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Nord Light

Nord Light is a soft, muted, light terminal color scheme with a #e5e9f0 background and #414858 text (7.5:1 contrast)

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Background
#e5e9f0
Foreground
#414858
Text contrast
7.52:1AAA
Accent contrast
2.09:1min 1.28
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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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Nord Light configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Nord Light

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

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

palette = 0=#3b4252
palette = 1=#bf616a
palette = 2=#a3be8c
palette = 3=#ebcb8b
palette = 4=#81a1c1
palette = 5=#b48ead
palette = 6=#88c0d0
palette = 7=#d8dee9
palette = 8=#4c566a
palette = 9=#bf616a
palette = 10=#a3be8c
palette = 11=#ebcb8b
palette = 12=#81a1c1
palette = 13=#b48ead
palette = 14=#8fbcbb
palette = 15=#eceff4
background = #e5e9f0
foreground = #414858
cursor-color = #88c0d0
cursor-text = #3b4252
selection-background = #d8dee9
selection-foreground = #4c556a

Nord Light palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#e5e9f0rgb(229 233 240)hsl(218 27% 92%)oklch(93.3% 0.010 261.8)—
Foregroundforeground#414858rgb(65 72 88)hsl(222 15% 30%)oklch(40.2% 0.029 266.5)7.52 AAA
Cursorcursor#88c0d0rgb(136 192 208)hsl(193 43% 67%)oklch(77.5% 0.062 217.5)1.64 Fail
Cursor textcursorText#3b4252rgb(59 66 82)hsl(222 16% 28%)oklch(37.9% 0.029 266.5)8.26 AAA
Selectionselection#d8dee9rgb(216 222 233)hsl(219 28% 88%)oklch(89.9% 0.016 262.7)1.11 Fail
Selection textselectionText#4c556argb(76 85 106)hsl(222 16% 36%)oklch(45.0% 0.036 266.8)6.13 AA
Blackcolor0#3b4252rgb(59 66 82)hsl(222 16% 28%)oklch(37.9% 0.029 266.5)8.26 AAA
Redcolor1#bf616argb(191 97 106)hsl(354 42% 56%)oklch(60.6% 0.121 15.3)3.36 AA Large
Greencolor2#a3be8crgb(163 190 140)hsl(92 28% 65%)oklch(76.8% 0.075 131.1)1.67 Fail
Yellowcolor3#ebcb8brgb(235 203 139)hsl(40 71% 73%)oklch(85.5% 0.089 84.1)1.28 Fail
Bluecolor4#81a1c1rgb(129 161 193)hsl(210 34% 63%)oklch(69.7% 0.059 248.7)2.21 Fail
Magentacolor5#b48eadrgb(180 142 173)hsl(311 20% 63%)oklch(69.2% 0.062 332.7)2.33 Fail
Cyancolor6#88c0d0rgb(136 192 208)hsl(193 43% 67%)oklch(77.5% 0.062 217.5)1.64 Fail
Whitecolor7#d8dee9rgb(216 222 233)hsl(219 28% 88%)oklch(89.9% 0.016 262.7)1.11 Fail
Bright Blackcolor8#4c566argb(76 86 106)hsl(220 16% 36%)oklch(45.2% 0.035 264.1)6.06 AA
Bright Redcolor9#bf616argb(191 97 106)hsl(354 42% 56%)oklch(60.6% 0.121 15.3)3.36 AA Large
Bright Greencolor10#a3be8crgb(163 190 140)hsl(92 28% 65%)oklch(76.8% 0.075 131.1)1.67 Fail
Bright Yellowcolor11#ebcb8brgb(235 203 139)hsl(40 71% 73%)oklch(85.5% 0.089 84.1)1.28 Fail
Bright Bluecolor12#81a1c1rgb(129 161 193)hsl(210 34% 63%)oklch(69.7% 0.059 248.7)2.21 Fail
Bright Magentacolor13#b48eadrgb(180 142 173)hsl(311 20% 63%)oklch(69.2% 0.062 332.7)2.33 Fail
Bright Cyancolor14#8fbcbbrgb(143 188 187)hsl(179 25% 65%)oklch(76.3% 0.048 194.5)1.71 Fail
Bright Whitecolor15#eceff4rgb(236 239 244)hsl(218 27% 94%)oklch(95.1% 0.007 260.7)1.06 Fail

About Nord Light

Nord Light is a light terminal color scheme built on a neutral #e5e9f0 background with #414858 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 7.52:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 2.09:1 (minimum 1.28:1).

Its palette is low-saturation, anchored by #bf616a red, #a3be8c green, #81a1c1 blue, and #b48ead magenta. Part of the Nord 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)