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Web Design - Named Colors

This page details the 140 possible discrete named colours supported by the Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer. Colours followed by a * character are also supported by Internet Explorer for all elements that support colouring. It should be noted that, these colour names may not be supported by other browsers and their display would be unreliable, unless the #rrggbb value is used instead.

black* #000000  
navy* #000080  
darkblue #00008B  
mediumblue #0000CD  
blue* #0000FF  
darkgreen #006400  
green* #008000  
teal* #008080  
darkcyan #008B8B  
deepskyblue #00BFBF  
darkturquoise #00CED1  
mediumspringgreen #00FA9A  
lime* #00FF00  
springgreen #00FF7F  
cyan #00FFFF  
aqua* #00FFFF  
midnightblue #191970  
dodgerblue #1E90FF  
lightseagreen #20B2AA  
forestgreen #228B22  
seagreen #2E8B57  
darkslategray #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  
slateblue #6A5ACD  
olivedrab #6B8E23  
slategray #708090  
lightslategray #778899  
mediumslateblue #7B68EE  
lawngreen #7CFC00  
chartreuse #7FFF00  
aquamarine #7FFFD4  
maroon* #800000  
purple* #800080  
olive* #808000  
gray* #808080  
skyblue #87CEEB  
lightskyblue #87CEFA  
blueviolet #8A2BE2  
darkred #8B0000  
darkmagenta #8B008B  
saddlebrown #8B4513  
darkseagreen #8FBC8F  
lightgreen #90EE90  
mediumpurple #9370DB  
darkviolet #9400D3  
palegreen #98FB98  
darkorchid #9932CC  
yellowgreen #9ACD32  
sienna #A0522D  
brown #A52A2A  
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  
lightgrey #D3D3D3  
thistle #D8BFD8  
orchid #DA70D6  
goldenrod #DAA520  
palevioletred #DB7093  
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  
lightsalmon #FA807A  
antiquewhite #FAEBD7  
linen #FAF0E6  
lightgoldenrodyellow #FAFAD2  
oldlace #FDF5E6  
red* #FF0000  
magenta #FF00FF  
fuchsia* #FF00FF  
deeppink #FF1493  
orangered #FF4500  
tomato #FF6347  
hotpink #FF69B4  
coral #FF7F50  
darkorange #FF8C00  
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  

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