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PencilLight

PencilLight is a soft, light terminal color scheme with a #f0f0f0 background and #414141 text (9.0:1 contrast)

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Background
#f0f0f0
Foreground
#414141
Text contrast
8.96:1AAA
Accent contrast
3.27:1min 1.16
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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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PencilLight configs

16 formats, all from one palette

PencilLight

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

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# Theme: PencilLight (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/pencillight?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#202020
palette = 1=#c30670
palette = 2=#10a778
palette = 3=#a79c14
palette = 4=#008ec4
palette = 5=#523b78
palette = 6=#20a4b9
palette = 7=#d9d9d9
palette = 8=#414141
palette = 9=#fb0079
palette = 10=#5ed6ae
palette = 11=#f3e42f
palette = 12=#20bafb
palette = 13=#6854de
palette = 14=#4fb8cc
palette = 15=#f0f0f0
background = #f0f0f0
foreground = #414141
cursor-color = #20bafb
cursor-text = #f0f0f0
selection-background = #b6d6fc
selection-foreground = #f0f0f0

PencilLight palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#f0f0f0rgb(240 240 240)hsl(0 0% 94%)oklch(95.5% 0.000 0)—
Foregroundforeground#414141rgb(65 65 65)hsl(0 0% 25%)oklch(37.5% 0.000 0)8.96 AAA
Cursorcursor#20bafbrgb(32 186 251)hsl(198 96% 55%)oklch(74.4% 0.149 233.8)1.94 Fail
Cursor textcursorText#f0f0f0rgb(240 240 240)hsl(0 0% 94%)oklch(95.5% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#b6d6fcrgb(182 214 252)hsl(213 92% 85%)oklch(86.5% 0.063 252.9)1.31 Fail
Selection textselectionText#f0f0f0rgb(240 240 240)hsl(0 0% 94%)oklch(95.5% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Blackcolor0#202020rgb(32 32 32)hsl(0 0% 13%)oklch(24.4% 0.000 0)14.30 AAA
Redcolor1#c30670rgb(195 6 112)hsl(326 94% 39%)oklch(53.4% 0.216 356.4)5.15 AA
Greencolor2#10a778rgb(16 167 120)hsl(161 83% 36%)oklch(64.6% 0.134 164.2)2.70 Fail
Yellowcolor3#a79c14rgb(167 156 20)hsl(56 79% 37%)oklch(68.1% 0.140 104.3)2.49 Fail
Bluecolor4#008ec4rgb(0 142 196)hsl(197 100% 38%)oklch(61.0% 0.128 234.4)3.25 AA Large
Magentacolor5#523b78rgb(82 59 120)hsl(263 34% 35%)oklch(40.7% 0.101 299.3)8.17 AAA
Cyancolor6#20a4b9rgb(32 164 185)hsl(188 71% 43%)oklch(66.2% 0.109 211.6)2.61 Fail
Whitecolor7#d9d9d9rgb(217 217 217)hsl(0 0% 85%)oklch(88.5% 0.000 0)1.24 Fail
Bright Blackcolor8#414141rgb(65 65 65)hsl(0 0% 25%)oklch(37.5% 0.000 0)8.96 AAA
Bright Redcolor9#fb0079rgb(251 0 121)hsl(331 100% 49%)oklch(63.6% 0.256 4.0)3.43 AA Large
Bright Greencolor10#5ed6aergb(94 214 174)hsl(160 59% 60%)oklch(79.7% 0.123 168.4)1.57 Fail
Bright Yellowcolor11#f3e42frgb(243 228 47)hsl(55 89% 57%)oklch(90.3% 0.181 104.3)1.16 Fail
Bright Bluecolor12#20bafbrgb(32 186 251)hsl(198 96% 55%)oklch(74.4% 0.149 233.8)1.94 Fail
Bright Magentacolor13#6854dergb(104 84 222)hsl(249 68% 60%)oklch(54.5% 0.201 284.1)4.71 AA
Bright Cyancolor14#4fb8ccrgb(79 184 204)hsl(190 55% 55%)oklch(72.9% 0.100 212.2)2.03 Fail
Bright Whitecolor15#f0f0f0rgb(240 240 240)hsl(0 0% 94%)oklch(95.5% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail

About PencilLight

PencilLight is a light terminal color scheme built on a neutral #f0f0f0 background with #414141 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 8.96:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 3.27:1 (minimum 1.16:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #c30670 red, #10a778 green, #008ec4 blue, and #523b78 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: Kitty Themes (MIT)