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Witching Hour

Witching Hour is a pastel, cool, dark terminal color scheme with a #261044 background and #f5edff text (14.9:1 contrast)

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Background
#261044
Foreground
#f5edff
Text contrast
14.87:1AAA
Accent contrast
9.85:1min 7.15
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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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Witching Hour configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Witching Hour

Save to ~/.config/ghostty/themes/Witching Hour, then set theme = Witching Hour in config or config.ghostty

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# Theme: Witching Hour (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/witching-hour?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#b9aec8
palette = 1=#f18a9d
palette = 2=#a4d66e
palette = 3=#e9c86b
palette = 4=#91c4ed
palette = 5=#c995f0
palette = 6=#80d4d2
palette = 7=#f5edff
palette = 8=#cec3dc
palette = 9=#f5a6b4
palette = 10=#bae187
palette = 11=#f1d98a
palette = 12=#add5f3
palette = 13=#d9b1f5
palette = 14=#a0e1df
palette = 15=#fffaff
background = #261044
foreground = #f5edff
cursor-color = #b56cff
cursor-text = #261044
selection-background = #45236b
selection-foreground = #fff8ff

Witching Hour palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#261044rgb(38 16 68)hsl(265 62% 16%)oklch(24.0% 0.093 298.5)—
Foregroundforeground#f5edffrgb(245 237 255)hsl(267 100% 96%)oklch(95.8% 0.025 305.9)14.87 AAA
Cursorcursor#b56cffrgb(181 108 255)hsl(270 100% 71%)oklch(67.6% 0.213 304.2)5.29 AA
Cursor textcursorText#261044rgb(38 16 68)hsl(265 62% 16%)oklch(24.0% 0.093 298.5)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#45236brgb(69 35 107)hsl(268 51% 28%)oklch(34.2% 0.121 302.1)1.38 Fail
Selection textselectionText#fff8ffrgb(255 248 255)hsl(300 100% 99%)oklch(98.6% 0.012 325.7)16.23 AAA
Blackcolor0#b9aec8rgb(185 174 200)hsl(265 19% 73%)oklch(76.8% 0.038 304.6)8.03 AAA
Redcolor1#f18a9drgb(241 138 157)hsl(349 79% 74%)oklch(74.9% 0.126 8.8)7.15 AAA
Greencolor2#a4d66ergb(164 214 110)hsl(89 56% 64%)oklch(81.8% 0.144 130.2)10.02 AAA
Yellowcolor3#e9c86brgb(233 200 107)hsl(44 74% 67%)oklch(84.2% 0.119 90.2)10.43 AAA
Bluecolor4#91c4edrgb(145 196 237)hsl(207 72% 75%)oklch(79.9% 0.079 243.2)9.13 AAA
Magentacolor5#c995f0rgb(201 149 240)hsl(274 75% 76%)oklch(75.3% 0.138 309.7)7.29 AAA
Cyancolor6#80d4d2rgb(128 212 210)hsl(179 49% 67%)oklch(81.6% 0.082 193.7)9.89 AAA
Whitecolor7#f5edffrgb(245 237 255)hsl(267 100% 96%)oklch(95.8% 0.025 305.9)14.87 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#cec3dcrgb(206 195 220)hsl(266 26% 81%)oklch(83.4% 0.036 305.4)10.05 AAA
Bright Redcolor9#f5a6b4rgb(245 166 180)hsl(349 80% 81%)oklch(80.6% 0.095 7.8)8.87 AAA
Bright Greencolor10#bae187rgb(186 225 135)hsl(86 60% 71%)oklch(86.1% 0.124 127.9)11.46 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#f1d98argb(241 217 138)hsl(46 79% 74%)oklch(88.8% 0.102 93.1)12.12 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#add5f3rgb(173 213 243)hsl(206 74% 82%)oklch(85.4% 0.059 240.8)10.96 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#d9b1f5rgb(217 177 245)hsl(275 77% 83%)oklch(81.9% 0.103 310.9)9.32 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#a0e1dfrgb(160 225 223)hsl(178 52% 75%)oklch(86.6% 0.065 193.6)11.56 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#fffaffrgb(255 250 255)hsl(300 100% 99%)oklch(99.0% 0.008 325.6)16.43 AAA

About Witching Hour

Witching Hour is a dark terminal color scheme built on a cool-tinted #261044 background with #f5edff as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 14.87:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 9.85:1 (minimum 7.15:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #f18a9d red, #a4d66e green, #91c4ed blue, and #c995f0 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: iTerm2 Color Schemes (MIT)