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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a4d3952 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +# Starlight +Starlight is an ansi color theme focused on usability. + +It was made after I made the discovery that I have a color perception deficiency: I have trouble differentiating between hues of blue (a greater one than the average person, making it impossible for me to read typical default blue text on black backgrounds). +I also have a mild deficiency along the same lines for red, but not nearly as bad. +I set out to make a high contrast theme that would work for me (a non-normative survey helped discover that some others have no issues with this content, while a few others do still struggle, but due to not struggling as much as I do, they simply live with it). +This repository is me sharing it. + +You can find the exact rgb data in `colors/colors.sh`. +Other files inside of `colors/*.sh` are generators for various applications I use. +The goal is for me to only need to modify `colors/colors.sh` and the explanation/implementation section whenever I make adjustments. + +## Screenshots + +## Goals +* All base colors (black, red, green, yellow, blue, magenta, cyan, white) should be easily uniquely identifiable. +* Bright variants should be identifiable side by side, but do not need to be uniquely identifiable. +* Text in any color (except black) should be legible on the black, even when not bold. + +## Implementation +Non black/white colors are picked mathematically using a six-tone model, then tweaked individually by HSL. +On the baseline, the hue used to generate the six tones is 180, the saturation 80-100 (regular/bright) and lightness +/-5% (45-55, regular/bright). + +* Red is tweaked away from blue, to a hue of 195. +* Green is too vibrant, so the regular saturation is pushed down to 70. +* Yellow is not as easily differentiable, so the bright version is tweaked towards green (185). +* Blue is illegible, so it's tweaked towards green, to 165. +* Regular blue is also bumped up to 90 saturation, to compensate for the extra effect lightness has. +* Magenta is tweaked away from blue, to 195, lower saturation (70-90) and higher in lightness to compensate (0-10). +* Cyan is tweaked similar to blue hue-wise (to 165), but is otherwise normal. + +Black and white are then hand-picked just to be mostly pleasant on the eyes. +We use bright black and bright white for background/foreground. +Both black and white are defined by hsl L % (with H and S both being 0). + +Black: 5% and 14%. +White: 90% and 100%. diff --git a/colors/colors.sh b/colors/colors.sh new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5267f87 --- /dev/null +++ b/colors/colors.sh @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +theme=starlight + +# define all of the colors in hex (rgb) +black=0D0D0D +brblack=242424 + +red=CF1745 +brred=FF1A53 + +green=73C322 +brgreen=8CFF1A + +yellow=CFCF17 +bryellow=ECFF1A + +blue=0BA6DA +brblue=1AC6FF + +magenta=D926AC +brmagenta=F53DC7 + +cyan=17CFA1 +brcyan=1AFFC6 + +white=E6E6E6 +brwhite=FFFFFF + +background=$brblack +foreground=$brwhite diff --git a/colors/foot.sh b/colors/foot.sh new file mode 100755 index 0000000..6ab66af --- /dev/null +++ b/colors/foot.sh @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +#!/bin/sh +. ./colors.sh + +cat <<HEREDOC +# $theme +[colors] +foreground = $foreground +background = $background + +regular0 = $black +regular1 = $red +regular2 = $green +regular3 = $yellow +regular4 = $blue +regular5 = $magenta +regular6 = $cyan +regular7 = $white + +bright0 = $brblack +bright1 = $brred +bright2 = $brgreen +bright3 = $bryellow +bright4 = $brblue +bright5 = $brmagenta +bright6 = $brcyan +bright7 = $brwhite +HEREDOC |