Web color

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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.[1]

Hex triplet[change | change source]

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[change | change source]

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.[source?]

Color[2] 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[change | change source]

The table below contains all 140 of the HTML colors. All modern browsers support them. [3]

HTML name Hex Decimal code
R   G   B
Red colors
Crimson #DC143C 220  20  60
Royal Red #D00060 220  20  60
Light Coral #F08080 240 128 128
Indian Red #CD5C5C 205  92  92
Fire Brick #B22222 178  34  34
Brown #A52A2A 165  42  42
Red #FF0000 255   0   0
Light Red #FF3333 139   0   0
Medium Red #B10304 139   0   0
Dark Red #8B0000 139   0   0
Deep Red #850101 139   0   0
Maroon #800000 128   0   0
Salmon #FA8072 250 128 114
Red Orange #FF5349 250 128 114
Pink & Rose colors
Light Pink #FFB6C1 255 182 193
Pink #FD6C9E 253 108 158
Medium Pink #F36196 243 110 159
Dark Pink #E75480 255 182 193
Pale Violet Red #DB7093 219 112 147
Hot Pink #FF69B4 255 105 180
Deep Pink #FF1493 255  20 147
Orange colors
Peach Puff #FFDAB9 255 218 185
Dark Salmon #E9967A 233 150 122
Light Salmon #FFA07A 255 160 122
Coral #FF7F50 255 127  80
Tomato #FF6347 255  99  71
OrangeRed #FF4500 255  69   0
Papaya Whip #FFEFD5 255 239 213
Moccasin #FFE4B5 255 228 181
Light Orange #D9A465 255 228 181
Medium Orange #FF7802 255 228 181
Dark Orange #FF8C00 255 140   0
Orange #FFA500 255 165   0
Yellow Orange #FFAE42 255 215   0
Yellow colors
Light Goldenrod Yellow #FAFAD2 250 250 210
Pale Goldenrod #EEE8AA 238 232 170
Goldenrod #DAA520 218 165  32
Dark Goldenrod #B8860B 184 134  11
Light Gold #F1E5AC 255 215   0
Gold #FFD700 255 215   0
Dark Gold #EEBC1D 255 215   0
Lemon Chiffon #FFFACD 255 250 205
Light Yellow #FFFFE0 255 255 224
Yellow #FFFF00 255 255   0
Medium Yellow #FFE302 255 255   0
Dark Yellow #FFCC00 255 255   0
Olive #808000 128 128   0
Khaki #F0E68C 240 230 140
Dark Khaki #BDB76B 189 183 107
Violet, Purple & Magenta colors
Lavender #E6E6FA 230 230 250
Medium Purple #9370DB 147 112 219
Blue Violet #8A2BE2 138 43 226
Light Violet #7A5299 148 0 211
Medium Violet #65315F 148 0 211
Dark Violet #9400D3 148 0 211
Indigo #4B0082  75 0 130
Medium Orchid #BA55D3 186 85 211
Dark Orchid #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
Light Magenta #FF77FF 139 0 139
Dark Magenta #8B008B 139 0 139
Purple #800080 128 0 128
Medium Violet Red #C71585 199  21 133
HTML name Hex Decimal code
R   G   B
Green colors
Yellow Green #9ACD32 154 205  50
Olive Drab #6B8E23 107 142  35
Dark Olive Green #556B2F  85 107 47
Green Yellow #ADFF2F 173 255 47
Chartreuse #7FFF00 127 255  0
Lawn Green #7CFC00 124 252  0
Lime #00FF00   0 255  0
Green #008000   0 128  0
Dark Green #006400   0 100  0
Medium Green #037949 144 238 144
Pale Green #98FB98 152 251 152
Light Green #90EE90 144 238 144
Lime Green #32CD32  50 205  50
Forest Green #228B22  34 139  34
Medium Spring Green #00FA9A   0 250 154
Spring Green #00FF7F   0 255 127
Medium Sea Green #3CB371  60 179 113
Sea Green #2E8B57  46 139  87
Dark Sea Green #8FBC8F 143 188 143
Cyan colors
Aquamarine #7FFFD4 127 255 212
Medium Aquamarine #66CDAA 102 205 170
Turquoise #40E0D0  64 224 208
Light Turquoise #AFE4DE  72 209 204
Medium Turquoise #48D1CC  72 209 204
Dark Turquoise #00CED1   0 206 209
Pale Turquoise #AFEEEE 175 238 238
Light Sea Green #20B2AA  32 178 170
Light Cyan #E0FFFF 224 255 255
Aqua or Cyan #00FFFF   0 255 255
Dark Cyan #008B8B   0 139 139
Teal #008080   0 128 128
Powder Blue #B0E0E6 176 224 230
Cadet Blue #5F9EA0  95 158 160
Azure & Blue colors
Light Blue #ADD8E6 173 216 230
Sky Blue #87CEEB 135 206 235
Light Sky Blue #87CEFA 135 206 250
Deep Sky Blue #00BFFF   0 191 255
Dodger Blue #1E90FF  30 144 255
Light Steel Blue #B0C4DE 176 196 222
Steel Blue #4682B4  70 130 180
Cornflower Blue #6495ED 100 149 237
Royal Blue #4169E1  65 105 225
Blue #0000FF   0   0 255
Medium Blue #0000CD   0   0 205
Dark Blue #00008B   0   0 139
Violet Blue #324AB2   0   0 139
Green Blue #1164B4   0   0 139
Navy #000080   0   0 128
Midnight Blue #191970  25  25 112
Medium Slate Blue #7B68EE 123 104 238
Slate Blue #6A5ACD 106  90 205
Dark Slate Blue #483D8B  72  61 139
HTML name Hex Decimal code
R   G   B
Brown colors
Cornsilk #FFF8DC 255 248 220
Blanched Almond #FFEBCD 255 235 205
Bisque #FFE4C4 255 228 196
Navajo White #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 BC 8F 8F 188 143 143
Sandy Brown 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
Dark White E1 D9 D1 255 255 255
Snow FF FA FA 255 250 250
Honeydew F0 FF F0 240 255 240
Mint Cream F5 FF FA 245 255 250
Azure F0 FF FF 240 255 255
Alice Blue F0 F8 FF 240 248 255
Ghost White F8 F8 FF 248 248 255
White Smoke F5 F5 F5 245 245 245
Seashell FF F5 EE 255 245 238
Beige F5 F5 DC 245 245 220
Old Lace FD F5 E6 253 245 230
Floral White FF FA F0 255 250 240
Ivory FF FF F0 255 255 240
Antique White FA EB D7 250 235 215
Linen FA F0 E6 250 240 230
Lavender Blush FF F0 F5 255 240 245
Misty Rose FF E4 E1 255 228 225
Gray colors
Gainsboro DC DC DC 220 220 220
Light Gray D3 D3 D3 211 211 211
Silver C0 C0 C0 192 192 192
Dark Gray A9 A9 A9 169 169 169
Gray 80 80 80 128 128 128
Dim Gray 69 69 69 105 105 105
Light Slate Gray 77 88 99 119 136 153
Slate Gray 70 80 90 112 128 144
Dark Slate Gray 2F 4F 4F  47  79  79
Black 00 00 00   0   0   0

X11 colors (formulated in 1987)[change | change source]

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[change | change source]

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.

References[change | change source]

  1. "Web design details". www.purei.com. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  2. HTML 4.01 Specification section 6.5 "Colors"
  3. "HTML Color Names". www.w3schools.com. Retrieved 20 February 2021.