BSD ls and GNU ls differ on how to configure colors. Mac OS X ls is the BSD variant.
The LSCOLORS Generator is helpful for creating a color set, or converting between BSD and GNU color configurations.
I’m currently using:
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BSD:
GxFxCxDxbxegedabagaced -
GNU:
di=1;36;40:ln=1;35;40:so=1;32;40:pi=1;33;40:ex=31;40:bd=34;46:cd=34;43:su=0;41:sg=0;46:tw=0;42:ow=34;43: