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Papercolor Light

Papercolor Light is a light terminal color scheme with a #eeeeee background and #444444 text (8.4:1 contrast)

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Background
#eeeeee
Foreground
#444444
Text contrast
8.39:1AAA
Accent contrast
4.56:1min 3.10
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Papercolor Light configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Papercolor Light

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

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

palette = 0=#eeeeee
palette = 1=#af0000
palette = 2=#008700
palette = 3=#5f8700
palette = 4=#0087af
palette = 5=#878787
palette = 6=#005f87
palette = 7=#444444
palette = 8=#bcbcbc
palette = 9=#d70000
palette = 10=#d70087
palette = 11=#8700af
palette = 12=#d75f00
palette = 13=#d75f00
palette = 14=#005faf
palette = 15=#005f87
background = #eeeeee
foreground = #444444
cursor-color = #444444
cursor-text = #eeeeee
selection-background = #c0c0c0
selection-foreground = #444444

Papercolor Light palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#eeeeeergb(238 238 238)hsl(0 0% 93%)oklch(94.9% 0.000 0)—
Foregroundforeground#444444rgb(68 68 68)hsl(0 0% 27%)oklch(38.7% 0.000 0)8.39 AAA
Cursorcursor#444444rgb(68 68 68)hsl(0 0% 27%)oklch(38.7% 0.000 0)8.39 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#eeeeeergb(238 238 238)hsl(0 0% 93%)oklch(94.9% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#c0c0c0rgb(192 192 192)hsl(0 0% 75%)oklch(80.8% 0.000 0)1.57 Fail
Selection textselectionText#444444rgb(68 68 68)hsl(0 0% 27%)oklch(38.7% 0.000 0)8.39 AAA
Blackcolor0#eeeeeergb(238 238 238)hsl(0 0% 93%)oklch(94.9% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Redcolor1#af0000rgb(175 0 0)hsl(0 100% 34%)oklch(47.3% 0.194 29.2)6.41 AA
Greencolor2#008700rgb(0 135 0)hsl(120 100% 26%)oklch(54.0% 0.184 142.5)4.05 AA Large
Yellowcolor3#5f8700rgb(95 135 0)hsl(78 100% 26%)oklch(57.2% 0.149 127.5)3.65 AA Large
Bluecolor4#0087afrgb(0 135 175)hsl(194 100% 34%)oklch(58.2% 0.113 227.7)3.56 AA Large
Magentacolor5#878787rgb(135 135 135)hsl(0 0% 53%)oklch(62.3% 0.000 0)3.10 AA Large
Cyancolor6#005f87rgb(0 95 135)hsl(198 100% 26%)oklch(45.9% 0.099 236.0)6.06 AA
Whitecolor7#444444rgb(68 68 68)hsl(0 0% 27%)oklch(38.7% 0.000 0)8.39 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#bcbcbcrgb(188 188 188)hsl(0 0% 74%)oklch(79.5% 0.000 0)1.64 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#d70000rgb(215 0 0)hsl(0 100% 42%)oklch(55.2% 0.227 29.2)4.65 AA
Bright Greencolor10#d70087rgb(215 0 135)hsl(322 100% 42%)oklch(57.7% 0.239 352.3)4.27 AA Large
Bright Yellowcolor11#8700afrgb(135 0 175)hsl(286 100% 34%)oklch(46.7% 0.230 314.8)6.83 AA
Bright Bluecolor12#d75f00rgb(215 95 0)hsl(27 100% 42%)oklch(62.6% 0.172 47.5)3.28 AA Large
Bright Magentacolor13#d75f00rgb(215 95 0)hsl(27 100% 42%)oklch(62.6% 0.172 47.5)3.28 AA Large
Bright Cyancolor14#005fafrgb(0 95 175)hsl(207 100% 34%)oklch(48.5% 0.148 252.6)5.56 AA
Bright Whitecolor15#005f87rgb(0 95 135)hsl(198 100% 26%)oklch(45.9% 0.099 236.0)6.06 AA

About Papercolor Light

Papercolor Light is a light terminal color scheme built on a neutral #eeeeee background with #444444 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 8.39:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 4.56:1 (minimum 3.10:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #af0000 red, #008700 green, #0087af blue, and #878787 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)