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Pencil Light

Pencil Light is a soft, light terminal color scheme with a #f1f1f1 background and #424242 text (8.9:1 contrast)

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Background
#f1f1f1
Foreground
#424242
Text contrast
8.90:1AAA
Accent contrast
3.28:1min 1.17
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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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Pencil Light configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Pencil Light

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

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

palette = 0=#212121
palette = 1=#c30771
palette = 2=#10a778
palette = 3=#a89c14
palette = 4=#008ec4
palette = 5=#523c79
palette = 6=#20a5ba
palette = 7=#d9d9d9
palette = 8=#424242
palette = 9=#fb007a
palette = 10=#5fd7af
palette = 11=#f3e430
palette = 12=#20bbfc
palette = 13=#6855de
palette = 14=#4fb8cc
palette = 15=#f1f1f1
background = #f1f1f1
foreground = #424242
cursor-color = #20bbfc
cursor-text = #424242
selection-background = #b6d6fd
selection-foreground = #424242

Pencil Light palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#f1f1f1rgb(241 241 241)hsl(0 0% 95%)oklch(95.8% 0.000 0)—
Foregroundforeground#424242rgb(66 66 66)hsl(0 0% 26%)oklch(37.9% 0.000 0)8.90 AAA
Cursorcursor#20bbfcrgb(32 187 252)hsl(198 97% 56%)oklch(74.7% 0.150 233.7)1.94 Fail
Cursor textcursorText#424242rgb(66 66 66)hsl(0 0% 26%)oklch(37.9% 0.000 0)8.90 AAA
Selectionselection#b6d6fdrgb(182 214 253)hsl(213 95% 85%)oklch(86.6% 0.064 253.6)1.33 Fail
Selection textselectionText#424242rgb(66 66 66)hsl(0 0% 26%)oklch(37.9% 0.000 0)8.90 AAA
Blackcolor0#212121rgb(33 33 33)hsl(0 0% 13%)oklch(24.8% 0.000 0)14.26 AAA
Redcolor1#c30771rgb(195 7 113)hsl(326 93% 40%)oklch(53.5% 0.216 356.0)5.18 AA
Greencolor2#10a778rgb(16 167 120)hsl(161 83% 36%)oklch(64.6% 0.134 164.2)2.73 Fail
Yellowcolor3#a89c14rgb(168 156 20)hsl(55 79% 37%)oklch(68.2% 0.139 103.8)2.50 Fail
Bluecolor4#008ec4rgb(0 142 196)hsl(197 100% 38%)oklch(61.0% 0.128 234.4)3.28 AA Large
Magentacolor5#523c79rgb(82 60 121)hsl(262 34% 35%)oklch(41.0% 0.101 298.5)8.15 AAA
Cyancolor6#20a5bargb(32 165 186)hsl(188 71% 43%)oklch(66.5% 0.109 211.5)2.60 Fail
Whitecolor7#d9d9d9rgb(217 217 217)hsl(0 0% 85%)oklch(88.5% 0.000 0)1.25 Fail
Bright Blackcolor8#424242rgb(66 66 66)hsl(0 0% 26%)oklch(37.9% 0.000 0)8.90 AAA
Bright Redcolor9#fb007argb(251 0 122)hsl(331 100% 49%)oklch(63.7% 0.256 3.7)3.45 AA Large
Bright Greencolor10#5fd7afrgb(95 215 175)hsl(160 60% 61%)oklch(80.0% 0.123 168.4)1.57 Fail
Bright Yellowcolor11#f3e430rgb(243 228 48)hsl(55 89% 57%)oklch(90.3% 0.180 104.3)1.17 Fail
Bright Bluecolor12#20bbfcrgb(32 187 252)hsl(198 97% 56%)oklch(74.7% 0.150 233.7)1.94 Fail
Bright Magentacolor13#6855dergb(104 85 222)hsl(248 67% 60%)oklch(54.6% 0.200 283.9)4.72 AA
Bright Cyancolor14#4fb8ccrgb(79 184 204)hsl(190 55% 55%)oklch(72.9% 0.100 212.2)2.05 Fail
Bright Whitecolor15#f1f1f1rgb(241 241 241)hsl(0 0% 95%)oklch(95.8% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail

About Pencil Light

Pencil Light is a light terminal color scheme built on a neutral #f1f1f1 background with #424242 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 8.90:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 3.28:1 (minimum 1.17:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #c30771 red, #10a778 green, #008ec4 blue, and #523c79 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)