch(97.7% 0.008 106.5)13.94 AAA
Blackcolor0#272822rgb(39 40 34)hsl(70 8% 15%)oklch(27.4% 0.011 114.8)1.00 Fail
Redcolor1#f92672rgb(249 38 114)hsl(338 95% 56%)oklch(64.2% 0.240 7.5)3.93 AA Large
Greencolor2#a6e22ergb(166 226 46)hsl(80 76% 53%)oklch(84.1% 0.204 127.3)9.58 AAA
Yellowcolor3#f4bf75rgb(244 191 117)hsl(35 85% 71%)oklch(83.7% 0.110 74.6)8.89 AAA
Bluecolor4#66d9efrgb(102 217 239)hsl(190 81% 67%)oklch(82.7% 0.108 212.0)9.01 AAA
Magentacolor5#ae81ffrgb(174 129 255)hsl(261 100% 75%)oklch(70.1% 0.181 298.1)5.23 AA
Cyancolor6#2aa198rgb(42 161 152)hsl(175 59% 40%)oklch(64.4% 0.102 187.4)4.71 AA
Whitecolor7#f9f8f5rgb(249 248 245)hsl(45 25% 97%)oklch(97.9% 0.004 91.4)14.00 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#75715ergb(117 113 94)hsl(50 11% 41%)oklch(54.7% 0.029 97.4)3.03 AA Large
Bright Redcolor9#f92672rgb(249 38 114)hsl(338 95% 56%)oklch(64.2% 0.240 7.5)3.93 AA Large
Bright Greencolor10#a6e22ergb(166 226 46)hsl(80 76% 53%)oklch(84.1% 0.204 127.3)9.58 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#f4bf75rgb(244 191 117)hsl(35 85% 71%)oklch(83.7% 0.110 74.6)8.89 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#66d9efrgb(102 217 239)hsl(190 81% 67%)oklch(82.7% 0.108 212.0)9.01 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#ae81ffrgb(174 129 255)hsl(261 100% 75%)oklch(70.1% 0.181 298.1)5.23 AA
Bright Cyancolor14#2aa198rgb(42 161 152)hsl(175 59% 40%)oklch(64.4% 0.102 187.4)4.71 AA
Bright Whitecolor15#f8f8f2rgb(248 248 242)hsl(60 30% 96%)oklch(97.7% 0.008 106.5)13.94 AAA

About Monokai Dark

Monokai Dark is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #272822 background with #f8f8f2 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 13.94:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 6.89:1 (minimum 3.93:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #f92672 red, #a6e22e green, #66d9ef blue, and #ae81ff 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.

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Source: Gogh (MIT OR Apache-2.0)