Predefined Colors
The book HTML Black Book by Steven Holzner (ISBN 1-57610-617-9, published in 2000) provides three tables of colors:
- Colors recognized by browsers
- Predefined colors in Internet Explorer
- Predefined colors in Netscape Navigator
Since then, there have been new browsers introduced and numerous advances made in existing browsers. There are quite a few pages on the Internet that provide a visual list of predefined colors. You can see links to many of them at the bottom of this page. The chart below provides a visual list based on Steven Holzner’s book.
| aliceblue #F0F8FF |
antiquewhite #FAEBD7 |
aqua 00FFFF |
aquamarine #7FFFD4 |
azure #F0FFFF |
| beige #F5F5DC |
bisque † #FFE4C4 |
black #000000 |
blanchedalmond #FFEBCD |
blue #0000FF |
| blueviolet #8A2BE2 |
brown #A52A2A |
burlywood #DEB887 |
cadetblue #5F9EA0 |
chartreuse #7FFF00 |
| chocolate #D2691E |
coral #FF7F50 |
cornflowerblue #6495ED |
cornsilk #FFF8DC |
crimson #DC143C |
| cyan #00FFFF |
darkblue #00008B |
darkcyan #008B8B |
darkgoldenrod #B8860B |
darkgray #A9A9A9 |
| darkgreen ‡ #006400 |
darkkhaki #BDB76B |
darkmagenta #8B008B |
darkolivegren #556B2F |
darkorange #FF8C00 |
| darkorchid #9932CC |
darkred #8B0000 |
darksalmon #E9967A |
darkseagreen #8FBC8F |
darkslateblue #483D8B |
| darkslategray #2F4F4F |
darkturquoise #00CED1 |
darkviolet #9400D3 |
deeppink #FF1493 |
deepskyblue #00BFFF |
| dimgray #696969 |
dodgerblue #1E90FF |
firebrick #B22222 |
floralwhite #FFFAF0 |
forestgreen ‡ #228B22 |
| fuschia #FF00FF |
gainsboro ‡ #DCDCDC |
ghostwhite #F8F8FF |
gold #FFD700 |
goldenrod #DAA520 |
| gray 808080 |
green #008000 |
greenyellow #ADFF2F |
honeydew #F0FFF0 |
hotpink #FF69B4 |
| indianred #CD5C5C |
indigo #4B0082 |
ivory #FFFFF0 |
khaki #F0E68C |
lavender #FFF0F5 |
| lavenderblush #E6E6FA |
lawngreen #7CFC00 |
lemonchiffon #FFFACD |
lightblue #ADD8E6 |
lightcoral #F08080 |
| lightcyan #E0FFFF |
lightgoldenrodyellow ‡ #FAFAD2 |
lightgreen ‡ #90EE90 |
lightgrey ‡ |
lightpink ‡ #FFB6C1 |
| lightsalmon ‡ #FFA07A |
lightseagreen ‡ #20B2AA |
lightskyblue ‡ #87CEFA |
lightslategray ‡ #778899 |
lightsteelblue ‡ #B0C4DE |
| lightyellow ‡ #FFFFE0 |
lime #00FF00 |
limegreen ‡ #32CD32 |
linen ‡ #FAF0E6 |
magenta ‡ #FF00FF |
| maroon #800000 |
mediumaquamarine ‡ #66CDAA |
mediumblue ‡ #0000CD |
mediumorchid ‡ #BA55D3 |
mediumpurple ‡ #9370DB |
| mediumseagreen ‡ #3CB371 |
mediumslateblue ‡ #7B68EE |
mediumspringgreen ‡ #00FA9A |
mediumturquoise ‡ #48D1CC |
mediumvioletred ‡ #C71585 |
| midnightblue ‡ #191970 |
mintcream ‡ #F5FFFA |
mistyrose ‡ #FFE4E1 |
moccasin ‡ #FFE4B5 |
navajowhite ‡ #FFDEAD |
| navy #000080 |
oldlace ‡ #FDF5E6 |
olive #808000 |
olivedrab ‡ #6B8E23 |
orange ‡ #FFA500 |
| orangered ‡ #FF4500 |
orchid ‡ #DA70D6 |
palegoldenrod ‡ #EEE8AA |
palegreen ‡ #98FB98 |
paleturquoise ‡ #AFEEEE |
| palevioletred ‡ #DB7093 |
papayawhip ‡ #FFEFD5 |
peachpuff ‡ #FFDAB9 |
peru ‡ #CD853F |
pink #FFC0CB |
| plum ‡ #DDA0DD |
powederblue ‡ #B0E0E6 |
purple #800080 |
red #FF0000 |
rosybrown ‡ #BC8F8F |
| royalblue ‡ #4169E1 |
saddlebrown ‡ #8B4513 |
salmon ‡ #FA8072 |
sandybrown ‡ #F4A460 |
seagreen ‡ #2E8B57 |
| seashell ‡ #FFF5EE |
sienna ‡ #A0522D |
silver #C0C0C0 |
skyblue ‡ #87CEEB |
slateblue ‡ #6A5ACD |
| slategray ‡ #708090 |
snow ‡ #FFFAFA |
springgreen ‡ #00FF7F |
steelblue ‡ #4682B4 |
tan ‡ #D2B48C |
| teal #008080 |
thistle ‡ #D8BFD8 |
tomato ‡ #FF6347 |
turquoise ‡ #40E0D0 |
violet ‡ #EE82EE |
| wheat ‡ #F5DEB3 |
white #FFFFFF |
whitesmoke ‡ #F5F5F5 |
yellow #FFFF00 |
yellowgreen ‡ #9ACD32 |
† Color unique to Microsoft Internet Explorer
‡ Color unique to Netscape Navigator (you may notice, however, that these colors are now supported by IE)
Resources
- HTML Color Chart at Brobst Systems
- Premixed Colors at The Boiler Room
- Predefined HTML colornames at Dublin City University Networking Society
- Predefined colors on Sorin Popescu’s site, Department of Mathematics, Stony Brook University
- HTML Color Names and RGB, Hexadecimal and HSL Color Codes - A Brief Tutorial
- Color Basics on Maria Battrick’s CS125dw page from Rogue Community College
- Online color chart picker
- Color chart by Molly E. Holzschlag, from her book, Special Edition Using HTML 4 Sixth Edition
- Coriolis, publisher of HTML Black Book by Steven Holzner, from which this page was inspired
