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Synthwave Alpha

Synthwave Alpha is a vibrant, cool, dark terminal color scheme with a #241b30 background and #f2f2e3 text (14.6:1 contrast)

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Background
#241b30
Foreground
#f2f2e3
Text contrast
14.58:1AAA
Accent contrast
6.37:1min 2.03
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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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Synthwave Alpha configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Synthwave Alpha

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

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

palette = 0=#241b30
palette = 1=#e60a70
palette = 2=#00986c
palette = 3=#adad3e
palette = 4=#6e29ad
palette = 5=#b300ad
palette = 6=#00b0b1
palette = 7=#b9b1bc
palette = 8=#7f7094
palette = 9=#e60a70
palette = 10=#0ae4a4
palette = 11=#f9f972
palette = 12=#aa54f9
palette = 13=#ff00f6
palette = 14=#00fbfd
palette = 15=#f2f2e3
background = #241b30
foreground = #f2f2e3
cursor-color = #f2f2e3
cursor-text = #241b30
selection-background = #6e29ad
selection-foreground = #f2f2e3

Synthwave Alpha palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#241b30rgb(36 27 48)hsl(266 28% 15%)oklch(24.3% 0.041 303.2)—
Foregroundforeground#f2f2e3rgb(242 242 227)hsl(60 37% 92%)oklch(95.7% 0.020 106.8)14.58 AAA
Cursorcursor#f2f2e3rgb(242 242 227)hsl(60 37% 92%)oklch(95.7% 0.020 106.8)14.58 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#241b30rgb(36 27 48)hsl(266 28% 15%)oklch(24.3% 0.041 303.2)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#6e29adrgb(110 41 173)hsl(271 62% 42%)oklch(45.4% 0.196 302.9)2.03 Fail
Selection textselectionText#f2f2e3rgb(242 242 227)hsl(60 37% 92%)oklch(95.7% 0.020 106.8)14.58 AAA
Blackcolor0#241b30rgb(36 27 48)hsl(266 28% 15%)oklch(24.3% 0.041 303.2)1.00 Fail
Redcolor1#e60a70rgb(230 10 112)hsl(332 92% 47%)oklch(59.8% 0.238 3.7)3.64 AA Large
Greencolor2#00986crgb(0 152 108)hsl(163 100% 30%)oklch(60.2% 0.128 164.2)4.48 AA Large
Yellowcolor3#adad3ergb(173 173 62)hsl(60 47% 46%)oklch(72.7% 0.132 109.3)6.92 AA
Bluecolor4#6e29adrgb(110 41 173)hsl(271 62% 42%)oklch(45.4% 0.196 302.9)2.03 Fail
Magentacolor5#b300adrgb(179 0 173)hsl(302 100% 35%)oklch(53.4% 0.243 330.2)2.76 Fail
Cyancolor6#00b0b1rgb(0 176 177)hsl(180 100% 35%)oklch(68.6% 0.117 195.5)6.16 AA
Whitecolor7#b9b1bcrgb(185 177 188)hsl(284 8% 72%)oklch(77.0% 0.018 316.9)7.91 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#7f7094rgb(127 112 148)hsl(265 14% 51%)oklch(57.2% 0.057 303.7)3.65 AA Large
Bright Redcolor9#e60a70rgb(230 10 112)hsl(332 92% 47%)oklch(59.8% 0.238 3.7)3.64 AA Large
Bright Greencolor10#0ae4a4rgb(10 228 164)hsl(162 92% 47%)oklch(81.4% 0.172 164.1)9.92 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#f9f972rgb(249 249 114)hsl(60 92% 71%)oklch(95.6% 0.156 109.0)14.77 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#aa54f9rgb(170 84 249)hsl(271 93% 65%)oklch(62.9% 0.236 304.3)4.19 AA Large
Bright Magentacolor13#ff00f6rgb(255 0 246)hsl(302 100% 50%)oklch(69.6% 0.317 330.3)5.17 AA
Bright Cyancolor14#00fbfdrgb(0 251 253)hsl(180 100% 50%)oklch(89.5% 0.153 195.8)12.72 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#f2f2e3rgb(242 242 227)hsl(60 37% 92%)oklch(95.7% 0.020 106.8)14.58 AAA

About Synthwave Alpha

Synthwave Alpha is a dark terminal color scheme built on a cool-tinted #241b30 background with #f2f2e3 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 14.58:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 6.37:1 (minimum 2.03:1).

Its palette is highly saturated, anchored by #e60a70 red, #00986c green, #6e29ad blue, and #b300ad 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.

Schemes similar to Synthwave Alpha

Source: iTerm2 Color Schemes (MIT)