A test using a github gist. You might have to refresh the page to see it:

The code just outputs some red text in a console. And that’s it. The code, hosted directly on this side is here:

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <windows.h>

int main(int argc, char const *argv[])
{
    HANDLE hConsole = ::GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
    CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO consoleScreenBufferInfo;
    ::GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(hConsole, &consoleScreenBufferInfo);
    ::SetConsoleTextAttribute(hConsole, FOREGROUND_RED | FOREGROUND_INTENSITY);
    DWORD bytesWritten = 0;
    std::string msg("Hello there!\n");
    ::WriteConsole(hConsole, msg.data(), static_cast<DWORD>(msg.size()), &bytesWritten, 0);
    ::SetConsoleTextAttribute(hConsole, consoleScreenBufferInfo.wAttributes );

    return 0;
}