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Stairway Skies

Stairway Skies is a muted, warm, dark terminal color scheme with a #201a10 background and #f7e9ca text (14.3:1 contrast)

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Background
#201a10
Foreground
#f7e9ca
Text contrast
14.35:1AAA
Accent contrast
8.97:1min 7.12
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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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Stairway Skies configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Stairway Skies

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

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# Theme: Stairway Skies (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/stairway-skies?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#a6a7a6
palette = 1=#d59a6b
palette = 2=#a6be82
palette = 3=#e7c66e
palette = 4=#8aaed0
palette = 5=#c1a3d1
palette = 6=#8bc9c2
palette = 7=#f7e9ca
palette = 8=#c4c7c8
palette = 9=#dcaa83
palette = 10=#b4c896
palette = 11=#ebcf85
palette = 12=#9dbbd8
palette = 13=#cbb2d8
palette = 14=#9ed2cc
palette = 15=#fff9ee
background = #201a10
foreground = #f7e9ca
cursor-color = #e7c66e
cursor-text = #201a10
selection-background = #4a3830
selection-foreground = #fff8ee

Stairway Skies palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#201a10rgb(32 26 16)hsl(38 33% 9%)oklch(22.2% 0.020 80.1)—
Foregroundforeground#f7e9cargb(247 233 202)hsl(41 74% 88%)oklch(93.7% 0.043 86.6)14.35 AAA
Cursorcursor#e7c66ergb(231 198 110)hsl(44 72% 67%)oklch(83.7% 0.114 89.3)10.44 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#201a10rgb(32 26 16)hsl(38 33% 9%)oklch(22.2% 0.020 80.1)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#4a3830rgb(74 56 48)hsl(18 21% 24%)oklch(35.8% 0.029 45.1)1.56 Fail
Selection textselectionText#fff8eergb(255 248 238)hsl(35 100% 97%)oklch(98.2% 0.015 77.1)16.37 AAA
Blackcolor0#a6a7a6rgb(166 167 166)hsl(120 1% 65%)oklch(72.7% 0.002 145.6)7.15 AAA
Redcolor1#d59a6brgb(213 154 107)hsl(27 56% 63%)oklch(73.3% 0.094 59.1)7.12 AAA
Greencolor2#a6be82rgb(166 190 130)hsl(84 32% 63%)oklch(76.8% 0.086 126.0)8.47 AAA
Yellowcolor3#e7c66ergb(231 198 110)hsl(44 72% 67%)oklch(83.7% 0.114 89.3)10.44 AAA
Bluecolor4#8aaed0rgb(138 174 208)hsl(209 43% 68%)oklch(73.6% 0.063 247.2)7.44 AAA
Magentacolor5#c1a3d1rgb(193 163 209)hsl(279 33% 73%)oklch(75.7% 0.072 313.8)7.75 AAA
Cyancolor6#8bc9c2rgb(139 201 194)hsl(173 36% 67%)oklch(79.2% 0.064 187.1)9.23 AAA
Whitecolor7#f7e9cargb(247 233 202)hsl(41 74% 88%)oklch(93.7% 0.043 86.6)14.35 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#c4c7c8rgb(196 199 200)hsl(195 4% 78%)oklch(82.8% 0.004 219.5)10.15 AAA
Bright Redcolor9#dcaa83rgb(220 170 131)hsl(26 56% 69%)oklch(77.5% 0.079 59.2)8.32 AAA
Bright Greencolor10#b4c896rgb(180 200 150)hsl(84 31% 69%)oklch(80.5% 0.071 125.7)9.57 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#ebcf85rgb(235 207 133)hsl(44 72% 72%)oklch(86.2% 0.098 89.5)11.34 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#9dbbd8rgb(157 187 216)hsl(209 43% 73%)oklch(78.0% 0.053 247.6)8.66 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#cbb2d8rgb(203 178 216)hsl(279 33% 77%)oklch(79.7% 0.059 314.1)8.96 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#9ed2ccrgb(158 210 204)hsl(173 37% 72%)oklch(82.6% 0.055 187.4)10.31 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#fff9eergb(255 249 238)hsl(39 100% 97%)oklch(98.4% 0.016 82.8)16.47 AAA

About Stairway Skies

Stairway Skies is a dark terminal color scheme built on a warm-tinted #201a10 background with #f7e9ca as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 14.35:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 8.97:1 (minimum 7.12:1).

Its palette is low-saturation, anchored by #d59a6b red, #a6be82 green, #8aaed0 blue, and #c1a3d1 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)