HTML color names

This is a list of 138 colors recognized by name by Navigator 2+ and MSIE 3+. You can use these color names in CSS code instead of RGB triplets. They don't have to be capitalized. If the word hexadecimal gives you an anxiety attack, this could make HTML coding easier for you. (See my 256 colors page for a listing of the 216 colors that are supposed to appear undithered on 8-bit displays.)

For the hex RGB codes for these colors, view the document source and note the background values.

ALICEBLUE	ANTIQUEWHITE*	AQUA¹
AQUAMARINE*	AZURE*	BEIGE
BISQUE*	BLACK4	BLANCHEDALMOND
BLUE*	BLUEVIOLET	BROWN*
BURLYWOOD*	CADETBLUE*	CHARTREUSE*
CHOCOLATE*	CORAL*	CORNFLOWERBLUE
CORNSILK*	CRIMSON	CYAN*
DARKBLUE	DARKCYAN	DARKGOLDENROD*
DARKGRAY4	DARKGREEN	DARKKHAKI
DARKMAGENTA	DARKOLIVEGREEN*	DARKORANGE*
DARKORCHID*	DARKRED	DARKSALMON
DARKSEAGREEN*	DARKSLATEBLUE	DARKSLATEGRAY*
DARKTURQUOISE	DARKVIOLET	DEEPPINK*
DEEPSKYBLUE*	DIMGRAY4	DODGERBLUE*
FIREBRICK*	FLORALWHITE	FORESTGREEN
FUCHSIA	GAINSBORO4	GHOSTWHITE
GOLD*	GOLDENROD*	GRAY2 4
GREEN*	GREENYELLOW	HONEYDEW*
HOTPINK*	INDIANRED*	INDIGO
IVORY*	KHAKI*	LAVENDER
LAVENDERBLUSH*	LEMONCHIFFON*	LIGHTBLUE*
LIGHTCORAL	LIGHTCYAN*	LIGHTGOLDENRODYELLOW
LIGHTGRAY4	LIGHTGREEN	LIGHTPINK*
LIGHTSALMON*	LIGHTSEAGREEN	LIGHTSKYBLUE*
LIGHTSLATEGRAY	LIGHTSTEELBLUE*	LIGHTYELLOW*
LIME³	LIMEGREEN	LINEN
MAGENTA*	MAROON*	MEDIUMAQUAMARINE
MEDIUMBLUE	MEDIUMORCHID*	MEDIUMPURPLE*
MEDIUMSEAGREEN	MEDIUMSLATEBLUE	MEDIUMSPRINGGREEN
MEDIUMTURQUOISE	MEDIUMVIOLETRED	MIDNIGHTBLUE
MINTCREAM	MISTYROSE*	NAVAJOWHITE*
NAVY	OLDLACE	OLIVE
OLIVEDRAB*	ORANGE*	ORANGERED*
ORCHID*	PALEGOLDENROD	PALEGREEN*
PALETURQUOISE*	PALEVIOLETRED*	PAPAYAWHIP
PEACHPUFF*	PERU	PINK*
PLUM*	POWDERBLUE	PURPLE*
RED*	ROSYBROWN*	ROYALBLUE*
SADDLEBROWN	SALMON*	SANDYBROWN
SEAGREEN*	SEASHELL*	SIENNA*
SILVER4	SKYBLUE*	SLATEBLUE*
SLATEGRAY*	SNOW*	SPRINGGREEN*
STEELBLUE*	TAN*	TEAL
THISTLE*	TOMATO*	TURQUOISE*
VIOLET	WHEAT*	WHITE4
WHITESMOKE4	YELLOW*	YELLOWGREEN

The eight color names in ITALICS are display primaries. The sixteen color names in BOLDFACE are defined in the HTML 4.0 spec. Colors marked with an asterisk (*) represent a family of color names numbered one through four, e.g. from BLUE1 (lightest) through BLUE4 (darkest). "BLUE" as shown here is the same as "BLUE1".

NOTES
1. AQUA is the same color as CYAN, hex code #00FFFF.
2. There are also 100 available numbered gray variants: GRAY1 (darkest) through GRAY100 (lightest); "GRAY" shown here is very close to GRAY75. Also, the word gray may be spelled "grey" in any color name.
3. LIME, hex #00FF00, is the display primary usually identified in display terminology as "green." In this naming scheme the name GREEN is assigned to the darker color hex #008000.
4. These named colors are neutral grays, with equal RGB components.

In 256-colors modes, sometimes called "8-bit," in background colors some systems will display the closest match of the 216 "magic" colors. So if you're using an 8-bit display mode, some of these samples may appear to be the same color. You can probably change the background color of these pages by changing the default window color in your OS's display color scheme. You may have to re-start your browser to see the change.

Tags	Effect
<BODY BGCOLOR="black" TEXT="yellow"> </BODY>	For entire page, set background color to black, and default text color to yellow. (Must be a Star Trek page.)
<TABLE BGCOLOR="aqua"> </TABLE>	Set background color for whole table to aqua; overrides page color.
<TR BGCOLOR="aqua"> </TR>	Set background color for single row of table to aqua; overrides table color.
<TH BGCOLOR="aqua"> </TH> <TD BGCOLOR="aqua"> </TD>	Set background color for single cell of table to aqua; overrides any table and row colors.
<P STYLE="color: red; background: transparent; "> </P> <SPAN STYLE="color: red; background: transparent; "> </SPAN>	Set spot text color to red; overrides text color for page.*

* CSS text and background colors should always be set together so as not to conflict with user stylesheet files, when used.

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