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Shadesmear Dark

Shadesmear Dark is a dark terminal color scheme with a #232323 background and #dbdbdb text (11.3:1 contrast)

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Background
#232323
Foreground
#dbdbdb
Text contrast
11.35:1AAA
Accent contrast
4.34:1min 2.47
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drwxr-xr-x 8 ada staff 256 Oct 29 18:40 ..
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Shadesmear Dark configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Shadesmear Dark

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

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

palette = 0=#232323
palette = 1=#cc5450
palette = 2=#71983b
palette = 3=#307878
palette = 4=#376388
palette = 5=#d7ab54
palette = 6=#c57d42
palette = 7=#dbdbdb
palette = 8=#c0c0c0
palette = 9=#cc5450
palette = 10=#71983b
palette = 11=#307878
palette = 12=#376388
palette = 13=#d7ab54
palette = 14=#c57d42
palette = 15=#1c1c1c
background = #232323
foreground = #dbdbdb
cursor-color = #dbdbdb
cursor-text = #232323
selection-background = #4c4c4c
selection-foreground = #dbdbdb

Shadesmear Dark palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#232323rgb(35 35 35)hsl(0 0% 14%)oklch(25.6% 0.000 0)—
Foregroundforeground#dbdbdbrgb(219 219 219)hsl(0 0% 86%)oklch(89.1% 0.000 0)11.35 AAA
Cursorcursor#dbdbdbrgb(219 219 219)hsl(0 0% 86%)oklch(89.1% 0.000 0)11.35 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#232323rgb(35 35 35)hsl(0 0% 14%)oklch(25.6% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#4c4c4crgb(76 76 76)hsl(0 0% 30%)oklch(41.7% 0.000 0)1.83 Fail
Selection textselectionText#dbdbdbrgb(219 219 219)hsl(0 0% 86%)oklch(89.1% 0.000 0)11.35 AAA
Blackcolor0#232323rgb(35 35 35)hsl(0 0% 14%)oklch(25.6% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Redcolor1#cc5450rgb(204 84 80)hsl(2 55% 56%)oklch(60.1% 0.154 24.7)3.71 AA Large
Greencolor2#71983brgb(113 152 59)hsl(85 44% 41%)oklch(63.1% 0.130 128.8)4.68 AA
Yellowcolor3#307878rgb(48 120 120)hsl(180 43% 33%)oklch(52.8% 0.071 195.2)3.06 AA Large
Bluecolor4#376388rgb(55 99 136)hsl(207 42% 37%)oklch(48.5% 0.077 245.7)2.47 Fail
Magentacolor5#d7ab54rgb(215 171 84)hsl(40 62% 59%)oklch(76.4% 0.117 82.4)7.37 AAA
Cyancolor6#c57d42rgb(197 125 66)hsl(27 53% 52%)oklch(65.4% 0.117 58.0)4.78 AA
Whitecolor7#dbdbdbrgb(219 219 219)hsl(0 0% 86%)oklch(89.1% 0.000 0)11.35 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#c0c0c0rgb(192 192 192)hsl(0 0% 75%)oklch(80.8% 0.000 0)8.64 AAA
Bright Redcolor9#cc5450rgb(204 84 80)hsl(2 55% 56%)oklch(60.1% 0.154 24.7)3.71 AA Large
Bright Greencolor10#71983brgb(113 152 59)hsl(85 44% 41%)oklch(63.1% 0.130 128.8)4.68 AA
Bright Yellowcolor11#307878rgb(48 120 120)hsl(180 43% 33%)oklch(52.8% 0.071 195.2)3.06 AA Large
Bright Bluecolor12#376388rgb(55 99 136)hsl(207 42% 37%)oklch(48.5% 0.077 245.7)2.47 Fail
Bright Magentacolor13#d7ab54rgb(215 171 84)hsl(40 62% 59%)oklch(76.4% 0.117 82.4)7.37 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#c57d42rgb(197 125 66)hsl(27 53% 52%)oklch(65.4% 0.117 58.0)4.78 AA
Bright Whitecolor15#1c1c1crgb(28 28 28)hsl(0 0% 11%)oklch(22.6% 0.000 0)1.08 Fail

About Shadesmear Dark

Shadesmear Dark is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #232323 background with #dbdbdb as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 11.35:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 4.34:1 (minimum 2.47:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #cc5450 red, #71983b green, #376388 blue, and #d7ab54 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)