Colour Names: The Big Table

For your webpages to display a certain color background, text or links, you may use either predefined colour names or hexadecimal values in your HTML code.

Color names are listed below, along with their red-green-blue (RGB) and hexadecimal values. Your browser may not display all named colours correctly, in which case there will be differences with the colors specified as hexadecimal. Provided your screen is capable of displaying at a sufficient colour-depth, the hexadecimal-specified colors should be taken as correct. Even so, Windows' colour accuracy isn't too good and there is variation between browsers of the actual colors displayed.

The colour names have been tested in "bog standard" Windows browsers (Explorer3 and Navigator3) as well as Opera3.6. Anomalies with these browsers are noted by use of E(xplorer), N(avigator) or O(pera) alongside the color name. The text colours have been chosen to display against whatever colors (black, red, green, white) may be erroneously displayed.

The pale named colours are handled best by Navigator, but where these display as white on a 256-color screen the problem is noted with a question-mark [?].

There are other webpages at this site which display a more restricted list of named colours which should be usable on most systems, with special attention paid to the Arachne browser for DOS. Arachne's support for named colors is poor, but it is far more accurate at displaying the hexadecimal-specified versions on a 256-colour display. This is certainly useful for test purposes, but for webpages to be viewable as intended by the maximum audience it is necessary to use a restricted palette.
Note: Both spellings of gray/grey are supposed to be permissible.
In order that this page should have some chance of appearing in search-engine results,
International and US spellings for "colour" have been alternated in the text.


Colour Names

RGB Values

Hexadecimal Values
aliceblue [N][?] 240, 248, 255 #F0F8FF
antiquewhite [O] 250, 235, 215 #FAEBD7
aqua 0, 255, 255 #00FFFF
aquamarine [O] 127, 255, 212 #7FFFD4
azure [?] 240, 255, 255 #F0FFFF
beige [O] 245, 245, 220 #F5F5DC
bisque [O] 255, 228, 196 #FFE4C4
black 0, 0, 0 #000000
blanchedalmond [O] 255, 235, 205 #FFEBCD
blue 0, 0, 255 #0000FF
blueviolet [O] 138, 43, 226 #8A2BE2
brown 128, 42, 42 #A52A2A
burlywood [O] 222, 184, 135 #DEB887
cadetblue 95, 158, 160 #5F9EA0
chartreuse 127, 255, 0 #7FFF00
chocolate 210, 105, 30 #D2691E
coral 255, 127, 80 #FF7F50
cornflowerblue [O] 100, 149, 237 #6495ED
cornsilk [O] 255, 248, 220 #FFF8DC
crimson [O] 220, 20, 60 #DC143C
cyan 0, 255, 255 #00FFFF
darkblue [O] 0, 0, 139 #00008B
darkcyan [O] 0, 139, 139 #008B8B
darkgoldenrod [O] 184, 134, 11 #B8860B
darkgray [O] 169, 169, 169 #A9A9A9
darkgrey [E,N,O] 169, 169, 169 #A9A9A9
darkgreen [O] 0, 100, 0 #006400
darkkhaki 189, 183, 107 #BDB76B
darkmagenta [O] 139, 0, 139 #8B008B
darkolivegreen [O] 85, 107, 47 #556B2F
darkorange 255, 140, 0 #FF8C00
darkorchid [O] 153, 50, 204 #9932CC
darkred [O] 139, 0, 0 #8B0000
darksalmon 233, 150, 122 #E9967A
darkseagreen 143, 188, 143 #8FBC8F
darkslateblue [O] 72, 61, 139 #483D8B
darkslategray 47, 79, 79 #2F4F4F
darkslategrey [E,N,O] 47, 79, 79 #2F4F4F
darkturquoise [O] 0, 206, 209 #00CED1
darkviolet 148, 0, 211 #9400D3
deeppink 255, 20, 147 #FF1493
deepskyblue 0, 191, 255 #00BFFF
dimgray [O] 105, 105, 105 #696969
dimgrey [E,N,O] 105, 105, 105 #696969
dodgerblue 30, 144, 255 #1E90FF
firebrick [O] 178, 34, 34 #B22222
floralwhite [?] 255, 250, 240 #FFFAF0
forestgreen [O] 34, 139, 34 #228B22
fuchsia 255, 0, 255 #FF00FF
gainsboro 220, 220, 220 #DCDCDC
ghostwhite [?] 248, 248, 255 #F8F8FF
gold [O] 255, 215, 0 #FFD700
goldenrod [O] 218, 165, 32 #DAA520
gray 128, 128, 128 #808080
grey [E,N,O] 128, 128, 128 #808080
green 0, 128, 0 #008000
greenyellow 173, 255, 47 #ADFF2F
honeydew [?] 240, 255, 240 #F0FFF0
hotpink 255, 105, 180 #FF69B4
indianred [O] 205, 92, 92 #CD5C5C
indigo [O] 75, 0, 130 #4B0082
ivory [?] 255, 255, 240 #FFFFF0
khaki [O] 240, 230, 140 #F0E68C
lavender [?] 230, 230, 250 #E6E6FA
lavenderblush [?] 255, 240, 245 #FFF0F5
lawngreen 124, 252, 0 #7CFC00
lemonchiffon [O] 255, 250, 205 #FFFACD
lightblue 173, 216, 230 #ADD8E6
lightcoral [O] 240, 128, 128 #F08080
lightcyan [O] 224, 255, 255 #E0FFFF
lightgoldenrodyellow [O] 250, 250, 210 #FAFAD2
lightgray [E,N,O] 211, 211, 211 #D3D3D3
lightgrey [O] 211, 211, 211 #D3D3D3
lightgreen [O] 144, 238, 144 #90EE90
lightpink 255, 182, 193 #FFB6C1
lightsalmon 255, 160, 122 #FFA07A
lightseagreen [E,N,O] 32, 178, 170 #20B2AA
lightskyblue 135, 206, 250 #87CEFA
lightslategray [O] 119, 136, 153 #778899
lightslategrey [E,N,O] 119, 136, 153 #778899
lightsteelblue [O] 176, 196, 222 #B0C4DE
lightyellow [?] 255, 255, 224 #FFFFE0
lime 0, 255, 0 #00FF00
limegreen [O] 50, 205, 50 #32CD32
linen [?] 250, 240, 230 #FAF0E6
magenta 255, 0, 255 #FF00FF
maroon 128, 0, 0 #800000
mediumaquamarine [O] 102, 205, 170 #66CDAA
mediumblue 0, 0, 205 #0000CD
mediumgreen [E,N,O] 0, 250, 154 #00FA9A
mediumorchid 186, 85, 211 #BA55D3
mediumpurple 147, 112, 219 #9370DB
mediumseagreen [O] 60, 179, 113 #3CB371
mediumslateblue [O] 123, 104, 238 #7B68EE
mediumspringgreen [O] 0, 250, 154 #00FA9A
mediumturquoise 72, 209, 204 #48D1CC
mediumvioletred 199, 21, 133 #C71585
midnightblue 25, 25, 112 #191970
mintcream [?] 245, 255, 250 #F5FFFA
mistyrose [O,N] 255, 228, 225 #FFE4E1
moccasin [O] 255, 228, 181 #FFE4B5
navajowhite [O] 255, 222, 173 #FFDEAD
navy 0, 0, 128 #000080
navyblue [E,N,O] 0, 0, 128 #000080
oldlace [?] 253, 245, 230 #FDF5E6
olive 128, 128, 0 #808000
olivedrab [O] 107, 142, 35 #6B8E23
orange 255, 165, 0 #FFA500
orangered 255, 69, 0 #FF4500
orchid 218, 112, 214 #DA70D6
palegoldenrod [O] 238, 232, 170 #EEE8AA
palegreen [O] 152, 251, 152 #98FB98
paleturquoise 175, 238, 238 #AFEEEE
palevioletred [O] 219, 112, 147 #DB7093
papayawhip [O] 255, 239, 213 #FFEFD5
peachpuff [O] 255, 218, 185 #FFDAB9
peru [O] 205, 133, 63 #CD853F
pink 255, 192, 203 #FFC0CB
plum [O] 221, 160, 221 #DDA0DD
powderblue 176, 224, 230 #B0E0E6
purple 128, 0, 128 #800080
red 255, 0, 0 #FF0000
rosybrown 188, 143, 143 #BC8F8F
royalblue 65, 105, 225 #4169E1
saddlebrown [O] 139, 69, 19 #8B4513
salmon [O] 250, 128, 114 #FA8072
sandybrown [O] 244, 164, 96 #F4A460
seagreen 46, 139, 87 #2E8B57
seashell [?] 255, 245, 238 #FFF5EE
sienna [O] 160, 82, 45 #A0522D
silver 192, 192, 192 #C0C0C0
skyblue [O] 135, 206, 235 #87CEEB
slateblue [O] 106, 90, 205 #6A5ACD
slategray 112, 128, 144 #708090
slategrey [E,N,O] 112, 128, 144 #708090
snow [?] 255, 250, 250 #FFFAFA
springgreen [O] 0, 255, 127 #00FF7F
steelblue [O] 70, 130, 180 #4682B4
tan [O] 210, 180, 140 #D2B48C
teal 0, 128, 128 #008080
thistle 216, 191, 216 #D8BFD8
tomato [O] 255, 99, 71 #FF6347
turquoise [O] 64, 224, 208 #40E0D0
violet [O] 238, 130, 238 #EE82EE
wheat [O] 245, 222, 179 #F5DEB3
white 255, 255, 255 #FFFFFF
whitesmoke [?] 245, 245, 245 #F5F5F5
yellow 255, 255, 0 #FFFF00
yellowgreen [O] 154, 205, 50 #9ACD32


Phew! That's complicated, have you anything simpler?

Yep, here's a basic palette suitable for 256-colour displays.

This page has been designed to be easily saved to your own machine for offline use. It is one of
a series of practical webtools developed by Jake Young, email: jake@wymondham.zzn.com

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