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Monsoon Mesa

Monsoon Mesa is a muted, pastel, dark terminal color scheme with a #164b58 background and #f8f1df text (8.5:1 contrast)

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Background
#164b58
Foreground
#f8f1df
Text contrast
8.54:1AAA
Accent contrast
6.27:1min 4.78
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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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Monsoon Mesa configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Monsoon Mesa

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

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# Theme: Monsoon Mesa (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/monsoon-mesa?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#d0d8d6
palette = 1=#f7a18d
palette = 2=#98d9ac
palette = 3=#f0d278
palette = 4=#a7d1ef
palette = 5=#dfb1dc
palette = 6=#9ae1de
palette = 7=#f8f1df
palette = 8=#dee4e2
palette = 9=#fbb7a6
palette = 10=#afe3bc
palette = 11=#f7e097
palette = 12=#c0def4
palette = 13=#e9c8e7
palette = 14=#b7ebe7
palette = 15=#fffdf4
background = #164b58
foreground = #f8f1df
cursor-color = #f4c96a
cursor-text = #164b58
selection-background = #356873
selection-foreground = #fffbed

Monsoon Mesa palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#164b58rgb(22 75 88)hsl(192 60% 22%)oklch(38.4% 0.058 217.4)—
Foregroundforeground#f8f1dfrgb(248 241 223)hsl(43 64% 92%)oklch(95.9% 0.025 89.2)8.54 AAA
Cursorcursor#f4c96argb(244 201 106)hsl(41 86% 69%)oklch(85.5% 0.124 85.3)6.15 AA
Cursor textcursorText#164b58rgb(22 75 88)hsl(192 60% 22%)oklch(38.4% 0.058 217.4)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#356873rgb(53 104 115)hsl(191 37% 33%)oklch(48.6% 0.057 213.4)1.55 Fail
Selection textselectionText#fffbedrgb(255 251 237)hsl(47 100% 96%)oklch(98.7% 0.019 93.7)9.29 AAA
Blackcolor0#d0d8d6rgb(208 216 214)hsl(165 9% 83%)oklch(87.6% 0.009 179.6)6.64 AA
Redcolor1#f7a18drgb(247 161 141)hsl(11 87% 76%)oklch(79.0% 0.107 33.7)4.78 AA
Greencolor2#98d9acrgb(152 217 172)hsl(138 46% 72%)oklch(82.9% 0.091 153.8)5.89 AA
Yellowcolor3#f0d278rgb(240 210 120)hsl(45 80% 71%)oklch(87.0% 0.115 91.5)6.51 AA
Bluecolor4#a7d1efrgb(167 209 239)hsl(205 69% 80%)oklch(84.1% 0.061 239.5)5.96 AA
Magentacolor5#dfb1dcrgb(223 177 220)hsl(304 42% 78%)oklch(81.5% 0.078 328.4)5.25 AA
Cyancolor6#9ae1dergb(154 225 222)hsl(177 54% 74%)oklch(86.2% 0.071 192.6)6.51 AA
Whitecolor7#f8f1dfrgb(248 241 223)hsl(43 64% 92%)oklch(95.9% 0.025 89.2)8.54 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#dee4e2rgb(222 228 226)hsl(160 10% 88%)oklch(91.4% 0.007 174.4)7.47 AAA
Bright Redcolor9#fbb7a6rgb(251 183 166)hsl(12 91% 82%)oklch(83.8% 0.083 34.5)5.70 AA
Bright Greencolor10#afe3bcrgb(175 227 188)hsl(135 48% 79%)oklch(86.9% 0.076 152.3)6.66 AA
Bright Yellowcolor11#f7e097rgb(247 224 151)hsl(46 86% 78%)oklch(90.9% 0.095 92.6)7.36 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#c0def4rgb(192 222 244)hsl(205 70% 85%)oklch(88.6% 0.044 239.8)6.87 AA
Bright Magentacolor13#e9c8e7rgb(233 200 231)hsl(304 43% 85%)oklch(87.0% 0.055 328.0)6.36 AA
Bright Cyancolor14#b7ebe7rgb(183 235 231)hsl(175 57% 82%)oklch(90.3% 0.053 190.4)7.36 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#fffdf4rgb(255 253 244)hsl(49 100% 98%)oklch(99.3% 0.012 96.4)9.45 AAA

About Monsoon Mesa

Monsoon Mesa is a dark terminal color scheme built on a cool-tinted #164b58 background with #f8f1df as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 8.54:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 6.27:1 (minimum 4.78:1).

Its palette is low-saturation, anchored by #f7a18d red, #98d9ac green, #a7d1ef blue, and #dfb1dc 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)