HTML colours

Wednesday, 30 November 2005

The following list of 140 HTML colours stems from the original X11 colour names and is our preferred choice of defining colours in web content. While not recognised by some of the older browsers, all modern general-purpose browsers support the full list:

name	background	value	foreground
aliceblue	aliceblue aliceblue	f0f8ff	aliceblue
antiquewhite	antiquewhite antiquewhite	faebd7	antiquewhite
aqua	aqua aqua	00ffff	aqua
aquamarine	aquamarine aquamarine	7fffd4	aquamarine
azure	azure azure	f0ffff	azure
beige	beige beige	f5f5dc	beige
bisque	bisque bisque	ffe4c4	bisque
black	black black	000000	black
blanchedalmond	blanchedalmond blanchedalmond	ffebcd	blanchedalmond
blue	blue blue	0000ff	blue
blueviolet	blueviolet blueviolet	8a2be2	blueviolet
brown	brown brown	a52a2a	brown
burlywood	burlywood burlywood	deb887	burlywood
cadetblue	cadetblue cadetblue	5f9ea0	cadetblue
chartreuse	chartreuse chartreuse	7fff00	chartreuse
chocolate	chocolate chocolate	d2691e	chocolate
coral	coral coral	ff7f50	coral
cornflowerblue	cornflowerblue cornflowerblue	6495ed	cornflowerblue
cornsilk	cornsilk cornsilk	fff8dc	cornsilk
crimson	crimson crimson	dc143c	crimson
cyan	cyan cyan	00ffff	cyan
darkblue	darkblue darkblue	00008b	darkblue
darkcyan	darkcyan darkcyan	008b8b	darkcyan
darkgoldenrod	darkgoldenrod darkgoldenrod	b8b60b	darkgoldenrod
darkgray	darkgray darkgray	a9a9a9	darkgray
darkgreen	darkgreen darkgreen	006400	darkgreen
darkkhaki	darkkhaki darkkhaki	bdb76b	darkkhaki
darkmagenta	darkmagenta darkmagenta	8b008b	darkmagenta
darkolivegreen	darkolivegreen darkolivegreen	556b2f	darkolivegreen
darkorange	darkorange darkorange	ff8c00	darkorange
darkorchid	darkorchid darkorchid	9932cc	darkorchid
darkred	darkred darkred	8b0000	darkred
darksalmon	darksalmon darksalmon	e9967a	darksalmon
darkseagreen	darkseagreen darkseagreen	8fbc8f	darkseagreen
darkslateblue	darkslateblue darkslateblue	483d8b	darkslateblue
darkslategray	darkslategray darkslategray	2f4f4f	darkslategray
darkturquoise	darkturquoise darkturquoise	00ced1	darkturquoise
darkviolet	darkviolet darkviolet	9400d3	darkviolet
deeppink	deeppink deeppink	ff1493	deeppink
deepskyblue	deepskyblue deepskyblue	00bfff	deepskyblue
dimgray	dimgray dimgray	696969	dimgray
dodgerblue	dodgerblue dodgerblue	1e90ff	dodgerblue
firebrick	firebrick firebrick	b22222	firebrick
floralwhite	floralwhite floralwhite	fffaf0	floralwhite
forestgreen	forestgreen forestgreen	228b22	forestgreen
fuchsia	fuchsia fuchsia	ff00ff	fuchsia
gainsboro	gainsboro gainsboro	dcdcdc	gainsboro
ghostwhite	ghostwhite ghostwhite	f8f8ff	ghostwhite
gold	gold gold	ffd700	gold
goldenrod	goldenrod goldenrod	daa520	goldenrod
gray	gray gray	808080	gray
green	green green	008000	green
greenyellow	greenyellow greenyellow	adff2f	greenyellow
honeydew	honeydew honeydew	f0fff0	honeydew
hotpink	hotpink hotpink	ff69b4	hotpink
indianred	indianred indianred	cd5c5c	indianred
indigo	indigo indigo	4b0082	indigo
ivory	ivory ivory	fffff0	ivory
khaki	khaki khaki	f0e68c	khaki
lavender	lavender lavender	e6e6fa	lavender
lavenderblush	lavenderblush lavenderblush	fff0f5	lavenderblush
lawngreen	lawngreen lawngreen	7cfc00	lawngreen
lemonchiffon	lemonchiffon lemonchiffon	fffacd	lemonchiffon
lightblue	lightblue lightblue	add8e6	lightblue
lightcoral	lightcoral lightcoral	f08080	lightcoral
lightcyan	lightcyan lightcyan	e0ffff	lightcyan
lightgoldenrodyellow	lightgoldenrodyellow lightgoldenrodyellow	fafad2	lightgoldenrodyellow
lightgreen	lightgreen lightgreen	90ee90	lightgreen
lightgrey	lightgrey lightgrey	d3d3d3	lightgrey
lightpink	lightpink lightpink	ffb6c1	lightpink
lightsalmon	lightsalmon lightsalmon	ffa07a	lightsalmon
lightseagreen	lightseagreen lightseagreen	20b2aa	lightseagreen
lightskyblue	lightskyblue lightskyblue	87cefa	lightskyblue
lightslategray	lightslategray lightslategray	778899	lightslategray
lightsteelblue	lightsteelblue lightsteelblue	b0c4de	lightsteelblue
lightyellow	lightyellow lightyellow	ffffe0	lightyellow
lime	lime lime	00ff00	lime
limegreen	limegreen limegreen	32cd32	limegreen
linen	linen linen	faf0e6	linen
magenta	magenta magenta	ff00ff	magenta
maroon	maroon maroon	800000	maroon
mediumaquamarine	mediumaquamarine mediumaquamarine	66cdaa	mediumaquamarine
mediumblue	mediumblue mediumblue	0000cd	mediumblue
mediumorchid	mediumorchid mediumorchid	ba55d3	mediumorchid
mediumpurple	mediumpurple mediumpurple	9370db	mediumpurple
mediumseagreen	mediumseagreen mediumseagreen	3cb371	mediumseagreen
mediumslateblue	mediumslateblue mediumslateblue	7b68ee	mediumslateblue
mediumspringgreen	mediumspringgreen mediumspringgreen	00fa9a	mediumspringgreen
mediumturquoise	mediumturquoise mediumturquoise	48d1cc	mediumturquoise
mediumvioletred	mediumvioletred mediumvioletred	c71585	mediumvioletred
midnightblue	midnightblue midnightblue	191970	midnightblue
mintcream	mintcream mintcream	f5fffa	mintcream
mistyrose	mistyrose mistyrose	ffe4e1	mistyrose
moccasin	moccasin moccasin	ffe4b5	moccasin
navajowhite	navajowhite navajowhite	ffdead	navajowhite
navy	navy navy	000080	navy
oldlace	oldlace oldlace	fdf5e6	oldlace
olive	olive olive	808000	olive
olivedrab	olivedrab olivedrab	6b8e23	olivedrab
orange	orange orange	ffa500	orange
orangered	orangered orangered	ff4500	orangered
orchid	orchid orchid	da70d6	orchid
palegoldenrod	palegoldenrod palegoldenrod	eee8aa	palegoldenrod
palegreen	palegreen palegreen	98fb98	palegreen
paleturquoise	paleturquoise paleturquoise	afeeee	paleturquoise
palevioletred	palevioletred palevioletred	db7093	palevioletred
papayawhip	papayawhip papayawhip	ffefd5	papayawhip
peachpuff	peachpuff peachpuff	ffdab9	peachpuff
peru	peru peru	cd853f	peru
pink	pink pink	ffc0cd	pink
plum	plum plum	dda0dd	plum
powderblue	powderblue powderblue	b0e0e6	powderblue
purple	purple purple	800080	purple
red	red red	ff0000	red
rosybrown	rosybrown rosybrown	bc8f8f	rosybrown
royalblue	royalblue royalblue	4169e1	royalblue
saddlebrown	saddlebrown saddlebrown	8b4513	saddlebrown
salmon	salmon salmon	fa8072	salmon
sandybrown	sandybrown sandybrown	f4a460	sandybrown
seagreen	seagreen seagreen	2e8b57	seagreen
seashell	seashell seashell	fff5ee	seashell
sienna	sienna sienna	a0522d	sienna
silver	silver silver	c0c0c0	silver
skyblue	skyblue skyblue	87ceed	skyblue
slateblue	slateblue slateblue	6a5acd	slateblue
slategray	slategray slategray	708090	slategray
snow	snow snow	fffafa	snow
springgreen	springgreen springgreen	00ff7f	springgreen
steelblue	steelblue steelblue	4682b4	steelblue
tan	tan tan	d2b48c	tan
teal	teal teal	008080	teal
thistle	thistle thistle	d8bfd8	thistle
tomato	tomato tomato	ff6347	tomato
turquoise	turquoise turquoise	40e0d0	turquoise
violet	violet violet	ee82ee	violet
wheat	wheat wheat	f5deb3	wheat
white	white white	ffffff	white
whitesmoke	whitesmoke whitesmoke	f5f5f5	whitesmoke
yellow	yellow yellow	ffff00	yellow
yellowgreen	yellowgreen yellowgreen	a9cd32	yellowgreen

Posted in CSS, Design, HTML, Web by Ivan

two comments:

Nathaniel - Monday, 22 January 2007 2:57 pm
This is a very useful page which I have bookmarked a while ago. You know what would be a nice enhancement? Have the colors grouped by their "primary" category, like reds, blues, yellows, etc.
Ivan - Friday, 26 January 2007 10:48 am
Thanks for the tip, Nathaniel. I now have a categorised version for your viewing pleasure.

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