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Tempus Past

Tempus Past is a soft, light terminal color scheme with a #f3f2f4 background and #53545b text (6.8:1 contrast)

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Background
#f3f2f4
Foreground
#53545b
Text contrast
6.75:1AA
Accent contrast
5.38:1min 5.15
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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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Tempus Past configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Tempus Past

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

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

palette = 0=#53545b
palette = 1=#c00c50
palette = 2=#0a7040
palette = 3=#a6403a
palette = 4=#1763aa
palette = 5=#b02874
palette = 6=#096a83
palette = 7=#eae2de
palette = 8=#80565d
palette = 9=#bd3133
palette = 10=#337243
palette = 11=#8d554a
palette = 12=#5559bb
palette = 13=#b022a7
palette = 14=#07707a
palette = 15=#f3f2f4
background = #f3f2f4
foreground = #53545b
cursor-color = #53545b
cursor-text = #f3f2f4
selection-background = #c8c8cb
selection-foreground = #53545b

Tempus Past palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#f3f2f4rgb(243 242 244)hsl(270 8% 95%)oklch(96.2% 0.003 308.4)—
Foregroundforeground#53545brgb(83 84 91)hsl(233 5% 34%)oklch(44.7% 0.011 279.4)6.75 AA
Cursorcursor#53545brgb(83 84 91)hsl(233 5% 34%)oklch(44.7% 0.011 279.4)6.75 AA
Cursor textcursorText#f3f2f4rgb(243 242 244)hsl(270 8% 95%)oklch(96.2% 0.003 308.4)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#c8c8cbrgb(200 200 203)hsl(240 3% 79%)oklch(83.4% 0.004 286.3)1.50 Fail
Selection textselectionText#53545brgb(83 84 91)hsl(233 5% 34%)oklch(44.7% 0.011 279.4)6.75 AA
Blackcolor0#53545brgb(83 84 91)hsl(233 5% 34%)oklch(44.7% 0.011 279.4)6.75 AA
Redcolor1#c00c50rgb(192 12 80)hsl(337 88% 40%)oklch(52.0% 0.203 9.0)5.52 AA
Greencolor2#0a7040rgb(10 112 64)hsl(152 84% 24%)oklch(48.0% 0.115 155.2)5.53 AA
Yellowcolor3#a6403argb(166 64 58)hsl(3 48% 44%)oklch(51.0% 0.136 26.4)5.51 AA
Bluecolor4#1763aargb(23 99 170)hsl(209 76% 38%)oklch(49.4% 0.133 251.7)5.53 AA
Magentacolor5#b02874rgb(176 40 116)hsl(326 63% 42%)oklch(51.8% 0.184 351.6)5.53 AA
Cyancolor6#096a83rgb(9 106 131)hsl(192 87% 27%)oklch(48.7% 0.088 222.1)5.53 AA
Whitecolor7#eae2dergb(234 226 222)hsl(20 22% 89%)oklch(91.8% 0.010 48.6)1.15 Fail
Bright Blackcolor8#80565drgb(128 86 93)hsl(350 20% 42%)oklch(50.1% 0.057 8.3)5.52 AA
Bright Redcolor9#bd3133rgb(189 49 51)hsl(359 59% 47%)oklch(53.1% 0.177 24.9)5.15 AA
Bright Greencolor10#337243rgb(51 114 67)hsl(135 38% 32%)oklch(49.8% 0.099 149.8)5.19 AA
Bright Yellowcolor11#8d554argb(141 85 74)hsl(10 31% 42%)oklch(51.0% 0.077 31.8)5.33 AA
Bright Bluecolor12#5559bbrgb(85 89 187)hsl(238 43% 53%)oklch(51.3% 0.151 277.9)5.33 AA
Bright Magentacolor13#b022a7rgb(176 34 167)hsl(304 68% 41%)oklch(53.8% 0.221 331.1)5.18 AA
Bright Cyancolor14#07707argb(7 112 122)hsl(185 89% 25%)oklch(49.8% 0.084 205.8)5.22 AA
Bright Whitecolor15#f3f2f4rgb(243 242 244)hsl(270 8% 95%)oklch(96.2% 0.003 308.4)1.00 Fail

About Tempus Past

Tempus Past is a light terminal color scheme built on a neutral #f3f2f4 background with #53545b as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 6.75:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 5.38:1 (minimum 5.15:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #c00c50 red, #0a7040 green, #1763aa blue, and #b02874 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)