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Violaceous

Violaceous is a monochrome, cool, dark terminal color scheme with a #242038 background and #bdb2f7 text (8.1:1 contrast)

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Background
#242038
Foreground
#bdb2f7
Text contrast
8.12:1AAA
Accent contrast
7.45:1min 2.38
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❯ ls -la
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
~/dev/tintdex on main [!?] via ⬢ v1.4.3
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new file: src/theme.css
modified: README.md
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modified: src/app.tsx
deleted: legacy/colors.js
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Violaceous configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Violaceous

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

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# Theme: Violaceous (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/violaceous?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#2e2948
palette = 1=#ba0e2e
palette = 2=#725ac1
palette = 3=#8d86c9
palette = 4=#cac4ce
palette = 5=#725ac1
palette = 6=#cac4ce
palette = 7=#d1c9f9
palette = 8=#433c69
palette = 9=#e61f44
palette = 10=#b1a4dd
palette = 11=#cfcde8
palette = 12=#fcfcfc
palette = 13=#b1a4dd
palette = 14=#fcfcfc
palette = 15=#f8f7fe
background = #242038
foreground = #bdb2f7
cursor-color = #f8f8f0
cursor-text = #bdb2f7
selection-background = #725ac1
selection-foreground = #ffffff

Violaceous palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#242038rgb(36 32 56)hsl(250 27% 17%)oklch(26.0% 0.045 290.6)—
Foregroundforeground#bdb2f7rgb(189 178 247)hsl(250 81% 83%)oklch(79.7% 0.097 291.3)8.12 AAA
Cursorcursor#f8f8f0rgb(248 248 240)hsl(60 36% 96%)oklch(97.7% 0.011 106.6)14.70 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#bdb2f7rgb(189 178 247)hsl(250 81% 83%)oklch(79.7% 0.097 291.3)8.12 AAA
Selectionselection#725ac1rgb(114 90 193)hsl(254 45% 55%)oklch(54.2% 0.155 291.1)2.95 Fail
Selection textselectionText#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)15.69 AAA
Blackcolor0#2e2948rgb(46 41 72)hsl(250 27% 22%)oklch(30.2% 0.055 290.1)1.14 Fail
Redcolor1#ba0e2ergb(186 14 46)hsl(349 86% 39%)oklch(50.3% 0.196 21.1)2.38 Fail
Greencolor2#725ac1rgb(114 90 193)hsl(254 45% 55%)oklch(54.2% 0.155 291.1)2.95 Fail
Yellowcolor3#8d86c9rgb(141 134 201)hsl(246 38% 66%)oklch(65.3% 0.099 288.1)4.77 AA
Bluecolor4#cac4cergb(202 196 206)hsl(276 9% 79%)oklch(82.8% 0.015 312.2)9.19 AAA
Magentacolor5#725ac1rgb(114 90 193)hsl(254 45% 55%)oklch(54.2% 0.155 291.1)2.95 Fail
Cyancolor6#cac4cergb(202 196 206)hsl(276 9% 79%)oklch(82.8% 0.015 312.2)9.19 AAA
Whitecolor7#d1c9f9rgb(209 201 249)hsl(250 80% 88%)oklch(85.8% 0.067 292.6)10.03 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#433c69rgb(67 60 105)hsl(249 27% 32%)oklch(38.5% 0.075 289.5)1.56 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#e61f44rgb(230 31 68)hsl(349 80% 51%)oklch(59.5% 0.225 19.4)3.47 AA Large
Bright Greencolor10#b1a4ddrgb(177 164 221)hsl(254 46% 75%)oklch(75.0% 0.082 294.8)6.89 AA
Bright Yellowcolor11#cfcde8rgb(207 205 232)hsl(244 37% 86%)oklch(85.8% 0.037 289.0)10.12 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#fcfcfcrgb(252 252 252)hsl(0 0% 99%)oklch(99.1% 0.000 0)15.29 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#b1a4ddrgb(177 164 221)hsl(254 46% 75%)oklch(75.0% 0.082 294.8)6.89 AA
Bright Cyancolor14#fcfcfcrgb(252 252 252)hsl(0 0% 99%)oklch(99.1% 0.000 0)15.29 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#f8f7fergb(248 247 254)hsl(249 78% 98%)oklch(97.9% 0.009 292.8)14.74 AAA

About Violaceous

Violaceous is a dark terminal color scheme built on a cool-tinted #242038 background with #bdb2f7 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 8.12:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 7.45:1 (minimum 2.38:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #ba0e2e red, #725ac1 green, #cac4ce blue, and #725ac1 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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