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Tempus Totus

Tempus Totus is a light terminal color scheme with a #ffffff background and #4a484d text (9.0:1 contrast)

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Background
#ffffff
Foreground
#4a484d
Text contrast
9.03:1AAA
Accent contrast
8.10:1min 8.05
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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 Totus configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Tempus Totus

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

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

palette = 0=#4a484d
palette = 1=#a50000
palette = 2=#005d26
palette = 3=#714700
palette = 4=#1d3ccf
palette = 5=#88267a
palette = 6=#185570
palette = 7=#efefef
palette = 8=#5e4b4f
palette = 9=#992030
palette = 10=#4a5500
palette = 11=#8a3600
palette = 12=#2d45b0
palette = 13=#700dc9
palette = 14=#005289
palette = 15=#ffffff
background = #ffffff
foreground = #4a484d
cursor-color = #4a484d
cursor-text = #ffffff
selection-background = #cececf
selection-foreground = #4a484d

Tempus Totus palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)—
Foregroundforeground#4a484drgb(74 72 77)hsl(264 3% 29%)oklch(40.5% 0.009 304.0)9.03 AAA
Cursorcursor#4a484drgb(74 72 77)hsl(264 3% 29%)oklch(40.5% 0.009 304.0)9.03 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#cececfrgb(206 206 207)hsl(240 1% 81%)oklch(85.2% 0.001 286.4)1.57 Fail
Selection textselectionText#4a484drgb(74 72 77)hsl(264 3% 29%)oklch(40.5% 0.009 304.0)9.03 AAA
Blackcolor0#4a484drgb(74 72 77)hsl(264 3% 29%)oklch(40.5% 0.009 304.0)9.03 AAA
Redcolor1#a50000rgb(165 0 0)hsl(0 100% 32%)oklch(45.3% 0.186 29.2)8.08 AAA
Greencolor2#005d26rgb(0 93 38)hsl(145 100% 18%)oklch(41.8% 0.116 149.5)8.10 AAA
Yellowcolor3#714700rgb(113 71 0)hsl(38 100% 22%)oklch(43.6% 0.094 71.2)8.07 AAA
Bluecolor4#1d3ccfrgb(29 60 207)hsl(230 75% 46%)oklch(44.9% 0.226 266.3)8.08 AAA
Magentacolor5#88267argb(136 38 122)hsl(309 56% 34%)oklch(45.3% 0.163 334.3)8.06 AAA
Cyancolor6#185570rgb(24 85 112)hsl(198 65% 27%)oklch(42.4% 0.075 231.9)8.16 AAA
Whitecolor7#efefefrgb(239 239 239)hsl(0 0% 94%)oklch(95.2% 0.000 0)1.15 Fail
Bright Blackcolor8#5e4b4frgb(94 75 79)hsl(347 11% 33%)oklch(43.4% 0.026 4.1)8.09 AAA
Bright Redcolor9#992030rgb(153 32 48)hsl(352 65% 36%)oklch(45.1% 0.156 19.5)8.07 AAA
Bright Greencolor10#4a5500rgb(74 85 0)hsl(68 100% 17%)oklch(42.5% 0.099 118.0)8.11 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#8a3600rgb(138 54 0)hsl(23 100% 27%)oklch(44.4% 0.127 44.9)8.05 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#2d45b0rgb(45 69 176)hsl(229 59% 43%)oklch(44.1% 0.172 268.5)8.11 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#700dc9rgb(112 13 201)hsl(272 88% 42%)oklch(46.3% 0.242 298.6)8.11 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#005289rgb(0 82 137)hsl(204 100% 27%)oklch(42.7% 0.113 247.3)8.18 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail

About Tempus Totus

Tempus Totus is a light terminal color scheme built on a neutral #ffffff background with #4a484d as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 9.03:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 8.10:1 (minimum 8.05:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #a50000 red, #005d26 green, #1d3ccf blue, and #88267a 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)