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Paper

Paper is a warm, light terminal color scheme with a #f2eede background and #000000 text (18.1:1 contrast)

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Background
#f2eede
Foreground
#000000
Text contrast
18.06:1AAA
Accent contrast
4.84:1min 2.76
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Paper configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Paper

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

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

palette = 0=#000000
palette = 1=#cc3e28
palette = 2=#216609
palette = 3=#b58900
palette = 4=#1e6fcc
palette = 5=#5c21a5
palette = 6=#158c86
palette = 7=#aaaaaa
palette = 8=#555555
palette = 9=#cc3e28
palette = 10=#216609
palette = 11=#b58900
palette = 12=#1e6fcc
palette = 13=#5c21a5
palette = 14=#158c86
palette = 15=#aaaaaa
background = #f2eede
foreground = #000000
cursor-color = #000000
cursor-text = #f2eede
selection-background = #a5a297
selection-foreground = #000000

Paper palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#f2eedergb(242 238 222)hsl(48 43% 91%)oklch(94.8% 0.022 95.3)—
Foregroundforeground#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)18.06 AAA
Cursorcursor#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)18.06 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#f2eedergb(242 238 222)hsl(48 43% 91%)oklch(94.8% 0.022 95.3)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#a5a297rgb(165 162 151)hsl(47 7% 62%)oklch(71.2% 0.016 94.3)2.20 Fail
Selection textselectionText#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)18.06 AAA
Blackcolor0#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)18.06 AAA
Redcolor1#cc3e28rgb(204 62 40)hsl(8 67% 48%)oklch(56.9% 0.182 31.6)4.21 AA Large
Greencolor2#216609rgb(33 102 9)hsl(105 84% 22%)oklch(44.9% 0.138 139.8)6.08 AA
Yellowcolor3#b58900rgb(181 137 0)hsl(45 100% 35%)oklch(65.4% 0.134 85.7)2.76 Fail
Bluecolor4#1e6fccrgb(30 111 204)hsl(212 74% 46%)oklch(54.6% 0.163 255.3)4.30 AA Large
Magentacolor5#5c21a5rgb(92 33 165)hsl(267 67% 39%)oklch(41.7% 0.193 297.3)8.15 AAA
Cyancolor6#158c86rgb(21 140 134)hsl(177 74% 32%)oklch(57.9% 0.096 189.4)3.52 AA Large
Whitecolor7#aaaaaargb(170 170 170)hsl(0 0% 67%)oklch(73.8% 0.000 0)2.00 Fail
Bright Blackcolor8#555555rgb(85 85 85)hsl(0 0% 33%)oklch(45.0% 0.000 0)6.41 AA
Bright Redcolor9#cc3e28rgb(204 62 40)hsl(8 67% 48%)oklch(56.9% 0.182 31.6)4.21 AA Large
Bright Greencolor10#216609rgb(33 102 9)hsl(105 84% 22%)oklch(44.9% 0.138 139.8)6.08 AA
Bright Yellowcolor11#b58900rgb(181 137 0)hsl(45 100% 35%)oklch(65.4% 0.134 85.7)2.76 Fail
Bright Bluecolor12#1e6fccrgb(30 111 204)hsl(212 74% 46%)oklch(54.6% 0.163 255.3)4.30 AA Large
Bright Magentacolor13#5c21a5rgb(92 33 165)hsl(267 67% 39%)oklch(41.7% 0.193 297.3)8.15 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#158c86rgb(21 140 134)hsl(177 74% 32%)oklch(57.9% 0.096 189.4)3.52 AA Large
Bright Whitecolor15#aaaaaargb(170 170 170)hsl(0 0% 67%)oklch(73.8% 0.000 0)2.00 Fail

About Paper

Paper is a light terminal color scheme built on a warm-tinted #f2eede background with #000000 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 18.06:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 4.84:1 (minimum 2.76:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #cc3e28 red, #216609 green, #1e6fcc blue, and #5c21a5 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.

Published upstream with an identical palette under the names Papertheme

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Source: Gogh (MIT OR Apache-2.0)