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Waste Contrast

Waste Contrast is a muted, pastel, dark terminal color scheme with a #081011 background and #b1c7cc text (10.9:1 contrast)

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Background
#081011
Foreground
#b1c7cc
Text contrast
10.90:1AAA
Accent contrast
11.73:1min 2.92
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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
❯ git status
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Your branch is ahead of 'origin/main' by 2 commits.
Changes to be committed:
new file: src/theme.css
modified: README.md
Changes not staged for commit:
modified: src/app.tsx
deleted: legacy/colors.js
Untracked files:
notes.md
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Waste Contrast configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Waste Contrast

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

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

palette = 0=#102022
palette = 1=#ba0e2e
palette = 2=#43bdb2
palette = 3=#bbd4be
palette = 4=#f9d6bc
palette = 5=#f7a8a5
palette = 6=#43bdb2
palette = 7=#c0d2d6
palette = 8=#204145
palette = 9=#e61f44
palette = 10=#8ed7d1
palette = 11=#f9fcfa
palette = 12=#ffffff
palette = 13=#ffffff
palette = 14=#8ed7d1
palette = 15=#dfe8ea
background = #081011
foreground = #b1c7cc
cursor-color = #f8f8f0
cursor-text = #b1c7cc
selection-background = #43bdb2
selection-foreground = #ffffff

Waste Contrast palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#081011rgb(8 16 17)hsl(187 36% 5%)oklch(16.5% 0.013 205.6)—
Foregroundforeground#b1c7ccrgb(177 199 204)hsl(191 21% 75%)oklch(81.5% 0.025 212.9)10.90 AAA
Cursorcursor#f8f8f0rgb(248 248 240)hsl(60 36% 96%)oklch(97.7% 0.011 106.6)18.01 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#b1c7ccrgb(177 199 204)hsl(191 21% 75%)oklch(81.5% 0.025 212.9)10.90 AAA
Selectionselection#43bdb2rgb(67 189 178)hsl(175 48% 50%)oklch(72.8% 0.108 186.6)8.38 AAA
Selection textselectionText#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)19.22 AAA
Blackcolor0#102022rgb(16 32 34)hsl(187 36% 10%)oklch(23.0% 0.022 205.9)1.15 Fail
Redcolor1#ba0e2ergb(186 14 46)hsl(349 86% 39%)oklch(50.3% 0.196 21.1)2.92 Fail
Greencolor2#43bdb2rgb(67 189 178)hsl(175 48% 50%)oklch(72.8% 0.108 186.6)8.38 AAA
Yellowcolor3#bbd4bergb(187 212 190)hsl(127 23% 78%)oklch(84.5% 0.040 148.7)12.15 AAA
Bluecolor4#f9d6bcrgb(249 214 188)hsl(26 84% 86%)oklch(89.9% 0.052 58.6)14.07 AAA
Magentacolor5#f7a8a5rgb(247 168 165)hsl(2 84% 81%)oklch(80.7% 0.094 21.8)10.16 AAA
Cyancolor6#43bdb2rgb(67 189 178)hsl(175 48% 50%)oklch(72.8% 0.108 186.6)8.38 AAA
Whitecolor7#c0d2d6rgb(192 210 214)hsl(191 21% 80%)oklch(85.1% 0.020 212.6)12.29 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#204145rgb(32 65 69)hsl(186 37% 20%)oklch(35.2% 0.039 205.7)1.74 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#e61f44rgb(230 31 68)hsl(349 80% 51%)oklch(59.5% 0.225 19.4)4.25 AA Large
Bright Greencolor10#8ed7d1rgb(142 215 209)hsl(175 48% 70%)oklch(83.0% 0.073 189.3)11.71 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#f9fcfargb(249 252 250)hsl(140 33% 98%)oklch(98.8% 0.004 157.2)18.61 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)19.22 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)19.22 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#8ed7d1rgb(142 215 209)hsl(175 48% 70%)oklch(83.0% 0.073 189.3)11.71 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#dfe8eargb(223 232 234)hsl(191 21% 90%)oklch(92.5% 0.010 212.5)15.44 AAA

About Waste Contrast

Waste Contrast is a dark terminal color scheme built on a cool-tinted #081011 background with #b1c7cc as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 10.90:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 11.73:1 (minimum 2.92:1).

Its palette is low-saturation, anchored by #ba0e2e red, #43bdb2 green, #f9d6bc blue, and #f7a8a5 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)