HTML Colors

 I add living color to my home page?" I have asked myself on occasion. It is actually rather simple as far as HTML goes. The first thing to know is the tag - it goes in the "body" tag at the beginning of your document. If you don't have a "body" tag, you can put one right after your /title or /head tags. This can be seen in the example for this page.

<html> <title>Color Tutorial</title> <body bgcolor="006633" text="FFFFFF" link="DD0000" vlink="6600CC">

Now you are ready to get colorful! There are five colors that you can specify - ones for the background, the text, links, followed links, and "active" links.
The numbers refer to the colors and there is a correlation - the first two digits are the amount of red, the second two are the amount of green, and the last two are the amount of blue in the selected color. for example, my "link" color has no blue or green (00 and 00) but has lots of red - DD. "What is DD? That isn't a number!" Actually, it is - Mathematicians that wanted digits beyond 9 invented the use of hexadecimal form so that instead of counting 8,9,10,11,12... they could count 9,a,b,c,d,e,f,10,11,12... and fit more numbers in the ones slot. Therefore, FF is the highest value one can use with background colors. FFFFFF is total saturation, all the colors, or white and 000000 is total absence of color, or black.
With the advent of Netscape 2.0, it is even possible to make a single word, group of words or even letters different colors. The tag is as follows:<font color="ff0ff0">Hello!</font>
Color Name Samples
aliceblue

240,248,255 F0F8FF

 darkslategray

47,79,79 2F4F4F

 lightsalmon

255,160,122 FFA07A

 palevioletred

219,112,147 DB7093
antiquewhite

250,235,215 FAEBD7

 darkturquoise

0,206,209 00CED1

 lightseagreen

32,178,170 20B2AA

 papayawhip

255,239,213 FFEFD5
aqua

0,255,255 00FFFF

 darkviolet

148,0,211 9400D3

 lightskyblue

135,206,250 87CEFA

 peachpuff

255,239,213 FFDAB9
aquamarine

127,255,212 7FFFD4

 deeppink

255,20,147 FF1493

 lightslategray

119,136,153 778899

 peru

205,133,63 CD853F
azure

240,255,255 F0FFFF

 deepskyblue

0,191,255 00BFFF

 lightsteelblue

176,196,222 B0C4DE

 pink

255,192,203 FFC0CB
beige

245,245,220 F5F5DC

 dimgray

105,105,105 696969

 lightyellow

255,255,224 FFFFE0

 plum

221,160,221 DDA0DD
bisque

255,228,196 FFE4C4

 dodgerblue

30,144,255 1E90FF

 lime

0,255,0 00FF00

 powderblue

176,224,230 B0E0E6
black

0,0,0 000000

 firebrick

178,34,34 B22222

 limegreen

50,205,50 32CD32

 purple

128,0,128 800080
blanchedalmond

255,255,205 FFEBCD

 floralwhite

255,250,240 FFFAF0

 linen

250,240,230 FAF0E6

 red

255,0,0 FF0000
blue

0,0,255 0000FF

 forestgreen

34,139,34 228B22

 magenta

255,0,255 FF00FF

 rosybrown

188,143,143 BC8F8F
blueviolet

138,43,226 8A2BE2

 fuchsia

255,0,255 FF00FF

 maroon

128,0,0 800000

 royalblue

65,105,225 4169E1
brown

165,42,42 A52A2A

 gainsboro

220,220,220 DCDCDC

 mediumaquamarine

102,205,170 66CDAA

 saddlebrown

139,69,19 8B4513
burlywood

222,184,135 DEB887

 ghostwhite

248,248,255 F8F8FF

 mediumblue

0,0,205 0000CD

 salmon

250,128,114 FA8072
cadetblue

95,158,160 5F9EA0

 gold

255,215,0 FFD700

 mediumorchid

186,85,211 BA55D3

 sandybrown

244,164,96 F4A460
chartreuse

127,255,0 7FFF00

 goldenrod

218,165,32 DAA520

 mediumpurple

147,112,219 9370DB

 seagreen

46,139,87 2E8B57
chocolate

210,105,30 D2691E

 gray

128,128,128 808080

 mediumseagreen

60,179,113 3CB371

 seashell

255,245,238 FFF5EE
coral

255,127,80 FF7F50

 green

0,128,0 008000

 mediumslateblue

123,104,238 7B68EE

 sienna

160,82,45 A0522D
cornflowerblue

100,149,237 6495ED

 greenyellow

173,255,47 ADFF2F

 mediumspringgreen

0,250,154 00FA9A

 silver

192,192,192 C0C0C0
cornsilk

255,248,220 FFF8DC

 honeydew

240,255,240 F0FFF0

 mediumturquoise

72,209,204 48D1CC

 skyblue

135,206,235 87CEEB
crimson

220,20,60 DC143C

 hotpink

255,105,180 FF69B4

 mediumvioletred

199,21,133 C71585

 slateblue

106,90,205 6A5ACD
cyan

0,255,255 00FFFF

 indianred

205,92,92 CD5C5C

 midnightblue

25,25,112 191970

 slategray

112,128,144 708090
darkblue

0,0,139 00008B

 indigo

75,0,130 4B0082

 mintcream

245,255,250 F5FFFA

 snow

255,250,250 FFFAFA
darkcyan

0,139,139 008B8B

 ivory

255,240,240 FFFFF0

 mistyrose

255,228,225 FFE4E1

 springgreen

0,255,127 00FF7F
darkgoldenrod

184,134,11 B8860B

 khaki

240,230,140 F0E68C

 moccasin

255,228,181 FFE4B5

 steelblue

70,130,180 4682B4
darkgray

169,169,169 A9A9A9

 lavender

230,230,250 E6E6FA

 navajowhite

255,222,173 FFDEAD

 tan

210,180,140 D2B48C
darkgreen

0,100,0 006400

 lavenderblush

255,240,245 FFF0F5

 navy

0,0,128 000080

 teal

0,128,128 008080
darkkhaki

189,183,107 BDB76B

 lawngreen

124,252,0 7CFC00

 oldlace

253,245,230 FDF5E6

 thistle

216,191,216 D8BFD8
darkmagenta

139,0,139 8B008B

 lemonchiffon

255,250,205 FFFACD

 olive

128,128,0 808000

 tomato

253,99,71 FD6347
darkolivegreen

85,107,47 556B2F

 lightblue

173,216,230 ADD8E6

 olivedrab

107,142,35 6B8E23

 turquoise

64,224,208 40E0D0
darkorange

255,140,0 FF8C00

 lightcoral

240,128,128 F08080

 orange

255,165,0 FFA500

 violet

238,130,238 EE82EE
darkorchid

153,50,204 9932CC

 lightcyan

224,255,255 E0FFFF

 orangered

255,69,0 FF4500

 wheat

245,222,179 F5DEB3
darkred

139,0,0 8B0000

 lightgoldenrodyellow

250,250,210 FAFAD2

 orchid

218,112,214 DA70D6

 white

255,255,255 FFFFFF
darksalmon

233,150,122 E9967A

 lightgreen

144,238,144 90EE90

 palegoldenrod

238,232,170 EEE8AA

 whitesmoke

245,245,245 F5F5F5
darkseagreen

143,188,143 8FBC8F

 lightgrey

211,211,211 D3D3D3

 palegreen

152,251,152 98FB98

 yellow

255,255,0 FFFF00
darkslateblue

72,61,139 483D8B

 lightpink

255,182,193 FFB6C1

 paleturquoise

175,238,238 AFEEEE

 yellowgreen

154,205,50 9ACD32

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