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Retro

Retro is a true black, soft, dark terminal color scheme with a #000000 background and #13a10e text (6.1:1 contrast)

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Background
#000000
Foreground
#13a10e
Text contrast
6.13:1AA
Accent contrast
7.10:1min 6.13
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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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Retro configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Retro

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

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

palette = 0=#13a10e
palette = 1=#13a10e
palette = 2=#13a10e
palette = 3=#13a10e
palette = 4=#13a10e
palette = 5=#13a10e
palette = 6=#13a10e
palette = 7=#13a10e
palette = 8=#16ba10
palette = 9=#16ba10
palette = 10=#16ba10
palette = 11=#16ba10
palette = 12=#16ba10
palette = 13=#16ba10
palette = 14=#16ba10
palette = 15=#16ba10
background = #000000
foreground = #13a10e
cursor-color = #13a10e
cursor-text = #000000
selection-background = #ffffff
selection-foreground = #000000

Retro 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#13a10ergb(19 161 14)hsl(118 84% 34%)oklch(61.6% 0.204 142.4)6.13 AA
Cursorcursor#13a10ergb(19 161 14)hsl(118 84% 34%)oklch(61.6% 0.204 142.4)6.13 AA
Cursor textcursorText#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA
Selection textselectionText#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Blackcolor0#13a10ergb(19 161 14)hsl(118 84% 34%)oklch(61.6% 0.204 142.4)6.13 AA
Redcolor1#13a10ergb(19 161 14)hsl(118 84% 34%)oklch(61.6% 0.204 142.4)6.13 AA
Greencolor2#13a10ergb(19 161 14)hsl(118 84% 34%)oklch(61.6% 0.204 142.4)6.13 AA
Yellowcolor3#13a10ergb(19 161 14)hsl(118 84% 34%)oklch(61.6% 0.204 142.4)6.13 AA
Bluecolor4#13a10ergb(19 161 14)hsl(118 84% 34%)oklch(61.6% 0.204 142.4)6.13 AA
Magentacolor5#13a10ergb(19 161 14)hsl(118 84% 34%)oklch(61.6% 0.204 142.4)6.13 AA
Cyancolor6#13a10ergb(19 161 14)hsl(118 84% 34%)oklch(61.6% 0.204 142.4)6.13 AA
Whitecolor7#13a10ergb(19 161 14)hsl(118 84% 34%)oklch(61.6% 0.204 142.4)6.13 AA
Bright Blackcolor8#16ba10rgb(22 186 16)hsl(118 84% 40%)oklch(68.5% 0.228 142.4)8.07 AAA
Bright Redcolor9#16ba10rgb(22 186 16)hsl(118 84% 40%)oklch(68.5% 0.228 142.4)8.07 AAA
Bright Greencolor10#16ba10rgb(22 186 16)hsl(118 84% 40%)oklch(68.5% 0.228 142.4)8.07 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#16ba10rgb(22 186 16)hsl(118 84% 40%)oklch(68.5% 0.228 142.4)8.07 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#16ba10rgb(22 186 16)hsl(118 84% 40%)oklch(68.5% 0.228 142.4)8.07 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#16ba10rgb(22 186 16)hsl(118 84% 40%)oklch(68.5% 0.228 142.4)8.07 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#16ba10rgb(22 186 16)hsl(118 84% 40%)oklch(68.5% 0.228 142.4)8.07 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#16ba10rgb(22 186 16)hsl(118 84% 40%)oklch(68.5% 0.228 142.4)8.07 AAA

About Retro

Retro is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #000000 background with #13a10e as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 6.13:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 7.10:1 (minimum 6.13:1).

Its palette is highly saturated, anchored by #13a10e red, #13a10e green, #13a10e blue, and #13a10e 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)