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Pastel Dark

Pastel Dark is a true black, pastel, dark terminal color scheme with a #000000 background and #c7c7c7 text (12.4:1 contrast)

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Background
#000000
Foreground
#c7c7c7
Text contrast
12.42:1AAA
Accent contrast
15.19:1min 8.69
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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
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Pastel Dark configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Pastel Dark

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

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

palette = 0=#616161
palette = 1=#ff8272
palette = 2=#b4fa72
palette = 3=#fefdc2
palette = 4=#a5d5fe
palette = 5=#ff8ffd
palette = 6=#d0d1fe
palette = 7=#f1f1f1
palette = 8=#8e8e8e
palette = 9=#ffc4bd
palette = 10=#d6fcb9
palette = 11=#fefdd5
palette = 12=#c1e3fe
palette = 13=#ffb1fe
palette = 14=#e5e6fe
palette = 15=#fffeff
background = #000000
foreground = #c7c7c7
cursor-color = #ffb472
cursor-text = #fffeff
selection-background = #181818
selection-foreground = #c7c7c7

Pastel Dark palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)—
Foregroundforeground#c7c7c7rgb(199 199 199)hsl(0 0% 78%)oklch(83.0% 0.000 0)12.42 AAA
Cursorcursor#ffb472rgb(255 180 114)hsl(28 100% 72%)oklch(82.7% 0.120 61.3)12.02 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#fffeffrgb(255 254 255)hsl(300 100% 100%)oklch(99.8% 0.002 325.6)20.87 AAA
Selectionselection#181818rgb(24 24 24)hsl(0 0% 9%)oklch(20.9% 0.000 0)1.18 Fail
Selection textselectionText#c7c7c7rgb(199 199 199)hsl(0 0% 78%)oklch(83.0% 0.000 0)12.42 AAA
Blackcolor0#616161rgb(97 97 97)hsl(0 0% 38%)oklch(49.3% 0.000 0)3.39 AA Large
Redcolor1#ff8272rgb(255 130 114)hsl(7 100% 72%)oklch(74.5% 0.155 28.8)8.69 AAA
Greencolor2#b4fa72rgb(180 250 114)hsl(91 93% 71%)oklch(91.1% 0.182 131.8)16.86 AAA
Yellowcolor3#fefdc2rgb(254 253 194)hsl(59 97% 88%)oklch(98.1% 0.075 106.9)20.04 AAA
Bluecolor4#a5d5fergb(165 213 254)hsl(208 98% 82%)oklch(85.4% 0.076 244.6)13.55 AAA
Magentacolor5#ff8ffdrgb(255 143 253)hsl(301 100% 78%)oklch(80.6% 0.189 327.8)10.60 AAA
Cyancolor6#d0d1fergb(208 209 254)hsl(239 96% 91%)oklch(87.5% 0.062 284.0)14.23 AAA
Whitecolor7#f1f1f1rgb(241 241 241)hsl(0 0% 95%)oklch(95.8% 0.000 0)18.59 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#8e8e8ergb(142 142 142)hsl(0 0% 56%)oklch(64.7% 0.000 0)6.41 AA
Bright Redcolor9#ffc4bdrgb(255 196 189)hsl(6 100% 87%)oklch(87.1% 0.069 26.3)13.88 AAA
Bright Greencolor10#d6fcb9rgb(214 252 185)hsl(94 92% 86%)oklch(94.8% 0.096 132.1)18.48 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#fefdd5rgb(254 253 213)hsl(59 95% 92%)oklch(98.5% 0.052 106.1)20.23 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#c1e3fergb(193 227 254)hsl(207 97% 88%)oklch(90.0% 0.052 242.2)15.69 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#ffb1fergb(255 177 254)hsl(301 100% 85%)oklch(85.9% 0.133 327.1)12.97 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#e5e6fergb(229 230 254)hsl(238 93% 95%)oklch(93.1% 0.032 283.8)17.08 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#fffeffrgb(255 254 255)hsl(300 100% 100%)oklch(99.8% 0.002 325.6)20.87 AAA

About Pastel Dark

Pastel Dark is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #000000 background with #c7c7c7 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 12.42:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 15.19:1 (minimum 8.69:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #ff8272 red, #b4fa72 green, #a5d5fe blue, and #ff8ffd 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.

Schemes similar to Pastel Dark

Source: Alacritty Theme (Apache-2.0)