Kantaiko.ConsoleFormatting

A C# library for coloring console output using ANSI escape codes.

Support

• Windows (cmd, powershell, Windows Terminal, ...)
• Linux
• MacOS (not tested yet)

Colors

All color methods have Fg (Foreground) and Bg (Background) versions.

Library uses colors from System.Drawing.Color

Default palette

Console.WriteLine(Colors.FgColor("Foreground Color", Color.Black));
Console.WriteLine(Colors.BgColor("Background Color", Color.Black));

Console.WriteLine(Colors.FgRed("Red"));
Console.WriteLine(Colors.BgRed("Green"));

• Black
• Red
• Green
• Yellow
• Blue
• Magenta
• Cyan
• Gray
• White

RGB / HEX / HSL

Console.WriteLine(Colors.FgHex(".NET", "#FFCC00"));
Console.WriteLine(Colors.FgRgb(".NET", 80, 39, 213));
Console.WriteLine(Colors.FgHsl(".NET", 290, 1f, 0.25f));

Decorations

Console.WriteLine(Decorations.Decoration("Blink", TextDecoration.Blink));

Console.WriteLine(Decorations.Underline("Underline"));

• Reset
• Bold
• Dim
• Italic
• Underline
• Blink
• Inverse
• Hidden
• Strike
• Overline

Chain formatting

Console.WriteLine(Colors.FgYellow("Custom Text").BgRed().Bold().Underline());

Console.WriteLine(Decorations.Italic("Custom Text").FgRed());