Dark terminal theme where all sixteen colors pass

Why it works

Most dark themes fail on exactly two colors: black (color 0) and bright black (color 8). Both are meant to be "dim," and both are used by shells, editors, and tools for comments, line numbers, and secondary text. On a near-black background they land around 1.2:1 and 2:1, which is invisible.

This theme lifts them to a cool mid-gray that still reads as dim next to the foreground but clears 4.5:1 on its own. Nothing else changed. The lowest ratio in the set is now 5.2:1; the rest run from 5.7:1 to 16.5:1.

The theme

background = #0f1720
foreground = #d6dde6
palette = 0=#7a8ca0
palette = 1=#e06c75
palette = 2=#7fb069
palette = 3=#d7a35b
palette = 4=#5b9bd5
palette = 5=#b58dd6
palette = 6=#4fb3bf
palette = 7=#c5ced8
palette = 8=#8595a8
palette = 9=#f28b82
palette = 10=#9bd38a
palette = 11=#f0c674
palette = 12=#82b1ff
palette = 13=#d0a9f5
palette = 14=#6fd3dd
palette = 15=#f2f5f8

Paste it into the Terminal Themes mode of the Color Lab to see the report. The light variant of the same theme is a separate palette and needs its own pass.

Try it in the lab