With so many colors to choose from, it can be tough to decide which one to use for your website or blog. But with a little help from this list of 140 HTML colors, you can find the perfect color for your next project.

Using an RGB or HEX color code in HTML you can change the color of the text, background, url, font, table or the whole page.

Colors in HTML

The value for the color property can be set in three main ways:

  • by color name, for example, red, green, blue
  • by hexadecimal number: from #000000 to #ffffff
  • by color code in the RGB palette: from rgb (0, 0, 0) to rgb(255, 255, 255)

The name of the color is relatively simple. The only limitation is that we have to choose a color from several predefined options.

The standard set of HTML colors consists of 140 different values. If you need a color that is not represented there, you will need to use a hexadecimal format (HEX code) or RGB.

HEX color codes in HTML

The HEX code always starts with a # followed by a 3-byte hexadecimal number (6 digits in total). Each byte is responsible for the intensity of one of the three primary colors: the first is responsible for the intensity of red, the second for green, and the third for blue:

The value 00 is the lowest intensity, FF is the highest. For example, to get white, you need to “mix” three primary colors with maximum intensity: #FFFFFF. To obtain black, the intensity of all colors should be minimal: #000000.

— So it’s the same as in the drawing class - to get any color you just need to mix red, blue, and green.

— Exactly. To get the red color, you need to set the maximum value for the byte responsible for the red color, and for the rest - the minimum: ##FF0000.

— Then for green, the HEX code will be: #00FF00

RGB palette of HTML colors

In the RGB palette, the color is mixed in a similar way by mixing the intensity of red, green, and blue colors. Hence the abbreviation RGB. Only the intensity is set here by numbers 0 from 255, where 0 is the lowest intensity, 255 is the highest. For example, green would look like this: rgb (0, 255, 0);

All of these values are suitable for other situations where color is needed, for example, in background-color.

A Table of 140 HTML colors with names and codes (string, HEX, rgb)

In this table you’ll find all colors that have an HTML name and a code. If you want to become a FULL STACK JS Developer, you can join my modern web development course

Color Name HTML string code HEX code RGB code
  maroon maroon #800000 (128,0,0)
  dark red darkred #8B0000 (139,0,0)
  brown brown #A52A2A (165,42,42)
  fire brick firebrick #B22222 (178,34,34)
  crimson crimson #DC143C (220,20,60)
  red red #FF0000 (255,0,0)
  tomato tomato #FF6347 (255,99,71)
  coral coral #FF7F50 (255,127,80)
  indian red indianred #CD5C5C (205,92,92)
  light coral lightcoral #F08080 (240,128,128)
  dark salmon darksalmon #E9967A (233,150,122)
  salmon salmon #FA8072 (250,128,114)
  light salmon lightsalmon #FFA07A (255,160,122)
  orange red orangered #FF4500 (255,69,0)
  dark orange darkorange #FF8C00 (255,140,0)
  orange orange #FFA500 (255,165,0)
  gold gold #FFD700 (255,215,0)
  dark golden rod darkgoldenrod #B8860B (184,134,11)
  golden rod goldenrod #DAA520 (218,165,32)
  pale golden rod palegoldenrod #EEE8AA (238,232,170)
  dark khaki darkkhaki #BDB76B (189,183,107)
  khaki khaki #F0E68C (240,230,140)
  olive olive #808000 (128,128,0)
  yellow yellow #FFFF00 (255,255,0)
  yellow green yellowgreen #9ACD32 (154,205,50)
  dark olive green darkolivegreen #556B2F (85,107,47)
  olive drab olivedrab #6B8E23 (107,142,35)
  lawn green lawngreen #7CFC00 (124,252,0)
  chartreuse chartreuse #7FFF00 (127,255,0)
  green yellow greenyellow #ADFF2F (173,255,47)
  dark green darkgreen #006400 (0,100,0)
  green green #008000 (0,128,0)
  forest green forestgreen #228B22 (34,139,34)
  lime lime #00FF00 (0,255,0)
  lime green limegreen #32CD32 (50,205,50)
  light green lightgreen #90EE90 (144,238,144)
  pale green palegreen #98FB98 (152,251,152)
  dark sea green darkseagreen #8FBC8F (143,188,143)
  medium spring green mediumspringgreen #00FA9A (0,250,154)
  spring green springgreen #00FF7F (0,255,127)
  sea green seagreen #2E8B57 (46,139,87)
  medium aquamarine mediumaquamarine #66CDAA (102,205,170)
  medium sea green mediumseagreen #3CB371 (60,179,113)
  light sea green lightseagreen #20B2AA (32,178,170)
  dark slate gray darkslategray #2F4F4F (47,79,79)
  teal teal #008080 (0,128,128)
  dark cyan darkcyan #008B8B (0,139,139)
  aqua aqua #00FFFF (0,255,255)
  cyan cyan #00FFFF (0,255,255)
  light cyan lightcyan #E0FFFF (224,255,255)
  dark turquoise darkturquoise #00CED1 (0,206,209)
  turquoise turquoise #40E0D0 (64,224,208)
  medium turquoise mediumturquoise #48D1CC (72,209,204)
  pale turquoise paleturquoise #AFEEEE (175,238,238)
  aquamarine aquamarine #7FFFD4 (127,255,212)
  powder blue powderblue #B0E0E6 (176,224,230)
  cadet blue cadetblue #5F9EA0 (95,158,160)
  steel blue steelblue #4682B4 (70,130,180)
  cornflower blue cornflowerblue #6495ED (100,149,237)
  deep sky blue deepskyblue #00BFFF (0,191,255)
  dodger blue dodgerblue #1E90FF (30,144,255)
  light blue lightblue #ADD8E6 (173,216,230)
  sky blue skyblue #87CEEB (135,206,235)
  light sky blue lightskyblue #87CEFA (135,206,250)
  midnight blue midnightblue #191970 (25,25,112)
  navy navy #000080 (0,0,128)
  dark blue darkblue #00008B (0,0,139)
  medium blue mediumblue #0000CD (0,0,205)
  blue blue #0000FF (0,0,255)
  royal blue royalblue #4169E1 (65,105,225)
  blue violet blueviolet #8A2BE2 (138,43,226)
  indigo indigo #4B0082 (75,0,130)
  dark slate blue darkslateblue #483D8B (72,61,139)
  slate blue slateblue #6A5ACD (106,90,205)
  medium slate blue mediumslateblue #7B68EE (123,104,238)
  medium purple mediumpurple #9370DB (147,112,219)
  dark magenta darkmagenta #8B008B (139,0,139)
  dark violet darkviolet #9400D3 (148,0,211)
  dark orchid darkorchid #9932CC (153,50,204)
  medium orchid mediumorchid #BA55D3 (186,85,211)
  purple purple #800080 (128,0,128)
  thistle thistle #D8BFD8 (216,191,216)
  plum plum #DDA0DD (221,160,221)
  violet violet #EE82EE (238,130,238)
  fuchsia fuchsia #FF00FF (255,0,255)
  orchid orchid #DA70D6 (218,112,214)
  medium violet red mediumvioletred #C71585 (199,21,133)
  pale violet red palevioletred #DB7093 (219,112,147)
  deep pink deeppink #FF1493 (255,20,147)
  hot pink hotpink #FF69B4 (255,105,180)
  light pink lightpink #FFB6C1 (255,182,193)
  pink pink #FFC0CB (255,192,203)
  antique white antiquewhite #FAEBD7 (250,235,215)
  beige beige #F5F5DC (245,245,220)
  bisque bisque #FFE4C4 (255,228,196)
  blanched almond blanchedalmond #FFEBCD (255,235,205)
  wheat wheat #F5DEB3 (245,222,179)
  corn silk cornsilk #FFF8DC (255,248,220)
  lemon chiffon lemonchiffon #FFFACD (255,250,205)
  light golden rod yellow lightgoldenrodyellow #FAFAD2 (250,250,210)
  light yellow lightyellow #FFFFE0 (255,255,224)
  saddle brown saddlebrown #8B4513 (139,69,19)
  sienna sienna #A0522D (160,82,45)
  chocolate chocolate #D2691E (210,105,30)
  peru peru #CD853F (205,133,63)
  sandy brown sandybrown #F4A460 (244,164,96)
  burly wood burlywood #DEB887 (222,184,135)
  tan tan #D2B48C (210,180,140)
  rosy brown rosybrown #BC8F8F (188,143,143)
  moccasin moccasin #FFE4B5 (255,228,181)
  navajo white navajowhite #FFDEAD (255,222,173)
  peach puff peachpuff #FFDAB9 (255,218,185)
  misty rose mistyrose #FFE4E1 (255,228,225)
  lavender blush lavenderblush #FFF0F5 (255,240,245)
  linen linen #FAF0E6 (250,240,230)
  old lace oldlace #FDF5E6 (253,245,230)
  papaya whip papayawhip #FFEFD5 (255,239,213)
  sea shell seashell #FFF5EE (255,245,238)
  mint cream mintcream #F5FFFA (245,255,250)
  slate gray slategray #708090 (112,128,144)
  light slate gray lightslategray #778899 (119,136,153)
  light steel blue lightsteelblue #B0C4DE (176,196,222)
  lavender lavender #E6E6FA (230,230,250)
  floral white floralwhite #FFFAF0 (255,250,240)
  alice blue aliceblue #F0F8FF (240,248,255)
  ghost white ghostwhite #F8F8FF (248,248,255)
  honey dew honeydew #F0FFF0 (240,255,240)
  ivory ivory #FFFFF0 (255,255,240)
  azure azure #F0FFFF (240,255,255)
  snow snow #FFFAFA (255,250,250)
  black black #000000 (0,0,0)
  dim gray dimgray #696969 (105,105,105)
  gray gray #808080 (128,128,128)
  dark gray / dark grey darkgray #A9A9A9 (169,169,169)
  silver silver #C0C0C0 (192,192,192)
  light gray / light grey lightgray #D3D3D3 (211,211,211)
  gainsboro gainsboro #DCDCDC (220,220,220)
  white smoke whitesmoke #F5F5F5 (245,245,245)
  white white #FFFFFF (255,255,255)

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