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Nucolors

Nucolors is a true black, high contrast, dark terminal color scheme with a #000000 background and #ffffff text (21.0:1 contrast)

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Background
#000000
Foreground
#ffffff
Text contrast
21.00:1AAA
Accent contrast
14.04:1min 9.37
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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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Nucolors configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Nucolors

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

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

palette = 0=#393939
palette = 1=#ff9f95
palette = 2=#e2ffc7
palette = 3=#ffffb9
palette = 4=#a8ceea
palette = 5=#e2b5cc
palette = 6=#c2efff
palette = 7=#dddddd
palette = 8=#474747
palette = 9=#ff8d80
palette = 10=#dbffb3
palette = 11=#ffbe64
palette = 12=#7eb6ff
palette = 13=#e296ff
palette = 14=#9ce9ff
palette = 15=#dddddd
background = #000000
foreground = #ffffff
cursor-color = #ffffff
cursor-text = #000000
selection-background = #222222
selection-foreground = #ffffff

Nucolors palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)—
Foregroundforeground#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA
Cursorcursor#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#222222rgb(34 34 34)hsl(0 0% 13%)oklch(25.2% 0.000 0)1.32 Fail
Selection textselectionText#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA
Blackcolor0#393939rgb(57 57 57)hsl(0 0% 22%)oklch(34.5% 0.000 0)1.82 Fail
Redcolor1#ff9f95rgb(255 159 149)hsl(6 100% 79%)oklch(79.7% 0.116 26.4)10.65 AAA
Greencolor2#e2ffc7rgb(226 255 199)hsl(91 100% 89%)oklch(96.5% 0.079 130.1)19.36 AAA
Yellowcolor3#ffffb9rgb(255 255 185)hsl(60 100% 86%)oklch(98.4% 0.088 107.9)20.26 AAA
Bluecolor4#a8ceeargb(168 206 234)hsl(205 61% 79%)oklch(83.3% 0.056 240.3)12.68 AAA
Magentacolor5#e2b5ccrgb(226 181 204)hsl(329 44% 80%)oklch(82.0% 0.060 346.4)11.72 AAA
Cyancolor6#c2efffrgb(194 239 255)hsl(196 100% 88%)oklch(92.6% 0.051 221.5)17.08 AAA
Whitecolor7#ddddddrgb(221 221 221)hsl(0 0% 87%)oklch(89.8% 0.000 0)15.46 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#474747rgb(71 71 71)hsl(0 0% 28%)oklch(39.8% 0.000 0)2.26 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#ff8d80rgb(255 141 128)hsl(6 100% 75%)oklch(76.4% 0.140 27.6)9.37 AAA
Bright Greencolor10#dbffb3rgb(219 255 179)hsl(88 100% 85%)oklch(95.6% 0.105 128.8)18.97 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#ffbe64rgb(255 190 100)hsl(35 100% 70%)oklch(84.4% 0.130 73.3)12.80 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#7eb6ffrgb(126 182 255)hsl(214 100% 75%)oklch(76.7% 0.121 255.4)10.02 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#e296ffrgb(226 150 255)hsl(283 100% 79%)oklch(78.6% 0.164 316.2)10.04 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#9ce9ffrgb(156 233 255)hsl(193 100% 81%)oklch(89.1% 0.081 217.7)15.51 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#ddddddrgb(221 221 221)hsl(0 0% 87%)oklch(89.8% 0.000 0)15.46 AAA

About Nucolors

Nucolors is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #000000 background with #ffffff as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 21.00:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 14.04:1 (minimum 9.37:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #ff9f95 red, #e2ffc7 green, #a8ceea blue, and #e2b5cc 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: terminal.sexy (MIT)