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Tempus Classic

Tempus Classic is a dark terminal color scheme with a #232323 background and #aeadaf text (7.0:1 contrast)

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Background
#232323
Foreground
#aeadaf
Text contrast
7.03:1AAA
Accent contrast
5.54:1min 5.27
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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
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Tempus Classic configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Tempus Classic

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

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# Theme: Tempus Classic (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/tempus-classic?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#232323
palette = 1=#d4823d
palette = 2=#8c9e3d
palette = 3=#b1942b
palette = 4=#6e9cb0
palette = 5=#b58d88
palette = 6=#6da280
palette = 7=#949d9f
palette = 8=#312e30
palette = 9=#d0913d
palette = 10=#96a42d
palette = 11=#a8a030
palette = 12=#8e9cc0
palette = 13=#d58888
palette = 14=#7aa880
palette = 15=#aeadaf
background = #232323
foreground = #aeadaf
cursor-color = #aeadaf
cursor-text = #232323
selection-background = #424242
selection-foreground = #aeadaf

Tempus Classic palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#232323rgb(35 35 35)hsl(0 0% 14%)oklch(25.6% 0.000 0)—
Foregroundforeground#aeadafrgb(174 173 175)hsl(270 1% 68%)oklch(74.9% 0.003 308.4)7.03 AAA
Cursorcursor#aeadafrgb(174 173 175)hsl(270 1% 68%)oklch(74.9% 0.003 308.4)7.03 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#232323rgb(35 35 35)hsl(0 0% 14%)oklch(25.6% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#424242rgb(66 66 66)hsl(0 0% 26%)oklch(37.9% 0.000 0)1.56 Fail
Selection textselectionText#aeadafrgb(174 173 175)hsl(270 1% 68%)oklch(74.9% 0.003 308.4)7.03 AAA
Blackcolor0#232323rgb(35 35 35)hsl(0 0% 14%)oklch(25.6% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Redcolor1#d4823drgb(212 130 61)hsl(27 64% 54%)oklch(68.1% 0.131 57.8)5.28 AA
Greencolor2#8c9e3drgb(140 158 61)hsl(71 44% 43%)oklch(66.5% 0.124 118.8)5.29 AA
Yellowcolor3#b1942brgb(177 148 43)hsl(47 61% 43%)oklch(67.5% 0.123 92.8)5.34 AA
Bluecolor4#6e9cb0rgb(110 156 176)hsl(198 29% 56%)oklch(66.7% 0.058 226.8)5.27 AA
Magentacolor5#b58d88rgb(181 141 136)hsl(7 23% 62%)oklch(68.0% 0.050 26.6)5.34 AA
Cyancolor6#6da280rgb(109 162 128)hsl(142 22% 53%)oklch(66.5% 0.076 155.6)5.34 AA
Whitecolor7#949d9frgb(148 157 159)hsl(191 5% 60%)oklch(68.9% 0.011 212.5)5.67 AA
Bright Blackcolor8#312e30rgb(49 46 48)hsl(320 3% 19%)oklch(30.5% 0.006 337.6)1.17 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#d0913drgb(208 145 61)hsl(34 61% 53%)oklch(70.4% 0.125 70.8)5.84 AA
Bright Greencolor10#96a42drgb(150 164 45)hsl(67 57% 41%)oklch(68.6% 0.140 116.1)5.72 AA
Bright Yellowcolor11#a8a030rgb(168 160 48)hsl(56 56% 42%)oklch(69.2% 0.129 105.2)5.79 AA
Bright Bluecolor12#8e9cc0rgb(142 156 192)hsl(223 28% 65%)oklch(69.4% 0.055 268.3)5.74 AA
Bright Magentacolor13#d58888rgb(213 136 136)hsl(0 48% 68%)oklch(70.6% 0.095 19.7)5.77 AA
Bright Cyancolor14#7aa880rgb(122 168 128)hsl(128 21% 57%)oklch(68.7% 0.076 148.1)5.79 AA
Bright Whitecolor15#aeadafrgb(174 173 175)hsl(270 1% 68%)oklch(74.9% 0.003 308.4)7.03 AAA

About Tempus Classic

Tempus Classic is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #232323 background with #aeadaf as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 7.03:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 5.54:1 (minimum 5.27:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #d4823d red, #8c9e3d green, #6e9cb0 blue, and #b58d88 magenta. Part of the Tempus 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)