HTML Colors

Question 1

What is an HTML color code? (Definition)

Answer

In computing, colors are defined by an RGB triplet (red, green, blue). In the HTML language, this triplet is quoted with the character # (hash) followed by 6 hexadecimal characters (0-9a-f). The 6 characters correspond to 3 pairs of 2 characters, respectively encoding the values of red, green and blue (RGB or RGB in English) via a hexadecimal code (between 00 and ff = 255)

Example: #ff007f corresponds to ff (255) red, 00 green and 7f (127) blue. This mixture corresponds to the color Rose

Question 2

Why some HTML color codes have 3 characters?

Answer

A variant in the writing of HTML color codes is allowed: a code with 3 characters, one for red, one for green, one for blue (instead of 2 for each). This limits the number of available values (16 values per color instead of 256), but has the advantage of reducing the write size. To get a long code, double each character.

Example: '# f70' matches f (ff: 255) red, 7 (77 => 119) green and 0 blue. This mixture corresponds to an orange color

Question 3

Why some HTML color codes have a name?

Answer

Hexadecimal writing is not very readable for an untrained person, so a list of common colors (in English) has been defined to be used.

Example: color=black to display black

It is possible to write 256^3=16777216 colors, these 16 million colors do not all have a name, only a few have benefited from an alphabetical code.

Question 4

What is the list of colors with an html name?

Answer

#F0F8FF	aliceblue	Alice Blue
#FAEBD7	antiquewhite	Antique white
#00FFFF	aqua	Aqua (Green/Blue)
#7FFFD4	aquamarine	Aqua marine
#F0FFFF	azured	Azured
#F5F5DC	beige	Beige
#FFE4C4	bisque	Bisque
#000000	black	Black
#FFEBCD	blanchedalmond	Blanched almond
#0000FF	blue	Blue
#8A2BE2	blueviolet	Blue-violet
#A52A2A	brown	Brown
#DEB887	burlywood	Burly wood
#5F9EA0	cadetblue	Cadet blue
#7FFF00	chartreuse	Chartreuse
#D2691E	chocolate	Chocolate
#FF7F50	coral	Coral
#6495ED	cornflowerblue	Cornflower blue
#FFF8DC	cornsilk	Corn Silk
#DC143C	crimson	Crimson
#00FFFF	cyan	Cyan
#00008B	darkblue	Dark blue
#008B8B	darkcyan	Dark cyan
#B8860B	darkgoldenrod	Dark golden rod
#A9A9A9	darkgray	Dark gray
#006400	darkgreen	Dark green
#BDB76B	darkkhaki	Dark khaki
#8B008B	darkmagenta	Dark magenta
#556B2F	darkolivegreen	Dark olive green
#FF8C00	darkorange	Dark orange
#9932CC	darkorchid	Dark orchid
#8B0000	darkred	Dark red
#E9967A	darksalmon	Dark salmon
#8FBC8F	darkseagreen	Dark sea green
#483D8B	darkslateblue	Dark slate blue
#2F4F4F	darkslategray	Dark slate gray
#00CED1	darkturquoise	Dark turquoise
#9400D3	darkviolet	Dark violet
#FF1493	deeppink	Deep pink
#00BFFF	deepskyblue	Deep sky blue
#696969	dimgray	Dim gray
#1E90FF	dodgerblue	Dodger blue
#B22222	firebrick	Fire brick
#FFFAF0	floralwhite	Floral white
#228B22	forestgreen	Forest green
#FF00FF	fuchsia	Fuchsia
#DCDCDC	gainsboro	Gainsboro
#F8F8FF	ghostwhite	Ghost white
#FFD700	gold	Gold
#DAA500	goldenrod	Golden rod
#808080	gray	Gray
#008000	green	Green
#ADFF2F	greenyellow	Green yellow
#F0FFF0	honeydew	Honey dew
#FF69B4	hotpink	Hot pink
#CD5C5C	indianred	Indian red
#4B0082	indigo	Indigo
#FFFFF0	ivory	Ivory
#F0E68C	khaki	Khaki
#E6E6FA	lavender	Lavender
#FFF0F5	lavenderblush	Lavender blush
#FFFACD	lemonchiffon	Lemon chiffon
#ADD8E6	lightbleu	Light blue
#F08080	lightcoral	Light coral
#E0FFFF	lightcyan	Light cyan
#FAFAD2	lightgoldenrodyellow	Light golden rod
#90EE90	lightgreen	Light green
#D3D3D3	lightgrey	Light grey
#FFB6C1	lightpink	Light pink
#FFA07A	lightsalmon	Light salmon
#20B2AA	lightseagreen	Light sea green
#87CEFA	lightskyblue	Light sky blue
#778899	lightslategray	Light slate gray
#B0C4DE	lightsteelblue	Light steel blue
#FFFFE0	lightyellow	Light yellow
#00FF00	lime	Lime
#32CD32	limegreen	Lime green
#FAF0E6	linen	Linen
#FF00FF	magenta	Magenta
#800000	maroon	Maroon
#66CDAA	mediumaquamarine	Medium aqua marine
#0000CD	mediumblue	Medium blue
#BA55D3	mediumorchid	Medium orchid
#9370DB	mediumpurple	Medium purple
#3CB371	mediumseagreen	Medium sea green
#7B68EE	mediumslateblue	Medium slate blue
#00FA9A	mediumspringgreen	Medium spring green
#48D1CC	mediumturquoise	Medium turquoise
#C71585	mediumvioletred	Medium violet red
#191970	midnightblue	Midnight blue
#F5FFFA	mintcrem	Mint crem
#FFE4E1	mistyrose	Misty rose
#FFDEAD	navajowhite	Navajo white
#000080	navy	Navy
#FDF5E6	oldlace	Old lace
#808000	olive	Olive
#6B8E23	olivegrab	Olive grab
#FFA500	orange	Orange
#FF4500	orangered	Orange red
#DA70D6	orchid	Orchid
#EEE8AA	palegoldenrod	Pale golden rod
#98FB98	palegreen	Pale green
#AFEEEE	paleturquoise	Pale Turquoise
#DB7093	palevioletred	Pale vilet red
#FFEFD5	papayawhip	Papaya whip
#FFDAB9	peachpuff	Peach puff
#CD853F	peru	Peru
#FFC0CB	pink	Pink
#DDA0DD	plum	Plum
#B0E0E6	powderblue	Powder blue
#800080	purple	Purple
#FF0000	red	Res
#BC8F8F	rosybrown	Rosy brown
#4169E1	royalblue	Royal blue
#8B4513	saddlebrown	Saddle brown
#FA8072	salmon	Salmon
#F4A460	saldybrown	Saldy brown
#2E8B57	seagreen	Sea green
#FFF5EE	seashell	Sea shell
#A0522D	sienna	Sienna
#C0C0C0	silver	Silver
#87CEEB	skyblue	Sky blue
#6A5ACD	slateblue	Slate blue
#708090	slategray	Slate gray
#FFFAFA	snow	Snow
#00FF7F	springgreen	Spring green
#4682B4	steelblue	Steel blue
#D2B48C	tan	Tan
#008080	teal	Teal
#D8BFD8	thistle	Thistle
#FF6347	tomato	Tomato
#40E0D0	turquoise	Turquoise
#EE82EE	violet	Violet
#F5DEB3	wheat	Wheat
#FFFFFF	white	White
#F5F5F5	whitesmoke	White smoke
#FFFF00	yellow	Yellow
#9ACD32	yellowgreen	Yellow green

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What is an HTML color code? (Definition)

Why some HTML color codes have 3 characters?

Why some HTML color codes have a name?

What is the list of colors with an html name?

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