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Sandcastle

Sandcastle is a soft, muted, dark terminal color scheme with a #282c34 background and #a89984 text (5.0:1 contrast)

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Background
#282c34
Foreground
#a89984
Text contrast
5.04:1AA
Accent contrast
4.45:1min 3.62
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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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Sandcastle configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Sandcastle

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

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

palette = 0=#282c34
palette = 1=#83a598
palette = 2=#528b8b
palette = 3=#a07e3b
palette = 4=#83a598
palette = 5=#d75f5f
palette = 6=#83a598
palette = 7=#a89984
palette = 8=#665c54
palette = 9=#83a598
palette = 10=#528b8b
palette = 11=#a07e3b
palette = 12=#83a598
palette = 13=#d75f5f
palette = 14=#83a598
palette = 15=#fdf4c1
background = #282c34
foreground = #a89984
cursor-color = #a89984
cursor-text = #282c34
selection-background = #454547
selection-foreground = #a89984

Sandcastle palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#282c34rgb(40 44 52)hsl(220 13% 18%)oklch(29.3% 0.016 264.3)—
Foregroundforeground#a89984rgb(168 153 132)hsl(35 17% 59%)oklch(69.0% 0.035 76.3)5.04 AA
Cursorcursor#a89984rgb(168 153 132)hsl(35 17% 59%)oklch(69.0% 0.035 76.3)5.04 AA
Cursor textcursorText#282c34rgb(40 44 52)hsl(220 13% 18%)oklch(29.3% 0.016 264.3)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#454547rgb(69 69 71)hsl(240 1% 27%)oklch(39.1% 0.003 286.2)1.46 Fail
Selection textselectionText#a89984rgb(168 153 132)hsl(35 17% 59%)oklch(69.0% 0.035 76.3)5.04 AA
Blackcolor0#282c34rgb(40 44 52)hsl(220 13% 18%)oklch(29.3% 0.016 264.3)1.00 Fail
Redcolor1#83a598rgb(131 165 152)hsl(157 16% 58%)oklch(69.3% 0.042 169.8)5.20 AA
Greencolor2#528b8brgb(82 139 139)hsl(180 26% 43%)oklch(59.8% 0.060 195.7)3.62 AA Large
Yellowcolor3#a07e3brgb(160 126 59)hsl(40 46% 43%)oklch(61.2% 0.095 82.3)3.69 AA Large
Bluecolor4#83a598rgb(131 165 152)hsl(157 16% 58%)oklch(69.3% 0.042 169.8)5.20 AA
Magentacolor5#d75f5frgb(215 95 95)hsl(0 60% 61%)oklch(63.5% 0.152 22.4)3.79 AA Large
Cyancolor6#83a598rgb(131 165 152)hsl(157 16% 58%)oklch(69.3% 0.042 169.8)5.20 AA
Whitecolor7#a89984rgb(168 153 132)hsl(35 17% 59%)oklch(69.0% 0.035 76.3)5.04 AA
Bright Blackcolor8#665c54rgb(102 92 84)hsl(27 10% 36%)oklch(48.2% 0.018 61.0)2.15 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#83a598rgb(131 165 152)hsl(157 16% 58%)oklch(69.3% 0.042 169.8)5.20 AA
Bright Greencolor10#528b8brgb(82 139 139)hsl(180 26% 43%)oklch(59.8% 0.060 195.7)3.62 AA Large
Bright Yellowcolor11#a07e3brgb(160 126 59)hsl(40 46% 43%)oklch(61.2% 0.095 82.3)3.69 AA Large
Bright Bluecolor12#83a598rgb(131 165 152)hsl(157 16% 58%)oklch(69.3% 0.042 169.8)5.20 AA
Bright Magentacolor13#d75f5frgb(215 95 95)hsl(0 60% 61%)oklch(63.5% 0.152 22.4)3.79 AA Large
Bright Cyancolor14#83a598rgb(131 165 152)hsl(157 16% 58%)oklch(69.3% 0.042 169.8)5.20 AA
Bright Whitecolor15#fdf4c1rgb(253 244 193)hsl(51 94% 87%)oklch(96.2% 0.066 99.2)12.59 AAA

About Sandcastle

Sandcastle is a dark terminal color scheme built on a cool-tinted #282c34 background with #a89984 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 5.04:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 4.45:1 (minimum 3.62:1).

Its palette is low-saturation, anchored by #83a598 red, #528b8b green, #83a598 blue, and #d75f5f 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)