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Paper Crane: Midnight Ink

Paper Crane: Midnight Ink is a muted, dark terminal color scheme with a #20272a background and #e6e2d6 text (11.7:1 contrast)

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Background
#20272a
Foreground
#e6e2d6
Text contrast
11.71:1AAA
Accent contrast
6.42:1min 3.75
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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
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new file: src/theme.css
modified: README.md
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modified: src/app.tsx
deleted: legacy/colors.js
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notes.md
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Paper Crane: Midnight Ink configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Paper Crane: Midnight Ink

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

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# Theme: Paper Crane: Midnight Ink (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/paper-crane-midnight-ink?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#303a3c
palette = 1=#b9685c
palette = 2=#7d9e85
palette = 3=#c1a06b
palette = 4=#819cbd
palette = 5=#aa88a7
palette = 6=#79a9a5
palette = 7=#d4d3c9
palette = 8=#607073
palette = 9=#dc8977
palette = 10=#a2c2a4
palette = 11=#dfc08b
palette = 12=#a5bbdb
palette = 13=#c7a9c4
palette = 14=#a1d0c8
palette = 15=#fff8e8
background = #20272a
foreground = #e6e2d6
cursor-color = #d9826b
cursor-text = #20272a
selection-background = #3c4b49
selection-foreground = #6c7376

Paper Crane: Midnight Ink palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#20272argb(32 39 42)hsl(198 14% 15%)oklch(26.7% 0.011 225.6)—
Foregroundforeground#e6e2d6rgb(230 226 214)hsl(45 24% 87%)oklch(91.3% 0.017 91.6)11.71 AAA
Cursorcursor#d9826brgb(217 130 107)hsl(13 59% 64%)oklch(69.4% 0.113 35.6)5.31 AA
Cursor textcursorText#20272argb(32 39 42)hsl(198 14% 15%)oklch(26.7% 0.011 225.6)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#3c4b49rgb(60 75 73)hsl(172 11% 26%)oklch(39.9% 0.019 186.5)1.66 Fail
Selection textselectionText#6c7376rgb(108 115 118)hsl(198 4% 44%)oklch(55.1% 0.010 225.2)3.14 AA Large
Blackcolor0#303a3crgb(48 58 60)hsl(190 11% 21%)oklch(34.0% 0.014 211.1)1.30 Fail
Redcolor1#b9685crgb(185 104 92)hsl(8 40% 54%)oklch(60.6% 0.106 29.4)3.75 AA Large
Greencolor2#7d9e85rgb(125 158 133)hsl(135 15% 55%)oklch(66.7% 0.052 152.2)5.13 AA
Yellowcolor3#c1a06brgb(193 160 107)hsl(37 41% 59%)oklch(72.3% 0.080 78.8)6.14 AA
Bluecolor4#819cbdrgb(129 156 189)hsl(213 31% 62%)oklch(68.4% 0.058 253.7)5.36 AA
Magentacolor5#aa88a7rgb(170 136 167)hsl(305 17% 60%)oklch(66.9% 0.060 329.1)4.90 AA
Cyancolor6#79a9a5rgb(121 169 165)hsl(175 22% 57%)oklch(69.9% 0.052 189.6)5.80 AA
Whitecolor7#d4d3c9rgb(212 211 201)hsl(55 11% 81%)oklch(86.5% 0.014 102.0)10.08 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#607073rgb(96 112 115)hsl(189 9% 41%)oklch(53.3% 0.020 210.2)2.93 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#dc8977rgb(220 137 119)hsl(11 59% 66%)oklch(71.2% 0.106 33.0)5.69 AA
Bright Greencolor10#a2c2a4rgb(162 194 164)hsl(124 21% 70%)oklch(78.2% 0.054 146.7)7.79 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#dfc08brgb(223 192 139)hsl(38 57% 71%)oklch(82.2% 0.078 80.7)8.70 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#a5bbdbrgb(165 187 219)hsl(216 43% 75%)oklch(78.6% 0.052 257.7)7.75 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#c7a9c4rgb(199 169 196)hsl(306 21% 72%)oklch(76.9% 0.051 329.3)7.15 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#a1d0c8rgb(161 208 200)hsl(170 33% 72%)oklch(82.2% 0.050 183.5)8.93 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#fff8e8rgb(255 248 232)hsl(42 100% 95%)oklch(98.0% 0.022 87.1)14.33 AAA

About Paper Crane: Midnight Ink

Paper Crane: Midnight Ink is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #20272a background with #e6e2d6 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 11.71:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 6.42:1 (minimum 3.75:1).

Its palette is low-saturation, anchored by #b9685c red, #7d9e85 green, #819cbd blue, and #aa88a7 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)