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Tickle Light

Tickle Light is a soft, light terminal color scheme with a #ffffff background and #444444 text (9.7:1 contrast)

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Background
#ffffff
Foreground
#444444
Text contrast
9.74:1AAA
Accent contrast
2.55:1min 1.43
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drwxr-xr-x 8 ada staff 256 Oct 29 18:40 ..
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drwxr-xr-x 3 ada staff 96 Oct 28 11:02 public
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Tickle Light configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Tickle Light

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

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

palette = 0=#ffffff
palette = 1=#ba0e2e
palette = 2=#65c699
palette = 3=#40a5a5
palette = 4=#ff8552
palette = 5=#65c699
palette = 6=#ff8552
palette = 7=#515151
palette = 8=#ffffff
palette = 9=#e61f44
palette = 10=#afe2ca
palette = 11=#7ecdcd
palette = 12=#ffcdb8
palette = 13=#afe2ca
palette = 14=#ffcdb8
palette = 15=#6a6a6a
background = #ffffff
foreground = #444444
cursor-color = #222222
cursor-text = #444444
selection-background = #85ffc7
selection-foreground = #ffffff

Tickle Light 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#444444rgb(68 68 68)hsl(0 0% 27%)oklch(38.7% 0.000 0)9.74 AAA
Cursorcursor#222222rgb(34 34 34)hsl(0 0% 13%)oklch(25.2% 0.000 0)15.91 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#444444rgb(68 68 68)hsl(0 0% 27%)oklch(38.7% 0.000 0)9.74 AAA
Selectionselection#85ffc7rgb(133 255 199)hsl(152 100% 76%)oklch(91.4% 0.136 162.1)1.23 Fail
Selection textselectionText#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Blackcolor0#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Redcolor1#ba0e2ergb(186 14 46)hsl(349 86% 39%)oklch(50.3% 0.196 21.1)6.58 AA
Greencolor2#65c699rgb(101 198 153)hsl(152 46% 59%)oklch(75.5% 0.114 161.8)2.08 Fail
Yellowcolor3#40a5a5rgb(64 165 165)hsl(180 44% 45%)oklch(66.4% 0.092 195.2)2.94 Fail
Bluecolor4#ff8552rgb(255 133 82)hsl(18 100% 66%)oklch(74.4% 0.162 42.5)2.41 Fail
Magentacolor5#65c699rgb(101 198 153)hsl(152 46% 59%)oklch(75.5% 0.114 161.8)2.08 Fail
Cyancolor6#ff8552rgb(255 133 82)hsl(18 100% 66%)oklch(74.4% 0.162 42.5)2.41 Fail
Whitecolor7#515151rgb(81 81 81)hsl(0 0% 32%)oklch(43.5% 0.000 0)7.94 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#e61f44rgb(230 31 68)hsl(349 80% 51%)oklch(59.5% 0.225 19.4)4.52 AA
Bright Greencolor10#afe2cargb(175 226 202)hsl(152 47% 79%)oklch(87.1% 0.062 164.6)1.44 Fail
Bright Yellowcolor11#7ecdcdrgb(126 205 205)hsl(180 44% 65%)oklch(79.8% 0.078 195.7)1.83 Fail
Bright Bluecolor12#ffcdb8rgb(255 205 184)hsl(18 100% 86%)oklch(88.7% 0.064 43.9)1.43 Fail
Bright Magentacolor13#afe2cargb(175 226 202)hsl(152 47% 79%)oklch(87.1% 0.062 164.6)1.44 Fail
Bright Cyancolor14#ffcdb8rgb(255 205 184)hsl(18 100% 86%)oklch(88.7% 0.064 43.9)1.43 Fail
Bright Whitecolor15#6a6a6argb(106 106 106)hsl(0 0% 42%)oklch(52.4% 0.000 0)5.41 AA

About Tickle Light

Tickle Light is a light terminal color scheme built on a neutral #ffffff background with #444444 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 9.74:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 2.55:1 (minimum 1.43:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #ba0e2e red, #65c699 green, #ff8552 blue, and #65c699 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)