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Solarized Light

Solarized Light is a soft, warm, light terminal color scheme with a #fcf4dc background and #536870 text (5.3:1 contrast)

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Background
#fcf4dc
Foreground
#536870
Text contrast
5.34:1AA
Accent contrast
4.51:1min 3.02
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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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Solarized Light configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Solarized Light

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

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

palette = 0=#002831
palette = 1=#d11c24
palette = 2=#738a05
palette = 3=#a57706
palette = 4=#2176c7
palette = 5=#c61c6f
palette = 6=#259286
palette = 7=#eae3cb
palette = 8=#001e27
palette = 9=#bd3613
palette = 10=#475b62
palette = 11=#536870
palette = 12=#708284
palette = 13=#5956ba
palette = 14=#819090
palette = 15=#fcf4dc
background = #fcf4dc
foreground = #536870
cursor-color = #536870
cursor-text = #fcf4dc
selection-background = #cfcfc0
selection-foreground = #536870

Solarized Light palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#fcf4dcrgb(252 244 220)hsl(45 84% 93%)oklch(96.7% 0.033 91.7)—
Foregroundforeground#536870rgb(83 104 112)hsl(197 15% 38%)oklch(50.3% 0.028 223.0)5.34 AA
Cursorcursor#536870rgb(83 104 112)hsl(197 15% 38%)oklch(50.3% 0.028 223.0)5.34 AA
Cursor textcursorText#fcf4dcrgb(252 244 220)hsl(45 84% 93%)oklch(96.7% 0.033 91.7)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#cfcfc0rgb(207 207 192)hsl(60 14% 78%)oklch(85.0% 0.020 106.8)1.43 Fail
Selection textselectionText#536870rgb(83 104 112)hsl(197 15% 38%)oklch(50.3% 0.028 223.0)5.34 AA
Blackcolor0#002831rgb(0 40 49)hsl(191 100% 10%)oklch(25.5% 0.046 216.8)14.18 AAA
Redcolor1#d11c24rgb(209 28 36)hsl(357 76% 46%)oklch(55.1% 0.211 26.3)4.90 AA
Greencolor2#738a05rgb(115 138 5)hsl(70 93% 28%)oklch(59.4% 0.141 120.8)3.56 AA Large
Yellowcolor3#a57706rgb(165 119 6)hsl(43 93% 34%)oklch(60.0% 0.122 81.1)3.65 AA Large
Bluecolor4#2176c7rgb(33 118 199)hsl(209 72% 45%)oklch(55.9% 0.148 251.7)4.27 AA Large
Magentacolor5#c61c6frgb(198 28 111)hsl(331 75% 44%)oklch(54.6% 0.208 358.4)5.03 AA
Cyancolor6#259286rgb(37 146 134)hsl(173 60% 36%)oklch(59.8% 0.096 184.0)3.45 AA Large
Whitecolor7#eae3cbrgb(234 227 203)hsl(46 42% 86%)oklch(91.5% 0.033 93.5)1.17 Fail
Bright Blackcolor8#001e27rgb(0 30 39)hsl(194 100% 8%)oklch(21.8% 0.040 221.1)15.73 AAA
Bright Redcolor9#bd3613rgb(189 54 19)hsl(12 82% 41%)oklch(53.3% 0.177 34.6)5.16 AA
Bright Greencolor10#475b62rgb(71 91 98)hsl(196 16% 33%)oklch(45.7% 0.027 221.2)6.50 AA
Bright Yellowcolor11#536870rgb(83 104 112)hsl(197 15% 38%)oklch(50.3% 0.028 223.0)5.34 AA
Bright Bluecolor12#708284rgb(112 130 132)hsl(186 8% 48%)oklch(59.3% 0.021 204.8)3.66 AA Large
Bright Magentacolor13#5956bargb(89 86 186)hsl(242 42% 53%)oklch(50.9% 0.153 280.8)5.52 AA
Bright Cyancolor14#819090rgb(129 144 144)hsl(180 6% 54%)oklch(64.1% 0.017 196.7)3.02 AA Large
Bright Whitecolor15#fcf4dcrgb(252 244 220)hsl(45 84% 93%)oklch(96.7% 0.033 91.7)1.00 Fail

About Solarized Light

Solarized Light is a light terminal color scheme built on a warm-tinted #fcf4dc background with #536870 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 5.34:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 4.51:1 (minimum 3.02:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #d11c24 red, #738a05 green, #2176c7 blue, and #c61c6f magenta. Part of the Solarized theme family.

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)