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Tame Contrast

Tame Contrast is a muted, dark terminal color scheme with a #15191c background and #c0ccdb text (10.9:1 contrast)

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Background
#15191c
Foreground
#c0ccdb
Text contrast
10.86:1AAA
Accent contrast
6.12:1min 2.69
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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
~/dev/tintdex on main [!?] via ⬢ v1.4.3
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new file: src/theme.css
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modified: src/app.tsx
deleted: legacy/colors.js
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Tame Contrast configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Tame Contrast

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

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# Theme: Tame Contrast (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/tame-contrast?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#20262b
palette = 1=#ba0e2e
palette = 2=#4571a8
palette = 3=#707ba0
palette = 4=#98abb7
palette = 5=#4571a8
palette = 6=#707ba0
palette = 7=#d0d9e4
palette = 8=#364048
palette = 9=#e61f44
palette = 10=#86a6cd
palette = 11=#adb4c9
palette = 12=#d4dce1
palette = 13=#86a6cd
palette = 14=#adb4c9
palette = 15=#f1f3f7
background = #15191c
foreground = #c0ccdb
cursor-color = #ffffff
cursor-text = #c0ccdb
selection-background = #707ba0
selection-foreground = #ffffff

Tame Contrast palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#15191crgb(21 25 28)hsl(206 14% 10%)oklch(21.1% 0.009 240.3)—
Foregroundforeground#c0ccdbrgb(192 204 219)hsl(213 27% 81%)oklch(84.1% 0.025 254.0)10.86 AAA
Cursorcursor#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)17.68 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#c0ccdbrgb(192 204 219)hsl(213 27% 81%)oklch(84.1% 0.025 254.0)10.86 AAA
Selectionselection#707ba0rgb(112 123 160)hsl(226 20% 53%)oklch(58.8% 0.058 271.7)4.23 AA Large
Selection textselectionText#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)17.68 AAA
Blackcolor0#20262brgb(32 38 43)hsl(207 15% 15%)oklch(26.5% 0.013 243.4)1.16 Fail
Redcolor1#ba0e2ergb(186 14 46)hsl(349 86% 39%)oklch(50.3% 0.196 21.1)2.69 Fail
Greencolor2#4571a8rgb(69 113 168)hsl(213 42% 46%)oklch(54.2% 0.100 254.8)3.52 AA Large
Yellowcolor3#707ba0rgb(112 123 160)hsl(226 20% 53%)oklch(58.8% 0.058 271.7)4.23 AA Large
Bluecolor4#98abb7rgb(152 171 183)hsl(203 18% 66%)oklch(73.0% 0.027 235.5)7.45 AAA
Magentacolor5#4571a8rgb(69 113 168)hsl(213 42% 46%)oklch(54.2% 0.100 254.8)3.52 AA Large
Cyancolor6#707ba0rgb(112 123 160)hsl(226 20% 53%)oklch(58.8% 0.058 271.7)4.23 AA Large
Whitecolor7#d0d9e4rgb(208 217 228)hsl(213 27% 85%)oklch(88.2% 0.018 253.4)12.40 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#364048rgb(54 64 72)hsl(207 14% 25%)oklch(36.6% 0.019 242.3)1.67 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#e61f44rgb(230 31 68)hsl(349 80% 51%)oklch(59.5% 0.225 19.4)3.91 AA Large
Bright Greencolor10#86a6cdrgb(134 166 205)hsl(213 42% 66%)oklch(71.5% 0.067 253.7)7.03 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#adb4c9rgb(173 180 201)hsl(225 21% 73%)oklch(77.1% 0.031 271.0)8.54 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#d4dce1rgb(212 220 225)hsl(203 18% 86%)oklch(89.0% 0.011 234.8)12.73 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#86a6cdrgb(134 166 205)hsl(213 42% 66%)oklch(71.5% 0.067 253.7)7.03 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#adb4c9rgb(173 180 201)hsl(225 21% 73%)oklch(77.1% 0.031 271.0)8.54 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#f1f3f7rgb(241 243 247)hsl(220 27% 96%)oklch(96.4% 0.006 264.5)15.92 AAA

About Tame Contrast

Tame Contrast is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #15191c background with #c0ccdb as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 10.86:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 6.12:1 (minimum 2.69:1).

Its palette is low-saturation, anchored by #ba0e2e red, #4571a8 green, #98abb7 blue, and #4571a8 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: Rainglow (MIT)