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Violaceous Light

Violaceous Light is a soft, monochrome, light terminal color scheme with a #e5e3ef background and #444349 text (7.7:1 contrast)

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Background
#e5e3ef
Foreground
#444349
Text contrast
7.72:1AAA
Accent contrast
2.76:1min 1.22
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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
~/dev/tintdex on main [!?] via ⬢ v1.4.3
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Violaceous Light configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Violaceous Light

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

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

palette = 0=#f4f3f8
palette = 1=#ba0e2e
palette = 2=#725ac1
palette = 3=#8d86c9
palette = 4=#8d8593
palette = 5=#725ac1
palette = 6=#8d8593
palette = 7=#504f56
palette = 8=#ffffff
palette = 9=#e61f44
palette = 10=#b1a4dd
palette = 11=#cfcde8
palette = 12=#c0bbc3
palette = 13=#b1a4dd
palette = 14=#c0bbc3
palette = 15=#696871
background = #e5e3ef
foreground = #444349
cursor-color = #222222
cursor-text = #444349
selection-background = #725ac1
selection-foreground = #ffffff

Violaceous Light palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#e5e3efrgb(229 227 239)hsl(250 27% 91%)oklch(92.1% 0.016 293.7)—
Foregroundforeground#444349rgb(68 67 73)hsl(250 4% 27%)oklch(38.6% 0.010 293.6)7.72 AAA
Cursorcursor#222222rgb(34 34 34)hsl(0 0% 13%)oklch(25.2% 0.000 0)12.55 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#444349rgb(68 67 73)hsl(250 4% 27%)oklch(38.6% 0.010 293.6)7.72 AAA
Selectionselection#725ac1rgb(114 90 193)hsl(254 45% 55%)oklch(54.2% 0.155 291.1)4.20 AA Large
Selection textselectionText#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)1.27 Fail
Blackcolor0#f4f3f8rgb(244 243 248)hsl(252 26% 96%)oklch(96.6% 0.007 295.5)1.15 Fail
Redcolor1#ba0e2ergb(186 14 46)hsl(349 86% 39%)oklch(50.3% 0.196 21.1)5.19 AA
Greencolor2#725ac1rgb(114 90 193)hsl(254 45% 55%)oklch(54.2% 0.155 291.1)4.20 AA Large
Yellowcolor3#8d86c9rgb(141 134 201)hsl(246 38% 66%)oklch(65.3% 0.099 288.1)2.59 Fail
Bluecolor4#8d8593rgb(141 133 147)hsl(274 6% 55%)oklch(62.8% 0.023 311.0)2.80 Fail
Magentacolor5#725ac1rgb(114 90 193)hsl(254 45% 55%)oklch(54.2% 0.155 291.1)4.20 AA Large
Cyancolor6#8d8593rgb(141 133 147)hsl(274 6% 55%)oklch(62.8% 0.023 311.0)2.80 Fail
Whitecolor7#504f56rgb(80 79 86)hsl(249 4% 32%)oklch(43.1% 0.011 292.5)6.39 AA
Bright Blackcolor8#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)1.27 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#e61f44rgb(230 31 68)hsl(349 80% 51%)oklch(59.5% 0.225 19.4)3.57 AA Large
Bright Greencolor10#b1a4ddrgb(177 164 221)hsl(254 46% 75%)oklch(75.0% 0.082 294.8)1.80 Fail
Bright Yellowcolor11#cfcde8rgb(207 205 232)hsl(244 37% 86%)oklch(85.8% 0.037 289.0)1.22 Fail
Bright Bluecolor12#c0bbc3rgb(192 187 195)hsl(278 6% 75%)oklch(79.9% 0.012 313.2)1.49 Fail
Bright Magentacolor13#b1a4ddrgb(177 164 221)hsl(254 46% 75%)oklch(75.0% 0.082 294.8)1.80 Fail
Bright Cyancolor14#c0bbc3rgb(192 187 195)hsl(278 6% 75%)oklch(79.9% 0.012 313.2)1.49 Fail
Bright Whitecolor15#696871rgb(105 104 113)hsl(247 4% 43%)oklch(52.1% 0.014 291.0)4.34 AA Large

About Violaceous Light

Violaceous Light is a light terminal color scheme built on a cool-tinted #e5e3ef background with #444349 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 7.72:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 2.76:1 (minimum 1.22:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #ba0e2e red, #725ac1 green, #8d8593 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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Source: Rainglow (MIT)