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Zenburn

Zenburn is a muted, dark terminal color scheme with a #3f3f3f background and #dcdccc text (7.6:1 contrast)

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Background
#3f3f3f
Foreground
#dcdccc
Text contrast
7.60:1AAA
Accent contrast
5.04:1min 1.48
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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
❯ 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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Zenburn configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Zenburn

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

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

palette = 0=#4d4d4d
palette = 1=#705050
palette = 2=#60b48a
palette = 3=#f0dfaf
palette = 4=#506070
palette = 5=#dc8cc3
palette = 6=#8cd0d3
palette = 7=#dcdccc
palette = 8=#709080
palette = 9=#dca3a3
palette = 10=#c3bf9f
palette = 11=#e0cf9f
palette = 12=#94bff3
palette = 13=#ec93d3
palette = 14=#93e0e3
palette = 15=#ffffff
background = #3f3f3f
foreground = #dcdccc
cursor-color = #73635a
cursor-text = #000000
selection-background = #21322f
selection-foreground = #c2d87a

Zenburn palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#3f3f3frgb(63 63 63)hsl(0 0% 25%)oklch(36.8% 0.000 0)—
Foregroundforeground#dcdcccrgb(220 220 204)hsl(60 19% 83%)oklch(89.0% 0.021 106.8)7.60 AAA
Cursorcursor#73635argb(115 99 90)hsl(22 12% 40%)oklch(51.2% 0.025 51.2)1.84 Fail
Cursor textcursorText#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)1.99 Fail
Selectionselection#21322frgb(33 50 47)hsl(169 20% 16%)oklch(30.1% 0.023 182.6)1.28 Fail
Selection textselectionText#c2d87argb(194 216 122)hsl(74 55% 66%)oklch(84.5% 0.122 119.9)6.72 AA
Blackcolor0#4d4d4drgb(77 77 77)hsl(0 0% 30%)oklch(42.0% 0.000 0)1.25 Fail
Redcolor1#705050rgb(112 80 80)hsl(0 17% 38%)oklch(46.6% 0.043 18.8)1.48 Fail
Greencolor2#60b48argb(96 180 138)hsl(150 36% 54%)oklch(70.5% 0.104 160.3)4.21 AA Large
Yellowcolor3#f0dfafrgb(240 223 175)hsl(44 68% 81%)oklch(90.6% 0.065 90.9)7.96 AAA
Bluecolor4#506070rgb(80 96 112)hsl(210 17% 38%)oklch(48.2% 0.033 248.5)1.63 Fail
Magentacolor5#dc8cc3rgb(220 140 195)hsl(319 53% 71%)oklch(73.9% 0.119 339.3)4.30 AA Large
Cyancolor6#8cd0d3rgb(140 208 211)hsl(183 45% 69%)oklch(81.3% 0.069 199.4)6.06 AA
Whitecolor7#dcdcccrgb(220 220 204)hsl(60 19% 83%)oklch(89.0% 0.021 106.8)7.60 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#709080rgb(112 144 128)hsl(150 13% 50%)oklch(62.4% 0.043 163.2)3.00 AA Large
Bright Redcolor9#dca3a3rgb(220 163 163)hsl(0 45% 75%)oklch(76.9% 0.068 18.7)4.92 AA
Bright Greencolor10#c3bf9frgb(195 191 159)hsl(53 23% 69%)oklch(79.9% 0.044 101.4)5.65 AA
Bright Yellowcolor11#e0cf9frgb(224 207 159)hsl(44 51% 75%)oklch(85.7% 0.066 90.9)6.82 AA
Bright Bluecolor12#94bff3rgb(148 191 243)hsl(213 80% 77%)oklch(79.3% 0.088 253.6)5.52 AA
Bright Magentacolor13#ec93d3rgb(236 147 211)hsl(317 70% 75%)oklch(77.4% 0.133 338.0)4.85 AA
Bright Cyancolor14#93e0e3rgb(147 224 227)hsl(182 59% 73%)oklch(85.8% 0.076 199.0)7.03 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)10.53 AAA

About Zenburn

Zenburn is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #3f3f3f background with #dcdccc as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 7.60:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 5.04:1 (minimum 1.48:1).

Its palette is low-saturation, anchored by #705050 red, #60b48a green, #506070 blue, and #dc8cc3 magenta. Part of the Zenburn theme family.

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)