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Neowave

Neowave is a vibrant, cool, dark terminal color scheme with a #161021 background and #00ffff text (14.8:1 contrast)

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Background
#161021
Foreground
#00ffff
Text contrast
14.82:1AAA
Accent contrast
7.93:1min 2.01
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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
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Changes to be committed:
new file: src/theme.css
modified: README.md
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modified: src/app.tsx
deleted: legacy/colors.js
Untracked files:
notes.md
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Neowave configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Neowave

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

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# Theme: Neowave (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/neowave?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#123e7c
palette = 1=#ff0000
palette = 2=#df00df
palette = 3=#ff7f00
palette = 4=#00ff00
palette = 5=#c11cd1
palette = 6=#0afdf6
palette = 7=#d7d7d5
palette = 8=#1c61c2
palette = 9=#ff0000
palette = 10=#df00df
palette = 11=#ff7f00
palette = 12=#00ff00
palette = 13=#711c91
palette = 14=#0afdf6
palette = 15=#d7d7d5
background = #161021
foreground = #00ffff
cursor-color = #00ffff
cursor-text = #161021
selection-background = #294352
selection-foreground = #00ffff

Neowave palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#161021rgb(22 16 33)hsl(261 35% 10%)oklch(19.0% 0.035 299.3)—
Foregroundforeground#00ffffrgb(0 255 255)hsl(180 100% 50%)oklch(90.5% 0.155 194.8)14.82 AAA
Cursorcursor#00ffffrgb(0 255 255)hsl(180 100% 50%)oklch(90.5% 0.155 194.8)14.82 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#161021rgb(22 16 33)hsl(261 35% 10%)oklch(19.0% 0.035 299.3)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#294352rgb(41 67 82)hsl(202 33% 24%)oklch(36.9% 0.041 234.8)1.79 Fail
Selection textselectionText#00ffffrgb(0 255 255)hsl(180 100% 50%)oklch(90.5% 0.155 194.8)14.82 AAA
Blackcolor0#123e7crgb(18 62 124)hsl(215 75% 28%)oklch(37.2% 0.116 258.1)1.77 Fail
Redcolor1#ff0000rgb(255 0 0)hsl(0 100% 50%)oklch(62.8% 0.258 29.2)4.65 AA
Greencolor2#df00dfrgb(223 0 223)hsl(300 100% 44%)oklch(63.4% 0.291 328.4)4.60 AA
Yellowcolor3#ff7f00rgb(255 127 0)hsl(30 100% 50%)oklch(73.0% 0.186 52.6)7.33 AAA
Bluecolor4#00ff00rgb(0 255 0)hsl(120 100% 50%)oklch(86.6% 0.295 142.5)13.54 AAA
Magentacolor5#c11cd1rgb(193 28 209)hsl(295 76% 46%)oklch(58.7% 0.262 323.9)3.85 AA Large
Cyancolor6#0afdf6rgb(10 253 246)hsl(178 98% 52%)oklch(89.8% 0.154 191.2)14.51 AAA
Whitecolor7#d7d7d5rgb(215 215 213)hsl(60 2% 84%)oklch(87.9% 0.003 106.5)12.89 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#1c61c2rgb(28 97 194)hsl(215 75% 44%)oklch(50.7% 0.166 258.3)3.13 AA Large
Bright Redcolor9#ff0000rgb(255 0 0)hsl(0 100% 50%)oklch(62.8% 0.258 29.2)4.65 AA
Bright Greencolor10#df00dfrgb(223 0 223)hsl(300 100% 44%)oklch(63.4% 0.291 328.4)4.60 AA
Bright Yellowcolor11#ff7f00rgb(255 127 0)hsl(30 100% 50%)oklch(73.0% 0.186 52.6)7.33 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#00ff00rgb(0 255 0)hsl(120 100% 50%)oklch(86.6% 0.295 142.5)13.54 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#711c91rgb(113 28 145)hsl(284 68% 34%)oklch(42.4% 0.183 314.4)2.01 Fail
Bright Cyancolor14#0afdf6rgb(10 253 246)hsl(178 98% 52%)oklch(89.8% 0.154 191.2)14.51 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#d7d7d5rgb(215 215 213)hsl(60 2% 84%)oklch(87.9% 0.003 106.5)12.89 AAA

About Neowave

Neowave is a dark terminal color scheme built on a cool-tinted #161021 background with #00ffff as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 14.82:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 7.93:1 (minimum 2.01:1).

Its palette is highly saturated, anchored by #ff0000 red, #df00df green, #00ff00 blue, and #c11cd1 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: Gogh (MIT OR Apache-2.0)