Web safe colours |
Web safe colours are those which will display correctly on 8 bit (256 colour - or color if you are American) VGA screens. Alternative displays are High Colour (16 bit) and True Colour (24 bit) however not all computers are capable of displaying these but as time goes on the only 256 colour capable machines are reducing in number as people upgrade. It is estimated (Dec 2003) that only about 5% of systems are 8 bit only.
The colours are specified numerically as Red, Green and Blue, in Decimal and Hex. These are expressed in hex between 00 and FF and decimal between 0 and 255. There are 216 (6 X 6 X 6) web safe colours. These are expressed as 0%, 20%, 40%, 60%, 80% and 100% of the 255 and equate to decimal (hex): 0 (00), 51 (33), 102 (66), 153 (99), 204 (CC), and 255 (FF). Any specification of colours outside these on an 8 bit system will result in the selection of the nearest web safe colour which may not be too much like what you would want to see. The web safe colours are listed as follows:
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FFFFFF 255,255,255 |
FFFFCC 255,255,204 |
FFFF99 255,255,153 |
FFFF66 255,255,102 |
FFFF33 255,255,51 |
FFFF00 255,255,0 |
FFCCFF 255,204,255 |
FFCCCC 255,204,204 |
FFCC99 255,204,153 |
FFCC66 255,204,102 |
FFCC33 255,204,51 |
FFCC00 255,204,0 |
FF99FF 255,153,255 |
FF99CC 255,153,204 |
FF9999 255,153,153 |
FF9966 255,153,102 |
FF9933 255,153,51 |
FF9900 255,153,0 |
FF66FF 255,102,255 |
FF66CC 255,102,204 |
FF6699 255,102,153 |
FF6666 255,102,102 |
FF6633 255,102,51 |
FF6600 255,102,0 |
FF33FF 255,51,255 |
FF33CC 255,51,204 |
FF3399 255,51,153 |
FF3366 255,51,102 |
FF3333 255,51,51 |
FF3300 255,51,0 |
FF00FF 255,0,255 |
FF00CC 255,0,204 |
FF0099 255,0,153 |
FF0066 255,0,102 |
FF0033 255,0,51 |
FF0000 255,0,0 |
CCFFFF 204,255,255 |
CCFFCC 204,255,204 |
CCFF99 204,255,153 |
CCFF66 204,255,102 |
CCFF33 204,255,51 |
CCFF00 204,255,0 |
CCCCFF 204,204,255 |
CCCCCC 204,204,204 |
CCCC99 204,204,153 |
CCCC66 204,204,102 |
CCCC33 204,204,51 |
CCCC00 204,204,0 |
CC99FF 204,153,255 |
CC99CC 204,153,204 |
CC9999 204,153,153 |
CC9966 204,153,102 |
CC9933 204,153,51 |
CC9900 204,153,0 |
CC66FF 204,102,255 |
CC66CC 204,102,204 |
CC6699 204,102,153 |
CC6666 204,102,102 |
CC6633 204,102,51 |
CC6600 204,102,0 |
CC33FF 204,51,255 |
CC33CC 204,51,204 |
CC3399 204,51,153 |
CC3366 204,51,102 |
CC3333 204,51,51 |
CC3300 204,51,0 |
CC00FF 204,0,255 |
CC00CC 204,0,204 |
CC0099 204,0,153 |
CC0066 204,0,102 |
CC0033 204,0,51 |
CC0000 204,0,0 |
99FFFF 153,255,255 |
99FFCC 153,255,204 |
99FF99 153,255,153 |
99FF66 153,255,102 |
99FF33 153,255,51 |
99FF00 153,255,0 |
99CCFF 153,204,255 |
99CCCC 153,204,204 |
99CC99 153,204,153 |
99CC66 153,204,102 |
99CC33 153,204,51 |
99CC00 153,204,0 |
9999FF 153,153,255 |
9999CC 153,153,204 |
999999 153,153,153 |
999966 153,153,102 |
999933 153,153,51 |
999900 153,153,0 |
9966FF 153,102,255 |
9966CC 153,102,204 |
996699 153,102,153 |
996666 153,102,102 |
996633 153,102,51 |
996600 153,102,0 |
9933FF 153,51,255 |
9933CC 153,51,204 |
993399 153,51,153 |
993366 153,51,102 |
993333 153,51,51 |
993300 153,51,0 |
9900FF 153,0,255 |
9900CC 153,0,204 |
990099 153,0,153 |
990066 153,0,102 |
990033 153,0,51 |
990000 153,0,0 |
66FFFF 102,255,255 |
66FFCC 102,255,204 |
66FF99 102,255,153 |
66FF66 102,255,102 |
66FF33 102,255,51 |
66FF00 102,255,0 |
66CCFF 102,204,255 |
66CCCC 102,204,204 |
66CC99 102,204,153 |
66CC66 102,204,102 |
66CC33 102,204,51 |
66CC00 102,204,0 |
6699FF 102,153,255 |
6699CC 102,153,204 |
669999 102,153,153 |
669966 102,153,102 |
669933 102,153,51 |
669900 102,153,0 |
6666FF 102,102,255 |
6666CC 102,102,204 |
666699 102,102,153 |
666666 102,102,102 |
666633 102,102,51 |
666600 102,102,0 |
6633FF 102,51,255 |
6633CC 102,51,204 |
663399 102,51,153 |
663366 102,51,102 |
663333 102,51,51 |
663300 102,51,0 |
6600FF 102,0,255 |
6600CC 102,0,204 |
660099 102,0,153 |
660066 102,0,102 |
660033 102,0,51 |
660000 102,0,0 |
33FFFF 51,255,255 |
33FFCC 51,255,204 |
33FF99 51,255,153 |
33FF66 51,255,102 |
33FF33 51,255,51 |
33FF00 51,255,0 |
33CCFF 51,204,255 |
33CCCC 51,204,204 |
33CC99 51,204,153 |
33CC66 51,204,102 |
33CC33 51,204,51 |
33CC00 51,204,0 |
3399FF 51,153,255 |
3399CC 51,153,204 |
339999 51,153,153 |
339966 51,153,102 |
339933 51,153,51 |
339900 51,153,0 |
3366FF 51,102,255 |
3366CC 51,102,204 |
336699 51,102,153 |
336666 51,102,102 |
336633 51,102,51 |
336600 51,102,0 |
3333FF 51,51,255 |
3333CC 51,51,204 |
333399 51,51,153 |
333366 51,51,102 |
333333 51,51,51 |
333300 51,51,0 |
3300FF 51,0,255 |
3300CC 51,0,204 |
330099 51,0,153 |
330066 51,0,102 |
330033 51,0,51 |
330000 51,0,0 |
00FFFF 0,255,255 |
00FFCC 0,255,204 |
00FF99 0,255,153 |
00FF66 0,255,102 |
00FF33 0,255,51 |
00FF00 0,255,0 |
00CCFF 0,204,255 |
00CCCC 0,204,204 |
00CC99 0,204,153 |
00CC66 0,204,102 |
00CC33 0,204,51 |
00CC00 0,204,0 |
0099FF 0,153,255 |
0099CC 0,153,204 |
009999 0,153,153 |
009966 0,153,102 |
009933 0,153,51 |
009900 0,153,0 |
0066FF 0,102,255 |
0066CC 0,102,204 |
006699 0,102,153 |
006666 0,102,102 |
006633 0,102,51 |
006600 0,102,0 |
0033FF 0,51,255 |
0033CC 0,51,204 |
003399 0,51,153 |
003366 0,51,102 |
003333 0,51,51 |
003300 0,51,0 |
0000FF 0,0,255 |
0000CC 0,0,204 |
000099 0,0,153 |
000066 0,0,102 |
000033 0,0,51 |
000000 0,0,0 |
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