Web Colors
The colors of your site can be easily determined from the colors in your company logo. If you do not have a company logo or do not know what colors to use, read on about what colors can be shown on your website.
In the early days of the internet, most computers could only display 16 basic colors. The next generation of computers were able to display the 256 colors. Today most computers can display over 16 MILLION colors. That huge variety of colors comes from 256 shades each of Red, Green and Blue (256 x 256 x 256 = 16,777,216).
You will find the 16 and 256 color palettes shown below so you can use them as a reference if you are looking for specific colors for your website. Remember, you are not limited to those colors, but they are a good starting point. Keep in mind that the same color shown on different monitors will appear to have shade variations. This cannot be prevented due to the endless number of settings that monitors and computers have available. For this reason, the best background and font colors to use on your website should be chosen from the 16 or 256 color palette. You will notice even within the 256 color palette, that there is very little visual difference between some colors.
16 Color Palette
| Black (#000000) |
| Blue (#0000AA) |
| Green (#00AA00) |
| Cyan (#00AAAA) |
| Red (#AA0000) |
| Magenta (#AA00AA) |
| Brown (#AA5500) |
| Light Gray (#AAAAAA) |
| Dark Gray (#555555) |
| Bright Blue (#5555FF) |
| Bright Green (#55FF55) |
| Bright Cyan (#55FFFF) |
| Bright Red (#FF5555) |
| Bright Magenta (#FF55FF) |
| Bright Yellow (#FFFF55) |
| White (#FFFFFF) |
256 Color Palette
| Color Name | HEX | Color |
|---|---|---|
| Black | #000000 | |
| Navy | #000080 | |
| DarkBlue | #00008B | |
| MediumBlue | #0000CD | |
| Blue | #0000FF | |
| DarkGreen | #006400 | |
| Green | #008000 | |
| Teal | #008080 | |
| DarkCyan | #008B8B | |
| DeepSkyBlue | #00BFFF | |
| DarkTurquoise | #00CED1 | |
| MediumSpringGreen | #00FA9A | |
| Lime | #00FF00 | |
| SpringGreen | #00FF7F | |
| Aqua | #00FFFF | |
| Cyan | #00FFFF | |
| MidnightBlue | #191970 | |
| DodgerBlue | #1E90FF | |
| LightSeaGreen | #20B2AA | |
| ForestGreen | #228B22 | |
| SeaGreen | #2E8B57 | |
| DarkSlateGray | #2F4F4F | |
| DarkSlateGrey | #2F4F4F | |
| LimeGreen | #32CD32 | |
| MediumSeaGreen | #3CB371 | |
| Turquoise | #40E0D0 | |
| RoyalBlue | #4169E1 | |
| SteelBlue | #4682B4 | |
| DarkSlateBlue | #483D8B | |
| MediumTurquoise | #48D1CC | |
| Indigo | #4B0082 | |
| DarkOliveGreen | #556B2F | |
| CadetBlue | #5F9EA0 | |
| CornflowerBlue | #6495ED | |
| MediumAquaMarine | #66CDAA | |
| DimGray | #696969 | |
| DimGrey | #696969 | |
| SlateBlue | #6A5ACD | |
| OliveDrab | #6B8E23 | |
| SlateGray | #708090 | |
| SlateGrey | #708090 | |
| LightSlateGray | #778899 | |
| LightSlateGrey | #778899 | |
| MediumSlateBlue | #7B68EE | |
| LawnGreen | #7CFC00 | |
| Chartreuse | #7FFF00 | |
| Aquamarine | #7FFFD4 | |
| Maroon | #800000 | |
| Purple | #800080 | |
| Olive | #808000 | |
| Gray | #808080 | |
| Grey | #808080 | |
| SkyBlue | #87CEEB | |
| LightSkyBlue | #87CEFA | |
| BlueViolet | #8A2BE2 | |
| DarkRed | #8B0000 | |
| DarkMagenta | #8B008B | |
| SaddleBrown | #8B4513 | |
| DarkSeaGreen | #8FBC8F | |
| LightGreen | #90EE90 | |
| MediumPurple | #9370D8 | |
| DarkViolet | #9400D3 | |
| PaleGreen | #98FB98 | |
| DarkOrchid | #9932CC | |
| YellowGreen | #9ACD32 | |
| Sienna | #A0522D | |
| Brown | #A52A2A | |
| DarkGray | #A9A9A9 | |
| DarkGrey | #A9A9A9 | |
| LightBlue | #ADD8E6 | |
| GreenYellow | #ADFF2F | |
| PaleTurquoise | #AFEEEE | |
| LightSteelBlue | #B0C4DE | |
| PowderBlue | #B0E0E6 | |
| FireBrick | #B22222 | |
| DarkGoldenRod | #B8860B | |
| MediumOrchid | #BA55D3 | |
| RosyBrown | #BC8F8F | |
| DarkKhaki | #BDB76B | |
| Silver | #C0C0C0 | |
| MediumVioletRed | #C71585 | |
| IndianRed | #CD5C5C | |
| Peru | #CD853F | |
| Chocolate | #D2691E | |
| Tan | #D2B48C | |
| LightGray | #D3D3D3 | |
| LightGrey | #D3D3D3 | |
| PaleVioletRed | #D87093 | |
| Thistle | #D8BFD8 | |
| Orchid | #DA70D6 | |
| GoldenRod | #DAA520 | |
| Crimson | #DC143C | |
| Gainsboro | #DCDCDC | |
| Plum | #DDA0DD | |
| BurlyWood | #DEB887 | |
| LightCyan | #E0FFFF | |
| Lavender | #E6E6FA | |
| DarkSalmon | #E9967A | |
| Violet | #EE82EE | |
| PaleGoldenRod | #EEE8AA | |
| LightCoral | #F08080 | |
| Khaki | #F0E68C | |
| AliceBlue | #F0F8FF | |
| HoneyDew | #F0FFF0 | |
| Azure | #F0FFFF | |
| SandyBrown | #F4A460 | |
| Wheat | #F5DEB3 | |
| Beige | #F5F5DC | |
| WhiteSmoke | #F5F5F5 | |
| MintCream | #F5FFFA | |
| GhostWhite | #F8F8FF | |
| Salmon | #FA8072 | |
| AntiqueWhite | #FAEBD7 | |
| Linen | #FAF0E6 | |
| LightGoldenRodYellow | #FAFAD2 | |
| OldLace | #FDF5E6 | |
| Red | #FF0000 | |
| Fuchsia | #FF00FF | |
| Magenta | #FF00FF | |
| DeepPink | #FF1493 | |
| OrangeRed | #FF4500 | |
| Tomato | #FF6347 | |
| HotPink | #FF69B4 | |
| Coral | #FF7F50 | |
| Darkorange | #FF8C00 | |
| LightSalmon | #FFA07A | |
| Orange | #FFA500 | |
| LightPink | #FFB6C1 | |
| Pink | #FFC0CB | |
| Gold | #FFD700 | |
| PeachPuff | #FFDAB9 | |
| NavajoWhite | #FFDEAD | |
| Moccasin | #FFE4B5 | |
| Bisque | #FFE4C4 | |
| MistyRose | #FFE4E1 | |
| BlanchedAlmond | #FFEBCD | |
| PapayaWhip | #FFEFD5 | |
| LavenderBlush | #FFF0F5 | |
| SeaShell | #FFF5EE | |
| Cornsilk | #FFF8DC | |
| LemonChiffon | #FFFACD | |
| FloralWhite | #FFFAF0 | |
| Snow | #FFFAFA | |
| Yellow | #FFFF00 | |
| LightYellow | #FFFFE0 | |
| Ivory | #FFFFF0 | |
| White | #FFFFFF |
