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Selenized Black

Selenized Black is a dark terminal color scheme with a #181818 background and #b9b9b9 text (9.1:1 contrast)

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Background
#181818
Foreground
#b9b9b9
Text contrast
9.05:1AAA
Accent contrast
7.51:1min 4.79
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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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Selenized Black configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Selenized Black

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

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# Theme: Selenized Black (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/selenized-black?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#252525
palette = 1=#ed4a46
palette = 2=#70b433
palette = 3=#dbb32d
palette = 4=#368aeb
palette = 5=#eb6eb7
palette = 6=#3fc5b7
palette = 7=#b9b9b9
palette = 8=#777777
palette = 9=#ff5e56
palette = 10=#83c746
palette = 11=#efc541
palette = 12=#4f9cfe
palette = 13=#ff81ca
palette = 14=#56d8c9
palette = 15=#dedede
background = #181818
foreground = #b9b9b9
cursor-color = #777777
cursor-text = #181818
selection-background = #3b3b3b
selection-foreground = #646464

Selenized Black palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#181818rgb(24 24 24)hsl(0 0% 9%)oklch(20.9% 0.000 0)—
Foregroundforeground#b9b9b9rgb(185 185 185)hsl(0 0% 73%)oklch(78.6% 0.000 0)9.05 AAA
Cursorcursor#777777rgb(119 119 119)hsl(0 0% 47%)oklch(56.9% 0.000 0)3.97 AA Large
Cursor textcursorText#181818rgb(24 24 24)hsl(0 0% 9%)oklch(20.9% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#3b3b3brgb(59 59 59)hsl(0 0% 23%)oklch(35.2% 0.000 0)1.59 Fail
Selection textselectionText#646464rgb(100 100 100)hsl(0 0% 39%)oklch(50.3% 0.000 0)3.00 AA Large
Blackcolor0#252525rgb(37 37 37)hsl(0 0% 15%)oklch(26.4% 0.000 0)1.16 Fail
Redcolor1#ed4a46rgb(237 74 70)hsl(1 82% 60%)oklch(64.0% 0.200 26.0)4.79 AA
Greencolor2#70b433rgb(112 180 51)hsl(92 56% 45%)oklch(69.9% 0.174 133.4)6.99 AA
Yellowcolor3#dbb32drgb(219 179 45)hsl(46 71% 52%)oklch(78.1% 0.148 90.9)8.88 AAA
Bluecolor4#368aebrgb(54 138 235)hsl(212 82% 57%)oklch(63.1% 0.166 254.5)5.07 AA
Magentacolor5#eb6eb7rgb(235 110 183)hsl(325 76% 68%)oklch(70.8% 0.174 346.4)6.30 AA
Cyancolor6#3fc5b7rgb(63 197 183)hsl(174 54% 51%)oklch(74.9% 0.115 185.0)8.36 AAA
Whitecolor7#b9b9b9rgb(185 185 185)hsl(0 0% 73%)oklch(78.6% 0.000 0)9.05 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#777777rgb(119 119 119)hsl(0 0% 47%)oklch(56.9% 0.000 0)3.97 AA Large
Bright Redcolor9#ff5e56rgb(255 94 86)hsl(3 100% 67%)oklch(69.2% 0.198 26.4)5.91 AA
Bright Greencolor10#83c746rgb(131 199 70)hsl(92 54% 53%)oklch(75.8% 0.175 132.9)8.64 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#efc541rgb(239 197 65)hsl(46 84% 60%)oklch(83.8% 0.150 90.6)10.77 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#4f9cfergb(79 156 254)hsl(214 99% 65%)oklch(69.0% 0.164 255.6)6.36 AA
Bright Magentacolor13#ff81cargb(255 129 202)hsl(325 100% 75%)oklch(76.7% 0.173 346.1)7.82 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#56d8c9rgb(86 216 201)hsl(173 63% 59%)oklch(80.6% 0.116 184.7)10.20 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#dededergb(222 222 222)hsl(0 0% 87%)oklch(90.1% 0.000 0)13.20 AAA

About Selenized Black

Selenized Black is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #181818 background with #b9b9b9 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 9.05:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 7.51:1 (minimum 4.79:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #ed4a46 red, #70b433 green, #368aeb blue, and #eb6eb7 magenta. Part of the Solarized theme family.

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.

Published upstream with an identical palette under the names selenized-black

Schemes similar to Selenized Black

Source: iTerm2 Color Schemes (MIT)