Color Codes in HTML

Two ways to specify colors in HTML:

Color codes are specified as intensity values in hexadecimal notation (base 16):

D72EB5
D7 2E B5
Red Green Blue

  = (215, 46, 181)

RGB Triplets for Standard Color Names

Color name RGB triplet Hexadecimal Color name RGB triplet Hexadecimal
Aqua (0, 255, 255) 00FFFF Navy (0, 0, 128) 000080
Black (0, 0, 0) 000000 Olive (128, 128, 0) 808000
Blue (0, 0, 255) 0000FF Purple (128, 0, 128) 800080
Fuchsia (255, 0, 255) FF00FF Red (255, 0, 0) FF0000
Gray (128, 128, 128) 808080 Silver (192, 192, 192) C0C0C0
Green (0, 128, 0) 008000 Teal (0, 128, 128) 008080
Lime (0, 255, 0) 00FF00 White (255, 255, 255) FFFFFF
Maroon (128, 0, 0) 800000 Yellow (255, 255, 0) FFFF00

Total possible colors = 256 × 256 × 256 = 16,777,216  ("24-bit color")