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Paranoid Circuit

Paranoid Circuit is a muted, dark terminal color scheme with a #27322b background and #f2e9d3 text (11.0:1 contrast)

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Background
#27322b
Foreground
#f2e9d3
Text contrast
11.01:1AAA
Accent contrast
7.15:1min 5.52
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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
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Paranoid Circuit configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Paranoid Circuit

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

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# Theme: Paranoid Circuit (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/paranoid-circuit?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#aaa9a1
palette = 1=#dc9771
palette = 2=#a7c67c
palette = 3=#d5bd6e
palette = 4=#9cb4b5
palette = 5=#c69cce
palette = 6=#9ac7ae
palette = 7=#eee3cd
palette = 8=#c4c0b4
palette = 9=#e9aa82
palette = 10=#bcd992
palette = 11=#e8d084
palette = 12=#aec8c6
palette = 13=#d7b2dc
palette = 14=#afd8c1
palette = 15=#fff3df
background = #27322b
foreground = #f2e9d3
cursor-color = #edc179
cursor-text = #27322b
selection-background = #4b4a3b
selection-foreground = #ffffff

Paranoid Circuit palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#27322brgb(39 50 43)hsl(142 12% 17%)oklch(30.4% 0.020 157.1)—
Foregroundforeground#f2e9d3rgb(242 233 211)hsl(43 54% 89%)oklch(93.5% 0.031 88.4)11.01 AAA
Cursorcursor#edc179rgb(237 193 121)hsl(37 76% 70%)oklch(83.4% 0.103 78.9)7.93 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#27322brgb(39 50 43)hsl(142 12% 17%)oklch(30.4% 0.020 157.1)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#4b4a3brgb(75 74 59)hsl(56 12% 26%)oklch(40.5% 0.024 104.3)1.48 Fail
Selection textselectionText#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)13.31 AAA
Blackcolor0#aaa9a1rgb(170 169 161)hsl(53 5% 65%)oklch(73.3% 0.011 100.9)5.64 AA
Redcolor1#dc9771rgb(220 151 113)hsl(21 60% 65%)oklch(73.6% 0.098 49.5)5.52 AA
Greencolor2#a7c67crgb(167 198 124)hsl(85 39% 63%)oklch(78.6% 0.104 127.1)6.98 AA
Yellowcolor3#d5bd6ergb(213 189 110)hsl(46 55% 63%)oklch(80.2% 0.103 93.0)7.18 AAA
Bluecolor4#9cb4b5rgb(156 180 181)hsl(182 14% 66%)oklch(75.2% 0.026 199.7)6.09 AA
Magentacolor5#c69ccergb(198 156 206)hsl(290 34% 71%)oklch(74.8% 0.084 320.9)5.74 AA
Cyancolor6#9ac7aergb(154 199 174)hsl(147 29% 69%)oklch(79.1% 0.059 160.4)7.07 AAA
Whitecolor7#eee3cdrgb(238 227 205)hsl(40 49% 87%)oklch(91.9% 0.032 84.6)10.46 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#c4c0b4rgb(196 192 180)hsl(45 12% 74%)oklch(80.8% 0.017 91.6)7.32 AAA
Bright Redcolor9#e9aa82rgb(233 170 130)hsl(23 70% 71%)oklch(78.8% 0.092 53.4)6.68 AA
Bright Greencolor10#bcd992rgb(188 217 146)hsl(85 48% 71%)oklch(84.7% 0.099 126.5)8.54 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#e8d084rgb(232 208 132)hsl(46 68% 71%)oklch(86.1% 0.099 92.5)8.74 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#aec8c6rgb(174 200 198)hsl(175 19% 73%)oklch(81.3% 0.028 191.0)7.53 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#d7b2dcrgb(215 178 220)hsl(293 38% 78%)oklch(80.9% 0.071 322.3)7.16 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#afd8c1rgb(175 216 193)hsl(146 34% 77%)oklch(84.6% 0.054 160.4)8.50 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#fff3dfrgb(255 243 223)hsl(37 100% 94%)oklch(96.8% 0.029 80.7)12.13 AAA

About Paranoid Circuit

Paranoid Circuit is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #27322b background with #f2e9d3 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 11.01:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 7.15:1 (minimum 5.52:1).

Its palette is low-saturation, anchored by #dc9771 red, #a7c67c green, #9cb4b5 blue, and #c69cce 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)