There are 147 named colors in HTML 4.01 and CSS 2.1 color specification. Sixteen of the colors
derived from VGA specfifikationen and the rest from the X11 color name scheme. You can find all
these color names listed below along with its hex and decimal value. Hexdecimal codes can be used
in CSS and most graphics tools.
Basic Color Names
The HTML 4.01 specification defines sixteen basic named colors. These colors are originally used
as the standard EGA color palette. The CSS 2.1 specification defines the same number of named colors but adds the 'orange' color name to the list.
| white | #FFFFFF | 255,255,255 |
| gray | #808080 | 128,128,128 |
| silver | #C0C0C0 | 192,192,192 |
| black | #000000 | 0,0,0 |
| maroon | #800000 | 128,0,0 |
| red | #FF0000 | 255,0,0 |
| purple | #800080 | 128,0,128 |
| fuchsia | #FF00FF | 255,0,255 |
| green | #008000 | 0,128,0 |
| lime | #00FF00 | 0,255,0 |
| olive | #808000 | 128,128,0 |
| yellow | #FFFF00 | 255,255,0 |
| navy | #000080 | 0,0,128 |
| blue | #0000FF | 0,0,255 |
| teal | #008080 | 0,128,128 |
| aqua | #00FFFF | 0,255,255 |
| orange | #FFA500 | 255,165,0 |
X11 Color Names (W3C color names)
The following table display all the colors in the X11 color set that are accepted by browsers following W3C standards.
| Red color names |
| indianred | #CD5C5C | 205,92,92 |
| lightcoral | #F08080 | 240,128,128 |
| salmon | #FA8072 | 250,128,114 |
| darksalmon | #E9967A | 233,150,122 |
| lightsalmon | #FFA07A | 255,160,122 |
| crimson | #DC143C | 220,20,60 |
| red | #FF0000 | 255,0,0 |
| firebrick | #B22222 | 178,34,34 |
| darkred | #8B0000 | 139,0,0 |
| Pink color names |
| pink | #FFC0CB | 255,192,203 |
| lightpink | #FFB6C1 | 255,182,193 |
| hotpink | #FF69B4 | 255,105,180 |
| deeppink | #FF1493 | 255,20,147 |
| mediumvioletred | #C71585 | 199,21,133 |
| palevioletred | #DB7093 | 219,112,147 |
| Orange color names |
| lightsalmon | #FFA07A | 255,160,122 |
| coral | #FF7F50 | 255,127,80 |
| tomato | #FF6347 | 255,99,71 |
| orangered | #FF4500 | 255,69,0 |
| darkorange | #FF8C00 | 255,140,0 |
| orange | #FFA500 | 255,165,0 |
| Yellow color names |
| gold | #FFD700 | 255,215,0 |
| yellow | #FFFF00 | 255,255,0 |
| lightyellow | #FFFFE0 | 255,255,224 |
| lemonchiffon | #FFFACD | 255,250,205 |
| lightgoldenrodyellow | #FAFAD2 | 250,250,210 |
| papayawhip | #FFEFD5 | 255,239,213 |
| moccasin | #FFE4B5 | 255,228,181 |
| peachpuff | #FFDAB9 | 255,218,185 |
| palegoldenrod | #EEE8AA | 238,232,170 |
| khaki | #F0E68C | 240,230,140 |
| darkkhaki | #BDB76B | 189,183,107 |
| Purple color names |
| lavender | #E6E6FA | 230,230,250 |
| thistle | #D8BFD8 | 216,191,216 |
| plum | #DDA0DD | 221,160,221 |
| violet | #EE82EE | 238,130,238 |
| orchid | #DA70D6 | 218,112,214 |
| fuchsia | #FF00FF | 255,0,255 |
| magenta | #FF00FF | 255,0,255 |
| mediumorchid | #BA55D3 | 186,85,211 |
| mediumpurple | #9370DB | 147,112,219 |
| blueviolet | #8A2BE2 | 138,43,226 |
| darkviolet | #9400D3 | 148,0,211 |
| darkorchid | #9932CC | 153,50,204 |
| darkmagenta | #8B008B | 139,0,139 |
| purple | #800080 | 128,0,128 |
| indigo | #4B0082 | 75,0,130 |
| slateblue | #6A5ACD | 106,90,205 |
| darkslateblue | #483D8B | 72,61,139 |
| mediumslateblue | #7B68EE | 123,104,238 |
| Green color names |
| greenyellow | #ADFF2F | 173,255,47 |
| chartreuse | #7FFF00 | 127,255,0 |
| lawngreen | #7CFC00 | 124,252,0 |
| lime | #00FF00 | 0,255,0 |
| limegreen | #32CD32 | 50,205,50 |
| palegreen | #98FB98 | 152,251,152 |
| lightgreen | #90EE90 | 144,238,144 |
| mediumspringgreen | #00FA9A | 0,250,154 |
| springgreen | #00FF7F | 0,255,127 |
| mediumseagreen | #3CB371 | 60,179,113 |
| seagreen | #2E8B57 | 46,139,87 |
| forestgreen | #228B22 | 34,139,34 |
| green | #008000 | 0,128,0 |
| darkgreen | #006400 | 0,100,0 |
| yellowgreen | #9ACD32 | 154,205,50 |
| olivedrab | #6B8E23 | 107,142,35 |
| olive | #808000 | 128,128,0 |
| darkolivegreen | #556B2F | 85,107,47 |
| mediumaquamarine | #66CDAA | 102,205,170 |
| darkseagreen | #8FBC8F | 143,188,143 |
| lightseagreen | #20B2AA | 32,178,170 |
| darkcyan | #008B8B | 0,139,139 |
| teal | #008080 | 0,128,128 |
| Blue color names |
| aqua | #00FFFF | 0,255,255 |
| cyan | #00FFFF | 0,255,255 |
| lightcyan | #E0FFFF | 224,255,255 |
| paleturquoise | #AFEEEE | 175,238,238 |
| aquamarine | #7FFFD4 | 127,255,212 |
| turquoise | #40E0D0 | 64,224,208 |
| mediumturquoise | #48D1CC | 72,209,204 |
| darkturquoise | #00CED1 | 0,206,209 |
| cadetblue | #5F9EA0 | 95,158,160 |
| steelblue | #4682B4 | 70,130,180 |
| lightsteelblue | #B0C4DE | 176,196,222 |
| powderblue | #B0E0E6 | 176,224,230 |
| lightblue | #ADD8E6 | 173,216,230 |
| skyblue | #87CEEB | 135,206,235 |
| lightskyblue | #87CEFA | 135,206,250 |
| deepskyblue | #00BFFF | 0,191,255 |
| dodgerblue | #1E90FF | 30,144,255 |
| cornflowerblue | #6495ED | 100,149,237 |
| mediumslateblue | #7B68EE | 123,104,238 |
| royalblue | #4169E1 | 65,105,225 |
| blue | #0000FF | 0,0,255 |
| mediumblue | #0000CD | 0,0,205 |
| darkblue | #00008B | 0,0,139 |
| navy | #000080 | 0,0,128 |
| midnightblue | #191970 | 25,25,112 |
| Brown color names |
| cornsilk | #FFF8DC | 255,248,220 |
| blanchedalmond | #FFEBCD | 255,235,205 |
| bisque | #FFE4C4 | 255,228,196 |
| navajowhite | #FFDEAD | 255,222,173 |
| wheat | #F5DEB3 | 245,222,179 |
| burlywood | #DEB887 | 222,184,135 |
| tan | #D2B48C | 210,180,140 |
| rosybrown | #BC8F8F | 188,143,143 |
| sandybrown | #F4A460 | 244,164,96 |
| goldenrod | #DAA520 | 218,165,32 |
| darkgoldenrod | #B8860B | 184,134,11 |
| peru | #CD853F | 205,133,63 |
| chocolate | #D2691E | 210,105,30 |
| saddlebrown | #8B4513 | 139,69,19 |
| sienna | #A0522D | 160,82,45 |
| brown | #A52A2A | 165,42,42 |
| maroon | #800000 | 128,0,0 |
| White color names |
| white | #FFFFFF | 255,255,255 |
| snow | #FFFAFA | 255,250,250 |
| honeydew | #F0FFF0 | 240,255,240 |
| mintcream | #F5FFFA | 245,255,250 |
| azure | #F0FFFF | 240,255,255 |
| aliceblue | #F0F8FF | 240,248,255 |
| ghostwhite | #F8F8FF | 248,248,255 |
| whitesmoke | #F5F5F5 | 245,245,245 |
| seashell | #FFF5EE | 255,245,238 |
| beige | #F5F5DC | 245,245,220 |
| oldlace | #FDF5E6 | 253,245,230 |
| floralwhite | #FFFAF0 | 255,250,240 |
| ivory | #FFFFF0 | 255,255,240 |
| antiquewhite | #FAEBD7 | 250,235,215 |
| linen | #FAF0E6 | 250,240,230 |
| lavenderblush | #FFF0F5 | 255,240,245 |
| mistyrose | #FFE4E1 | 255,228,225 |
| Grey color names |
| gainsboro | #DCDCDC | 220,220,220 |
| lightgrey | #D3D3D3 | 211,211,211 |
| silver | #C0C0C0 | 192,192,192 |
| darkgray | #A9A9A9 | 169,169,169 |
| gray | #808080 | 128,128,128 |
| dimgray | #696969 | 105,105,105 |
| lightslategray | #778899 | 119,136,153 |
| slategray | #708090 | 112,128,144 |
| darkslategray | #2F4F4F | 47,79,79 |
| black | #000000 | 0,0,0 |
