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Slate Light

Slate Light is a soft, monochrome, light terminal color scheme with a #ffffff background and #19191f text (17.5:1 contrast)

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Background
#ffffff
Foreground
#19191f
Text contrast
17.50:1AAA
Accent contrast
3.32:1min 1.41
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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 Light configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Slate Light

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

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

palette = 0=#ffffff
palette = 1=#ba0e2e
palette = 2=#566981
palette = 3=#89a7b1
palette = 4=#9aada7
palette = 5=#566981
palette = 6=#89a7b1
palette = 7=#24242d
palette = 8=#ffffff
palette = 9=#e61f44
palette = 10=#8b9cb2
palette = 11=#c6d5da
palette = 12=#d2dbd8
palette = 13=#8b9cb2
palette = 14=#c6d5da
palette = 15=#3b3b49
background = #ffffff
foreground = #19191f
cursor-color = #222222
cursor-text = #19191f
selection-background = #566981
selection-foreground = #ffffff

Slate Light palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)—
Foregroundforeground#19191frgb(25 25 31)hsl(240 11% 11%)oklch(21.6% 0.012 285.4)17.50 AAA
Cursorcursor#222222rgb(34 34 34)hsl(0 0% 13%)oklch(25.2% 0.000 0)15.91 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#19191frgb(25 25 31)hsl(240 11% 11%)oklch(21.6% 0.012 285.4)17.50 AAA
Selectionselection#566981rgb(86 105 129)hsl(213 20% 42%)oklch(51.5% 0.045 254.5)5.63 AA
Selection textselectionText#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Blackcolor0#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Redcolor1#ba0e2ergb(186 14 46)hsl(349 86% 39%)oklch(50.3% 0.196 21.1)6.58 AA
Greencolor2#566981rgb(86 105 129)hsl(213 20% 42%)oklch(51.5% 0.045 254.5)5.63 AA
Yellowcolor3#89a7b1rgb(137 167 177)hsl(195 20% 62%)oklch(70.9% 0.036 220.0)2.55 Fail
Bluecolor4#9aada7rgb(154 173 167)hsl(161 10% 64%)oklch(73.1% 0.023 174.7)2.36 Fail
Magentacolor5#566981rgb(86 105 129)hsl(213 20% 42%)oklch(51.5% 0.045 254.5)5.63 AA
Cyancolor6#89a7b1rgb(137 167 177)hsl(195 20% 62%)oklch(70.9% 0.036 220.0)2.55 Fail
Whitecolor7#24242drgb(36 36 45)hsl(240 11% 16%)oklch(26.4% 0.017 285.2)15.38 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#e61f44rgb(230 31 68)hsl(349 80% 51%)oklch(59.5% 0.225 19.4)4.52 AA
Bright Greencolor10#8b9cb2rgb(139 156 178)hsl(214 20% 62%)oklch(68.7% 0.038 254.9)2.80 Fail
Bright Yellowcolor11#c6d5dargb(198 213 218)hsl(195 21% 82%)oklch(86.3% 0.018 219.7)1.51 Fail
Bright Bluecolor12#d2dbd8rgb(210 219 216)hsl(160 11% 84%)oklch(88.4% 0.011 174.2)1.41 Fail
Bright Magentacolor13#8b9cb2rgb(139 156 178)hsl(214 20% 62%)oklch(68.7% 0.038 254.9)2.80 Fail
Bright Cyancolor14#c6d5dargb(198 213 218)hsl(195 21% 82%)oklch(86.3% 0.018 219.7)1.51 Fail
Bright Whitecolor15#3b3b49rgb(59 59 73)hsl(240 11% 26%)oklch(35.8% 0.024 285.1)11.01 AAA

About Slate Light

Slate Light is a light terminal color scheme built on a neutral #ffffff background with #19191f as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 17.50:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 3.32:1 (minimum 1.41:1).

Its palette is low-saturation, anchored by #ba0e2e red, #566981 green, #9aada7 blue, and #566981 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: Rainglow (MIT)