Examples of colours

This page contains information about web safe colours. What names and numbers can you use so they will display the same across different systems and browsers?

Colour names

This is the set of 16 standard colour names that all browsers recognise.

maroon #800000	red #FF0000	yellow #FFFF00	olive #808000	purple #800080	fuchsia #FF00FF
white #FFFFFF	lime #00FF00	green #008000	navy #000080	blue #0000FF	aqua #00FFFF
teal #008080	black #000000	silver #C0C0C0	gray #808080

Many browsers will recognise additional colour names. since there is no guarantee that all browsers recognise other names than the above 16, you are better of using the numbers below for other colours.

Colour numbers

Below you will find a table with 216 web safe colours. These colours should display more or less the same on all operatings systems, in all browsers. Note that no full guarantee can be given that the colours will display the same.

Colour numbers consist of 3 or 6 hexadecimal digits. These are values for the amount of red, green and blue light. these can be defined in 256 steps per colour (0 up to FF) so a total of 16,777,216 colours is available. A colour number for which the two digits per colour are the same, can be abbreviated into three digits. For example, #330099 can be written as #309.

RGB #000000	RGB #000033	RGB #000066	RGB #000099	RGB #0000CC	RGB #0000FF
RGB #003300	RGB #003333	RGB #003366	RGB #003399	RGB #0033CC	RGB #0033FF
RGB #006600	RGB #006633	RGB #006666	RGB #006699	RGB #0066CC	RGB #0066FF
RGB #009900	RGB #009933	RGB #009966	RGB #009999	RGB #0099CC	RGB #0099FF
RGB #00CC00	RGB #00CC33	RGB #00CC66	RGB #00CC99	RGB #00CCCC	RGB #00CCFF
RGB #00FF00	RGB #00FF33	RGB #00FF66	RGB #00FF99	RGB #00FFCC	RGB #00FFFF

RGB #330000	RGB #330033	RGB #330066	RGB #330099	RGB #3300CC	RGB #3300FF
RGB #333300	RGB #333333	RGB #333366	RGB #333399	RGB #3333CC	RGB #3333FF
RGB #336600	RGB #336633	RGB #336666	RGB #336699	RGB #3366CC	RGB #3366FF
RGB #339900	RGB #339933	RGB #339966	RGB #339999	RGB #3399CC	RGB #3399FF
RGB #33CC00	RGB #33CC33	RGB #33CC66	RGB #33CC99	RGB #33CCCC	RGB #33CCFF
RGB #33FF00	RGB #33FF33	RGB #33FF66	RGB #33FF99	RGB #33FFCC	RGB #33FFFF

RGB #660000	RGB #660033	RGB #660066	RGB #660099	RGB #6600CC	RGB #6600FF
RGB #663300	RGB #663333	RGB #663366	RGB #663399	RGB #6633CC	RGB #6633FF
RGB #666600	RGB #666633	RGB #666666	RGB #666699	RGB #6666CC	RGB #6666FF
RGB #669900	RGB #669933	RGB #669966	RGB #669999	RGB #6699CC	RGB #6699FF
RGB #66CC00	RGB #66CC33	RGB #66CC66	RGB #66CC99	RGB #66CCCC	RGB #66CCFF
RGB #66FF00	RGB #66FF33	RGB #66FF66	RGB #66FF99	RGB #66FFCC	RGB #66FFFF

RGB #990000	RGB #990033	RGB #990066	RGB #990099	RGB #9900CC	RGB #9900FF
RGB #993300	RGB #993333	RGB #993366	RGB #993399	RGB #9933CC	RGB #9933FF
RGB #996600	RGB #996633	RGB #996666	RGB #996699	RGB #9966CC	RGB #9966FF
RGB #999900	RGB #999933	RGB #999966	RGB #999999	RGB #9999CC	RGB #9999FF
RGB #99CC00	RGB #99CC33	RGB #99CC66	RGB #99CC99	RGB #99CCCC	RGB #99CCFF
RGB #99FF00	RGB #99FF33	RGB #99FF66	RGB #99FF99	RGB #99FFCC	RGB #99FFFF

RGB #CC0000	RGB #CC0033	RGB #CC0066	RGB #CC0099	RGB #CC00CC	RGB #CC00FF
RGB #CC3300	RGB #CC3333	RGB #CC3366	RGB #CC3399	RGB #CC33CC	RGB #CC33FF
RGB #CC6600	RGB #CC6633	RGB #CC6666	RGB #CC6699	RGB #CC66CC	RGB #CC66FF
RGB #CC9900	RGB #CC9933	RGB #CC9966	RGB #CC9999	RGB #CC99CC	RGB #CC99FF
RGB #CCCC00	RGB #CCCC33	RGB #CCCC66	RGB #CCCC99	RGB #CCCCCC	RGB #CCCCFF
RGB #CCFF00	RGB #CCFF33	RGB #CCFF66	RGB #CCFF99	RGB #CCFFCC	RGB #CCFFFF

RGB #FF0000	RGB #FF0033	RGB #FF0066	RGB #FF0099	RGB #FF00CC	RGB #FF00FF
RGB #FF3300	RGB #FF3333	RGB #FF3366	RGB #FF3399	RGB #FF33CC	RGB #FF33FF
RGB #FF6600	RGB #FF6633	RGB #FF6666	RGB #FF6699	RGB #FF66CC	RGB #FF66FF
RGB #FF9900	RGB #FF9933	RGB #FF9966	RGB #FF9999	RGB #FF99CC	RGB #FF99FF
RGB #FFCC00	RGB #FFCC33	RGB #FFCC66	RGB #FFCC99	RGB #FFCCCC	RGB #FFCCFF
RGB #FFFF00	RGB #FFFF33	RGB #FFFF66	RGB #FFFF99	RGB #FFFFCC	RGB #FFFFFF

If you use colour numbers other than the ones above, there is no guarantee that they will look good on different systems and in different browsers.

Greys

These are examples of 16 greys, ranging from white to black. All colour numbers with equal values for red, green and blue will result in a shade of grey. That means there are 256 shades of grey available.

RGB #FFFFFF	RGB #EEEEEE	RGB #DDDDDD	RGB #CCCCCC	RGB #BBBBBB	RGB #AAAAAA
RGB #999999	RGB #888888	RGB #777777	RGB #666666	RGB #555555	RGB #444444
RGB #333333	RGB #222222	RGB #111111	RGB #000000

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