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Volatile Contrast

Volatile Contrast is a dark terminal color scheme with a #141619 background and #c0ccdb text (11.1:1 contrast)

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Background
#141619
Foreground
#c0ccdb
Text contrast
11.14:1AAA
Accent contrast
9.03:1min 2.75
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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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modified: src/app.tsx
deleted: legacy/colors.js
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Volatile Contrast configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Volatile Contrast

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

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

palette = 0=#1f2227
palette = 1=#ba0e2e
palette = 2=#ee9c3d
palette = 3=#568769
palette = 4=#ffffff
palette = 5=#ee9c3d
palette = 6=#568769
palette = 7=#d0d9e4
palette = 8=#363b43
palette = 9=#e61f44
palette = 10=#f6cc9b
palette = 11=#8db69d
palette = 12=#ffffff
palette = 13=#f6cc9b
palette = 14=#8db69d
palette = 15=#f1f3f7
background = #141619
foreground = #c0ccdb
cursor-color = #ffffff
cursor-text = #c0ccdb
selection-background = #568769
selection-foreground = #ffffff

Volatile Contrast palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#141619rgb(20 22 25)hsl(216 11% 9%)oklch(19.9% 0.007 258.4)—
Foregroundforeground#c0ccdbrgb(192 204 219)hsl(213 27% 81%)oklch(84.1% 0.025 254.0)11.14 AAA
Cursorcursor#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)18.13 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#c0ccdbrgb(192 204 219)hsl(213 27% 81%)oklch(84.1% 0.025 254.0)11.14 AAA
Selectionselection#568769rgb(86 135 105)hsl(143 22% 43%)oklch(58.0% 0.071 156.5)4.37 AA Large
Selection textselectionText#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)18.13 AAA
Blackcolor0#1f2227rgb(31 34 39)hsl(218 11% 14%)oklch(25.1% 0.010 260.7)1.14 Fail
Redcolor1#ba0e2ergb(186 14 46)hsl(349 86% 39%)oklch(50.3% 0.196 21.1)2.75 Fail
Greencolor2#ee9c3drgb(238 156 61)hsl(32 84% 59%)oklch(75.9% 0.144 65.9)8.16 AAA
Yellowcolor3#568769rgb(86 135 105)hsl(143 22% 43%)oklch(58.0% 0.071 156.5)4.37 AA Large
Bluecolor4#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)18.13 AAA
Magentacolor5#ee9c3drgb(238 156 61)hsl(32 84% 59%)oklch(75.9% 0.144 65.9)8.16 AAA
Cyancolor6#568769rgb(86 135 105)hsl(143 22% 43%)oklch(58.0% 0.071 156.5)4.37 AA Large
Whitecolor7#d0d9e4rgb(208 217 228)hsl(213 27% 85%)oklch(88.2% 0.018 253.4)12.71 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#363b43rgb(54 59 67)hsl(217 11% 24%)oklch(35.1% 0.016 259.8)1.61 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#e61f44rgb(230 31 68)hsl(349 80% 51%)oklch(59.5% 0.225 19.4)4.01 AA Large
Bright Greencolor10#f6cc9brgb(246 204 155)hsl(32 83% 79%)oklch(87.0% 0.079 70.8)12.11 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#8db69drgb(141 182 157)hsl(143 22% 63%)oklch(73.9% 0.057 157.9)8.04 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)18.13 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#f6cc9brgb(246 204 155)hsl(32 83% 79%)oklch(87.0% 0.079 70.8)12.11 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#8db69drgb(141 182 157)hsl(143 22% 63%)oklch(73.9% 0.057 157.9)8.04 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#f1f3f7rgb(241 243 247)hsl(220 27% 96%)oklch(96.4% 0.006 264.5)16.32 AAA

About Volatile Contrast

Volatile Contrast is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #141619 background with #c0ccdb as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 11.14:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 9.03:1 (minimum 2.75:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #ba0e2e red, #ee9c3d green, #ffffff blue, and #ee9c3d 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)