The entire table of ANSI color codes working in C!

ANSI-color-codes.h

/*
 * This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.
 *
 * For more information, please refer to <https://unlicense.org>
 */

//Regular text
#define BLK "\e[0;30m"
#define RED "\e[0;31m"
#define GRN "\e[0;32m"
#define YEL "\e[0;33m"
#define BLU "\e[0;34m"
#define MAG "\e[0;35m"
#define CYN "\e[0;36m"
#define WHT "\e[0;37m"

//Regular bold text
#define BBLK "\e[1;30m"
#define BRED "\e[1;31m"
#define BGRN "\e[1;32m"
#define BYEL "\e[1;33m"
#define BBLU "\e[1;34m"
#define BMAG "\e[1;35m"
#define BCYN "\e[1;36m"
#define BWHT "\e[1;37m"

//Regular underline text
#define UBLK "\e[4;30m"
#define URED "\e[4;31m"
#define UGRN "\e[4;32m"
#define UYEL "\e[4;33m"
#define UBLU "\e[4;34m"
#define UMAG "\e[4;35m"
#define UCYN "\e[4;36m"
#define UWHT "\e[4;37m"

//Regular background
#define BLKB "\e[40m"
#define REDB "\e[41m"
#define GRNB "\e[42m"
#define YELB "\e[43m"
#define BLUB "\e[44m"
#define MAGB "\e[45m"
#define CYNB "\e[46m"
#define WHTB "\e[47m"

//High intensty background 
#define BLKHB "\e[0;100m"
#define REDHB "\e[0;101m"
#define GRNHB "\e[0;102m"
#define YELHB "\e[0;103m"
#define BLUHB "\e[0;104m"
#define MAGHB "\e[0;105m"
#define CYNHB "\e[0;106m"
#define WHTHB "\e[0;107m"

//High intensty text
#define HBLK "\e[0;90m"
#define HRED "\e[0;91m"
#define HGRN "\e[0;92m"
#define HYEL "\e[0;93m"
#define HBLU "\e[0;94m"
#define HMAG "\e[0;95m"
#define HCYN "\e[0;96m"
#define HWHT "\e[0;97m"

//Bold high intensity text
#define BHBLK "\e[1;90m"
#define BHRED "\e[1;91m"
#define BHGRN "\e[1;92m"
#define BHYEL "\e[1;93m"
#define BHBLU "\e[1;94m"
#define BHMAG "\e[1;95m"
#define BHCYN "\e[1;96m"
#define BHWHT "\e[1;97m"

//Reset
#define reset "\e[0m"
#define CRESET "\e[0m"
#define COLOR_RESET "\e[0m"

bash-colors.md

Regular Colors

Value	Color
\e[0;30m	Black
\e[0;31m	Red
\e[0;32m	Green
\e[0;33m	Yellow
\e[0;34m	Blue
\e[0;35m	Purple
\e[0;36m	Cyan
\e[0;37m	White

Bold

Value	Color
\e[1;30m	Black
\e[1;31m	Red
\e[1;32m	Green
\e[1;33m	Yellow
\e[1;34m	Blue
\e[1;35m	Purple
\e[1;36m	Cyan
\e[1;37m	White

Underline

Value	Color
\e[4;30m	Black
\e[4;31m	Red
\e[4;32m	Green
\e[4;33m	Yellow
\e[4;34m	Blue
\e[4;35m	Purple
\e[4;36m	Cyan
\e[4;37m	White

Background

Value	Color
\e[40m	Black
\e[41m	Red
\e[42m	Green
\e[43m	Yellow
\e[44m	Blue
\e[45m	Purple
\e[46m	Cyan
\e[47m	White

High Intensty

Value	Color
\e[0;90m	Black
\e[0;91m	Red
\e[0;92m	Green
\e[0;93m	Yellow
\e[0;94m	Blue
\e[0;95m	Purple
\e[0;96m	Cyan
\e[0;97m	White

Bold High Intensty

Value	Color
\e[1;90m	Black
\e[1;91m	Red
\e[1;92m	Green
\e[1;93m	Yellow
\e[1;94m	Blue
\e[1;95m	Purple
\e[1;96m	Cyan
\e[1;97m	White

High Intensty backgrounds

Value	Color
\e[0;100m	Black
\e[0;101m	Red
\e[0;102m	Green
\e[0;103m	Yellow
\e[0;104m	Blue
\e[0;105m	Purple
\e[0;106m	Cyan
\e[0;107m	White

Reset

Value	Color
\e[0m	Reset
\e[0m	CRESET
\e[0m	COLOR_RESET

testmain.c

#include "ANSI-color-codes.h"
#include <stdio.h>

int main(){
	
	printf(BRED "Hey this is the color red, and it's bold! \n" reset);
	printf(RED "If" BLU "you" YEL "are" GRN "bored" CYN "do" MAG "this! \n" reset); 
	printf(BRED "If" BBLU "you" BYEL "are" BGRN "bored" BCYN "do" BMAG "this! \n" reset); 
	printf(URED "If" UBLU "you" UYEL "are" UGRN "bored" UCYN "do" UMAG "this! \n" reset);
return 0;};

awesome, really helped me

Glad to hear!

awesome, really helped me

Glad to hear!

Btw, white is actualy light gray and black is dark gray

thank you

Hi, i found an error using ur code: ||fatal error: ANSI-color-codes.h: No such file or director

Hi, i found an error using ur code: ||fatal error: ANSI-color-codes.h: No such file or director

@little-smurf, you have to create a file with the content of all of the ANSI color codes. Name the file: "ANSI-color-codes.h". Then, you can include the header file into the script("testmain.c"), so that you can use the variables that were specified in the "ANSI-color-codes.h" script.

Love it, using it for a logger.

I didn't think 'reset' was a good name for the reset definition so I changed it.

#define reset "\e[0m" to #define CRESET "\e[0m".
CRESET isn't too clear, maybe something like RESET_COLOR would be best.

Anyways, thanks!

@ALIAS-EMIL, thanks for the feedback! Not really updating this, but could add multiple definitions of reset.

Funny to see that people actually use this, was never my intention for this to be used by others.

Dude, you are a legend!

@Alex-Stone-Github no you are!

@RabaDabaDoba Does anyone know of a complete C def lib I can use? We recently built an RTOS from scratch at work (the chip shortage sucks, most chips we have to use don't literally have a working RTOS) and we are adding in VT/ANSI support. Also there aren't like package managers really in C, so any advice on how to manage upstream changes would be cool 😎

Thanks!
hug

many thanks!

exactly what I needed , thanks!

Not working! Plz help

Not working! Plz help

Well it does work, do you have it all in the correct folder? Or missing some library? Since that's like the only causes of it not working.

Really fascinated

@BhartiRajesh99

Not working! Plz help

maybe instead of just saying "help me!", try to show us an error or what you expected to happen vs what actually showed in the terminal or something. Thanks

LoL, I literally just wrote this. I see you found some over 100 I didn't think to look for, so thanks for that.
I like how you used defines, instead of function calls. A difference in my header, is I took all the defines and made an array. that way I can create random color effects, or functions for colors, by passing the array an index.
you might want to add:
#ifndef ANSI_color_codes_H
#define ANSI_color_codes_H
#endif

while its not a color code, there is also underscore, and double underscore at:
#define UNDERLINE "\033[0;52m"
#define UNDERLINE_2 "\033[0;21m"

When I utilize this library, it functions properly in the VS Code console. However, when I execute the console application in Windows CMD, the boldness of the texts is not displayed. Only the colors and backgrounds are shown.

Is there a way I can use a hex/rgb color code in ansi?

This is just what I needed. Thanks a lot.

It doesn't work, help plz.
My output using this library looks like:

e[0;31m>> Select input:

>> 1 - random
>> 2 - manual
e[0m

e[0;31m appears instead of colored text. I think smth wrong with my console. I'm using Visual Studio 2019 with Windows 10. Tried to use this library on my another laptop, with the same config, but the same result. Help me plz :3

ur terminal might just not support it

Thanks a lot! It is working.😐

Here's a better setup may update this more if I find some more modes for example on HighIntensityBackgroundColor. This goes in the same order as the above list just instead of separate var's its a list for each type.

        string[] ColorList = ["\u001b[0;30m", "\u001b[0;31m", "\u001b[0;32m", "\u001b[0;33m", "\u001b[0;34m", "\u001b[0;35m", "\u001b[0;36m", "\u001b[0;37m"];
        string[] BoldColorList = ["\u001b[1;30m", "\u001b[1;31m", "\u001b[1;32m", "\u001b[1;33m", "\u001b[1;34m", "\u001b[1;35m", "\u001b[1;36m", "\u001b[1;37m"];
        string[] DarkenedColorList = ["\u001b[2;30m", "\u001b[2;31m", "\u001b[2;32m", "\u001b[2;33m", "\u001b[2;34m", "\u001b[2;35m", "\u001b[2;36m", "\u001b[2;37m"];
        string[] ItalicColorList = ["\u001b[3;30m", "\u001b[3;31m", "\u001b[3;32m", "\u001b[3;33m", "\u001b[3;34m", "\u001b[3;35m", "\u001b[3;36m", "\u001b[3;37m"];
        string[] UnderlineColorList = ["\u001b[4;30m", "\u001b[4;31m", "\u001b[4;32m", "\u001b[4;33m", "\u001b[4;34m", "\u001b[4;35m", "\u001b[4;36m", "\u001b[4;37m"];
        string[] FlashyColorList = ["\u001b[5;30m", "\u001b[5;31m", "\u001b[5;32m", "\u001b[5;33m", "\u001b[5;34m", "\u001b[5;35m", "\u001b[5;36m", "\u001b[5;37m"];
        string[] HighlighterColorText = ["\u001b[7;30m", "\u001b[7;31m", "\u001b[7;32m", "\u001b[7;33m", "\u001b[7;34m", "\u001b[7;35m", "\u001b[7;36m", "\u001b[7;37m"];
        string[] InvisibleColorText = ["\u001b[8;30m", "\u001b[8;31m", "\u001b[8;32m", "\u001b[8;33m", "\u001b[8;34m", "\u001b[8;35m", "\u001b[8;36m", "\u001b[8;37m"];
        string[] StrikethroughColorText = ["\u001b[9;30m", "\u001b[9;31m", "\u001b[9;32m", "\u001b[9;33m", "\u001b[9;34m", "\u001b[9;35m", "\u001b[9;36m", "\u001b[9;37m"];
        string[] BackgroundColorList = ["\u001b[40m", "\u001b[41m", "\u001b[42m", "\u001b[43m", "\u001b[44m", "\u001b[45m", "\u001b[46m", "\u001b[47m"];
        string[] HighInstensityBsckgroundColorList = ["\u001b[0;100m", "\u001b[0;101m", "\u001b[0;102m", "\u001b[0;103m", "\u001b[0;104m", "\u001b[0;105m", "\u001b[0;106m", "\u001b[0;107m"];
        string[] HighIntensityColorList = ["\u001b[0;90m", "\u001b[0;91m", "\u001b[0;92m", "\u001b[0;93m", "\u001b[0;94m", "\u001b[0;95m", "\u001b[0;96m", "\u001b[0;97m"];
        string[] HighIntensityBoldColorList = ["\u001b[1;90m", "\u001b[1;91m", "\u001b[1;92m", "\u001b[1;93m", "\u001b[1;94m", "\u001b[1;95m", "\u001b[1;96m", "\u001b[1;97m"];
        string[] HighIntensityDarkenedColorList = ["\u001b[2;90m", "\u001b[2;91m", "\u001b[2;92m", "\u001b[2;93m", "\u001b[2;94m", "\u001b[2;95m", "\u001b[2;96m", "\u001b[2;97m"];
        string[] HighIntensityItalicColorList = ["\u001b[9;90m", "\u001b[9;91m", "\u001b[9;92m", "\u001b[9;93m", "\u001b[9;94m", "\u001b[9;95m", "\u001b[9;96m", "\u001b[9;97m"];
        string[] HighIntensityUnderlineColorList = ["\u001b[4;90m", "\u001b[4;91m", "\u001b[4;92m", "\u001b[4;93m", "\u001b[4;94m", "\u001b[4;95m", "\u001b[4;96m", "\u001b[4;97m"];
        string[] HighIntensityFlashyColorList = ["\u001b[5;90m", "\u001b[5;91m", "\u001b[5;92m", "\u001b[5;93m", "\u001b[5;94m", "\u001b[5;95m", "\u001b[5;96m", "\u001b[5;97m"];
        string[] HighIntensityHighlighterColorText = ["\u001b[7;90m", "\u001b[7;91m", "\u001b[7;92m", "\u001b[7;93m", "\u001b[7;94m", "\u001b[7;95m", "\u001b[7;96m", "\u001b[7;97m"];
        string[] HighIntensityInvisibleColorText = ["\u001b[8;90m", "\u001b[8;91m", "\u001b[8;92m", "\u001b[8;93m", "\u001b[8;94m", "\u001b[8;95m", "\u001b[8;96m", "\u001b[8;97m"];
        string[] HighIntensityStrikethroughColorText = ["\u001b[9;90m", "\u001b[9;91m", "\u001b[9;92m", "\u001b[9;93m", "\u001b[9;94m", "\u001b[9;95m", "\u001b[9;96m", "\u001b[9;97m"];
        string ResetColor = "\u001b[0m";