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Shel

Shel is a soft, warm, dark terminal color scheme with a #2a201f background and #4882cd text (4.0:1 contrast)

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Background
#2a201f
Foreground
#4882cd
Text contrast
4.04:1AA Large
Accent contrast
6.15:1min 1.82
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~/dev/tintdex on main [!?] via ⬢ v1.4.3
❯ ls -la
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
~/dev/tintdex on main [!?] via ⬢ v1.4.3
❯ git status
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Changes to be committed:
new file: src/theme.css
modified: README.md
Changes not staged for commit:
modified: src/app.tsx
deleted: legacy/colors.js
Untracked files:
notes.md
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Shel configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Shel

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

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

palette = 0=#2c2423
palette = 1=#ab2463
palette = 2=#6ca323
palette = 3=#ab6423
palette = 4=#2c64a2
palette = 5=#6c24a2
palette = 6=#2ca363
palette = 7=#918988
palette = 8=#918988
palette = 9=#f588b9
palette = 10=#c2ee86
palette = 11=#f5ba86
palette = 12=#8fbaec
palette = 13=#c288ec
palette = 14=#8feeb9
palette = 15=#f5eeec
background = #2a201f
foreground = #4882cd
cursor-color = #4882cd
cursor-text = #2a201f
selection-background = #343746
selection-foreground = #4882cd

Shel palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#2a201frgb(42 32 31)hsl(5 15% 14%)oklch(25.5% 0.016 24.9)—
Foregroundforeground#4882cdrgb(72 130 205)hsl(214 57% 54%)oklch(60.2% 0.130 255.7)4.04 AA Large
Cursorcursor#4882cdrgb(72 130 205)hsl(214 57% 54%)oklch(60.2% 0.130 255.7)4.04 AA Large
Cursor textcursorText#2a201frgb(42 32 31)hsl(5 15% 14%)oklch(25.5% 0.016 24.9)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#343746rgb(52 55 70)hsl(230 15% 24%)oklch(34.0% 0.027 276.0)1.34 Fail
Selection textselectionText#4882cdrgb(72 130 205)hsl(214 57% 54%)oklch(60.2% 0.130 255.7)4.04 AA Large
Blackcolor0#2c2423rgb(44 36 35)hsl(7 11% 15%)oklch(26.9% 0.012 26.3)1.04 Fail
Redcolor1#ab2463rgb(171 36 99)hsl(332 65% 41%)oklch(50.0% 0.177 357.8)2.39 Fail
Greencolor2#6ca323rgb(108 163 35)hsl(86 65% 39%)oklch(65.3% 0.164 130.8)5.21 AA
Yellowcolor3#ab6423rgb(171 100 35)hsl(29 66% 40%)oklch(57.2% 0.119 58.5)3.46 AA Large
Bluecolor4#2c64a2rgb(44 100 162)hsl(212 57% 40%)oklch(49.7% 0.116 253.1)2.61 Fail
Magentacolor5#6c24a2rgb(108 36 162)hsl(274 64% 39%)oklch(43.7% 0.190 305.7)1.82 Fail
Cyancolor6#2ca363rgb(44 163 99)hsl(148 57% 41%)oklch(63.5% 0.141 154.8)4.93 AA
Whitecolor7#918988rgb(145 137 136)hsl(7 4% 55%)oklch(63.7% 0.010 26.1)4.63 AA
Bright Blackcolor8#918988rgb(145 137 136)hsl(7 4% 55%)oklch(63.7% 0.010 26.1)4.63 AA
Bright Redcolor9#f588b9rgb(245 136 185)hsl(333 84% 75%)oklch(75.9% 0.143 352.7)6.87 AA
Bright Greencolor10#c2ee86rgb(194 238 134)hsl(85 75% 73%)oklch(89.5% 0.140 127.7)11.98 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#f5ba86rgb(245 186 134)hsl(28 85% 74%)oklch(83.1% 0.096 62.3)9.25 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#8fbaecrgb(143 186 236)hsl(212 71% 74%)oklch(77.6% 0.085 252.6)7.85 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#c288ecrgb(194 136 236)hsl(275 72% 73%)oklch(72.2% 0.152 309.8)6.06 AA
Bright Cyancolor14#8feeb9rgb(143 238 185)hsl(147 74% 75%)oklch(87.6% 0.118 158.3)11.40 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#f5eeecrgb(245 238 236)hsl(13 31% 94%)oklch(95.4% 0.008 36.6)13.83 AAA

About Shel

Shel is a dark terminal color scheme built on a warm-tinted #2a201f background with #4882cd as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 4.04:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AA Large), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 6.15:1 (minimum 1.82:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #ab2463 red, #6ca323 green, #2c64a2 blue, and #6c24a2 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)