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Papercolor Dark

Papercolor Dark is a dark terminal color scheme with a #1c1c1c background and #d0d0d0 text (11.1:1 contrast)

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Background
#1c1c1c
Foreground
#d0d0d0
Text contrast
11.05:1AAA
Accent contrast
6.52:1min 2.42
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Papercolor Dark configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Papercolor Dark

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

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# Theme: Papercolor Dark (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/papercolor-dark?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#1c1c1c
palette = 1=#af005f
palette = 2=#5faf00
palette = 3=#d7af5f
palette = 4=#5fafd7
palette = 5=#808080
palette = 6=#d7875f
palette = 7=#d0d0d0
palette = 8=#585858
palette = 9=#5faf5f
palette = 10=#afd700
palette = 11=#af87d7
palette = 12=#ffaf00
palette = 13=#ff5faf
palette = 14=#00afaf
palette = 15=#5f8787
background = #1c1c1c
foreground = #d0d0d0
cursor-color = #d0d0d0
cursor-text = #1c1c1c
selection-background = #434343
selection-foreground = #d0d0d0

Papercolor Dark palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#1c1c1crgb(28 28 28)hsl(0 0% 11%)oklch(22.6% 0.000 0)—
Foregroundforeground#d0d0d0rgb(208 208 208)hsl(0 0% 82%)oklch(85.8% 0.000 0)11.05 AAA
Cursorcursor#d0d0d0rgb(208 208 208)hsl(0 0% 82%)oklch(85.8% 0.000 0)11.05 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#1c1c1crgb(28 28 28)hsl(0 0% 11%)oklch(22.6% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#434343rgb(67 67 67)hsl(0 0% 26%)oklch(38.3% 0.000 0)1.72 Fail
Selection textselectionText#d0d0d0rgb(208 208 208)hsl(0 0% 82%)oklch(85.8% 0.000 0)11.05 AAA
Blackcolor0#1c1c1crgb(28 28 28)hsl(0 0% 11%)oklch(22.6% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Redcolor1#af005frgb(175 0 95)hsl(327 100% 34%)oklch(49.0% 0.199 358.4)2.42 Fail
Greencolor2#5faf00rgb(95 175 0)hsl(87 100% 34%)oklch(67.6% 0.195 134.3)6.18 AA
Yellowcolor3#d7af5frgb(215 175 95)hsl(40 60% 61%)oklch(77.4% 0.109 83.2)8.27 AAA
Bluecolor4#5fafd7rgb(95 175 215)hsl(200 60% 61%)oklch(71.9% 0.098 232.1)6.98 AA
Magentacolor5#808080rgb(128 128 128)hsl(0 0% 50%)oklch(60.0% 0.000 0)4.32 AA Large
Cyancolor6#d7875frgb(215 135 95)hsl(20 60% 61%)oklch(69.8% 0.113 46.9)6.10 AA
Whitecolor7#d0d0d0rgb(208 208 208)hsl(0 0% 82%)oklch(85.8% 0.000 0)11.05 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#585858rgb(88 88 88)hsl(0 0% 35%)oklch(46.0% 0.000 0)2.40 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#5faf5frgb(95 175 95)hsl(120 33% 53%)oklch(68.3% 0.139 143.9)6.32 AA
Bright Greencolor10#afd700rgb(175 215 0)hsl(71 100% 42%)oklch(82.1% 0.199 122.2)10.18 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#af87d7rgb(175 135 215)hsl(270 50% 69%)oklch(69.2% 0.122 306.4)5.90 AA
Bright Bluecolor12#ffaf00rgb(255 175 0)hsl(41 100% 50%)oklch(81.1% 0.170 75.9)9.24 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#ff5fafrgb(255 95 175)hsl(330 100% 69%)oklch(71.5% 0.208 352.7)6.09 AA
Bright Cyancolor14#00afafrgb(0 175 175)hsl(180 100% 34%)oklch(68.3% 0.117 194.8)6.29 AA
Bright Whitecolor15#5f8787rgb(95 135 135)hsl(180 17% 45%)oklch(59.4% 0.044 196.0)4.30 AA Large

About Papercolor Dark

Papercolor Dark is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #1c1c1c background with #d0d0d0 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 11.05:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 6.52:1 (minimum 2.42:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #af005f red, #5faf00 green, #5fafd7 blue, and #808080 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)