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Oxocarbon

Oxocarbon is a vibrant, dark terminal color scheme with a #161616 background and #f2f4f8 text (16.4:1 contrast)

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Background
#161616
Foreground
#f2f4f8
Text contrast
16.43:1AAA
Accent contrast
7.79:1min 5.58
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Oxocarbon configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Oxocarbon

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

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

palette = 0=#161616
palette = 1=#00dfdb
palette = 2=#00b4ff
palette = 3=#ff4297
palette = 4=#00c15a
palette = 5=#c693ff
palette = 6=#ff74b8
palette = 7=#f2f4f8
palette = 8=#585858
palette = 9=#00dfdb
palette = 10=#00b4ff
palette = 11=#ff4297
palette = 12=#00c15a
palette = 13=#c693ff
palette = 14=#ff74b8
palette = 15=#f2f4f8
background = #161616
foreground = #f2f4f8
cursor-color = #ffffff
cursor-text = #000000
selection-background = #393939
selection-foreground = #161616

Oxocarbon palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#161616rgb(22 22 22)hsl(0 0% 9%)oklch(20.0% 0.000 0)—
Foregroundforeground#f2f4f8rgb(242 244 248)hsl(220 30% 96%)oklch(96.7% 0.006 264.5)16.43 AAA
Cursorcursor#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)18.10 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)1.16 Fail
Selectionselection#393939rgb(57 57 57)hsl(0 0% 22%)oklch(34.5% 0.000 0)1.57 Fail
Selection textselectionText#161616rgb(22 22 22)hsl(0 0% 9%)oklch(20.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Blackcolor0#161616rgb(22 22 22)hsl(0 0% 9%)oklch(20.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Redcolor1#00dfdbrgb(0 223 219)hsl(179 100% 44%)oklch(81.7% 0.140 192.5)10.84 AAA
Greencolor2#00b4ffrgb(0 180 255)hsl(198 100% 50%)oklch(73.0% 0.160 237.4)7.73 AAA
Yellowcolor3#ff4297rgb(255 66 151)hsl(333 100% 63%)oklch(68.0% 0.232 358.2)5.58 AA
Bluecolor4#00c15argb(0 193 90)hsl(148 100% 38%)oklch(70.9% 0.195 150.1)7.56 AAA
Magentacolor5#c693ffrgb(198 147 255)hsl(268 100% 79%)oklch(75.3% 0.158 304.7)7.77 AAA
Cyancolor6#ff74b8rgb(255 116 184)hsl(331 100% 73%)oklch(74.3% 0.183 351.9)7.27 AAA
Whitecolor7#f2f4f8rgb(242 244 248)hsl(220 30% 96%)oklch(96.7% 0.006 264.5)16.43 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#585858rgb(88 88 88)hsl(0 0% 35%)oklch(46.0% 0.000 0)2.54 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#00dfdbrgb(0 223 219)hsl(179 100% 44%)oklch(81.7% 0.140 192.5)10.84 AAA
Bright Greencolor10#00b4ffrgb(0 180 255)hsl(198 100% 50%)oklch(73.0% 0.160 237.4)7.73 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#ff4297rgb(255 66 151)hsl(333 100% 63%)oklch(68.0% 0.232 358.2)5.58 AA
Bright Bluecolor12#00c15argb(0 193 90)hsl(148 100% 38%)oklch(70.9% 0.195 150.1)7.56 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#c693ffrgb(198 147 255)hsl(268 100% 79%)oklch(75.3% 0.158 304.7)7.77 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#ff74b8rgb(255 116 184)hsl(331 100% 73%)oklch(74.3% 0.183 351.9)7.27 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#f2f4f8rgb(242 244 248)hsl(220 30% 96%)oklch(96.7% 0.006 264.5)16.43 AAA

About Oxocarbon

Oxocarbon is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #161616 background with #f2f4f8 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 16.43:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 7.79:1 (minimum 5.58:1).

Its palette is highly saturated, anchored by #00dfdb red, #00b4ff green, #00c15a blue, and #c693ff magenta. Part of the Oxocarbon 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.

Schemes similar to Oxocarbon

Source: iTerm2 Color Schemes (MIT)