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Night Owl for Ghostty

Night Owl uses a very dark navy (#011627) instead of neutral gray, with a #d6deeb foreground and a violet cursor. The accents are bright without becoming neon, which is why the theme remains popular for late-night work. The light built-in is spelled Night Owlish Light.

Install in Ghostty

Preview

Terminal preview

Night Owl Ghostty theme preview

Install

Install in Ghostty

~/.config/ghostty/config.ghostty
theme = Night Owl

Save the file, then reload with Cmd+Shift+, on macOS or Ctrl+Shift+, on Linux.

Light / dark

Automatic appearance switching

Ghostty switches to Night Owl in dark mode and Night Owlish Light in light mode.

~/.config/ghostty/config.ghostty
theme = dark:Night Owl,light:Night Owlish Light

Colors

Palette

Every color from the bundled theme file.

ANSI palette

0
Black#011627
1
Red#ef5350
2
Green#22da6e
3
Yellow#addb67
4
Blue#82aaff
5
Magenta#c792ea
6
Cyan#21c7a8
7
White#ffffff
8
Bright Black#575656
9
Bright Red#ef5350
10
Bright Green#22da6e
11
Bright Yellow#ffeb95
12
Bright Blue#82aaff
13
Bright Magenta#c792ea
14
Bright Cyan#7fdbca
15
Bright White#ffffff

Terminal UI

Background#011627
Foreground#d6deeb
Cursor#7e57c2
Cursor text#ffffff
Selection#5f7e97
Selection text#dfe5ee
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