Web color

Web colors are colors used in designing webpages, and the ways for describing and listing those colors.

There are several ways to choose colors for parts of webpages. Colors may be listed as an RGB triplet (a set of three numbers, red, green, and blue) in hexadecimal format (a hex triplet, rr, gg, bb). An RGB triplet can make 16,777,216 different colors. Standard colors can also be chosen by their common English names. Often a color tool or other graphics software is used to create color values.

The first versions of Mosaic and Netscape Navigator used the X11 color names as the base for their color lists. This was because they both started as X Window System applications.

Each web color has its own definition, sRGB. This relates to the chromaticities of a single phosphor set, a given transfer curve, adaptive whitepoint, and viewing conditions. These have been chosen to be similar to many real-world monitors and viewing conditions. Even without color management, the colors created are fairly close to the given values. However, user agents can be different in the fidelity with which they show the colors. Better user agents use color management to create better color fidelity. This is important for Web-to-print applications.

Hex triplet

A hex triplet is a six-digit, three-byte number used in HTML, CSS, PHP, JS, SVG, and other computer programs, to represent colors. The bytes represent the red, green and blue parts of the color. One byte represents a number from 00 to FF or 0 to 255 in decimal notation. This represents the least (0) to the most (255) intensity of each color component. The hex triplet is formed by concatenating three bytes in hexadecimal notation, in the following order:

Byte 1: red value (color type red)

Byte 2: green value (color type green)

Byte 3: blue value (color type blue)

For example, consider the color where the red/green/blue values are decimal numbers: red=36, green=104, blue=160 (a grayish-blue color). The decimal numbers 36, 104 and 160 are similar to the numbers 24, 68 and A0 respectively. The hex triplet is obtained by combining the 6 hexadecimal digits together, 2468A0 in this example.

HTML web colors

Formulated in 1997, there were originally 16 colors. Orange was added later to make a total of 17. The original 16 were part of something called the "Windows VGA template", meaning that they are the colors that can be used for actions like highlighting.

Color	Hexadecimal	Color	Hexadecimal	Color	Hexadecimal	Color	Hexadecimal
aqua	#00FFFF	gray	#808080	navy	#000080	silver	#C0C0C0
black	#000000	green	#008000	olive	#808000	teal	#008080
blue	#0000FF	lime	#00FF00	purple	#800080	white	#FFFFFF
fuchsia	#FF00FF	maroon	#800000	red	#FF0000	yellow	#FFFF00

List of HTML Color Names

The table below contains all 140 HTML colors. All modern browsers support them.

HTML name Hex Decimal code R   G   B Red colors Crimson #DC143C 220  20  60 Light coral (Lightcoral) #F08080 240 128 128 Indian red (Indianred) #CD5C5C 205  92  92 Fire brick (Firebrick) #B22222 178  34  34 Red #FF0000 255   0   0 Dark red (Darkred) #8B0000 139   0   0 Maroon #800000 128   0   0 Salmon #FA8072 250 128 114 Pink & Rose colors Light pink (Lightpink) #FFB6C1 255 182 193 Pink #FFC0CB 253 108 158 Pale violet red (Palevioletred) #DB7093 219 112 147 Hot pink (Hotpink) #FF69B4 255 105 180 Deep pink (Deeppink) #FF1493 255  20 147 Orange colors Peach puff (peachpuff) #FFDAB9 255 218 185 Dark salmon (Darksalmon) #E9967A 233 150 122 Light salmon (Lightsalmon) #FFA07A 255 160 122 Coral #FF7F50 255 127  80 Tomato #FF6347 255  99  71 Orange red (Orangered) #FF4500 255  69   0 Papaya whip #FFEFD5 255 239 213 Moccasin #FFE4B5 255 228 181 Dark orange (Darkorange) #FF8C00 255 140   0 Orange #FFA500 255 165   0 Yellow colors Light goldenrod yellow (Lightgoldenrodyellow) #FAFAD2 250 250 210 Pale goldenrod (Palegoldenrod) #EEE8AA 238 232 170 Goldenrod #DAA520 218 165  32 Dark goldenrod (Darkgoldenrod) #B8860B 184 134  11 Gold #FFD700 255 215   0 Lemon chiffon (Lemonchiffon) #FFFACD 255 250 205 Light yellow (Lightyellow) #FFFFE0 255 255 224 Yellow #FFFF00 255 255   0 Olive #808000 128 128   0 Khaki #F0E68C 240 230 140 Dark khaki (darkkhaki) #BDB76B 189 183 107 Violet, Purple & Magenta colors Lavender #E6E6FA 230 230 250 Medium purple (Mediumpurple) #9370DB 147 112 219 Blue violet (Blueviolet) #8A2BE2 138 43 226 Dark violet (Darkviolet) #9400D3 148 0 211 Rebecca purple (Rebeccapurple) #663399 102 51 153 Indigo #4B0082  75 0 130 Medium orchid (Mediumorchid) #BA55D3 186 85 211 Dark orchid (Darkorchid) #9932CC 153 &50 204 Thistle #D8BFD8 216 191 216 Plum #DDA0DD 221 160 221 Violet #EE82EE 238 130 238 Orchid #DA70D6 218 112 214 Fuchsia or Magenta #FF00FF 255 0 255 Dark magenta (Darkmagenta) #8B008B 139 0 139 Purple #800080 128 0 128 Medium violet red (Mediumvioletred) #C71585 199  21 133

HTML name Hex Decimal code R   G   B Green colors Yellow green (Yellowgreen) #9ACD32 154 205  50 Olive drab #6B8E23 107 142  35 Dark olive green (Darkolivegreen) #556B2F  85 107 47 Green yellow (Greenyellow) #ADFF2F 173 255 47 Chartreuse #7FFF00 127 255  0 Lawn green (Lawngreen) #7CFC00 124 252  0 Lime #00FF00   0 255  0 Green #008000   0 128  0 Dark green (Darkgreen) #006400   0 100  0 Pale green (Palegreen) #98FB98 152 251 152 Light green (Lightgreen) #90EE90 144 238 144 Lime green (Limegreen) #32CD32  50 205  50 Forest green (Forestgreen) #228B22  34 139  34 Medium spring green (Mediumspringgreen) #00FA9A   0 250 154 Spring green (Springgreen) #00FF7F   0 255 127 Medium sea green (Mediumseagreen) #3CB371  60 179 113 Sea green (Seagreen) #2E8B57  46 139  87 Dark sea green (Darkseagreen) #8FBC8F 143 188 143 Cyan colors Aquamarine #7FFFD4 127 255 212 Medium aquamarine (Mediumaquamarine) #66CDAA 102 205 170 Turquoise #40E0D0  64 224 208 Medium turquoise #48D1CC  72 209 204 Dark turquoise (Darkturquoise) #00CED1   0 206 209 Pale turquoise #AFEEEE 175 238 238 Light sea green (Lightseagreen) #20B2AA  32 178 170 Light cyan (Lightcyan) #E0FFFF 224 255 255 Aqua or Cyan #00FFFF   0 255 255 Dark cyan (Darkcyan) #008B8B   0 139 139 Teal #008080   0 128 128 Powder blue (Powderblue) #B0E0E6 176 224 230 Cadet blue (Cadetblue) #5F9EA0  95 158 160 Azure & Blue colors Light blue (Lightblue) #ADD8E6 173 216 230 Sky blue (Skyblue) #87CEEB 135 206 235 Light sky blue (Lightskyblue) #87CEFA 135 206 250 Deep sky blue (Deepskyblue) #00BFFF   0 191 255 Dodger blue (Dodgerblue) #1E90FF  30 144 255 Light steel blue (Lightsteelblue) #B0C4DE 176 196 222 Steel blue (Steelblue) #4682B4  70 130 180 Cornflower blue (Cornflowerblue) #6495ED 100 149 237 Royal blue (Royalblue) #4169E1  65 105 225 Blue #0000FF   0   0 255 Medium blue (Mediumblue) #0000CD   0   0 205 Dark blue (Darkblue) #00008B   0   0 139 Navy #000080   0   0 128 Midnight blue (Midnightblue) #191970  25  25 112 Medium slate blue (Mediumslateblue) #7B68EE 123 104 238 Slate blue (Slateblue) #6A5ACD 106  90 205 Dark slate blue (Darkslateblue) #483D8B  72  61 139

HTML name Hex Decimal code R   G   B Brown colors Cornsilk #FFF8DC 255 248 220 Blanched almond (Blanchedalmond) #FFEBCD 255 235 205 Bisque #FFE4C4 255 228 196 Navajo white (Navajowhite) #FFDEAD 255 222 173 Wheat F5 DE B3 245 222 179 Burlywood DE B8 87 222 184 135 Tan D2 B4 8C 210 180 140 Rosy brown (Rosybrown) BC 8F 8F 188 143 143 Sandy brown (Sandybrown) F4 A4 60 244 164  96 Peru CD 85 3F 205 133  63 Chocolate D2 69 1E 210 105  30 Saddle brown (Saddlebrown) 8B 45 13 139  69  19 Sienna A0 52 2D 160  82  45 Brown A5 2A 2A 165  42  42 White colors White FF FF FF 255 255 255 Snow FF FA FA 255 250 250 Honeydew F0 FF F0 240 255 240 Mint cream (Mintcream) F5 FF FA 245 255 250 Azure F0 FF FF 240 255 255 Alice blue (Aliceblue) F0 F8 FF 240 248 255 Ghost white (Ghostwhite) F8 F8 FF 248 248 255 White smoke (Whitesmoke) F5 F5 F5 245 245 245 Seashell FF F5 EE 255 245 238 Beige F5 F5 DC 245 245 220 Old lace (Oldlace) FD F5 E6 253 245 230 Floral white (Floralwhite) FF FA F0 255 250 240 Ivory FF FF F0 255 255 240 Antique white (Antiquewhite) FA EB D7 250 235 215 Linen FA F0 E6 250 240 230 Lavender blush (Lavenderblush) FF F0 F5 255 240 245 Misty rose (Mistyrose) FF E4 E1 255 228 225 Gray colors Gainsboro DC DC DC 220 220 220 Light gray (Lightgray) D3 D3 D3 211 211 211 Silver C0 C0 C0 192 192 192 Dark gray (Darkgray) A9 A9 A9 169 169 169 Gray 80 80 80 128 128 128 Dim gray (Dimgray) 69 69 69 105 105 105 Light slate gray (Lightslategray) 77 88 99 119 136 153 Slate gray (Slategray) 70 80 90 112 128 144 Dark slate gray (Darkslategray) 2F 4F 4F  47  79  79 Black 00 00 00   0   0   0

X11 colors (formulated in 1987)

These are called "X11 web colors" since the invention of the World Wide Web in 1991.

X11 name Hex Decimal code R   G   B Red colors lightcoral #F08080 240 128 128 indianred #CD5C5C 205  92  92 indianred1 #FF6A6A 255  106  106 indianred2 #EE6363 238  99  99 indianred3 #CD5555 205  85  85 indianred4 #8B3A3A 139  58  58 firebrick #B22222 178  34  34 brown #A52A2A 165  42  42 red1 #FF0000 255   0   0 red4 #8B0000 139   0   0 salmon #FA8072 250 128 114 Pink & Rose colors pink #FFC0CB 255 192 203 lightpink #FFB6C1 255 182 193 hotpink #FF69B4 255 105 180 deeppink1 #FF1493 255  20 147 palevioletred #DB7093 219 112 147 maroon #B03060 176 48 96 Orange colors peachpuff1 #FFDAB9 255 218 185 darksalmon #E9967A 233 150 122 lightsalmon1 #FFA07A 255 160 122 coral #FF7F50 255 127  80 tomato1 #FF6347 255  99  71 orangered1 #FF4500 255  69   0 papayawhip #FFEFD5 255 239 213 moccasin #FFE4B5 255 228 181 darkorange #FF8C00 255 140   0 orange1 #FFA500 255 165   0 Yellow colors lightgoldenrodyellow #FAFAD2 250 250 210 lightgoldenrod1 #FFEC8B 250 250 210 lightgoldenrod2 #EEDC82 238 220 130 lightgoldenrod3 #CDBE70 205 190 112 lightgoldenrod4 #8B814C 139 129 76 palegoldenrod #EEE8AA 238 232 170 goldenrod #DAA520 218 165 32 goldenrod1 #FFC125 255 193 37 goldenrod2 #EEB422 238 180 34 goldenrod3 #CD9B1D 205 155 29 goldenrod4 #8B6914 139 105 20 darkgoldenrod #B8860B 184 134 11 darkgoldenrod1 #FFB90F 255 184 15 darkgoldenrod2 #EEAD0E 238 173 14 darkgoldenrod3 #CD950C 205 149 12 darkgoldenrod4 #8B6508 139 101 8 gold1 #FFD700 255 215 0 gold2 #EEC900 238 201 0 gold3 #CDAD00 205 173 0 gold4 #8B7500 139 177 0 lemonchiffon1 #FFFACD 255 250 205 lemonchiffon2 #EEE9BF 238 233 191 lemonchiffon3 #CDC9A5 2O5 201 165 lemonchiffon4 #8B8970 139 137 112 lightyellow1 #FFFFE0 255 255 224 lightyellow2 #EEEED1 238 238 209 lightyellow3 #CDCDB4 205 205 180 lightyellow4 #8B8B7A 139 139 122 yellow1 #FFFF00 255 255 0 yellow2 #EEEE00 238 238 0 yellow3 #CDCD00 205 205 0 yellow4 #8B8B00 139 139 0 khaki #F0E68C 240 230 140 khaki1 #FFF68F 255 246 143 khaki2 #EEE685 238 230 133 khaki3 #CDC673 205 198 115 khaki4 #8B864E 139 134 78 darkkhaki #BDB76B 189 183 107 Violet, Purple & Magenta colors lavender #E6E6FA 230 230 250 mediumpurple #9370DB 147 112 219 blueviolet #8A2BE2 138 43 226 darkviolet #9400D3 148 0 211 purple #A020F0 160 32 240 mediumorchid #BA55D3 186 85 211 darkorchid #9932CC 153 50 204 thistle #D8BFD8 216 191 216 plum #DDA0DD 221 160 221 violet #EE82EE 238 130 238 orchid #DA70D6 218 112 214 magenta #FF00FF 255 0 255 maroon1 #FF34B3 255 52 179 maroon2 #EE30A7 238 48 167 maroon3 #CD2990 205 41 144 maroon4 #8B1C62 139 28 98 mediumvioletred #C71585 199 21 133 violetred #D02090 208  32 144

X11 name Hex Decimal code R   G   B Green colors yellowgreen #9ACD32 154 205  50 olivedrab #6B8E23 107 142  35 darkolivegreen #556B2F  85 107  47 greenyellow #ADFF2F 173 255  47 chartreuse1 #7FFF00 127 255   0 lawngreen #7CFC00 124 252   0 green1 #00FF00   0 255   0 green4 #008B00   0 139   0 darkgreen #006400   0 100   0 palegreen #98FB98 152 251 152 limegreen #32CD32  50 205  50 forestgreen #228B22  34 139  34 mediumspringgreen #00FA9A   0 250 154 springgreen1 #00FF7F   0 255 127 mediumseagreen #3CB371  60 179 113 seagreen1 #54FF9F  46 139  87 darkseagreen #8FBC8F 143 188 143 Cyan colors aquamarine #7FFFD4 127 255 212 mediumaquamarine #66CDAA 102 205 170 turquoise #40E0D0  64 224 208 mediumturquoise #48D1CC  72 209 204 darkturquoise #00CED1   0 206 209 paleturquoise #AFEEEE 175 238 238 lightseagreen #20B2AA  32 178 170 lightcyan1 #E0FFFF 224 255 255 cyan1 #00FFFF   0 255 255 cyan2 #00EEEE   0 238 238 cyan3 #00CDCD   0 205 205 cyan4 #008B8B   0 139 139 powderblue #B0E0E6 176 224 230 cadetblue #5F9EA0  95 158 160 Azure & Blue colors lightblue #ADD8E6 173 216 230 skyblue #87CEEB 135 206 235 lightskyblue #87CEFA 135 206 250 deepskyblue1 #00BFFF   0 191 255 dodgerblue1 #1E90FF  30 144 255 lightsteelblue #B0C4DE 176 196 222 steelblue #4682B4  70 130 180 cornflowerblue #6495ED 100 149 237 royalblue #4169E1  65 105 225 blue1 #0000FF   0   0 255 blue2 #0000EE   0   0 238 mediumblue #0000CD   0   0 205 blue4 #00008B   0   0 139 navyblue #000080   0   0 128 midnightblue #191970  25  25 112 mediumslateblue #7B68EE 123 104 238 slateblue #6A5ACD 106  90 205 darkslateblue #483D8B  72  61 139

X11 name Hex Decimal code R   G   B Brown colors cornsilk1 FF F8 DC 255 248 220 blanchedalmond FF EB CD 255 235 205 bisque1 FF E4 C4 255 228 196 navajowhite1 FF DE AD 255 222 173 wheat F5 DE B3 245 222 179 burlywood DE B8 87 222 184 135 tan D2 B4 8C 210 180 140 rosybrown BC 8F 8F 188 143 143 sandybrown F4 A4 60 244 164  96 peru CD 85 3F 205 133  63 chocolate D2 69 1E 210 105  30 saddle brown 8B 45 13 139  69  19 sienna A0 52 2D 160  82  45 White colors white FF FF FF 255 255 255 snow1 FF FA FA 255 250 250 honeydew1 F0 FF F0 240 255 240 mintcream F5 FF FA 245 255 250 azure1 F0 FF FF 240 255 255 aliceblue F0 F8 FF 240 248 255 ghostwhite F8 F8 FF 248 248 255 whitesmoke F5 F5 F5 245 245 245 seashell1 FF F5 EE 255 245 238 beige F5 F5 DC 245 245 220 oldlace FD F5 E6 253 245 230 floralwhite FF FA F0 255 250 240 ivory1 FF FF F0 255 255 240 antiquewhite FA EB D7 250 235 215 linen FA F0 E6 250 240 230 lavenderblush1 FF F0 F5 255 240 245 mistyrose1 FF E4 E1 255 228 225 Gray colors gainsboro DC DC DC 220 220 220 lightgray D3 D3 D3 211 211 211 silver C0 C0 C0 192 192 192 darkgray A9 A9 A9 169 169 169 gray 80 80 80 128 128 128 dimgray 69 69 69 105 105 105 lightslategray 77 88 99 119 136 153 slategray 70 80 90 112 128 144 darkslategray 2F 4F 4F  47  79  79 black #000000   0   0   0

Chart of selected web colors

This chart shows selected HTML and X11 colors as well as selected unofficial consensus web colors developed by web designers since 2002. When entering code using the unofficial colors, the hex code of the color must be specified instead of writing the name of the color.