Internet Color Table
You can specify colors using either a color name, or a (#numeric value) which specifies the intensity of the Red, Green, and Blue pixels. Valid names with the colors they represent are shown below. (You can click your mouse and drag over a color name to highlight it if it is difficult to read.) An explanation of how to specify any color using a numeric value is at the bottom of the table.
Note: While these color names might not be recognized by other browsers, the RGB color values should display accurately across browsers. When specifying color values for Web pages targeted to work across different browsers, use the RGB color values.
| 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 (#8FBC8B) | 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) | lavender (#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) | mediumaquamarine (#66CDAA) | mediumblue (#0000CD) | mediumorchid (#BA55D3) |
| mediumpurple (#9370DB) | 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 (#6B8E23) | orange (#FFA500) |
| orangered (#FF4500) | orchid (#DA70D6) | palegoldenrod (#EEE8AA) | palegreen (#98FB98) |
| paleturquoise (#AFEEEE) | palevioletred (#DB7093) | 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 (#00FF7F) |
| seashell (#FFF5EE) | sienna (#A0522D) | silver (#C0C0C0) | skyblue (#87CEEB) |
| slateblue (#4682B4) | 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) |
Any color can be specified by using a numeric value which represents the relative amounts of red, green, and blue. These values are specified as a six digit hexadecimal number, preceded by the '#' character. The first two digits of the number specify the Red value, the next two specify Green, and the final two are for Blue.
Some examples:
#0000FF - blue
#FF00FF - magenta
#777777 - medium gray
#CC9903 - yellowish
Since each color is made with an 'R', 'G', and 'B' value of 256 colors each, the total number of colors available is 256³ = 16,777,216 colors. So unless you have your video graphics adapter set to display AT LEAST 24-bit color, you won't see all of these colors displayed correctly. For example, this page's background color is 'ivory' (#FFFFF0) but on a system set to less than 24-bit color, it may not be distinguishable from 'white' (#FFFFFF). Sorry.
User-Defined System Colors
Microsoft Windows maintains a set of system colors for painting various parts of the display. In addition to the colors defined in the color table, as of Internet Explorer 4.0 these system colors may also be specified as color values in Web pages.
Users can set system colors for future Windows sessions using the Windows Control Panel. The following table illustrates the correspondence of these color names with the colors defined in the Control Panel.
| activeborder | activecaption | appworkspace | background |
| buttonface | buttonhighlight | buttonshadow | buttontext |
| captiontext | graytext | highlight | highlighttext |
| inactiveborder | inactivecaption | inactivecaptiontext | infobackground |
| infotext | menu | menutext | scrollbar |
| threeddarkshadow | threedface | threedhighlight | threedlightshadow |
| threedshadow | window | windowframe | windowtext |
Note: The colors that do not correspond to any Control Panel colors can only be set programmatically using Windows APIs and cannot be defined by the user. More information may be found in the MSDN Library.
By the way, if you would like to print this page in full color, you'll have to enable 'Print background colors and images' in your internet options.
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