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Waste Light

Waste Light is a soft, muted, light terminal color scheme with a #ffffff background and #444444 text (9.7:1 contrast)

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Background
#ffffff
Foreground
#444444
Text contrast
9.74:1AAA
Accent contrast
2.41:1min 1.00
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~/dev/tintdex on main [!?] via ⬢ v1.4.3
❯ 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
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modified: src/app.tsx
deleted: legacy/colors.js
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~/dev/tintdex on main [!?] via ⬢ v1.4.3
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Waste Light configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Waste Light

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

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

palette = 0=#ffffff
palette = 1=#ba0e2e
palette = 2=#43bdb2
palette = 3=#95ad97
palette = 4=#d3b298
palette = 5=#f7a8a5
palette = 6=#43bdb2
palette = 7=#515151
palette = 8=#ffffff
palette = 9=#e61f44
palette = 10=#8ed7d1
palette = 11=#ced9cf
palette = 12=#f2e7df
palette = 13=#ffffff
palette = 14=#8ed7d1
palette = 15=#6a6a6a
background = #ffffff
foreground = #444444
cursor-color = #222222
cursor-text = #444444
selection-background = #43bdb2
selection-foreground = #ffffff

Waste 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#444444rgb(68 68 68)hsl(0 0% 27%)oklch(38.7% 0.000 0)9.74 AAA
Cursorcursor#222222rgb(34 34 34)hsl(0 0% 13%)oklch(25.2% 0.000 0)15.91 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#444444rgb(68 68 68)hsl(0 0% 27%)oklch(38.7% 0.000 0)9.74 AAA
Selectionselection#43bdb2rgb(67 189 178)hsl(175 48% 50%)oklch(72.8% 0.108 186.6)2.29 Fail
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#43bdb2rgb(67 189 178)hsl(175 48% 50%)oklch(72.8% 0.108 186.6)2.29 Fail
Yellowcolor3#95ad97rgb(149 173 151)hsl(125 13% 63%)oklch(72.3% 0.041 147.4)2.41 Fail
Bluecolor4#d3b298rgb(211 178 152)hsl(26 40% 71%)oklch(78.6% 0.052 60.2)1.98 Fail
Magentacolor5#f7a8a5rgb(247 168 165)hsl(2 84% 81%)oklch(80.7% 0.094 21.8)1.89 Fail
Cyancolor6#43bdb2rgb(67 189 178)hsl(175 48% 50%)oklch(72.8% 0.108 186.6)2.29 Fail
Whitecolor7#515151rgb(81 81 81)hsl(0 0% 32%)oklch(43.5% 0.000 0)7.94 AAA
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#8ed7d1rgb(142 215 209)hsl(175 48% 70%)oklch(83.0% 0.073 189.3)1.64 Fail
Bright Yellowcolor11#ced9cfrgb(206 217 207)hsl(125 13% 83%)oklch(87.4% 0.018 148.1)1.45 Fail
Bright Bluecolor12#f2e7dfrgb(242 231 223)hsl(25 42% 91%)oklch(93.4% 0.016 58.6)1.22 Fail
Bright Magentacolor13#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Bright Cyancolor14#8ed7d1rgb(142 215 209)hsl(175 48% 70%)oklch(83.0% 0.073 189.3)1.64 Fail
Bright Whitecolor15#6a6a6argb(106 106 106)hsl(0 0% 42%)oklch(52.4% 0.000 0)5.41 AA

About Waste Light

Waste Light is a light terminal color scheme built on a neutral #ffffff background with #444444 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 9.74:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 2.41:1 (minimum 1.00:1).

Its palette is low-saturation, anchored by #ba0e2e red, #43bdb2 green, #d3b298 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)