This table displays the 216 web-safe colors supported by browsers. Netscape defined these colors to address the problem of using colors on computers that could only display 256 colors at a time. Using web-safe colors reduces the chance of having dithered colors. What Netscape did was define six levels each of red, green and blue, evenly spaced throughout the RGB color space. Each color is separated from the next by 51 (33 hex). Thus, you will see color codes of 0, 51, 102, 153, 204, and 255 (hex 0, 33, 66, 99, CC, and FF). Web pages that use these colors have a much better chance of displaying as the web designer intended.
The following table displays the 216 web-safe colors arranged by hue.
FFF FFF |
CCC CCC |
999 999 |
666 666 |
333 333 |
000 000 |
FFC C00 |
FF9 900 |
FF6 600 |
FF3 300 |
CC3 300 |
990 000 |
CC0 000 |
FF0 000 |
FF3 366 |
CC0 033 |
99C C00 |
CCF F33 |
333 300 |
666 600 |
999 900 |
CC9 900 |
FFC C33 |
FFC C66 |
FF9 966 |
FF6 633 |
660 000 |
CC3 333 |
FF3 333 |
CC3 366 |
FF6 699 |
FF0 033 |
CCF F00 |
CCF F66 |
99C C33 |
666 633 |
999 933 |
CCC C00 |
FFF F00 |
CC9 933 |
CC6 633 |
330 000 |
993 333 |
FF6 666 |
990 033 |
CC3 399 |
FF6 6CC |
FF0 066 |
99F F00 |
99F F66 |
66C C33 |
669 900 |
999 966 |
CCC C33 |
FFF F33 |
996 600 |
993 300 |
663 333 |
CC6 666 |
FF3 399 |
CC0 066 |
990 066 |
FF3 3CC |
FF0 099 |
66F F00 |
66F F33 |
339 900 |
66C C00 |
99F F33 |
CCC C66 |
FFF F66 |
996 633 |
663 300 |
996 666 |
FF9 999 |
CC6 699 |
993 366 |
660 033 |
CC0 099 |
FF0 0CC |
33F F00 |
33C C00 |
336 600 |
669 933 |
99C C66 |
CCC C99 |
FFF F99 |
CC9 966 |
CC6 600 |
CC9 999 |
FF9 9CC |
996 699 |
993 399 |
990 099 |
663 366 |
330 033 |
00C C00 |
66C C66 |
00F F00 |
33F F33 |
66F F66 |
CCF F99 |
FFF FCC |
FFC C99 |
FF9 933 |
FFC CCC |
CC9 9CC |
FF6 6FF |
FF3 3FF |
FF0 0FF |
CC6 6CC |
660 066 |
33C C33 |
336 633 |
009 900 |
339 933 |
669 966 |
99F F99 |
CCF FCC |
339 9FF |
99C CFF |
FFC CFF |
FF9 9FF |
996 6CC |
663 399 |
330 066 |
990 0CC |
CC3 3CC |
006 600 |
00C C33 |
006 633 |
339 966 |
66C C99 |
99C C99 |
CCF FFF |
006 6CC |
669 9CC |
CCC CFF |
CC9 9FF |
993 3FF |
660 0CC |
660 099 |
CC3 3FF |
CC0 0CC |
003 300 |
33F F66 |
009 933 |
00C C66 |
33F F99 |
99F FCC |
99C CCC |
003 366 |
336 699 |
999 9FF |
999 9CC |
666 699 |
330 099 |
993 3CC |
CC6 6FF |
CC0 0FF |
00F F33 |
66F F99 |
33C C66 |
009 966 |
66F FFF |
99F FFF |
669 999 |
006 699 |
003 399 |
666 6FF |
666 6CC |
333 399 |
333 366 |
663 3CC |
996 6FF |
990 0FF |
00F F66 |
66F FCC |
33C C99 |
33F FFF |
33C CCC |
66C CCC |
336 666 |
339 9CC |
336 6CC |
333 3FF |
333 3CC |
000 099 |
000 066 |
000 033 |
663 3FF |
660 0FF |
00F F99 |
33F FCC |
00F FFF |
00C CCC |
009 999 |
339 999 |
003 333 |
66C CFF |
669 9FF |
000 0FF |
000 0CC |
006 6FF |
336 6FF |
003 3FF |
003 3CC |
330 0FF |
00F FCC |
00C C99 |
000 000 |
000 000 |
000 000 |
000 000 |
006 666 |
009 9CC |
00C CFF |
33C CFF |
009 9FF |
000 000 |
000 000 |
000 000 |
000 000 |
330 0CC |