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Retrowave Dark

Retrowave Dark is a soft, warm, dark terminal color scheme with a #5c4b51 background and #f3b562 text (4.5:1 contrast)

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Background
#5c4b51
Foreground
#f3b562
Text contrast
4.49:1AA Large
Accent contrast
4.31:1min 2.54
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Retrowave Dark configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Retrowave Dark

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

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

palette = 0=#7c676f
palette = 1=#f06060
palette = 2=#a5d164
palette = 3=#f3b562
palette = 4=#6a9fd8
palette = 5=#ed80b1
palette = 6=#8cbeb2
palette = 7=#f2ebbf
palette = 8=#967e86
palette = 9=#fc8f8f
palette = 10=#c1ef7c
palette = 11=#fcd29c
palette = 12=#89bdf4
palette = 13=#fcabd0
palette = 14=#aee2d6
palette = 15=#fcf8de
background = #5c4b51
foreground = #f3b562
cursor-color = #f3b562
cursor-text = #5c4b51
selection-background = #7f6459
selection-foreground = #f3b562

Retrowave Dark palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#5c4b51rgb(92 75 81)hsl(339 10% 33%)oklch(43.2% 0.025 355.0)—
Foregroundforeground#f3b562rgb(243 181 98)hsl(34 86% 67%)oklch(81.4% 0.123 72.6)4.49 AA Large
Cursorcursor#f3b562rgb(243 181 98)hsl(34 86% 67%)oklch(81.4% 0.123 72.6)4.49 AA Large
Cursor textcursorText#5c4b51rgb(92 75 81)hsl(339 10% 33%)oklch(43.2% 0.025 355.0)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#7f6459rgb(127 100 89)hsl(17 18% 42%)oklch(52.7% 0.039 43.3)1.50 Fail
Selection textselectionText#f3b562rgb(243 181 98)hsl(34 86% 67%)oklch(81.4% 0.123 72.6)4.49 AA Large
Blackcolor0#7c676frgb(124 103 111)hsl(337 9% 45%)oklch(53.7% 0.029 353.2)1.56 Fail
Redcolor1#f06060rgb(240 96 96)hsl(0 83% 66%)oklch(67.4% 0.178 23.2)2.54 Fail
Greencolor2#a5d164rgb(165 209 100)hsl(84 54% 61%)oklch(80.6% 0.146 127.6)4.61 AA
Yellowcolor3#f3b562rgb(243 181 98)hsl(34 86% 67%)oklch(81.4% 0.123 72.6)4.49 AA Large
Bluecolor4#6a9fd8rgb(106 159 216)hsl(211 59% 63%)oklch(68.9% 0.102 251.2)2.93 Fail
Magentacolor5#ed80b1rgb(237 128 177)hsl(333 75% 72%)oklch(73.4% 0.144 352.9)3.23 AA Large
Cyancolor6#8cbeb2rgb(140 190 178)hsl(166 28% 65%)oklch(76.3% 0.055 178.3)3.92 AA Large
Whitecolor7#f2ebbfrgb(242 235 191)hsl(52 66% 85%)oklch(93.5% 0.058 99.9)6.75 AA
Bright Blackcolor8#967e86rgb(150 126 134)hsl(340 10% 54%)oklch(61.8% 0.032 356.0)2.18 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#fc8f8frgb(252 143 143)hsl(0 95% 77%)oklch(76.7% 0.132 20.6)3.67 AA Large
Bright Greencolor10#c1ef7crgb(193 239 124)hsl(84 78% 71%)oklch(89.5% 0.152 127.2)6.16 AA
Bright Yellowcolor11#fcd29crgb(252 210 156)hsl(34 94% 80%)oklch(88.7% 0.084 73.4)5.75 AA
Bright Bluecolor12#89bdf4rgb(137 189 244)hsl(211 83% 75%)oklch(78.3% 0.096 250.5)4.13 AA Large
Bright Magentacolor13#fcabd0rgb(252 171 208)hsl(333 93% 83%)oklch(83.0% 0.105 350.7)4.60 AA
Bright Cyancolor14#aee2d6rgb(174 226 214)hsl(166 47% 78%)oklch(87.3% 0.056 179.2)5.68 AA
Bright Whitecolor15#fcf8dergb(252 248 222)hsl(52 83% 93%)oklch(97.5% 0.034 99.8)7.60 AAA

About Retrowave Dark

Retrowave Dark is a dark terminal color scheme built on a warm-tinted #5c4b51 background with #f3b562 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 4.49:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AA Large), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 4.31:1 (minimum 2.54:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #f06060 red, #a5d164 green, #6a9fd8 blue, and #ed80b1 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)