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HTML color

While specifying colors in an HTML page, you can follow three approaches.

1. You can specify a color by using rgb value . For example rgb(255,255,255) indicates white.

2. You can specify a color by using color name. For example white indicates white.

3. You can specify a color by using hex color value. For example #FFFFFF indicates white.

World Wide Web Consortium specifies following sixteen colors to be used on HTML 4.01 pages-

color name Hex value
Black #000000
Silver #C0C0C0
Gray #808080
White #FFFFFF
Maroon #800000
Red #FF0000
Purple #800080
Fuchsia #FF00FF
Green #008000
Lime #00FF00
Olive #808000
Yellow #FFFF00
Navy #000080
Blue #0000FF
Teal #008080
Aqua #00FFFF

Besides the above table, following table may help you while selecting color for your web document -

Color Red Green Blue Appearance
aliceblue F0 F8 FF  
antiquewhite FA EB D7  
aqua 00 FF FF  
aquamarine 7F FF D4  
azure F0 FF FF  
beige F5 F5 DC  
bisque FF E4 C4  
black 00 00 00  
blanchedalmond FF EB CD  
blue 00 00 FF  
blueviolet 8A 2B E2  
brown A5 2A 2A  
burlywood DE B8 87  
cadetblue 5F 9E A0  
chartreuse 7F FF 00  
chocolate D2 69 1E  
coral FF 7F 50  
cornflowerblue 64 95 ED  
cornsilk FF F8 DC  
crimson DC 14 3C  
cyan 00 FF FF  
darkblue 00 00 8B  
darkcyan 00 8B 8B  
darkgoldenrod B8 86 0B  
darkgray A9 A9 A9  
darkgreen 00 64 00  
darkkhaki BD B7 6B  
darkmagenta 8B 00 8B  
darkolivegreen 55 6B 2F  
darkorange FF 8C 00  
darkorchid 99 32 CC  
darkred 8B 00 00  
darksalmon E9 96 7A  
darkseagreen 8F BC 8F  
darkslateblue 48 3D 8B  
darkslategray 2F 4F 4F  
darkturquoise 00 CE D1  
darkviolet 94 00 D3  
deeppink FF 14 93  
deepskyblue 00 BF FF  
dimgray 69 69 69  
dodgerblue 1E 90 FF  
firebrick B2 22 22  
floralwhite FF FA F0  
forestgreen 22 8B 22  
fuchsia FF 00 FF  
gainsboro DC DC DC  
ghostwhite F8 F8 FF  
gold FF D7 00  
goldenrod DA A5 20  
gray 80 80 80  
green 00 80 00  
greenyellow AD FF 2F  
honeydew F0 FF F0  
hotpink FF 69 B4  
indianred CD 5C 5C  
indigo 4B 00 82  
ivory FF FF F0  
khaki F0 E6 8C  
lavender E6 E6 FA  
lavenderblush FF F0 F5  
lawngreen 7C FC 00  
lemonchiffon FF FA CD  
lightblue AD D8 E6  
lightcoral F0 80 80  
lightcyan E0 FF FF  
lightgoldenrodyellow FA FA D2  
lightgreen 90 EE 90  
lightgrey D3 D3 D3  
lightpink FF B6 C1  
lightsalmon FF A0 7A  
lightseagreen 20 B2 AA  
lightskyblue 87 CE FA  
lightslategray 77 88 99  
lightsteelblue B0 C4 DE  
lightyellow FF FF E0  
lime 00 FF 00  
limegreen 32 CD 32  
linen FA F0 E6  
magenta FF 00 FF  
maroon 80 00 00  
mediumaquamarine 66 CD AA  
mediumblue 00 00 CD  
mediumorchid BA 55 D3  
mediumpurple 93 70 DB  
mediumseagreen 3C B3 71  
mediumslateblue 7B 68 EE  
mediumspringgreen 00 FA 9A  
mediumturquoise 48 D1 CC  
mediumvioletred C7 15 85  
midnightblue 19 19 70  
mintcream F5 FF FA  
mistyrose FF E4 E1  
moccasin FF E4 B5  
navajowhite FF DE AD  
navy 00 00 80  
oldlace FD F5 E6  
olive 80 80 00  
olivedrab 6B 8E 23  
orange FF A5 00  
orangered FF 45 00  
orchid DA 70 D6  
palegoldenrod EE E8 EA  
palegreen 98 FB 98  
paleturquoise AF EE EE  
palevioletred DB 70 93  
papayawhip FF EF D5  
peachpuff FF DA B9  
peru CD 85 3F  
pink FF C0 CB  
plum DD A0 DD  
powderblue B0 E0 E6  
purple 80 00 80  
red FF 00 00  
rosybrown BC 8F 8F  
royalblue 41 69 E1  
saddlebrown 8B 45 13  
salmon FA 80 72  
sandybrown F4 A4 60  
seagreen 2E 8B 57  
seashell FF F5 EE  
sienna A0 52 2D  
silver C0 C0 C0  
skyblue 87 CE EB  
slateblue 6A 5A CD  
slategray 70 80 90  
snow FF FA FA  
springgreen 00 FF 7F  
steelblue 46 82 B4  
tan D2 B4 8C  
teal 00 80 80  
thistle D8 BF D8  
tomato FF 63 47  
turquoise 40 E0 D0  
violet EE 82 EE  
wheat F5 DE B3  
white FF FF FF  
whitesmoke F5 F5 F5  
yellow FF FF 00  
yellowgreen 9A CD 32  

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