HTML Color
1.color values
2.16 million colors
3.web standard color names
4.color names supported by all browsers
5.web safe colors ?
6.shades of Gray
Color Values
HTML colors are defined using a hexadecimal(hex) notation for the combination of red,green,and blue(RGB)
the lowest value that can be given to one of the light source is 0 (hex 00).
the highest value is 255(hex FF)
Hex values are written as 3 double-digit numbers, starting with a #sign, such as #9ACD32
<html>
<body>
<p style="background-color:#C0C0C0">
Color set by using hex values
</p>
<p style="background-color:rgb(192,192,192)">
Color set by using rgb values
</p>
<p style="background-color:gray">
Color set by using color name
</p>
</body>
</html>
16 million different colors
256x256x256 gives more than 16 million colors to display
monitors are capable of displaying atleast 16,384 colors
Web Standard color names
The Word Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has listed 16 valid color names for HTML and CSS
Aqua
Black
Blue
Fuchsia
Gray
Green
Lime
Maroon
Navy
Olive
Purple
Red
Silver
Teal
White
Yellow
If you want to use other colors, you should specify their HEX values
Color Names Supported by All Browsers
a collection of nearly 150 color names are supported by all major browsers
for more info http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_colornames.asp
if you want valid HTML or CSS, use the HEX values instead.
Web Safe Colors ?
Some years ago, when computers supported a maximum of 256 different colors, a list of 216 "web safe colors" was suggested as a web standard, reserving 40 fixed system colors.
This cross-browser color palette was created to ensure that all computers would display the colors corrently when running a 256-color palette.
Shades of Gray
Gray colors are displayed using an equal amount of power to alll of the light sources.
for more info visit http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_colors.asp.
1.color values
2.16 million colors
3.web standard color names
4.color names supported by all browsers
5.web safe colors ?
6.shades of Gray
Color Values
HTML colors are defined using a hexadecimal(hex) notation for the combination of red,green,and blue(RGB)
the lowest value that can be given to one of the light source is 0 (hex 00).
the highest value is 255(hex FF)
Hex values are written as 3 double-digit numbers, starting with a #sign, such as #9ACD32
<html>
<body>
<p style="background-color:#C0C0C0">
Color set by using hex values
</p>
<p style="background-color:rgb(192,192,192)">
Color set by using rgb values
</p>
<p style="background-color:gray">
Color set by using color name
</p>
</body>
</html>
16 million different colors
256x256x256 gives more than 16 million colors to display
monitors are capable of displaying atleast 16,384 colors
Web Standard color names
The Word Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has listed 16 valid color names for HTML and CSS
Aqua
Black
Blue
Fuchsia
Gray
Green
Lime
Maroon
Navy
Olive
Purple
Red
Silver
Teal
White
Yellow
If you want to use other colors, you should specify their HEX values
Color Names Supported by All Browsers
a collection of nearly 150 color names are supported by all major browsers
for more info http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_colornames.asp
if you want valid HTML or CSS, use the HEX values instead.
Web Safe Colors ?
Some years ago, when computers supported a maximum of 256 different colors, a list of 216 "web safe colors" was suggested as a web standard, reserving 40 fixed system colors.
This cross-browser color palette was created to ensure that all computers would display the colors corrently when running a 256-color palette.
Shades of Gray
Gray colors are displayed using an equal amount of power to alll of the light sources.
for more info visit http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_colors.asp.
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