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Pastel Light

Pastel Light is a soft, light terminal color scheme with a #ffffff background and #222222 text (15.9:1 contrast)

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Background
#ffffff
Foreground
#222222
Text contrast
15.91:1AAA
Accent contrast
2.75:1min 1.16
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Pastel Light configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Pastel Light

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

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

palette = 0=#ffffff
palette = 1=#ba0e2e
palette = 2=#9474a9
palette = 3=#04c4a5
palette = 4=#c56c6c
palette = 5=#c5906c
palette = 6=#e2e060
palette = 7=#2f2f2f
palette = 8=#ffffff
palette = 9=#e61f44
palette = 10=#c5b3d0
palette = 11=#33fbdb
palette = 12=#e2b5b5
palette = 13=#e2c7b5
palette = 14=#f2f1b6
palette = 15=#484848
background = #ffffff
foreground = #222222
cursor-color = #222222
cursor-text = #222222
selection-background = #008d62
selection-foreground = #ffffff

Pastel Light palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)—
Foregroundforeground#222222rgb(34 34 34)hsl(0 0% 13%)oklch(25.2% 0.000 0)15.91 AAA
Cursorcursor#222222rgb(34 34 34)hsl(0 0% 13%)oklch(25.2% 0.000 0)15.91 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#222222rgb(34 34 34)hsl(0 0% 13%)oklch(25.2% 0.000 0)15.91 AAA
Selectionselection#008d62rgb(0 141 98)hsl(162 100% 28%)oklch(56.9% 0.123 163.1)4.21 AA Large
Selection textselectionText#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Blackcolor0#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Redcolor1#ba0e2ergb(186 14 46)hsl(349 86% 39%)oklch(50.3% 0.196 21.1)6.58 AA
Greencolor2#9474a9rgb(148 116 169)hsl(276 24% 56%)oklch(60.9% 0.086 311.5)3.94 AA Large
Yellowcolor3#04c4a5rgb(4 196 165)hsl(170 96% 39%)oklch(73.3% 0.137 175.8)2.22 Fail
Bluecolor4#c56c6crgb(197 108 108)hsl(0 43% 60%)oklch(63.2% 0.113 20.8)3.66 AA Large
Magentacolor5#c5906crgb(197 144 108)hsl(24 43% 60%)oklch(69.6% 0.081 55.1)2.77 Fail
Cyancolor6#e2e060rgb(226 224 96)hsl(59 69% 63%)oklch(88.4% 0.149 108.3)1.39 Fail
Whitecolor7#2f2f2frgb(47 47 47)hsl(0 0% 18%)oklch(30.5% 0.000 0)13.39 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#e61f44rgb(230 31 68)hsl(349 80% 51%)oklch(59.5% 0.225 19.4)4.52 AA
Bright Greencolor10#c5b3d0rgb(197 179 208)hsl(277 24% 76%)oklch(79.1% 0.045 312.8)1.96 Fail
Bright Yellowcolor11#33fbdbrgb(51 251 219)hsl(170 96% 59%)oklch(88.8% 0.155 178.4)1.32 Fail
Bright Bluecolor12#e2b5b5rgb(226 181 181)hsl(0 44% 80%)oklch(81.3% 0.052 18.3)1.82 Fail
Bright Magentacolor13#e2c7b5rgb(226 199 181)hsl(24 44% 80%)oklch(84.8% 0.039 55.8)1.61 Fail
Bright Cyancolor14#f2f1b6rgb(242 241 182)hsl(59 70% 83%)oklch(94.5% 0.076 107.0)1.16 Fail
Bright Whitecolor15#484848rgb(72 72 72)hsl(0 0% 28%)oklch(40.2% 0.000 0)9.15 AAA

About Pastel Light

Pastel Light is a light terminal color scheme built on a neutral #ffffff background with #222222 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 15.91:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 2.75:1 (minimum 1.16:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #ba0e2e red, #9474a9 green, #c56c6c blue, and #c5906c 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: Rainglow (MIT)