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Poltergeist

Poltergeist is a pastel, cool, dark terminal color scheme with a #06444b background and #f0ffff text (10.6:1 contrast)

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Background
#06444b
Foreground
#f0ffff
Text contrast
10.56:1AAA
Accent contrast
6.59:1min 5.20
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❯ ls -la
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
~/dev/tintdex on main [!?] via ⬢ v1.4.3
❯ git status
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Your branch is ahead of 'origin/main' by 2 commits.
Changes to be committed:
new file: src/theme.css
modified: README.md
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modified: src/app.tsx
deleted: legacy/colors.js
Untracked files:
notes.md
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Poltergeist configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Poltergeist

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

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

palette = 0=#c0d1d2
palette = 1=#ff9c91
palette = 2=#8ce0b0
palette = 3=#e9d06c
palette = 4=#8ed4ed
palette = 5=#c5a7e8
palette = 6=#77e1df
palette = 7=#f0ffff
palette = 8=#c8d7d7
palette = 9=#ffa89e
palette = 10=#9ae4b9
palette = 11=#ecd67e
palette = 12=#9cd9ef
palette = 13=#ccb2eb
palette = 14=#87e5e3
palette = 15=#f2ffff
background = #06444b
foreground = #f0ffff
cursor-color = #ffa89e
cursor-text = #06444b
selection-background = #c8d7d7
selection-foreground = #8c9999

Poltergeist palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#06444brgb(6 68 75)hsl(186 85% 16%)oklch(35.4% 0.058 207.0)—
Foregroundforeground#f0ffffrgb(240 255 255)hsl(180 100% 97%)oklch(98.9% 0.016 196.9)10.56 AAA
Cursorcursor#ffa89ergb(255 168 158)hsl(6 100% 81%)oklch(81.5% 0.105 26.8)5.86 AA
Cursor textcursorText#06444brgb(6 68 75)hsl(186 85% 16%)oklch(35.4% 0.058 207.0)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#c8d7d7rgb(200 215 215)hsl(180 16% 81%)oklch(86.8% 0.016 196.9)7.31 AAA
Selection textselectionText#8c9999rgb(140 153 153)hsl(180 6% 57%)oklch(67.3% 0.015 196.8)3.68 AA Large
Blackcolor0#c0d1d2rgb(192 209 210)hsl(183 17% 79%)oklch(84.8% 0.018 201.1)6.87 AA
Redcolor1#ff9c91rgb(255 156 145)hsl(6 100% 78%)oklch(79.2% 0.120 26.9)5.38 AA
Greencolor2#8ce0b0rgb(140 224 176)hsl(146 58% 71%)oklch(84.0% 0.107 158.0)6.92 AA
Yellowcolor3#e9d06crgb(233 208 108)hsl(48 74% 67%)oklch(85.8% 0.123 95.6)7.08 AAA
Bluecolor4#8ed4edrgb(142 212 237)hsl(196 73% 74%)oklch(83.2% 0.078 222.5)6.61 AA
Magentacolor5#c5a7e8rgb(197 167 232)hsl(268 59% 78%)oklch(77.7% 0.096 305.4)5.20 AA
Cyancolor6#77e1dfrgb(119 225 223)hsl(179 64% 67%)oklch(84.6% 0.099 193.8)7.03 AAA
Whitecolor7#f0ffffrgb(240 255 255)hsl(180 100% 97%)oklch(98.9% 0.016 196.9)10.56 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#c8d7d7rgb(200 215 215)hsl(180 16% 81%)oklch(86.8% 0.016 196.9)7.31 AAA
Bright Redcolor9#ffa89ergb(255 168 158)hsl(6 100% 81%)oklch(81.5% 0.105 26.8)5.86 AA
Bright Greencolor10#9ae4b9rgb(154 228 185)hsl(145 58% 75%)oklch(85.9% 0.095 158.1)7.32 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#ecd67ergb(236 214 126)hsl(48 74% 71%)oklch(87.6% 0.111 95.7)7.48 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#9cd9efrgb(156 217 239)hsl(196 72% 77%)oklch(85.1% 0.069 222.3)7.02 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#ccb2ebrgb(204 178 235)hsl(267 59% 81%)oklch(80.5% 0.084 305.4)5.75 AA
Bright Cyancolor14#87e5e3rgb(135 229 227)hsl(179 64% 71%)oklch(86.3% 0.090 193.9)7.41 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#f2ffffrgb(242 255 255)hsl(180 100% 97%)oklch(99.0% 0.014 196.9)10.60 AAA

About Poltergeist

Poltergeist is a dark terminal color scheme built on a cool-tinted #06444b background with #f0ffff as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 10.56:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 6.59:1 (minimum 5.20:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #ff9c91 red, #8ce0b0 green, #8ed4ed blue, and #c5a7e8 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)