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Retrowave

Retrowave is a cool, dark terminal color scheme with a #070825 background and #46bdff text (9.3:1 contrast)

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Background
#070825
Foreground
#46bdff
Text contrast
9.33:1AAA
Accent contrast
10.42:1min 5.60
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Retrowave configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Retrowave

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

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

palette = 0=#181a1f
palette = 1=#ff16b0
palette = 2=#929292
palette = 3=#fcee54
palette = 4=#46bdff
palette = 5=#ff92df
palette = 6=#df81fc
palette = 7=#ffffff
palette = 8=#ff16b0
palette = 9=#f85353
palette = 10=#fcee54
palette = 11=#ffffff
palette = 12=#46bdff
palette = 13=#ff92df
palette = 14=#ff901f
palette = 15=#ffffff
background = #070825
foreground = #46bdff
cursor-color = #46bdff
cursor-text = #070825
selection-background = #162f55
selection-foreground = #46bdff

Retrowave palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#070825rgb(7 8 37)hsl(238 68% 9%)oklch(15.7% 0.059 275.4)—
Foregroundforeground#46bdffrgb(70 189 255)hsl(201 100% 64%)oklch(76.0% 0.141 237.4)9.33 AAA
Cursorcursor#46bdffrgb(70 189 255)hsl(201 100% 64%)oklch(76.0% 0.141 237.4)9.33 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#070825rgb(7 8 37)hsl(238 68% 9%)oklch(15.7% 0.059 275.4)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#162f55rgb(22 47 85)hsl(216 59% 21%)oklch(30.7% 0.075 258.6)1.47 Fail
Selection textselectionText#46bdffrgb(70 189 255)hsl(201 100% 64%)oklch(76.0% 0.141 237.4)9.33 AAA
Blackcolor0#181a1frgb(24 26 31)hsl(223 13% 11%)oklch(21.8% 0.010 268.2)1.13 Fail
Redcolor1#ff16b0rgb(255 22 176)hsl(320 100% 54%)oklch(66.6% 0.273 348.2)5.60 AA
Greencolor2#929292rgb(146 146 146)hsl(0 0% 57%)oklch(66.0% 0.000 0)6.30 AA
Yellowcolor3#fcee54rgb(252 238 84)hsl(55 97% 66%)oklch(93.4% 0.169 104.1)16.34 AAA
Bluecolor4#46bdffrgb(70 189 255)hsl(201 100% 64%)oklch(76.0% 0.141 237.4)9.33 AAA
Magentacolor5#ff92dfrgb(255 146 223)hsl(318 100% 79%)oklch(79.9% 0.160 339.0)9.74 AAA
Cyancolor6#df81fcrgb(223 129 252)hsl(286 95% 75%)oklch(75.0% 0.193 317.8)8.11 AAA
Whitecolor7#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)19.62 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#ff16b0rgb(255 22 176)hsl(320 100% 54%)oklch(66.6% 0.273 348.2)5.60 AA
Bright Redcolor9#f85353rgb(248 83 83)hsl(0 92% 65%)oklch(66.9% 0.201 24.4)5.94 AA
Bright Greencolor10#fcee54rgb(252 238 84)hsl(55 97% 66%)oklch(93.4% 0.169 104.1)16.34 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)19.62 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#46bdffrgb(70 189 255)hsl(201 100% 64%)oklch(76.0% 0.141 237.4)9.33 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#ff92dfrgb(255 146 223)hsl(318 100% 79%)oklch(79.9% 0.160 339.0)9.74 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#ff901frgb(255 144 31)hsl(30 100% 56%)oklch(75.8% 0.173 58.3)8.65 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)19.62 AAA

About Retrowave

Retrowave is a dark terminal color scheme built on a cool-tinted #070825 background with #46bdff as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 9.33:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 10.42:1 (minimum 5.60:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #ff16b0 red, #929292 green, #46bdff blue, and #ff92df 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: Gogh (MIT OR Apache-2.0)