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Synthwave

Synthwave is a true black, vibrant, dark terminal color scheme with a #000000 background and #dad9c7 text (14.7:1 contrast)

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Background
#000000
Foreground
#dad9c7
Text contrast
14.73:1AAA
Accent contrast
9.43:1min 5.45
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drwxr-xr-x 8 ada staff 256 Oct 29 18:40 ..
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Synthwave configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Synthwave

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

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

palette = 0=#000000
palette = 1=#f6188f
palette = 2=#1ebb2b
palette = 3=#fdf834
palette = 4=#2186ec
palette = 5=#f85a21
palette = 6=#12c3e2
palette = 7=#ffffff
palette = 8=#7f7094
palette = 9=#f841a0
palette = 10=#25c141
palette = 11=#fdf454
palette = 12=#2f9ded
palette = 13=#f97137
palette = 14=#19cde6
palette = 15=#ffffff
background = #000000
foreground = #dad9c7
cursor-color = #19cde6
cursor-text = #dad9c7
selection-background = #19cde6
selection-foreground = #000000

Synthwave palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)—
Foregroundforeground#dad9c7rgb(218 217 199)hsl(57 20% 82%)oklch(88.1% 0.024 104.3)14.73 AAA
Cursorcursor#19cde6rgb(25 205 230)hsl(187 80% 50%)oklch(77.9% 0.132 210.6)10.92 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#dad9c7rgb(218 217 199)hsl(57 20% 82%)oklch(88.1% 0.024 104.3)14.73 AAA
Selectionselection#19cde6rgb(25 205 230)hsl(187 80% 50%)oklch(77.9% 0.132 210.6)10.92 AAA
Selection textselectionText#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Blackcolor0#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Redcolor1#f6188frgb(246 24 143)hsl(328 93% 53%)oklch(63.9% 0.253 356.7)5.45 AA
Greencolor2#1ebb2brgb(30 187 43)hsl(125 72% 43%)oklch(69.0% 0.218 143.5)8.20 AAA
Yellowcolor3#fdf834rgb(253 248 52)hsl(59 98% 60%)oklch(95.3% 0.194 108.0)18.65 AAA
Bluecolor4#2186ecrgb(33 134 236)hsl(210 84% 53%)oklch(61.8% 0.177 253.4)5.69 AA
Magentacolor5#f85a21rgb(248 90 33)hsl(16 94% 55%)oklch(67.1% 0.204 38.0)6.48 AA
Cyancolor6#12c3e2rgb(18 195 226)hsl(189 85% 48%)oklch(75.3% 0.131 214.8)9.93 AAA
Whitecolor7#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#7f7094rgb(127 112 148)hsl(265 14% 51%)oklch(57.2% 0.057 303.7)4.65 AA
Bright Redcolor9#f841a0rgb(248 65 160)hsl(329 93% 61%)oklch(67.1% 0.231 353.7)6.26 AA
Bright Greencolor10#25c141rgb(37 193 65)hsl(131 68% 45%)oklch(70.9% 0.209 145.2)8.78 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#fdf454rgb(253 244 84)hsl(57 98% 66%)oklch(94.7% 0.174 106.1)18.24 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#2f9dedrgb(47 157 237)hsl(205 84% 56%)oklch(67.3% 0.152 245.5)7.17 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#f97137rgb(249 113 55)hsl(18 94% 60%)oklch(70.4% 0.181 41.7)7.45 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#19cde6rgb(25 205 230)hsl(187 80% 50%)oklch(77.9% 0.132 210.6)10.92 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA

About Synthwave

Synthwave is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #000000 background with #dad9c7 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 14.73:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 9.43:1 (minimum 5.45:1).

Its palette is highly saturated, anchored by #f6188f red, #1ebb2b green, #2186ec blue, and #f85a21 magenta. Part of the Synthwave 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: iTerm2 Color Schemes (MIT)