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Retrowave Light

Retrowave Light is a soft, warm, light terminal color scheme with a #f2ebbf background and #5c4b51 text (6.8:1 contrast)

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Background
#f2ebbf
Foreground
#5c4b51
Text contrast
6.75:1AA
Accent contrast
6.08:1min 3.19
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drwxr-xr-x 3 ada staff 96 Oct 28 11:02 public
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Retrowave Light configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Retrowave Light

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

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

palette = 0=#bfba9c
palette = 1=#9c4e27
palette = 2=#788663
palette = 3=#9b6d18
palette = 4=#1c6470
palette = 5=#a31b42
palette = 6=#4a8e7c
palette = 7=#5c4b51
palette = 8=#9b977f
palette = 9=#68341a
palette = 10=#4e5641
palette = 11=#7a5512
palette = 12=#113f47
palette = 13=#681a30
palette = 14=#2d5b4f
palette = 15=#3d3135
background = #f2ebbf
foreground = #5c4b51
cursor-color = #5c4b51
cursor-text = #f2ebbf
selection-background = #cac0a2
selection-foreground = #5c4b51

Retrowave Light palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#f2ebbfrgb(242 235 191)hsl(52 66% 85%)oklch(93.5% 0.058 99.9)—
Foregroundforeground#5c4b51rgb(92 75 81)hsl(339 10% 33%)oklch(43.2% 0.025 355.0)6.75 AA
Cursorcursor#5c4b51rgb(92 75 81)hsl(339 10% 33%)oklch(43.2% 0.025 355.0)6.75 AA
Cursor textcursorText#f2ebbfrgb(242 235 191)hsl(52 66% 85%)oklch(93.5% 0.058 99.9)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#cac0a2rgb(202 192 162)hsl(45 27% 71%)oklch(80.8% 0.042 91.8)1.50 Fail
Selection textselectionText#5c4b51rgb(92 75 81)hsl(339 10% 33%)oklch(43.2% 0.025 355.0)6.75 AA
Blackcolor0#bfba9crgb(191 186 156)hsl(51 21% 68%)oklch(78.5% 0.041 99.4)1.62 Fail
Redcolor1#9c4e27rgb(156 78 39)hsl(20 60% 38%)oklch(51.3% 0.116 45.3)4.93 AA
Greencolor2#788663rgb(120 134 99)hsl(84 15% 46%)oklch(59.9% 0.054 125.7)3.23 AA Large
Yellowcolor3#9b6d18rgb(155 109 24)hsl(39 73% 35%)oklch(56.8% 0.111 77.0)3.79 AA Large
Bluecolor4#1c6470rgb(28 100 112)hsl(189 60% 27%)oklch(46.5% 0.071 211.0)5.61 AA
Magentacolor5#a31b42rgb(163 27 66)hsl(343 72% 37%)oklch(46.9% 0.170 11.3)6.23 AA
Cyancolor6#4a8e7crgb(74 142 124)hsl(164 31% 42%)oklch(59.7% 0.075 174.4)3.19 AA Large
Whitecolor7#5c4b51rgb(92 75 81)hsl(339 10% 33%)oklch(43.2% 0.025 355.0)6.75 AA
Bright Blackcolor8#9b977frgb(155 151 127)hsl(51 12% 55%)oklch(67.3% 0.034 99.4)2.44 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#68341argb(104 52 26)hsl(20 60% 25%)oklch(38.8% 0.084 45.6)8.31 AAA
Bright Greencolor10#4e5641rgb(78 86 65)hsl(83 14% 30%)oklch(44.0% 0.035 124.8)6.37 AA
Bright Yellowcolor11#7a5512rgb(122 85 18)hsl(39 74% 27%)oklch(47.8% 0.092 76.8)5.55 AA
Bright Bluecolor12#113f47rgb(17 63 71)hsl(189 61% 17%)oklch(34.1% 0.050 211.4)9.54 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#681a30rgb(104 26 48)hsl(343 60% 25%)oklch(35.3% 0.111 8.1)9.79 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#2d5b4frgb(45 91 79)hsl(164 34% 27%)oklch(43.5% 0.055 174.6)6.40 AA
Bright Whitecolor15#3d3135rgb(61 49 53)hsl(340 11% 22%)oklch(32.8% 0.019 356.2)10.31 AAA

About Retrowave Light

Retrowave Light is a light terminal color scheme built on a warm-tinted #f2ebbf background with #5c4b51 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 6.75:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 6.08:1 (minimum 3.19:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #9c4e27 red, #788663 green, #1c6470 blue, and #a31b42 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)