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Ride the Current

Ride the Current is a high contrast, cool, dark terminal color scheme with a #041b30 background and #e0f2fc text (15.2:1 contrast)

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Background
#041b30
Foreground
#e0f2fc
Text contrast
15.17:1AAA
Accent contrast
9.40:1min 6.12
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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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Ride the Current configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Ride the Current

Save to ~/.config/ghostty/themes/Ride the Current, then set theme = Ride the Current in config or config.ghostty

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# Theme: Ride the Current (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/ride-the-current?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#9aafbd
palette = 1=#e7787b
palette = 2=#7dc5a6
palette = 3=#e4c476
palette = 4=#79b4ff
palette = 5=#ba98f4
palette = 6=#6ccee0
palette = 7=#e0f2fc
palette = 8=#b6c8d2
palette = 9=#f3949b
palette = 10=#9ed8ba
palette = 11=#f2d590
palette = 12=#a0ccff
palette = 13=#d0b3fa
palette = 14=#90e1eb
palette = 15=#f5fcff
background = #041b30
foreground = #e0f2fc
cursor-color = #58aaff
cursor-text = #041b30
selection-background = #173e67
selection-foreground = #f1faff

Ride the Current palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#041b30rgb(4 27 48)hsl(209 85% 10%)oklch(21.7% 0.051 248.6)—
Foregroundforeground#e0f2fcrgb(224 242 252)hsl(201 82% 93%)oklch(95.1% 0.023 231.8)15.17 AAA
Cursorcursor#58aaffrgb(88 170 255)hsl(211 100% 67%)oklch(72.4% 0.148 251.3)7.15 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#041b30rgb(4 27 48)hsl(209 85% 10%)oklch(21.7% 0.051 248.6)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#173e67rgb(23 62 103)hsl(211 63% 25%)oklch(35.9% 0.084 252.2)1.59 Fail
Selection textselectionText#f1faffrgb(241 250 255)hsl(201 100% 97%)oklch(98.0% 0.012 231.6)16.49 AAA
Blackcolor0#9aafbdrgb(154 175 189)hsl(204 21% 67%)oklch(74.2% 0.031 237.1)7.67 AAA
Redcolor1#e7787brgb(231 120 123)hsl(358 70% 69%)oklch(70.0% 0.137 19.5)6.12 AA
Greencolor2#7dc5a6rgb(125 197 166)hsl(154 38% 63%)oklch(76.7% 0.086 165.2)8.64 AAA
Yellowcolor3#e4c476rgb(228 196 118)hsl(43 67% 68%)oklch(83.1% 0.104 87.8)10.34 AAA
Bluecolor4#79b4ffrgb(121 180 255)hsl(214 100% 74%)oklch(76.0% 0.125 255.0)8.12 AAA
Magentacolor5#ba98f4rgb(186 152 244)hsl(262 81% 78%)oklch(74.6% 0.134 300.2)7.38 AAA
Cyancolor6#6ccee0rgb(108 206 224)hsl(189 65% 65%)oklch(79.8% 0.095 211.0)9.58 AAA
Whitecolor7#e0f2fcrgb(224 242 252)hsl(201 82% 93%)oklch(95.1% 0.023 231.8)15.17 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#b6c8d2rgb(182 200 210)hsl(201 24% 77%)oklch(82.2% 0.024 231.9)10.11 AAA
Bright Redcolor9#f3949brgb(243 148 155)hsl(356 80% 77%)oklch(76.6% 0.115 15.4)7.90 AAA
Bright Greencolor10#9ed8bargb(158 216 186)hsl(149 43% 73%)oklch(83.4% 0.073 161.8)10.78 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#f2d590rgb(242 213 144)hsl(42 79% 76%)oklch(88.2% 0.093 87.7)12.20 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#a0ccffrgb(160 204 255)hsl(212 100% 81%)oklch(83.2% 0.086 252.5)10.44 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#d0b3fargb(208 179 250)hsl(265 88% 84%)oklch(81.6% 0.102 302.9)9.56 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#90e1ebrgb(144 225 235)hsl(187 69% 74%)oklch(86.1% 0.080 205.7)11.75 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#f5fcffrgb(245 252 255)hsl(198 100% 98%)oklch(98.7% 0.008 225.1)16.81 AAA

About Ride the Current

Ride the Current is a dark terminal color scheme built on a cool-tinted #041b30 background with #e0f2fc as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 15.17:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 9.40:1 (minimum 6.12:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #e7787b red, #7dc5a6 green, #79b4ff blue, and #ba98f4 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)