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Night Owlish Light

Night Owlish Light is a soft, light terminal color scheme with a #ffffff background and #403f53 text (10.2:1 contrast)

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Background
#ffffff
Foreground
#403f53
Text contrast
10.22:1AAA
Accent contrast
3.70:1min 1.76
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drwxr-xr-x 8 ada staff 256 Oct 29 18:40 ..
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drwxr-xr-x 3 ada staff 96 Oct 28 11:02 public
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Night Owlish Light configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Night Owlish Light

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

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

palette = 0=#011627
palette = 1=#d3423e
palette = 2=#2aa298
palette = 3=#daaa01
palette = 4=#4876d6
palette = 5=#403f53
palette = 6=#08916a
palette = 7=#7a8181
palette = 8=#7a8181
palette = 9=#f76e6e
palette = 10=#49d0c5
palette = 11=#dac26b
palette = 12=#5ca7e4
palette = 13=#697098
palette = 14=#00c990
palette = 15=#989fb1
background = #ffffff
foreground = #403f53
cursor-color = #403f53
cursor-text = #fbfbfb
selection-background = #f2f2f2
selection-foreground = #403f53

Night Owlish Light palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)—
Foregroundforeground#403f53rgb(64 63 83)hsl(243 14% 29%)oklch(37.7% 0.034 286.9)10.22 AAA
Cursorcursor#403f53rgb(64 63 83)hsl(243 14% 29%)oklch(37.7% 0.034 286.9)10.22 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#fbfbfbrgb(251 251 251)hsl(0 0% 98%)oklch(98.8% 0.000 0)1.03 Fail
Selectionselection#f2f2f2rgb(242 242 242)hsl(0 0% 95%)oklch(96.1% 0.000 0)1.12 Fail
Selection textselectionText#403f53rgb(64 63 83)hsl(243 14% 29%)oklch(37.7% 0.034 286.9)10.22 AAA
Blackcolor0#011627rgb(1 22 39)hsl(207 95% 8%)oklch(19.3% 0.045 244.0)18.33 AAA
Redcolor1#d3423ergb(211 66 62)hsl(2 63% 54%)oklch(58.7% 0.182 26.1)4.55 AA
Greencolor2#2aa298rgb(42 162 152)hsl(175 59% 40%)oklch(64.6% 0.103 186.6)3.13 AA Large
Yellowcolor3#daaa01rgb(218 170 1)hsl(47 99% 43%)oklch(76.1% 0.155 88.2)2.16 Fail
Bluecolor4#4876d6rgb(72 118 214)hsl(221 63% 56%)oklch(58.2% 0.156 263.2)4.34 AA Large
Magentacolor5#403f53rgb(64 63 83)hsl(243 14% 29%)oklch(37.7% 0.034 286.9)10.22 AAA
Cyancolor6#08916argb(8 145 106)hsl(163 90% 30%)oklch(58.3% 0.120 165.6)3.99 AA Large
Whitecolor7#7a8181rgb(122 129 129)hsl(180 3% 49%)oklch(59.7% 0.008 196.9)3.97 AA Large
Bright Blackcolor8#7a8181rgb(122 129 129)hsl(180 3% 49%)oklch(59.7% 0.008 196.9)3.97 AA Large
Bright Redcolor9#f76e6ergb(247 110 110)hsl(0 90% 70%)oklch(70.5% 0.169 22.4)2.83 Fail
Bright Greencolor10#49d0c5rgb(73 208 197)hsl(175 59% 55%)oklch(78.2% 0.116 187.4)1.89 Fail
Bright Yellowcolor11#dac26brgb(218 194 107)hsl(47 60% 64%)oklch(81.6% 0.111 94.3)1.76 Fail
Bright Bluecolor12#5ca7e4rgb(92 167 228)hsl(207 72% 63%)oklch(70.5% 0.117 245.1)2.59 Fail
Bright Magentacolor13#697098rgb(105 112 152)hsl(231 19% 50%)oklch(55.5% 0.063 276.5)4.80 AA
Bright Cyancolor14#00c990rgb(0 201 144)hsl(163 100% 39%)oklch(74.0% 0.157 164.1)2.15 Fail
Bright Whitecolor15#989fb1rgb(152 159 177)hsl(223 14% 65%)oklch(70.3% 0.027 268.7)2.65 Fail

About Night Owlish Light

Night Owlish Light is a light terminal color scheme built on a neutral #ffffff background with #403f53 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 10.22:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 3.70:1 (minimum 1.76:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #d3423e red, #2aa298 green, #4876d6 blue, and #403f53 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)