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Tickle Contrast

Tickle Contrast is a pastel, dark terminal color scheme with a #181819 background and #c1c1c1 text (9.9:1 contrast)

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Background
#181819
Foreground
#c1c1c1
Text contrast
9.86:1AAA
Accent contrast
10.41:1min 2.70
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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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Tickle Contrast configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Tickle Contrast

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

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Raw file
# Theme: Tickle Contrast (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/tickle-contrast?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#242426
palette = 1=#ba0e2e
palette = 2=#85ffc7
palette = 3=#40a5a5
palette = 4=#ff8552
palette = 5=#85ffc7
palette = 6=#ff8552
palette = 7=#cecece
palette = 8=#3d3d40
palette = 9=#e61f44
palette = 10=#ebfff6
palette = 11=#7ecdcd
palette = 12=#ffcdb8
palette = 13=#ebfff6
palette = 14=#ffcdb8
palette = 15=#e7e7e7
background = #181819
foreground = #c1c1c1
cursor-color = #f8f8f0
cursor-text = #c1c1c1
selection-background = #ffffff
selection-foreground = #85ffc7

Tickle Contrast palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#181819rgb(24 24 25)hsl(240 2% 10%)oklch(20.9% 0.002 286.2)—
Foregroundforeground#c1c1c1rgb(193 193 193)hsl(0 0% 76%)oklch(81.1% 0.000 0)9.86 AAA
Cursorcursor#f8f8f0rgb(248 248 240)hsl(60 36% 96%)oklch(97.7% 0.011 106.6)16.63 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#c1c1c1rgb(193 193 193)hsl(0 0% 76%)oklch(81.1% 0.000 0)9.86 AAA
Selectionselection#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)17.74 AAA
Selection textselectionText#85ffc7rgb(133 255 199)hsl(152 100% 76%)oklch(91.4% 0.136 162.1)14.47 AAA
Blackcolor0#242426rgb(36 36 38)hsl(240 3% 15%)oklch(26.1% 0.004 286.1)1.15 Fail
Redcolor1#ba0e2ergb(186 14 46)hsl(349 86% 39%)oklch(50.3% 0.196 21.1)2.70 Fail
Greencolor2#85ffc7rgb(133 255 199)hsl(152 100% 76%)oklch(91.4% 0.136 162.1)14.47 AAA
Yellowcolor3#40a5a5rgb(64 165 165)hsl(180 44% 45%)oklch(66.4% 0.092 195.2)6.04 AA
Bluecolor4#ff8552rgb(255 133 82)hsl(18 100% 66%)oklch(74.4% 0.162 42.5)7.38 AAA
Magentacolor5#85ffc7rgb(133 255 199)hsl(152 100% 76%)oklch(91.4% 0.136 162.1)14.47 AAA
Cyancolor6#ff8552rgb(255 133 82)hsl(18 100% 66%)oklch(74.4% 0.162 42.5)7.38 AAA
Whitecolor7#cececergb(206 206 206)hsl(0 0% 81%)oklch(85.1% 0.000 0)11.27 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#3d3d40rgb(61 61 64)hsl(240 2% 25%)oklch(36.1% 0.005 286.1)1.64 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#e61f44rgb(230 31 68)hsl(349 80% 51%)oklch(59.5% 0.225 19.4)3.92 AA Large
Bright Greencolor10#ebfff6rgb(235 255 246)hsl(153 100% 96%)oklch(98.3% 0.024 167.1)17.04 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#7ecdcdrgb(126 205 205)hsl(180 44% 65%)oklch(79.8% 0.078 195.7)9.72 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#ffcdb8rgb(255 205 184)hsl(18 100% 86%)oklch(88.7% 0.064 43.9)12.40 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#ebfff6rgb(235 255 246)hsl(153 100% 96%)oklch(98.3% 0.024 167.1)17.04 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#ffcdb8rgb(255 205 184)hsl(18 100% 86%)oklch(88.7% 0.064 43.9)12.40 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#e7e7e7rgb(231 231 231)hsl(0 0% 91%)oklch(92.8% 0.000 0)14.35 AAA

About Tickle Contrast

Tickle Contrast is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #181819 background with #c1c1c1 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 9.86:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 10.41:1 (minimum 2.70:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #ba0e2e red, #85ffc7 green, #ff8552 blue, and #85ffc7 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: Rainglow (MIT)