Codex CLI TUI colors are different in PowerShell and WSL2

Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Mar 1, 2026 by Felix3322 Closed Mar 1, 2026
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (etraut-openai, contributor) responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.

What version of Codex CLI is running?

0.106.0

What subscription do you have?

API

Which model were you using?

gpt-5.3-codex

What platform is your computer?

Linux 6.6.87.2-microsoft-standard-WSL2 x86_64 x86_64; Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26220.0 x64

What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?

Windows Terminal (WSL / PowerShell)

What issue are you seeing?

codex in powershell
<img width="1113" height="628" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/301a8d6b-8dd4-4305-ba09-1041f752e6bc" />

codex in wsl
<img width="1113" height="629" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a6acf8ca-d7a0-44fd-b5a1-3a1bacd67379" />

They don't have the same color: the input box (WSL has a background color, ps doesn't) and the Thinking message (WSL has higher contrast; ps's black doesn't come out very dark).
(i opened truecolor in both environment)

What steps can reproduce the bug?

open codex in wsl and powershell

What is the expected behavior?

codex in powershell
<img width="1113" height="628" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/301a8d6b-8dd4-4305-ba09-1041f752e6bc" />

codex in wsl
<img width="1113" height="629" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a6acf8ca-d7a0-44fd-b5a1-3a1bacd67379" />

Additional information

_No response_

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2 Comments

etraut-openai contributor · 6 months ago

Yes, colors will differ by terminal emulator. Most terminals support color customization.

Felix3322 · 6 months ago
Yes, colors will differ by terminal emulator. Most terminals support color customization.

This is the same WT. Using a color scheme.