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Premixed Colors
When writing HyperText Markup Language (HTML) pages, specific colors may be established for fonts, links and backgrounds. Colors are specified by a six-digit "number" representing their red, green and blue (RGB) content. For instance, Blue is represented by 0000FF which includes 00 red, 00 green, and FF blue. The number 0000FF is referred to as an "RGB triplet."
For example, a color number might be used in an HTML tag to set the color on the monitor screen of a:
crimson word (FONT COLOR="DC143C")
sienna word (FONT COLOR="A0522D")
dark slate blue word (FONT COLOR="483D8B")
dark green link (BODY LINK="006400")
hot pink page background (BODY BGCOLOR="FF69B4")
yellow page background (BODY BGCOLOR="FFFF00")With the advent of the programming language JavaScript, several widely-used colors were given common names and Web browsers, such as Netscape and Internet Explorer, were enhanced with a list of those color names. Now, identifying a color such as orange red by name, is equivalent to identifying it with its RGB triplet #FF4500.
By the way, the blue color of most of the text on this page and this web site is #23238E, which has no corresponding common name.
Here is an alphabetical listing of predefined color names with numbers and swatches:
Color Name RGB Triplet Color Swatch aliceblue F0F8FF aliceblue antiquewhite FAEBD7 antiquewhite aqua 00FFFF aqua aquamarine 7FFFD4 aquamarine azure F0FFFF azure beige F5F5DC beige bisque FFE4C4 bisque black 000000 black blanchedalmond FFEBCD blanchedalmond blue 0000FF blue blueviolet 8A2BE2 blueviolet brown A52A2A brown burlywood DEB887 burlywood cadetblue 5F9EA0 cadetblue chartreuse 7FFF00 chartreuse chocolate D2691E chocolate coral FF7F50 coral cornflowerblue 6495ED cornflowerblue cornsilk FFF8DC cornsilk crimson DC143C crimson cyan 00FFFF cyan darkblue 00008B darkblue darkcyan 008B8B darkcyan darkgoldenrod B8860B darkgoldenrod darkgray A9A9A9 darkgray darkgreen 006400 darkgreen darkkhaki BDB76B darkkhaki darkmagenta 8B008B darkmagenta darkolivegreen 556B2F darkolivegreen darkorange FF8C00 darkorange darkorchid 9932CC darkorchid darkred 8B0000 darkred darksalmon E9967A darksalmon darkseagreen 8FBC8F darkseagreen darkslateblue 483D8B darkslateblue darkslategray 2F4F4F darkslategray darkturquoise 00CED1 darkturquoise darkviolet 9400D3 darkviolet deeppink FF1493 deeppink deepskyblue 00BFFF deepskyblue dimgray 696969 dimgray dodgerblue 1E90FF dodgerblue firebrick B22222 firebrick floralwhite FFFAF0 floralwhite forestgreen 228B22 forestgreen fuchsia FF00FF fuchsia gainsboro DCDCDC gainsboro ghostwhite F8F8FF ghostwhite gold FFD700 gold goldenrod DAA520 goldenrod gray 808080 gray green 008000 green greenyellow ADFF2F greenyellow honeydew F0FFF0 honeydew hotpink FF69B4 hotpink indianred CD5C5C indianred indigo 4B0082 indigo ivory FFFFF0 ivory khaki F0E68C khaki lavender E6E6FA lavender lavenderblush FFF0F5 lavenderblush lawngreen 7CFC00 lawngreen lemonchiffon FFFACD lemonchiffon lightblue ADD8E6 lightblue lightcoral F08080 lightcoral lightcyan E0FFFF lightcyan lightgoldenrodyellow FAFAD2 lightgoldenrodyellow lightgreen 90EE90 lightgreen lightgrey D3D3D3 lightgrey lightpink FFB6C1 lightpink lightsalmon FFA07A lightsalmon lightseagreen 20B2AA lightseagreen lightskyblue 87CEFA lightskyblue lightslategray 778899 lightslategray lightsteelblue B0C4DE lightsteelblue lightyellow FFFFE0 lightyellow lime 00FF00 lime limegreen 32CD32 limegreen linen FAF0E6 linen magenta FF00FF magenta maroon 800000 maroon mediumaquamarine 66CDAA mediumaquamarine mediumblue 0000CD mediumblue mediumorchid BA55D3 mediumorchid mediumpurple 9370DB mediumpurple mediumseagreen 3CB371 mediumseagreen mediumslateblue 7B68EE mediumslateblue mediumspringgreen 00FA9A mediumspringgreen mediumturquoise 48D1CC mediumturquoise mediumvioletred C71585 mediumvioletred midnightblue 191970 midnightblue mintcream F5FFFA mintcream mistyrose FFE4E1 mistyrose moccasin FFE4B5 moccasin navajowhite FFDEAD navajowhite navy 000080 navy oldlace FDF5E6 oldlace olive 808000 olive olivedrab 6B8E23 olivedrab orange FFA500 orange orangered FF4500 orangered orchid DA70D6 orchid palegoldenrod EEE8AA palegoldenrod palegreen 98FB98 palegreen paleturquoise AFEEEE paleturquoise palevioletred DB7093 palevioletred papayawhip FFEFD5 papayawhip peachpuff FFDAB9 peachpuff peru CD853F peru pink FFC0CB pink plum DDA0DD plum powderblue B0E0E6 powderblue purple 800080 purple red FF0000 red rosybrown BC8F8F rosybrown royalblue 4169E1 royalblue saddlebrown 8B4513 saddlebrown salmon FA8072 salmon sandybrown F4A460 sandybrown seagreen 2E8B57 seagreen seashell FFF5EE seashell sienna A0522D sienna silver C0C0C0 silver skyblue 87CEEB skyblue slateblue 6A5ACD slateblue slategray 708090 slategray snow FFFAFA snow springgreen 00FF7F springgreen steelblue 4682B4 steelblue tan D2B48C tan teal 008080 teal thistle D8BFD8 thistle tomato FF6347 tomato turquoise 40E0D0 turquoise violet EE82EE violet wheat F5DEB3 wheat white FFFFFF white whitesmoke F5F5F5 whitesmoke yellow FFFF00 yellow yellowgreen 9ACD32 yellowgreen