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Nordic

Nordic is a muted, cool, dark terminal color scheme with a #242933 background and #bbbdaf text (7.7:1 contrast)

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Background
#242933
Foreground
#bbbdaf
Text contrast
7.65:1AAA
Accent contrast
7.86:1min 3.48
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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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Nordic configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Nordic

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

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

palette = 0=#191c1d
palette = 1=#bd6062
palette = 2=#a3d6a9
palette = 3=#f0dfaf
palette = 4=#8fb4d8
palette = 5=#c7a9d9
palette = 6=#b6d7a8
palette = 7=#bdc5bd
palette = 8=#727c7c
palette = 9=#d18faf
palette = 10=#b7ceb0
palette = 11=#bcbcbc
palette = 12=#e0cf9f
palette = 13=#c7a9d9
palette = 14=#bbda97
palette = 15=#bdc5bd
background = #242933
foreground = #bbbdaf
cursor-color = #bbbdaf
cursor-text = #242933
selection-background = #464a50
selection-foreground = #bbbdaf

Nordic palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#242933rgb(36 41 51)hsl(220 17% 17%)oklch(28.0% 0.020 264.2)—
Foregroundforeground#bbbdafrgb(187 189 175)hsl(69 10% 71%)oklch(79.3% 0.019 113.4)7.65 AAA
Cursorcursor#bbbdafrgb(187 189 175)hsl(69 10% 71%)oklch(79.3% 0.019 113.4)7.65 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#242933rgb(36 41 51)hsl(220 17% 17%)oklch(28.0% 0.020 264.2)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#464a50rgb(70 74 80)hsl(216 7% 29%)oklch(40.8% 0.011 258.4)1.64 Fail
Selection textselectionText#bbbdafrgb(187 189 175)hsl(69 10% 71%)oklch(79.3% 0.019 113.4)7.65 AAA
Blackcolor0#191c1drgb(25 28 29)hsl(195 7% 11%)oklch(22.4% 0.005 219.7)1.18 Fail
Redcolor1#bd6062rgb(189 96 98)hsl(359 41% 56%)oklch(60.0% 0.120 20.0)3.48 AA Large
Greencolor2#a3d6a9rgb(163 214 169)hsl(127 38% 74%)oklch(82.8% 0.082 147.9)8.85 AAA
Yellowcolor3#f0dfafrgb(240 223 175)hsl(44 68% 81%)oklch(90.6% 0.065 90.9)11.03 AAA
Bluecolor4#8fb4d8rgb(143 180 216)hsl(210 48% 70%)oklch(75.6% 0.066 248.0)6.73 AA
Magentacolor5#c7a9d9rgb(199 169 217)hsl(278 39% 76%)oklch(77.7% 0.074 312.7)7.02 AAA
Cyancolor6#b6d7a8rgb(182 215 168)hsl(102 37% 75%)oklch(84.3% 0.073 136.4)9.22 AAA
Whitecolor7#bdc5bdrgb(189 197 189)hsl(120 6% 76%)oklch(81.5% 0.014 145.4)8.25 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#727c7crgb(114 124 124)hsl(180 4% 47%)oklch(57.8% 0.012 196.8)3.40 AA Large
Bright Redcolor9#d18fafrgb(209 143 175)hsl(331 42% 69%)oklch(72.5% 0.090 349.0)5.74 AA
Bright Greencolor10#b7ceb0rgb(183 206 176)hsl(106 23% 75%)oklch(82.6% 0.048 138.4)8.66 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#bcbcbcrgb(188 188 188)hsl(0 0% 74%)oklch(79.5% 0.000 0)7.68 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#e0cf9frgb(224 207 159)hsl(44 51% 75%)oklch(85.7% 0.066 90.9)9.44 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#c7a9d9rgb(199 169 217)hsl(278 39% 76%)oklch(77.7% 0.074 312.7)7.02 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#bbda97rgb(187 218 151)hsl(88 48% 72%)oklch(84.9% 0.095 128.4)9.44 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#bdc5bdrgb(189 197 189)hsl(120 6% 76%)oklch(81.5% 0.014 145.4)8.25 AAA

About Nordic

Nordic is a dark terminal color scheme built on a cool-tinted #242933 background with #bbbdaf as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 7.65:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 7.86:1 (minimum 3.48:1).

Its palette is low-saturation, anchored by #bd6062 red, #a3d6a9 green, #8fb4d8 blue, and #c7a9d9 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: Gogh (MIT OR Apache-2.0)