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Northstar

Northstar is a high contrast, pastel, dark terminal color scheme with a #0b0f1a background and #f5f7fb text (17.8:1 contrast)

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Background
#0b0f1a
Foreground
#f5f7fb
Text contrast
17.84:1AAA
Accent contrast
10.93:1min 7.08
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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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Your branch is ahead of 'origin/main' by 2 commits.
Changes to be committed:
new file: src/theme.css
modified: README.md
Changes not staged for commit:
modified: src/app.tsx
deleted: legacy/colors.js
Untracked files:
notes.md
~/dev/tintdex on main [!?] via ⬢ v1.4.3
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Northstar configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Northstar

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

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Raw file
# Theme: Northstar (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/northstar?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#aeb6c2
palette = 1=#ff6f73
palette = 2=#6ed99a
palette = 3=#f7d66d
palette = 4=#7ea8ff
palette = 5=#d79af4
palette = 6=#70dce8
palette = 7=#eef2f7
palette = 8=#c1c7d0
palette = 9=#ff8b8e
palette = 10=#8ae3ad
palette = 11=#ffe38b
palette = 12=#9bbcff
palette = 13=#e5b0f8
palette = 14=#91e7ef
palette = 15=#ffffff
background = #0b0f1a
foreground = #f5f7fb
cursor-color = #fcd34d
cursor-text = #0b0f1a
selection-background = #1f2937
selection-foreground = #ffffff

Northstar palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#0b0f1argb(11 15 26)hsl(224 41% 7%)oklch(17.0% 0.024 268.5)—
Foregroundforeground#f5f7fbrgb(245 247 251)hsl(220 43% 97%)oklch(97.6% 0.006 264.5)17.84 AAA
Cursorcursor#fcd34drgb(252 211 77)hsl(46 97% 65%)oklch(87.9% 0.153 91.6)13.27 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#0b0f1argb(11 15 26)hsl(224 41% 7%)oklch(17.0% 0.024 268.5)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#1f2937rgb(31 41 55)hsl(215 28% 17%)oklch(27.8% 0.030 256.8)1.30 Fail
Selection textselectionText#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)19.13 AAA
Blackcolor0#aeb6c2rgb(174 182 194)hsl(216 14% 72%)oklch(77.4% 0.019 258.4)9.36 AAA
Redcolor1#ff6f73rgb(255 111 115)hsl(358 100% 72%)oklch(71.8% 0.176 20.9)7.08 AAA
Greencolor2#6ed99argb(110 217 154)hsl(145 58% 64%)oklch(80.5% 0.135 155.8)10.98 AAA
Yellowcolor3#f7d66drgb(247 214 109)hsl(46 90% 70%)oklch(88.3% 0.130 92.2)13.48 AAA
Bluecolor4#7ea8ffrgb(126 168 255)hsl(220 100% 75%)oklch(73.8% 0.135 263.8)8.14 AAA
Magentacolor5#d79af4rgb(215 154 244)hsl(281 80% 78%)oklch(77.7% 0.140 314.4)8.95 AAA
Cyancolor6#70dce8rgb(112 220 232)hsl(186 72% 67%)oklch(83.5% 0.101 205.0)11.93 AAA
Whitecolor7#eef2f7rgb(238 242 247)hsl(213 36% 95%)oklch(96.0% 0.008 253.9)17.02 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#c1c7d0rgb(193 199 208)hsl(216 14% 79%)oklch(82.8% 0.014 258.3)11.25 AAA
Bright Redcolor9#ff8b8ergb(255 139 142)hsl(358 100% 77%)oklch(76.4% 0.141 19.3)8.51 AAA
Bright Greencolor10#8ae3adrgb(138 227 173)hsl(144 61% 72%)oklch(84.5% 0.115 156.3)12.46 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#ffe38brgb(255 227 139)hsl(46 100% 77%)oklch(92.0% 0.112 92.3)15.14 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#9bbcffrgb(155 188 255)hsl(220 100% 80%)oklch(79.6% 0.102 264.0)10.05 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#e5b0f8rgb(229 176 248)hsl(284 84% 83%)oklch(82.9% 0.113 317.0)10.84 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#91e7efrgb(145 231 239)hsl(185 75% 75%)oklch(87.6% 0.084 203.3)13.56 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)19.13 AAA

About Northstar

Northstar is a dark terminal color scheme built on a cool-tinted #0b0f1a background with #f5f7fb as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 17.84:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 10.93:1 (minimum 7.08:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #ff6f73 red, #6ed99a green, #7ea8ff blue, and #d79af4 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: iTerm2 Color Schemes (MIT)