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Nova

Nova is a soft, cool, dark terminal color scheme with a #3c4c55 background and #c5d4dd text (5.9:1 contrast)

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Background
#3c4c55
Foreground
#c5d4dd
Text contrast
5.87:1AA
Accent contrast
4.34:1min 3.24
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❯ 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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new file: src/theme.css
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modified: src/app.tsx
deleted: legacy/colors.js
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notes.md
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Nova configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Nova

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

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

palette = 0=#3c4c55
palette = 1=#83afe5
palette = 2=#7fc1ca
palette = 3=#a8ce93
palette = 4=#83afe5
palette = 5=#9a93e1
palette = 6=#f2c38f
palette = 7=#c5d4dd
palette = 8=#899ba6
palette = 9=#83afe5
palette = 10=#7fc1ca
palette = 11=#a8ce93
palette = 12=#83afe5
palette = 13=#9a93e1
palette = 14=#f2c38f
palette = 15=#556873
background = #3c4c55
foreground = #c5d4dd
cursor-color = #c5d4dd
cursor-text = #3c4c55
selection-background = #5c6c75
selection-foreground = #c5d4dd

Nova palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#3c4c55rgb(60 76 85)hsl(202 17% 28%)oklch(40.6% 0.025 232.8)—
Foregroundforeground#c5d4ddrgb(197 212 221)hsl(203 26% 82%)oklch(86.1% 0.021 233.9)5.87 AA
Cursorcursor#c5d4ddrgb(197 212 221)hsl(203 26% 82%)oklch(86.1% 0.021 233.9)5.87 AA
Cursor textcursorText#3c4c55rgb(60 76 85)hsl(202 17% 28%)oklch(40.6% 0.025 232.8)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#5c6c75rgb(92 108 117)hsl(202 12% 41%)oklch(52.1% 0.024 232.5)1.64 Fail
Selection textselectionText#c5d4ddrgb(197 212 221)hsl(203 26% 82%)oklch(86.1% 0.021 233.9)5.87 AA
Blackcolor0#3c4c55rgb(60 76 85)hsl(202 17% 28%)oklch(40.6% 0.025 232.8)1.00 Fail
Redcolor1#83afe5rgb(131 175 229)hsl(213 65% 71%)oklch(74.3% 0.092 254.0)3.92 AA Large
Greencolor2#7fc1cargb(127 193 202)hsl(187 41% 65%)oklch(77.0% 0.068 206.7)4.41 AA Large
Yellowcolor3#a8ce93rgb(168 206 147)hsl(99 38% 69%)oklch(80.9% 0.090 134.7)5.05 AA
Bluecolor4#83afe5rgb(131 175 229)hsl(213 65% 71%)oklch(74.3% 0.092 254.0)3.92 AA Large
Magentacolor5#9a93e1rgb(154 147 225)hsl(245 57% 73%)oklch(70.0% 0.113 287.2)3.24 AA Large
Cyancolor6#f2c38frgb(242 195 143)hsl(32 79% 75%)oklch(84.7% 0.086 69.1)5.51 AA
Whitecolor7#c5d4ddrgb(197 212 221)hsl(203 26% 82%)oklch(86.1% 0.021 233.9)5.87 AA
Bright Blackcolor8#899ba6rgb(137 155 166)hsl(203 14% 59%)oklch(67.9% 0.026 234.6)3.10 AA Large
Bright Redcolor9#83afe5rgb(131 175 229)hsl(213 65% 71%)oklch(74.3% 0.092 254.0)3.92 AA Large
Bright Greencolor10#7fc1cargb(127 193 202)hsl(187 41% 65%)oklch(77.0% 0.068 206.7)4.41 AA Large
Bright Yellowcolor11#a8ce93rgb(168 206 147)hsl(99 38% 69%)oklch(80.9% 0.090 134.7)5.05 AA
Bright Bluecolor12#83afe5rgb(131 175 229)hsl(213 65% 71%)oklch(74.3% 0.092 254.0)3.92 AA Large
Bright Magentacolor13#9a93e1rgb(154 147 225)hsl(245 57% 73%)oklch(70.0% 0.113 287.2)3.24 AA Large
Bright Cyancolor14#f2c38frgb(242 195 143)hsl(32 79% 75%)oklch(84.7% 0.086 69.1)5.51 AA
Bright Whitecolor15#556873rgb(85 104 115)hsl(202 15% 39%)oklch(50.6% 0.029 233.5)1.53 Fail

About Nova

Nova is a dark terminal color scheme built on a cool-tinted #3c4c55 background with #c5d4dd as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 5.87:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 4.34:1 (minimum 3.24:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #83afe5 red, #7fc1ca green, #83afe5 blue, and #9a93e1 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: Gogh (MIT OR Apache-2.0)