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Tangoesque

Tangoesque is a true black, dark terminal color scheme with a #000000 background and #aaaaaa text (9.0:1 contrast)

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Background
#000000
Foreground
#aaaaaa
Text contrast
9.04:1AAA
Accent contrast
8.75:1min 2.39
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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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Tangoesque configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Tangoesque

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

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

palette = 0=#202020
palette = 1=#ff6565
palette = 2=#93d44f
palette = 3=#eab93d
palette = 4=#204a87
palette = 5=#ce5c00
palette = 6=#89b6e2
palette = 7=#cccccc
palette = 8=#606060
palette = 9=#ff8d8d
palette = 10=#c8e7a8
palette = 11=#ffc123
palette = 12=#3465a4
palette = 13=#f57900
palette = 14=#46a4ff
palette = 15=#ffffff
background = #000000
foreground = #aaaaaa
cursor-color = #aaaaaa
cursor-text = #000000
selection-background = #131313
selection-foreground = #aaaaaa

Tangoesque 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#aaaaaargb(170 170 170)hsl(0 0% 67%)oklch(73.8% 0.000 0)9.04 AAA
Cursorcursor#aaaaaargb(170 170 170)hsl(0 0% 67%)oklch(73.8% 0.000 0)9.04 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#131313rgb(19 19 19)hsl(0 0% 7%)oklch(18.7% 0.000 0)1.13 Fail
Selection textselectionText#aaaaaargb(170 170 170)hsl(0 0% 67%)oklch(73.8% 0.000 0)9.04 AAA
Blackcolor0#202020rgb(32 32 32)hsl(0 0% 13%)oklch(24.4% 0.000 0)1.29 Fail
Redcolor1#ff6565rgb(255 101 101)hsl(0 100% 70%)oklch(70.3% 0.188 23.3)7.30 AAA
Greencolor2#93d44frgb(147 212 79)hsl(89 61% 57%)oklch(79.9% 0.177 131.5)11.77 AAA
Yellowcolor3#eab93drgb(234 185 61)hsl(43 80% 58%)oklch(80.9% 0.146 86.2)11.51 AAA
Bluecolor4#204a87rgb(32 74 135)hsl(216 62% 33%)oklch(41.4% 0.112 258.0)2.39 Fail
Magentacolor5#ce5c00rgb(206 92 0)hsl(27 100% 40%)oklch(60.8% 0.165 48.1)5.16 AA
Cyancolor6#89b6e2rgb(137 182 226)hsl(210 61% 71%)oklch(76.0% 0.080 248.4)9.85 AAA
Whitecolor7#ccccccrgb(204 204 204)hsl(0 0% 80%)oklch(84.5% 0.000 0)13.08 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#606060rgb(96 96 96)hsl(0 0% 38%)oklch(48.9% 0.000 0)3.34 AA Large
Bright Redcolor9#ff8d8drgb(255 141 141)hsl(0 100% 78%)oklch(76.7% 0.138 20.8)9.45 AAA
Bright Greencolor10#c8e7a8rgb(200 231 168)hsl(90 57% 78%)oklch(89.0% 0.089 129.4)15.45 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#ffc123rgb(255 193 35)hsl(43 100% 57%)oklch(84.5% 0.167 84.0)12.90 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#3465a4rgb(52 101 164)hsl(214 52% 42%)oklch(50.4% 0.114 255.7)3.54 AA Large
Bright Magentacolor13#f57900rgb(245 121 0)hsl(30 100% 48%)oklch(70.7% 0.181 52.2)7.62 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#46a4ffrgb(70 164 255)hsl(210 100% 64%)oklch(70.5% 0.160 250.6)8.01 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA

About Tangoesque

Tangoesque is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #000000 background with #aaaaaa as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 9.04:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 8.75:1 (minimum 2.39:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #ff6565 red, #93d44f green, #204a87 blue, and #ce5c00 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: terminal.sexy (MIT)