---
name: "sct"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "sct"
version: "1.3-1+b1"
release: "Debian 11 (Bullseye)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/sct"
---

# sct(1)

set screen color temperature

## NAME

sct - set screen color temperature

## SYNOPSIS

**sct** \[temperature\]

or

**sct** \[-h\]

## DESCRIPTION

**sct** sets the screen's color temperature in a range from 1000 to 10000

## OPTIONS

- temperature

  If passed a value in the correct range (see above) **sct** will set the current screen temperature to this value

- \-h

  If -h is passed sct will display usage information

- none

  If no options are passed sct sets the color temperature to the default of 6500

## AUTHOR

sct was written by Ted Unangst \<tedu@openbsd.org\> This manual page was written by Jacob Adams \<tookmund@gmail.com\>