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Slate

Slate is a soft, muted, dark terminal color scheme with a #222222 background and #35b1d2 text (6.3:1 contrast)

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Background
#222222
Foreground
#35b1d2
Text contrast
6.34:1AA
Accent contrast
8.21:1min 1.66
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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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Slate configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Slate

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

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

palette = 0=#222222
palette = 1=#e2a8bf
palette = 2=#81d778
palette = 3=#c4c9c0
palette = 4=#264b49
palette = 5=#a481d3
palette = 6=#15ab9c
palette = 7=#02c5e0
palette = 8=#ffffff
palette = 9=#ffcdd9
palette = 10=#beffa8
palette = 11=#d0ccca
palette = 12=#7ab0d2
palette = 13=#c5a7d9
palette = 14=#8cdfe0
palette = 15=#e0e0e0
background = #222222
foreground = #35b1d2
cursor-color = #87d3c4
cursor-text = #323232
selection-background = #0f3754
selection-foreground = #2dffc0

Slate palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#222222rgb(34 34 34)hsl(0 0% 13%)oklch(25.2% 0.000 0)—
Foregroundforeground#35b1d2rgb(53 177 210)hsl(193 64% 52%)oklch(70.8% 0.115 219.9)6.34 AA
Cursorcursor#87d3c4rgb(135 211 196)hsl(168 46% 68%)oklch(81.3% 0.079 180.3)9.20 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#323232rgb(50 50 50)hsl(0 0% 20%)oklch(31.7% 0.000 0)1.24 Fail
Selectionselection#0f3754rgb(15 55 84)hsl(205 70% 19%)oklch(32.5% 0.068 244.3)1.28 Fail
Selection textselectionText#2dffc0rgb(45 255 192)hsl(162 100% 59%)oklch(89.0% 0.177 166.2)12.26 AAA
Blackcolor0#222222rgb(34 34 34)hsl(0 0% 13%)oklch(25.2% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Redcolor1#e2a8bfrgb(226 168 191)hsl(336 50% 77%)oklch(79.2% 0.074 353.3)8.02 AAA
Greencolor2#81d778rgb(129 215 120)hsl(114 54% 66%)oklch(80.2% 0.154 142.0)9.03 AAA
Yellowcolor3#c4c9c0rgb(196 201 192)hsl(93 8% 77%)oklch(82.9% 0.014 130.8)9.44 AAA
Bluecolor4#264b49rgb(38 75 73)hsl(177 33% 22%)oklch(38.5% 0.043 191.0)1.66 Fail
Magentacolor5#a481d3rgb(164 129 211)hsl(266 48% 67%)oklch(66.8% 0.123 302.9)5.05 AA
Cyancolor6#15ab9crgb(21 171 156)hsl(174 78% 38%)oklch(66.7% 0.115 183.7)5.56 AA
Whitecolor7#02c5e0rgb(2 197 224)hsl(187 98% 44%)oklch(75.6% 0.132 212.0)7.63 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)15.91 AAA
Bright Redcolor9#ffcdd9rgb(255 205 217)hsl(346 100% 90%)oklch(89.5% 0.058 2.3)11.35 AAA
Bright Greencolor10#beffa8rgb(190 255 168)hsl(105 100% 83%)oklch(93.6% 0.131 138.0)13.68 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#d0cccargb(208 204 202)hsl(20 6% 80%)oklch(84.8% 0.005 48.7)9.98 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#7ab0d2rgb(122 176 210)hsl(203 49% 65%)oklch(73.2% 0.075 236.8)6.79 AA
Bright Magentacolor13#c5a7d9rgb(197 167 217)hsl(276 40% 75%)oklch(77.1% 0.077 311.6)7.50 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#8cdfe0rgb(140 223 224)hsl(181 58% 71%)oklch(85.1% 0.081 196.7)10.41 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#e0e0e0rgb(224 224 224)hsl(0 0% 88%)oklch(90.7% 0.000 0)12.05 AAA

About Slate

Slate is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #222222 background with #35b1d2 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 6.34:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 8.21:1 (minimum 1.66:1).

Its palette is low-saturation, anchored by #e2a8bf red, #81d778 green, #264b49 blue, and #a481d3 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: iTerm2 Color Schemes (MIT)