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Xterm

Xterm is a true black, high contrast, dark terminal color scheme with a #000000 background and #ffffff text (21.0:1 contrast)

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Background
#000000
Foreground
#ffffff
Text contrast
21.00:1AAA
Accent contrast
9.25:1min 2.23
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Xterm configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Xterm

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

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# Theme: Xterm (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/xterm?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#000000
palette = 1=#cd0000
palette = 2=#00cd00
palette = 3=#cdcd00
palette = 4=#0000ee
palette = 5=#cd00cd
palette = 6=#00cdcd
palette = 7=#e5e5e5
palette = 8=#7f7f7f
palette = 9=#ff0000
palette = 10=#00ff00
palette = 11=#ffff00
palette = 12=#5c5cff
palette = 13=#ff00ff
palette = 14=#00ffff
palette = 15=#ffffff
background = #000000
foreground = #ffffff
cursor-color = #ffffff
cursor-text = #000000
selection-background = #222222
selection-foreground = #ffffff

Xterm palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)—
Foregroundforeground#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA
Cursorcursor#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#222222rgb(34 34 34)hsl(0 0% 13%)oklch(25.2% 0.000 0)1.32 Fail
Selection textselectionText#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA
Blackcolor0#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Redcolor1#cd0000rgb(205 0 0)hsl(0 100% 40%)oklch(53.3% 0.219 29.2)3.60 AA Large
Greencolor2#00cd00rgb(0 205 0)hsl(120 100% 40%)oklch(73.5% 0.250 142.5)9.73 AAA
Yellowcolor3#cdcd00rgb(205 205 0)hsl(60 100% 40%)oklch(82.1% 0.179 109.8)12.33 AAA
Bluecolor4#0000eergb(0 0 238)hsl(240 100% 47%)oklch(42.9% 0.297 264.1)2.23 Fail
Magentacolor5#cd00cdrgb(205 0 205)hsl(300 100% 40%)oklch(59.5% 0.274 328.4)4.48 AA Large
Cyancolor6#00cdcdrgb(0 205 205)hsl(180 100% 40%)oklch(76.8% 0.131 194.8)10.61 AAA
Whitecolor7#e5e5e5rgb(229 229 229)hsl(0 0% 90%)oklch(92.2% 0.000 0)16.67 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#7f7f7frgb(127 127 127)hsl(0 0% 50%)oklch(59.6% 0.000 0)5.24 AA
Bright Redcolor9#ff0000rgb(255 0 0)hsl(0 100% 50%)oklch(62.8% 0.258 29.2)5.25 AA
Bright Greencolor10#00ff00rgb(0 255 0)hsl(120 100% 50%)oklch(86.6% 0.295 142.5)15.30 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#ffff00rgb(255 255 0)hsl(60 100% 50%)oklch(96.8% 0.211 109.8)19.56 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#5c5cffrgb(92 92 255)hsl(240 100% 68%)oklch(57.5% 0.235 276.1)4.43 AA Large
Bright Magentacolor13#ff00ffrgb(255 0 255)hsl(300 100% 50%)oklch(70.2% 0.322 328.4)6.70 AA
Bright Cyancolor14#00ffffrgb(0 255 255)hsl(180 100% 50%)oklch(90.5% 0.155 194.8)16.75 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)21.00 AAA

About Xterm

Xterm is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #000000 background with #ffffff as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 21.00:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 9.25:1 (minimum 2.23:1).

Its palette is highly saturated, anchored by #cd0000 red, #00cd00 green, #0000ee blue, and #cd00cd 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: Gogh (MIT OR Apache-2.0)