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Ultra Dark

Ultra Dark is a true black, high contrast, dark terminal color scheme with a #000000 background and #ffffff text (21.0:1 contrast)

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Background
#000000
Foreground
#ffffff
Text contrast
21.00:1AAA
Accent contrast
12.92:1min 7.34
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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
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Ultra Dark configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Ultra Dark

Save to ~/.config/ghostty/themes/Ultra Dark, then set theme = Ultra Dark in config or config.ghostty

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Raw file
# Theme: Ultra Dark (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/ultra-dark?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#000000
palette = 1=#f07178
palette = 2=#c3e88d
palette = 3=#ffcb6b
palette = 4=#82aaff
palette = 5=#c792ea
palette = 6=#89ddff
palette = 7=#cccccc
palette = 8=#333333
palette = 9=#f6a9ae
palette = 10=#dbf1ba
palette = 11=#ffdfa6
palette = 12=#b4ccff
palette = 13=#ddbdf2
palette = 14=#b8eaff
palette = 15=#ffffff
background = #000000
foreground = #ffffff
cursor-color = #fefefe
cursor-text = #000000
selection-background = #222222
selection-foreground = #cccccc

Ultra Dark palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)—
Foregroundforeground#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA
Cursorcursor#fefefergb(254 254 254)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(99.7% 0.000 0)20.82 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#222222rgb(34 34 34)hsl(0 0% 13%)oklch(25.2% 0.000 0)1.32 Fail
Selection textselectionText#ccccccrgb(204 204 204)hsl(0 0% 80%)oklch(84.5% 0.000 0)13.08 AAA
Blackcolor0#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Redcolor1#f07178rgb(240 113 120)hsl(357 81% 69%)oklch(70.1% 0.157 18.6)7.34 AAA
Greencolor2#c3e88drgb(195 232 141)hsl(84 66% 73%)oklch(88.4% 0.124 126.8)15.25 AAA
Yellowcolor3#ffcb6brgb(255 203 107)hsl(39 100% 71%)oklch(86.9% 0.128 81.1)14.01 AAA
Bluecolor4#82aaffrgb(130 170 255)hsl(221 100% 75%)oklch(74.4% 0.131 264.3)9.14 AAA
Magentacolor5#c792eargb(199 146 234)hsl(276 68% 75%)oklch(74.3% 0.135 311.1)8.73 AAA
Cyancolor6#89ddffrgb(137 221 255)hsl(197 100% 77%)oklch(85.6% 0.094 225.9)13.85 AAA
Whitecolor7#ccccccrgb(204 204 204)hsl(0 0% 80%)oklch(84.5% 0.000 0)13.08 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#333333rgb(51 51 51)hsl(0 0% 20%)oklch(32.1% 0.000 0)1.66 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#f6a9aergb(246 169 174)hsl(356 81% 81%)oklch(81.0% 0.091 15.0)11.20 AAA
Bright Greencolor10#dbf1bargb(219 241 186)hsl(84 66% 84%)oklch(92.8% 0.076 125.6)17.30 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#ffdfa6rgb(255 223 166)hsl(38 100% 83%)oklch(91.7% 0.081 81.7)16.36 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#b4ccffrgb(180 204 255)hsl(221 100% 85%)oklch(84.5% 0.076 265.1)13.02 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#ddbdf2rgb(221 189 242)hsl(276 67% 85%)oklch(84.3% 0.080 311.8)12.64 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#b8eaffrgb(184 234 255)hsl(198 100% 86%)oklch(90.9% 0.059 225.5)16.25 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA

About Ultra Dark

Ultra Dark is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #000000 background with #ffffff as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 21.00:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 12.92:1 (minimum 7.34:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #f07178 red, #c3e88d green, #82aaff blue, and #c792ea 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.

Schemes similar to Ultra Dark

Source: iTerm2 Color Schemes (MIT)