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Monokai Vivid

Monokai Vivid is a vibrant, dark terminal color scheme with a #121212 background and #f9f9f9 text (17.8:1 contrast)

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Background
#121212
Foreground
#f9f9f9
Text contrast
17.79:1AAA
Accent contrast
8.57:1min 2.90
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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
~/dev/tintdex on main [!?] via ⬢ v1.4.3
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modified: src/app.tsx
deleted: legacy/colors.js
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Monokai Vivid configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Monokai Vivid

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

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

palette = 0=#121212
palette = 1=#fa2934
palette = 2=#98e123
palette = 3=#fff30a
palette = 4=#0443ff
palette = 5=#f800f8
palette = 6=#01b6ed
palette = 7=#ffffff
palette = 8=#838383
palette = 9=#f6669d
palette = 10=#b1e05f
palette = 11=#fff26d
palette = 12=#0443ff
palette = 13=#f200f6
palette = 14=#51ceff
palette = 15=#ffffff
background = #121212
foreground = #f9f9f9
cursor-color = #fb0007
cursor-text = #ea0009
selection-background = #ffffff
selection-foreground = #000000

Monokai Vivid 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#f9f9f9rgb(249 249 249)hsl(0 0% 98%)oklch(98.2% 0.000 0)17.79 AAA
Cursorcursor#fb0007rgb(251 0 7)hsl(358 100% 49%)oklch(62.1% 0.254 28.8)4.55 AA
Cursor textcursorText#ea0009rgb(234 0 9)hsl(358 100% 46%)oklch(58.9% 0.241 28.6)4.02 AA Large
Selectionselection#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)18.73 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#fa2934rgb(250 41 52)hsl(357 95% 57%)oklch(63.4% 0.238 25.5)4.85 AA
Greencolor2#98e123rgb(152 225 35)hsl(83 76% 51%)oklch(83.0% 0.214 129.9)11.71 AAA
Yellowcolor3#fff30argb(255 243 10)hsl(57 100% 52%)oklch(94.3% 0.200 106.0)16.13 AAA
Bluecolor4#0443ffrgb(4 67 255)hsl(225 100% 51%)oklch(50.6% 0.277 263.9)2.90 Fail
Magentacolor5#f800f8rgb(248 0 248)hsl(300 100% 49%)oklch(68.7% 0.316 328.4)5.66 AA
Cyancolor6#01b6edrgb(1 182 237)hsl(194 99% 47%)oklch(72.6% 0.143 228.9)7.95 AAA
Whitecolor7#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)18.73 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#838383rgb(131 131 131)hsl(0 0% 51%)oklch(61.0% 0.000 0)4.94 AA
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#0443ffrgb(4 67 255)hsl(225 100% 51%)oklch(50.6% 0.277 263.9)2.90 Fail
Bright Magentacolor13#f200f6rgb(242 0 246)hsl(299 100% 48%)oklch(67.7% 0.312 327.5)5.45 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 Monokai Vivid

Monokai Vivid is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #121212 background with #f9f9f9 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 17.79:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 8.57:1 (minimum 2.90:1).

Its palette is highly saturated, anchored by #fa2934 red, #98e123 green, #0443ff blue, and #f800f8 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: iTerm2 Color Schemes (MIT)