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Volatile Light

Volatile Light is a soft, light terminal color scheme with a #ffffff background and #474f56 text (8.3:1 contrast)

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Background
#ffffff
Foreground
#474f56
Text contrast
8.33:1AAA
Accent contrast
3.63:1min 1.50
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drwxr-xr-x 8 ada staff 256 Oct 29 18:40 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 ada staff 1.2K Oct 30 09:10 .gitignore
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drwxr-xr-x 3 ada staff 96 Oct 28 11:02 public
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Volatile Light configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Volatile Light

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

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

palette = 0=#ffffff
palette = 1=#ba0e2e
palette = 2=#ee9c3d
palette = 3=#568769
palette = 4=#474f56
palette = 5=#ee9c3d
palette = 6=#568769
palette = 7=#535c64
palette = 8=#ffffff
palette = 9=#e61f44
palette = 10=#f6cc9b
palette = 11=#8db69d
palette = 12=#76828d
palette = 13=#f6cc9b
palette = 14=#8db69d
palette = 15=#6a7580
background = #ffffff
foreground = #474f56
cursor-color = #333333
cursor-text = #474f56
selection-background = #568769
selection-foreground = #ffffff

Volatile 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#474f56rgb(71 79 86)hsl(208 10% 31%)oklch(42.3% 0.016 244.5)8.33 AAA
Cursorcursor#333333rgb(51 51 51)hsl(0 0% 20%)oklch(32.1% 0.000 0)12.63 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#474f56rgb(71 79 86)hsl(208 10% 31%)oklch(42.3% 0.016 244.5)8.33 AAA
Selectionselection#568769rgb(86 135 105)hsl(143 22% 43%)oklch(58.0% 0.071 156.5)4.15 AA Large
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#ee9c3drgb(238 156 61)hsl(32 84% 59%)oklch(75.9% 0.144 65.9)2.22 Fail
Yellowcolor3#568769rgb(86 135 105)hsl(143 22% 43%)oklch(58.0% 0.071 156.5)4.15 AA Large
Bluecolor4#474f56rgb(71 79 86)hsl(208 10% 31%)oklch(42.3% 0.016 244.5)8.33 AAA
Magentacolor5#ee9c3drgb(238 156 61)hsl(32 84% 59%)oklch(75.9% 0.144 65.9)2.22 Fail
Cyancolor6#568769rgb(86 135 105)hsl(143 22% 43%)oklch(58.0% 0.071 156.5)4.15 AA Large
Whitecolor7#535c64rgb(83 92 100)hsl(208 9% 36%)oklch(47.0% 0.017 245.0)6.81 AA
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#f6cc9brgb(246 204 155)hsl(32 83% 79%)oklch(87.0% 0.079 70.8)1.50 Fail
Bright Yellowcolor11#8db69drgb(141 182 157)hsl(143 22% 63%)oklch(73.9% 0.057 157.9)2.26 Fail
Bright Bluecolor12#76828drgb(118 130 141)hsl(209 9% 51%)oklch(60.0% 0.022 245.8)3.93 AA Large
Bright Magentacolor13#f6cc9brgb(246 204 155)hsl(32 83% 79%)oklch(87.0% 0.079 70.8)1.50 Fail
Bright Cyancolor14#8db69drgb(141 182 157)hsl(143 22% 63%)oklch(73.9% 0.057 157.9)2.26 Fail
Bright Whitecolor15#6a7580rgb(106 117 128)hsl(210 9% 46%)oklch(55.7% 0.022 248.2)4.70 AA

About Volatile Light

Volatile Light is a light terminal color scheme built on a neutral #ffffff background with #474f56 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 8.33:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 3.63:1 (minimum 1.50:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #ba0e2e red, #ee9c3d green, #474f56 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)