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)

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