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Night Owl

Night Owl is a cool, dark terminal color scheme with a #011627 background and #d6deeb text (13.5:1 contrast)

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Background
#011627
Foreground
#d6deeb
Text contrast
13.54:1AAA
Accent contrast
9.01:1min 5.26
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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
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drwxr-xr-x 3 ada staff 96 Oct 28 11:02 public
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-rw-r--r-- 1 ada staff 48K Oct 26 10:15 logo.png
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Night Owl configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Night Owl

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

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# Theme: Night Owl (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/night-owl?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#011627
palette = 1=#ef5350
palette = 2=#22da6e
palette = 3=#addb67
palette = 4=#82aaff
palette = 5=#c792ea
palette = 6=#21c7a8
palette = 7=#ffffff
palette = 8=#575656
palette = 9=#ef5350
palette = 10=#22da6e
palette = 11=#ffeb95
palette = 12=#82aaff
palette = 13=#c792ea
palette = 14=#7fdbca
palette = 15=#ffffff
background = #011627
foreground = #d6deeb
cursor-color = #7e57c2
cursor-text = #ffffff
selection-background = #5f7e97
selection-foreground = #dfe5ee

Night Owl palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#011627rgb(1 22 39)hsl(207 95% 8%)oklch(19.3% 0.045 244.0)—
Foregroundforeground#d6deebrgb(214 222 235)hsl(217 34% 88%)oklch(89.8% 0.020 260.2)13.54 AAA
Cursorcursor#7e57c2rgb(126 87 194)hsl(262 47% 55%)oklch(54.9% 0.162 297.7)3.52 AA Large
Cursor textcursorText#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)18.33 AAA
Selectionselection#5f7e97rgb(95 126 151)hsl(207 23% 48%)oklch(57.9% 0.052 243.1)4.29 AA Large
Selection textselectionText#dfe5eergb(223 229 238)hsl(216 31% 90%)oklch(92.0% 0.014 258.3)14.48 AAA
Blackcolor0#011627rgb(1 22 39)hsl(207 95% 8%)oklch(19.3% 0.045 244.0)1.00 Fail
Redcolor1#ef5350rgb(239 83 80)hsl(1 83% 63%)oklch(65.4% 0.193 25.1)5.26 AA
Greencolor2#22da6ergb(34 218 110)hsl(145 73% 49%)oklch(78.0% 0.204 150.7)9.88 AAA
Yellowcolor3#addb67rgb(173 219 103)hsl(84 62% 63%)oklch(83.4% 0.153 127.4)11.44 AAA
Bluecolor4#82aaffrgb(130 170 255)hsl(221 100% 75%)oklch(74.4% 0.131 264.3)7.98 AAA
Magentacolor5#c792eargb(199 146 234)hsl(276 68% 75%)oklch(74.3% 0.135 311.1)7.62 AAA
Cyancolor6#21c7a8rgb(33 199 168)hsl(169 72% 45%)oklch(74.4% 0.134 175.6)8.56 AAA
Whitecolor7#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)18.33 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#575656rgb(87 86 86)hsl(0 1% 34%)oklch(45.4% 0.001 17.2)2.51 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#ef5350rgb(239 83 80)hsl(1 83% 63%)oklch(65.4% 0.193 25.1)5.26 AA
Bright Greencolor10#22da6ergb(34 218 110)hsl(145 73% 49%)oklch(78.0% 0.204 150.7)9.88 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#ffeb95rgb(255 235 149)hsl(49 100% 79%)oklch(93.8% 0.108 96.7)15.34 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#82aaffrgb(130 170 255)hsl(221 100% 75%)oklch(74.4% 0.131 264.3)7.98 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#c792eargb(199 146 234)hsl(276 68% 75%)oklch(74.3% 0.135 311.1)7.62 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#7fdbcargb(127 219 202)hsl(169 56% 68%)oklch(82.9% 0.092 180.7)11.25 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)18.33 AAA

About Night Owl

Night Owl is a dark terminal color scheme built on a cool-tinted #011627 background with #d6deeb as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 13.54:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 9.01:1 (minimum 5.26:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #ef5350 red, #22da6e green, #82aaff blue, and #c792ea magenta. Part of the Night Owl 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)