Color schemes

--color

You can partially or completely customize the default color configuration of fzf with --color option.

# --color=[BASE_SCHEME][,COLOR:ANSI]
fzf --color=bg+:24
fzf --color=light,fg:232,bg:255,bg+:116,info:27

The name of the base color scheme is followed by custom color mappings. ANSI color code of -1 denotes terminal default foreground/background color.

The color specification can be quite long if fully customized, so it's advised that you put it in $FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS. You can also split it into multiple --colors like follows:

export FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS='
  --color fg:124,bg:16,hl:202,fg+:214,bg+:52,hl+:231
  --color info:52,prompt:196,spinner:208,pointer:196,marker:208
'

Base scheme

(default: dark on 256-color terminal, otherwise 16)

• dark Color scheme for dark 256-color terminal
• light Color scheme for light 256-color terminal
• 16 Color scheme for 16-color terminal
• bw No colors. No further customization is allowed.

Color configuration

Color	Description
fg	Text
bg	Background
preview-fg	Preview window text
preview-bg	Preview window background
hl	Highlighted substrings
fg+	Text (current line)
bg+	Background (current line)
gutter	Gutter on the left (defaults to bg+)
hl+	Highlighted substrings (current line)
info	Info
border	Border of the preview window and horizontal separators (--border)
prompt	Prompt
pointer	Pointer to the current line
marker	Multi-select marker
spinner	Streaming input indicator
header	Header

24-bit colors

The latest version of fzf supports 24-bit colors.

# Solarized colors
export FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS='
  --color=bg+:#073642,bg:#002b36,spinner:#719e07,hl:#586e75
  --color=fg:#839496,header:#586e75,info:#cb4b16,pointer:#719e07
  --color=marker:#719e07,fg+:#839496,prompt:#719e07,hl+:#719e07
'

Web color picker for fzf

https://minsw.github.io/fzf-color-picker/

Color schemes (256-colors)

Red

--color fg:124,bg:16,hl:202,fg+:214,bg+:52,hl+:231
--color info:52,prompt:196,spinner:208,pointer:196,marker:208

Molokai

--color fg:252,bg:233,hl:67,fg+:252,bg+:235,hl+:81
--color info:144,prompt:161,spinner:135,pointer:135,marker:118

Jellybeans

--color fg:188,bg:233,hl:103,fg+:222,bg+:234,hl+:104
--color info:183,prompt:110,spinner:107,pointer:167,marker:215

JellyX

--color fg:-1,bg:-1,hl:230,fg+:3,bg+:233,hl+:229
--color info:150,prompt:110,spinner:150,pointer:167,marker:174

Seoul256 Dusk

--color fg:242,bg:236,hl:65,fg+:15,bg+:239,hl+:108
--color info:108,prompt:109,spinner:108,pointer:168,marker:168

Seoul256 Night

--color fg:242,bg:233,hl:65,fg+:15,bg+:234,hl+:108
--color info:108,prompt:109,spinner:108,pointer:168,marker:168

Solarized Dark

--color dark,hl:33,hl+:37,fg+:235,bg+:136,fg+:254
--color info:254,prompt:37,spinner:108,pointer:235,marker:235

Solarized Light

--color fg:240,bg:230,hl:33,fg+:241,bg+:221,hl+:33
--color info:33,prompt:33,pointer:166,marker:166,spinner:33

Alternate Solarized Light/Dark Theme

This one is easier to read (in my opinion) because the selected row contrasts less with the text.

_gen_fzf_default_opts() {
  local base03="234"
  local base02="235"
  local base01="240"
  local base00="241"
  local base0="244"
  local base1="245"
  local base2="254"
  local base3="230"
  local yellow="136"
  local orange="166"
  local red="160"
  local magenta="125"
  local violet="61"
  local blue="33"
  local cyan="37"
  local green="64"

  # Comment and uncomment below for the light theme.

  # Solarized Dark color scheme for fzf
  export FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS="
    --color fg:-1,bg:-1,hl:$blue,fg+:$base2,bg+:$base02,hl+:$blue
    --color info:$yellow,prompt:$yellow,pointer:$base3,marker:$base3,spinner:$yellow
  "
  ## Solarized Light color scheme for fzf
  #export FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS="
  #  --color fg:-1,bg:-1,hl:$blue,fg+:$base02,bg+:$base2,hl+:$blue
  #  --color info:$yellow,prompt:$yellow,pointer:$base03,marker:$base03,spinner:$yellow
  #"
}
_gen_fzf_default_opts

Paper color

export FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS=$FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS'
    --color=fg:#4d4d4c,bg:#eeeeee,hl:#d7005f
    --color=fg+:#4d4d4c,bg+:#e8e8e8,hl+:#d7005f
    --color=info:#4271ae,prompt:#8959a8,pointer:#d7005f
    --color=marker:#4271ae,spinner:#4271ae,header:#4271ae'

Base16 colors for fzf

A collection of color schemes based on the base16 project.

https://github.com/nicodebo/base16-fzf

One Dark

export FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS=$FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS'
--color=dark
--color=fg:-1,bg:-1,hl:#c678dd,fg+:#ffffff,bg+:#4b5263,hl+:#d858fe
--color=info:#98c379,prompt:#61afef,pointer:#be5046,marker:#e5c07b,spinner:#61afef,header:#61afef
'

Nord

--color fg:#D8DEE9,bg:#2E3440,hl:#A3BE8C,fg+:#D8DEE9,bg+:#434C5E,hl+:#A3BE8C
--color pointer:#BF616A,info:#4C566A,spinner:#4C566A,header:#4C566A,prompt:#81A1C1,marker:#EBCB8B

Dracula

(requires Dracula theme on terminal)

export FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS=$FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS'
--color=dark
--color=fg:-1,bg:-1,hl:#5fff87,fg+:-1,bg+:-1,hl+:#ffaf5f
--color=info:#af87ff,prompt:#5fff87,pointer:#ff87d7,marker:#ff87d7,spinner:#ff87d7
'

Ayu Mirage

export FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS=$FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS'
 --color=fg:#cbccc6,bg:#1f2430,hl:#707a8c
 --color=fg+:#707a8c,bg+:#191e2a,hl+:#ffcc66
 --color=info:#73d0ff,prompt:#707a8c,pointer:#cbccc6
 --color=marker:#73d0ff,spinner:#73d0ff,header:#d4bfff'

Gruvbox Dark

  --color fg:#ebdbb2,bg:#282828,hl:#fabd2f,fg+:#ebdbb2,bg+:#3c3836,hl+:#fabd2f
  --color info:#83a598,prompt:#bdae93,spinner:#fabd2f,pointer:#83a598,marker:#fe8019,header:#665c54

SpaceCamp

export FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS=$FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS'
 --color=fg:#dedede,bg:#121212,hl:#666666
 --color=fg+:#eeeeee,bg+:#282828,hl+:#cf73e6
 --color=info:#cf73e6,prompt:#FF0000,pointer:#cf73e6
 --color=marker:#f0d50c,spinner:#cf73e6,header:#91aadf'

TermSchool

Note: Truecolor theme.

export FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS=$FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS'
--color="fg:#f0f0f0,bg:#252c31,bg+:#005f5f,hl:#87d75f,gutter:#252c31"
--color="query:#ffffff,prompt:#f0f0f0,pointer:#dfaf00,marker:#00d7d7"
'