HTML Color Codes

HTML Color Codes

For Page Backgrounds: <body bgcolor="#hexdec">

For Text Colors: <font color="#hexdec">

For Page-Wide Link and Text Colors:
<body text="#hexdec" link="#hexdec" vlink="#hexdec" alink="#hexdec">
(where text is text color, link is non-visited link color, vlink is already-visited link color, and alink is the color a link turns at the second it is clicked)
There are 16.7 million different colors in the hexadecimal color system.
#000000 is black, and #FFFFFF is white.
Each of the 6 digits in the hexadecimal code is broken into 3 seperate groups...

#XXxxxx - Red Color Value
#xxXXxx - Green Color Value
#xxxxXX - Blue Color Value
Each digit is a value from 0 to F, in the hexadecimal system. The hexadecimal color system counts by 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F, with 0 being null value, and F being highest value.

So if the first two digits (red values) are full (FF) and the other four are null (00) the color will be red.
#FF0000 - AaBbCcDdEeFf1234567890
Background #FF0000

If the first two are null (00), the third and fourth digit (green value) are full (FF), and the fifth and sixth digit are null (00), the color will be green.
#00FF00 - AaBbCcDdEeFf1234567890
Background #00FF00

If the first four digits are null (00), and the fifth and sixth digit (blue value) are full (FF), the color will be blue.
#0000FF - AaBbCcDdEeFf1234567890
Background #0000FF

In addition to using hexadecimal codes, there are 140 color which have a standard "name" which can be used in place of the hexadecimal color codes.
As an example: <font color="#0000FF"> or <font color="blue"> - Gets the same results.

Aliceblue F0F8FF	Antiquewhite FAEBD7	Aqua 00FFFF	Aquamarine 7FFFD4
Azure F0FFFF	Beige F5F5DC	Bisque FFE4C4	Black 000000
Blanchedalmond FFEBCD	Blue 0000FF	Blueviolet 8A2BE2	Brown A52A2A
Burlywood DEB887	Cadetblue 5F9EA0	Chartreuse 7FFF00	Chocolate D2691E
Coral FF7F50	Cornflowerblue 6495ED	Cornsilk FFF8DC	Crimson DC143C
Cyan 00FFFF	Darkblue 00008B	Darkcyan 008B8B	Darkgoldenrod B8860B
Darkgray A9A9A9	Darkgreen 006400	Darkkhaki BDB76B	Darkmagenta 8B008B
Darkolivegreen 556B2F	Darkorange FF8C00	Darkorchid 9932CC	Darkred 8B0000
Darksalmon E9967A	Darkseagreen 8FBC8F	Darkslateblue 483D8B	Darkslategray 2F4F4F
Darkturquoise 00CED1	Darkviolet 9400D3	deeppink FF1493	Deepskyblue 00BFFF
Dimgray 696969	Dodgerblue 1E90FF	Firebrick B22222	Floralwhite FFFAF0
Forestgreen 228B22	Fuchsia FF00FF	Gainsboro DCDCDC	Ghostwhite F8F8FF
Gold FFD700	Goldenrod DAA520	Gray 808080	Green 008000
Greenyellow ADFF2F	Honeydew F0FFF0	Hotpink FF69B4	Indianred CD5C5C
Indigo 4B0082	Ivory FFFFF0	Khaki F0E68C	Lavendar E6E6FA
Lavenderblush FFF0F5	Lawngreen 7CFC00	Lemonchiffon FFFACD	Lightblue ADD8E6
Lightcoral F08080	Lightcyan E0FFFF	Lightgoldenrodyellow FAFAD2	Lightgreen 90EE90
Lightgrey D3D3D3	Lightpink FFB6C1	Lightsalmon FFA07A	Lightseagreen 20B2AA
Lightskyblue 87CEFA	Lightslategray 778899	Lightsteelblue B0C4DE	Lightyellow FFFFE0
Lime 00FF00	Limegreen 32CD32	Linen FAF0E6	Magenta FF00FF
Maroon 800000	Mediumauqamarine 66CDAA	Mediumblue 0000CD	Mediumorchid BA55D3
Mediumpurple 9370D8	Mediumseagreen 3CB371	Mediumslateblue 7B68EE	Mediumspringgreen 00FA9A
Mediumturquoise 48D1CC	Mediumvioletred C71585	Midnightblue 191970	Mintcream F5FFFA
Mistyrose FFE4E1	Moccasin FFE4B5	Navajowhite FFDEAD	Navy 000080
Oldlace FDF5E6	Olive 808000	Olivedrab 688E23	Orange FFA500
Orangered FF4500	Orchid DA70D6	Palegoldenrod EEE8AA	Palegreen 98FB98
Paleturquoise AFEEEE	Palevioletred D87093	Papayawhip FFEFD5	Peachpuff FFDAB9
Peru CD853F	Pink FFC0CB	Plum DDA0DD	Powderblue B0E0E6
Purple 800080	Red FF0000	Rosybrown BC8F8F	Royalblue 4169E1
Saddlebrown 8B4513	Salmon FA8072	Sandybrown F4A460	Seagreen 2E8B57
Seashell FFF5EE	Sienna A0522D	Silver C0C0C0	Skyblue 87CEEB
Slateblue 6A5ACD	Slategray 708090	Snow FFFAFA	Springgreen 00FF7F
Steelblue 4682B4	Tan D2B48C	Teal 008080	Thistle D8BFD8
Tomato FF6347	Turquoise 40E0D0	Violet EE82EE	Wheat F5DEB3
White FFFFFF	Whitesmoke F5F5F5	Yellow FFFF00	YellowGreen 9ACD32

Non-Dithering Colors
Below is a chart of the 216 "non-dithering" colors. This means that these colors will look like the color you ask for on all browsers and all computer screen resolution settings.
Have you ever seen a color created by what appeared to be one solid color and then a few lighter colored dots laid across the top? It didn't blend at all, but sort of created the color. Have you ever printed something in color, and instead of being a straight color, it appeared to be a series of different colored dots?
If you were able to truly mix those colors together, you would get the color you are looking for. But they're not mixed. That's dithering.

What Makes These Colors So Great?

They won't dither. They always give a nice smooth color on web pages and in graphics.
It is because these are the 216 colors chosen by Windows and MAC operating platforms to make up their palettes of colors. The colors that aren't represented here are the colors that these try to make up by dithering.
The color list comes from a mathematical formula using the shades 00, 33, 66, 99, CC, and FF from hex codes.
Using just those 6 hex combinations over red, blue, and green hues, gives us a total of 216 colors that will render perfectly on your screen.

These are the 216 standard "non-dithering" colors

FFFFFF	FFFFCC	FFFF99	FFFF66	FFFF33	FFFF00	CCFFFF	CCFFCC
CCFF99	CCFF66	CCFF33	CCFF00	99FFFF	99FFCC	99FF99	66FFFF
99FF66	99FF33	66FFCC	FFCCFF	99FF00	33FFFF	FFCCCC	33FFCC
00FFFF	66FF99	FFCC99	66FF66	66FF33	00FFCC	66FF00	33FF99
FFCC66	FFCC33	CCCCFF	33FF66	33FF33	00FF99	FFCC00	33FF00
00FF66	00FF33	00FF00	CCCCCC	CCCC99	99CCFF	CCCC66	CCCC00
CCCC33	99CCCC	FF99FF	99CC99	66CCFF	FF99CC	99CC66	66CCCC
99CC33	00CCFF	33CCFF	99CC00	FF9999	66CC99	FF9966	66CC66
33CCCC	CC99FF	00CCCC	FF9933	FF9900	66CC33	66CC00	33CC99
00CC99	CC99CC	33CC66	00CC66	CC9999	FF66FF	33CC33	33CC00
CC9966	00CC33	9999FF	00CC00	CC9933	CC9900	FF66CC	9999CC
FF6699	999999	6699FF	FF6666	CC66FF	999966	6699CC	999933
FFCC33	FF6600	FF33FF	3399FF	999900	669999	CC66CC	0099FF
FF33CC	3399CC	CC6699	669966	FF00FF	339999	669933	669900
FF3399	0099CC	9966FF	CC6666	009999	CC6633	CC6600	339966
FF00CC	FF3366	009966	CC33FF	FF3333	339933	009933	9966CC
FF3300	FF0099	339900	009900	6666FF	CC33CC	FF0066	996699
FF0033	FF0000	CC00FF	CC3399	996666	6666CC	996633	996600
3366FF	CC3366	CC00CC	9933FF	0066FF	666699	CC3333	CC3300
3366CC	CC0099	9933CC	666666	666633	0066CC	9900FF	666600
CC0066	336699	993399	CC0033	6633FF	336666	006699	CC0000
993366	9900CC	336633	006666	336600	6633CC	3333FF	006633
993333	993300	6600FF	990099	006600	0033FF	663399	009966
3333CC	663366	6600CC	990033	0033CC	990000	3300FF	663333
663300	660099	0000FF	333399	3300CC	003399	333300	660066
333333	003366	0000CC	660033	333300	660000	330099	003333
003300	000099	330066	330033	000066	330000	000033	000000

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