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Tartan

Tartan is a dark terminal color scheme with a #2b2b2b background and #dedede text (10.5:1 contrast)

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Background
#2b2b2b
Foreground
#dedede
Text contrast
10.52:1AAA
Accent contrast
5.20:1min 2.15
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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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Tartan configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Tartan

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

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Raw file
# Theme: Tartan (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/tartan?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#2e3436
palette = 1=#cc0000
palette = 2=#4e9a06
palette = 3=#c4a000
palette = 4=#3465a4
palette = 5=#75507b
palette = 6=#06989a
palette = 7=#d3d7cf
palette = 8=#555753
palette = 9=#ef2929
palette = 10=#8ae234
palette = 11=#fce94f
palette = 12=#729fcf
palette = 13=#ad7fa8
palette = 14=#34e2e2
palette = 15=#eeeeec
background = #2b2b2b
foreground = #dedede
cursor-color = #dedede
cursor-text = #2b2b2b
selection-background = #535353
selection-foreground = #dedede

Tartan palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#2b2b2brgb(43 43 43)hsl(0 0% 17%)oklch(28.9% 0.000 0)—
Foregroundforeground#dededergb(222 222 222)hsl(0 0% 87%)oklch(90.1% 0.000 0)10.52 AAA
Cursorcursor#dededergb(222 222 222)hsl(0 0% 87%)oklch(90.1% 0.000 0)10.52 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#2b2b2brgb(43 43 43)hsl(0 0% 17%)oklch(28.9% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#535353rgb(83 83 83)hsl(0 0% 33%)oklch(44.2% 0.000 0)1.84 Fail
Selection textselectionText#dededergb(222 222 222)hsl(0 0% 87%)oklch(90.1% 0.000 0)10.52 AAA
Blackcolor0#2e3436rgb(46 52 54)hsl(195 8% 20%)oklch(32.0% 0.009 219.8)1.12 Fail
Redcolor1#cc0000rgb(204 0 0)hsl(0 100% 40%)oklch(53.1% 0.218 29.2)2.41 Fail
Greencolor2#4e9a06rgb(78 154 6)hsl(91 93% 31%)oklch(61.3% 0.178 135.4)4.01 AA Large
Yellowcolor3#c4a000rgb(196 160 0)hsl(49 100% 38%)oklch(71.8% 0.147 92.6)5.65 AA
Bluecolor4#3465a4rgb(52 101 164)hsl(214 52% 42%)oklch(50.4% 0.114 255.7)2.39 Fail
Magentacolor5#75507brgb(117 80 123)hsl(292 21% 40%)oklch(48.8% 0.080 321.8)2.15 Fail
Cyancolor6#06989argb(6 152 154)hsl(181 93% 31%)oklch(61.7% 0.104 196.5)4.02 AA Large
Whitecolor7#d3d7cfrgb(211 215 207)hsl(90 9% 83%)oklch(87.4% 0.012 128.6)9.70 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#555753rgb(85 87 83)hsl(90 2% 33%)oklch(45.4% 0.007 128.6)1.94 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#ef2929rgb(239 41 41)hsl(0 86% 55%)oklch(61.3% 0.230 27.4)3.38 AA Large
Bright Greencolor10#8ae234rgb(138 226 52)hsl(90 75% 55%)oklch(82.6% 0.215 133.3)8.77 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#fce94frgb(252 233 79)hsl(53 97% 65%)oklch(92.3% 0.168 102.2)11.40 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#729fcfrgb(114 159 207)hsl(211 49% 63%)oklch(68.9% 0.086 250.7)5.11 AA
Bright Magentacolor13#ad7fa8rgb(173 127 168)hsl(307 22% 59%)oklch(65.5% 0.080 330.2)4.30 AA Large
Bright Cyancolor14#34e2e2rgb(52 226 226)hsl(180 75% 55%)oklch(83.1% 0.133 194.9)8.85 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#eeeeecrgb(238 238 236)hsl(60 6% 93%)oklch(94.9% 0.003 106.5)12.19 AAA

About Tartan

Tartan is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #2b2b2b background with #dedede as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 10.52:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 5.20:1 (minimum 2.15:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #cc0000 red, #4e9a06 green, #3465a4 blue, and #75507b 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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