When authoring web pages, it is sometimes necessary to specify a given color for something on your page. Many people will use names for the colors, although the number of possible colors is somewhat limited. Others use a program that will let you choose the color, and it creates the hexadecimal triplet (such as #808080 for a light gray) for you. Some codes require users to display as many as 16 million colors to show a given color. Below is a table showing both the codes and colors that have been deemed safe on the Internet, from an accessiblity standpoint. They use triplets of the acceptable hexadecimal values 00, 33, 66, 99, CC, and FF. The corresponding decimal values (if you need to use them) are 00, 51, 102, 153, 204 and 255. The order of the color codes are as follows: Red, Green, Blue, in this format: #RRGGBB.
Note: My old table required 216 separate images to load. This should be a lot faster loading, but your browser must be able to display background colors in a table. Thanks to the folks who offered their suggestions in the past, and please direct all comments to metal@frognet.net.
| #000000 | #330000 | #660000 | #990000 | #CC0000 | #FF0000 | ||||||
| #000033 | #330033 | #660033 | #990033 | #CC0033 | #FF0033 | ||||||
| #000066 | #330066 | #660066 | #990066 | #CC0066 | #FF0066 | ||||||
| #000099 | #330099 | #660099 | #990099 | #CC0099 | #FF0099 | ||||||
| #0000CC | #3300CC | #6600CC | #9900CC | #CC00CC | #FF00CC | ||||||
| #0000FF | #3300FF | #6600FF | #9900FF | #CC00FF | #FF00FF | ||||||
| #003300 | #333300 | #663300 | #993300 | #CC3300 | #FF3300 | ||||||
| #003333 | #333333 | #663333 | #993333 | #CC3333 | #FF3333 | ||||||
| #003366 | #333366 | #663366 | #993366 | #CC3366 | #FF3366 | ||||||
| #003399 | #333399 | #663399 | #993399 | #CC3399 | #FF3399 | ||||||
| #0033CC | #3333CC | #6633CC | #9933CC | #CC33CC | #FF33CC | ||||||
| #0033FF | #3333FF | #6633FF | #9933FF | #CC33FF | #FF33FF | ||||||
| #006600 | #336600 | #666600 | #996600 | #CC6600 | #FF6600 | ||||||
| #006633 | #336633 | #666633 | #996633 | #CC6633 | #FF6633 | ||||||
| #006666 | #336666 | #666666 | #996666 | #CC6666 | #FF6666 | ||||||
| #006699 | #336699 | #666699 | #996699 | #CC6699 | #FF6699 | ||||||
| #0066CC | #3366CC | #6666CC | #9966CC | #CC66CC | #FF66CC | ||||||
| #0066FF | #3366FF | #6666FF | #9966FF | #CC66FF | #FF66FF | ||||||
| #009900 | #339900 | #669900 | #999900 | #CC9900 | #FF9900 | ||||||
| #009933 | #339933 | #669933 | #999933 | #CC9933 | #FF9933 | ||||||
| #009966 | #339966 | #669966 | #999966 | #CC9966 | #FF9966 | ||||||
| #009999 | #339999 | #669999 | #999999 | #CC9999 | #FF9999 | ||||||
| #0099CC | #3399CC | #6699CC | #9999CC | #CC99CC | #FF99CC | ||||||
| #0099FF | #3399FF | #6699FF | #9999FF | #CC99FF | #FF99FF | ||||||
| #00CC00 | #33CC00 | #66CC00 | #99CC00 | #CCCC00 | #FFCC00 | ||||||
| #00CC33 | #33CC33 | #66CC33 | #99CC33 | #CCCC33 | #FFCC33 | ||||||
| #00CC66 | #33CC66 | #66CC66 | #99CC66 | #CCCC66 | #FFCC66 | ||||||
| #00CC99 | #33CC99 | #66CC99 | #99CC99 | #CCCC99 | #FFCC99 | ||||||
| #00CCCC | #33CCCC | #66CCCC | #99CCCC | #CCCCCC | #FFCCCC | ||||||
| #00CCFF | #33CCFF | #66CCFF | #99CCFF | #CCCCFF | #FFCCFF | ||||||
| #00FF00 | #33FF00 | #66FF00 | #99FF00 | #CCFF00 | #FFFF00 | ||||||
| #00FF33 | #33FF33 | #66FF33 | #99FF33 | #CCFF33 | #FFFF33 | ||||||
| #00FF66 | #33FF66 | #66FF66 | #99FF66 | #CCFF66 | #FFFF66 | ||||||
| #00FF99 | #33FF99 | #66FF99 | #99FF99 | #CCFF99 | #FFFF99 | ||||||
| #00FFCC | #33FFCC | #66FFCC | #99FFCC | #CCFFCC | #FFFFCC | ||||||
| #00FFFF | #33FFFF | #66FFFF | #99FFFF | #CCFFFF | #FFFFFF |