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Shadesmear Light

Shadesmear Light is a soft, light terminal color scheme with a #dbdbdb background and #232323 text (11.3:1 contrast)

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Background
#dbdbdb
Foreground
#232323
Text contrast
11.35:1AAA
Accent contrast
2.95:1min 1.54
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Shadesmear Light configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Shadesmear Light

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

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

palette = 0=#dbdbdb
palette = 1=#cc5450
palette = 2=#71983b
palette = 3=#307878
palette = 4=#376388
palette = 5=#d7ab54
palette = 6=#c57d42
palette = 7=#232323
palette = 8=#4e4e4e
palette = 9=#cc5450
palette = 10=#71983b
palette = 11=#307878
palette = 12=#376388
palette = 13=#d7ab54
palette = 14=#c57d42
palette = 15=#e4e4e4
background = #dbdbdb
foreground = #232323
cursor-color = #232323
cursor-text = #dbdbdb
selection-background = #a8a8a8
selection-foreground = #232323

Shadesmear Light palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#dbdbdbrgb(219 219 219)hsl(0 0% 86%)oklch(89.1% 0.000 0)—
Foregroundforeground#232323rgb(35 35 35)hsl(0 0% 14%)oklch(25.6% 0.000 0)11.35 AAA
Cursorcursor#232323rgb(35 35 35)hsl(0 0% 14%)oklch(25.6% 0.000 0)11.35 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#dbdbdbrgb(219 219 219)hsl(0 0% 86%)oklch(89.1% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#a8a8a8rgb(168 168 168)hsl(0 0% 66%)oklch(73.2% 0.000 0)1.72 Fail
Selection textselectionText#232323rgb(35 35 35)hsl(0 0% 14%)oklch(25.6% 0.000 0)11.35 AAA
Blackcolor0#dbdbdbrgb(219 219 219)hsl(0 0% 86%)oklch(89.1% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Redcolor1#cc5450rgb(204 84 80)hsl(2 55% 56%)oklch(60.1% 0.154 24.7)3.06 AA Large
Greencolor2#71983brgb(113 152 59)hsl(85 44% 41%)oklch(63.1% 0.130 128.8)2.42 Fail
Yellowcolor3#307878rgb(48 120 120)hsl(180 43% 33%)oklch(52.8% 0.071 195.2)3.71 AA Large
Bluecolor4#376388rgb(55 99 136)hsl(207 42% 37%)oklch(48.5% 0.077 245.7)4.59 AA
Magentacolor5#d7ab54rgb(215 171 84)hsl(40 62% 59%)oklch(76.4% 0.117 82.4)1.54 Fail
Cyancolor6#c57d42rgb(197 125 66)hsl(27 53% 52%)oklch(65.4% 0.117 58.0)2.38 Fail
Whitecolor7#232323rgb(35 35 35)hsl(0 0% 14%)oklch(25.6% 0.000 0)11.35 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#4e4e4ergb(78 78 78)hsl(0 0% 31%)oklch(42.4% 0.000 0)6.01 AA
Bright Redcolor9#cc5450rgb(204 84 80)hsl(2 55% 56%)oklch(60.1% 0.154 24.7)3.06 AA Large
Bright Greencolor10#71983brgb(113 152 59)hsl(85 44% 41%)oklch(63.1% 0.130 128.8)2.42 Fail
Bright Yellowcolor11#307878rgb(48 120 120)hsl(180 43% 33%)oklch(52.8% 0.071 195.2)3.71 AA Large
Bright Bluecolor12#376388rgb(55 99 136)hsl(207 42% 37%)oklch(48.5% 0.077 245.7)4.59 AA
Bright Magentacolor13#d7ab54rgb(215 171 84)hsl(40 62% 59%)oklch(76.4% 0.117 82.4)1.54 Fail
Bright Cyancolor14#c57d42rgb(197 125 66)hsl(27 53% 52%)oklch(65.4% 0.117 58.0)2.38 Fail
Bright Whitecolor15#e4e4e4rgb(228 228 228)hsl(0 0% 89%)oklch(91.9% 0.000 0)1.09 Fail

About Shadesmear Light

Shadesmear Light is a light terminal color scheme built on a neutral #dbdbdb background with #232323 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 11.35:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 2.95:1 (minimum 1.54:1).

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)