| Element | Hex | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Acme body bg | #ffffea |
The famous cream |
| Acme tag bg | #eaffff |
Pale blue-green |
| Text | #000000 |
Black |
| Selected (body) | #eeee9e |
Dark yellow |
| Selected (tag) | #9eeeee |
Pale grey-green |
| Body border | #99994c |
Yellow-green |
| Tag border | #8888cc |
Purple-blue |
All values originally 0xRRGGBBFF in source.
| Name | Hex |
|---|---|
| DBlack | #000000 |
| DWhite | #ffffff |
| DRed | #ff0000 |
| DGreen | #00ff00 |
| DBlue | #0000ff |
| DCyan | #00ffff |
| DMagenta | #ff00ff |
| DYellow | #ffff00 |
| DPaleyellow | #ffffaa |
| DDarkyellow | #eeee9e |
| DDarkgreen | #448844 |
| DPalegreen | #aaffaa |
| DMedgreen | #88cc88 |
| DDarkblue | #000055 |
| DPalebluegreen | #aaffff |
| DPaleblue | #0000bb |
| DBluegreen | #008888 |
| DGreygreen | #55aaaa |
| DPalegreygreen | #9eeeee |
| DYellowgreen | #99994c |
| DMedblue | #000099 |
| DGreyblue | #005dbb |
| DPalegreyblue | #4993dd |
| DPurpleblue | #8888cc |
#ffffff #ffeaff #cc88cc #884488
#eaffff #88cccc #448888 #eaeaff
#8888cc #444488 #eaffea #88cc88
#448844 #ffffea #cccc88 #888844
#ffeaea #cc8888 #884444 #eaeaea
#cccccc #888888 #000000
Rob Pike chose pale colors because "these systems were going to be looked at all day" (Edward Tufte influence). Acme uses yellow (#ffffea) for text bodies and blue (#eaffff) for tag bars to create visual separation.
Mail notification strip. Shows 48x48 portrait icons for recent mail senders. Reads from /mail/fs/mbox/ and displays faces from /lib/face/. Part of base Plan 9 and plan9port.
Real-time system monitor. Shows graphs of CPU, memory, network, etc. Can monitor multiple machines simultaneously. Part of base Plan 9 and plan9port.