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Synthwave 84

Synthwave 84 is a high contrast, cool, dark terminal color scheme with a #262335 background and #ffffff text (15.3:1 contrast)

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Background
#262335
Foreground
#ffffff
Text contrast
15.28:1AAA
Accent contrast
9.15:1min 4.48
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Synthwave 84 configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Synthwave 84

Save to ~/.config/ghostty/themes/Synthwave 84, then set theme = Synthwave 84 in config or config.ghostty

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# Theme: Synthwave 84 (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/synthwave-84?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#262335
palette = 1=#fe4450
palette = 2=#72f1b8
palette = 3=#f3e70f
palette = 4=#03edf9
palette = 5=#ff7edb
palette = 6=#03edf9
palette = 7=#ffffff
palette = 8=#614d85
palette = 9=#fe4450
palette = 10=#72f1b8
palette = 11=#fede5d
palette = 12=#03edf9
palette = 13=#ff7edb
palette = 14=#03edf9
palette = 15=#ffffff
background = #262335
foreground = #ffffff
cursor-color = #ffffff
cursor-text = #262335
selection-background = #555363
selection-foreground = #ffffff

Synthwave 84 palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#262335rgb(38 35 53)hsl(250 20% 17%)oklch(26.8% 0.033 291.6)—
Foregroundforeground#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)15.28 AAA
Cursorcursor#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)15.28 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#262335rgb(38 35 53)hsl(250 20% 17%)oklch(26.8% 0.033 291.6)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#555363rgb(85 83 99)hsl(248 9% 36%)oklch(45.0% 0.026 291.1)2.04 Fail
Selection textselectionText#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)15.28 AAA
Blackcolor0#262335rgb(38 35 53)hsl(250 20% 17%)oklch(26.8% 0.033 291.6)1.00 Fail
Redcolor1#fe4450rgb(254 68 80)hsl(356 99% 63%)oklch(66.4% 0.221 22.4)4.48 AA Large
Greencolor2#72f1b8rgb(114 241 184)hsl(153 82% 70%)oklch(87.1% 0.140 162.0)10.91 AAA
Yellowcolor3#f3e70frgb(243 231 15)hsl(57 90% 51%)oklch(90.8% 0.192 105.8)11.82 AAA
Bluecolor4#03edf9rgb(3 237 249)hsl(183 98% 49%)oklch(86.1% 0.146 201.4)10.54 AAA
Magentacolor5#ff7edbrgb(255 126 219)hsl(317 100% 75%)oklch(76.9% 0.189 339.1)6.74 AA
Cyancolor6#03edf9rgb(3 237 249)hsl(183 98% 49%)oklch(86.1% 0.146 201.4)10.54 AAA
Whitecolor7#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)15.28 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#614d85rgb(97 77 133)hsl(261 27% 41%)oklch(46.5% 0.091 299.3)2.12 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#fe4450rgb(254 68 80)hsl(356 99% 63%)oklch(66.4% 0.221 22.4)4.48 AA Large
Bright Greencolor10#72f1b8rgb(114 241 184)hsl(153 82% 70%)oklch(87.1% 0.140 162.0)10.91 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#fede5drgb(254 222 93)hsl(48 99% 68%)oklch(90.4% 0.150 95.3)11.51 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#03edf9rgb(3 237 249)hsl(183 98% 49%)oklch(86.1% 0.146 201.4)10.54 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#ff7edbrgb(255 126 219)hsl(317 100% 75%)oklch(76.9% 0.189 339.1)6.74 AA
Bright Cyancolor14#03edf9rgb(3 237 249)hsl(183 98% 49%)oklch(86.1% 0.146 201.4)10.54 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)15.28 AAA

About Synthwave 84

Synthwave 84 is a dark terminal color scheme built on a cool-tinted #262335 background with #ffffff as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 15.28:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 9.15:1 (minimum 4.48:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #fe4450 red, #72f1b8 green, #03edf9 blue, and #ff7edb 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: Gogh (MIT OR Apache-2.0)