Web-safe Colors for Your Site (Exclusive Article)

Here a table of Web-safe colors is shown with their HTML signatures. There are altogether 216 colors (Cube 6x6x6), the classification is implemented in colors. While Web-safe HTML colors are recognized by all web browsers, it's hard to say that there are many good ones, and for exactly this reason, one always wants to use dangerous colors.:)

Color

Cod

Name

Hex

RGB

HSL

CMYK

Black+White
  K Black #000000 (0,0,0) (0,0,0) (0,0,0,100)
  OG Obscure Gray #333333 (51,51,51) (0,0,20) (0,0,0,80)
  DG Dark Gray #666666 (102,102,102) (0,0,40) (0,0,0,60)
  LG Light Gray #999999 (153,153,153) (0,0,60) (0,0,0,40)
  PG Pale Gray #CCCCCC (204,204,204) (0,0,80) (0,0,0,20)
  W White #FFFFFF (255,255,255) (0,0,100) (0,0,0,0)
Red
  OWR Obscure Weak Red #330000 (51,0,0) (0,100,10) (0,20,20,80)
  ODR Obscure Dull Red #660000 (102,0,0) (0,100,20) (0,40,40,60)
  DFR Dark Faded Red #990000 (153,0,0) (0,100,30) (0,60,60,40)
  DHR Dark Hard Red #CC0000 (204,0,0) (0,100,40) (0,80,80,20)
  R Red #FF0000 (255,0,0) (0,100,50) (0,100,100,0)
  DWR Dark Weak Red #663333 (102,51,51) (0,33,30) (0,20,20,60)
  DDR Dark Dull Red #993333 (153,51,51) (0,50,40) (0,40,40,40)
  MFR Medium Faded Red #CC3333 (204,51,51) (0,60,50) (0,60,60,20)
  LHR Light Hard Red #FF3333 (255,51,51) (0,100,60) (0,80,80,0)
  MWR Medium Weak Red #996666 (153,102,102) (0,20,50) (0,20,20,40)
  LDR Light Dull Red #CC6666 (204,102,102) (0,50,60) (0,40,40,20)
  LFR Light Faded Red #FF6666 (255,102,102) (0,100,70) (0,60,60,0)
  LWR Light Weak Red #CC9999 (204,153,153) (0,33,70) (0,20,20,20)
  PDR Pale Dull Red #FF9999 (255,153,153) (0,100,80) (0,40,40,0)
  PWR Pale Weak Red #FFCCCC (255,204,204) (0,100,90) (0,20,20,0)
Orange
  ODO Obscure Dull Orange #663300 (102,51,0) (30,100,20) (0,20,40,60)
  DDO Dark Dull Orange #996633 (153,102,51) (30,50,40) (0,20,40,40)
  LDO Light Dull Orange #CC9966 (204,153,102) (30,50,60) (0,20,40,20)
  PDO Pale Dull Orange #FFCC99 (255,204,153) (30,100,80) (0,20,40,0)
  DHO Dark Hard Orange #CC6600 (204,102,0) (30,100,40) (0,40,80,20)
  LHO Light Hard Orange #FF9933 (255,153,51) (30,100,60) (0,40,80,0)
Red+Orange+Yellow
  OOY Orange-Orange-Yellow #FF9900 (255,153,0) (36,100,50) (0,40,100,0)
  OOR Orange-Orange-Red #FF6600 (255,102,0) (24,100,50) (0,60,100,0)
  YYO Yellow-Yellow-Orange #FFCC00 (255,204,0) (48,100,50) (0,20,100,0)
  RRO Red-Red-Orange #FF3300 (255,51,0) (12,100,50) (0,80,100,0)
  DYO Dark Yellow-Orange #CC9900 (204,153,0) (45,100,40) (0,20,80,20)
  DRO Dark Red-Orange #CC3300 (204,51,0) (15,100,40) (0,60,80,20)
  LYO Light Yellow-Orange #FFCC33 (255,204,51) (45,100,60) (0,20,80,0)
  LRO Light Red-Orange #FF6633 (255,102,51) (15,100,60) (0,60,80,0)
  DOY Dark Orange-Yellow #996600 (153,102,0) (40,100,30) (0,20,60,40)
  DOR Dark Orange-Red #993300 (153,51,0) (20,100,30) (0,40,60,40)
  LOY Light Orange-Yellow #FFCC66 (255,204,102) (40,100,70) (0,20,60,0)
  LOR Light Orange-Red #FF9966 (255,153,102) (20,100,70) (0,40,60,0)
  MOY Medium Orange-Yellow #CC9933 (204,153,51) (40,60,50) (0,20,60,20)
  MOR Medium Orange-Red #CC6633 (204,102,51) (20,60,50) (0,40,60,20)
Yellow
  OWY Obscure Weak Yellow #333300 (51,51,0) (60,100,10) (0,0,20,80)
  ODY Obscure Dull Yellow #666600 (102,102,0) (60,100,20) (0,0,40,60)
  DFY Dark Faded Yellow #999900 (153,153,0) (60,100,30) (0,0,60,40)
  DHY Dark Hard Yellow #CCCC00 (204,204,0) (60,100,40) (0,0,80,20)
  Y Yellow #FFFF00 (255,255,0) (60,100,50) (0,0,100,0)
  DWY Dark Weak Yellow #666633 (102,102,51) (60,33,30) (0,0,20,60)
  DDY Dark Dull Yellow #999933 (153,153,51) (60,50,40) (0,0,40,40)
  MFY Medium Faded Yellow #CCCC33 (204,204,51) (60,60,50) (0,0,60,20)
  LHY Light Hard Yellow #FFFF33 (255,255,51) (60,100,60) (0,0,80,0)
  MWY Medium Weak Yellow #999966 (153,153,102) (60,20,50) (0,0,20,40)
  LDY Light Dull Yellow #CCCC66 (204,204,102) (60,50,60) (0,0,40,20)
  LFY Light Faded Yellow #FFFF66 (255,255,102) (60,100,70) (0,0,60,0)
  LWY Light Weak Yellow #CCCC99 (204,204,153) (60,33,70) (0,0,20,20)
  PDY Pale Dull Yellow #FFFF99 (255,255,153) (60,100,80) (0,0,40,0)
  PWY Pale Weak Yellow #FFFFCC (255,255,204) (60,100,90) (0,0,20,0)
Spring
  ODS Obscure Dull Spring #336600 (51,102,0) (90,100,20) (20,0,40,60)
  DDS Dark Dull Spring #669933 (102,153,51) (90,50,40) (20,0,40,40)
  LDS Light Dull Spring #99CC66 (153,204,102) (90,50,60) (20,0,40,20)
  PDS Pale Dull Spring #CCFF99 (204,255,153) (90,100,80) (20,0,40,0)
  DHS Dark Hard Spring #66CC00 (102,204,0) (90,100,40) (40,0,80,20)
  LHS Light Hard Spring #99FF33 (153,255,51) (90,100,60) (40,0,80,0)
Yellow+Spring+Green
  SSG Spring-Spring-Green #66FF00 (102,255,0) (96,100,50) (60,0,100,0)
  SSY Spring-Spring-Yellow #99FF00 (153,255,0) (84,100,50) (40,0,100,0)
  GGS Green-Green-Spring #33FF00 (51,255,0) (108,100,50) (80,0,100,0)
  YYS Yellow-Yellow-Spring #CCFF00 (204,255,0) (72,100,50) (20,0,100,0)
  DGS Dark Green-Spring #33CC00 (51,204,0) (105,100,40) (60,0,80,20)
  DYS Dark Yellow-Spring #99CC00 (153,204,0) (75,100,40) (20,0,80,20)
  LGS Light Green-Spring #66FF33 (102,255,51) (105,100,60) (60,0,80,0)
  LYS Light Yellow-Spring #CCFF33 (204,255,51) (75,100,60) (20,0,80,0)
  DSG Dark Spring-Green #339900 (51,153,0) (100,100,30) (40,0,60,40)
  DSY Dark Spring-Yellow #669900 (102,153,0) (80,100,30) (20,0,60,40)
  LSG Light Spring-Green #99FF66 (153,255,102) (100,100,70) (40,0,60,0)
  LSY Light Spring-Yellow #CCFF66 (204,255,102) (80,100,70) (20,0,60,0)
  MSG Medium Spring-Green #66CC33 (102,204,51) (100,60,50) (40,0,60,20)
  MSY Medium Spring-Yellow #99CC33 (153,204,51) (80,60,50) (20,0,60,20)
Green
  OWG Obscure Weak Green #003300 (0,51,0) (120,100,10) (20,0,20,80)
  ODG Obscure Dull Green #006600 (0,102,0) (120,100,20) (40,0,40,60)
  DFG Dark Faded Green #009900 (0,153,0) (120,100,30) (60,0,60,40)
  DHG Dark Hard Green #00CC00 (0,204,0) (120,100,40) (80,0,80,20)
  G Green #00FF00 (0,255,0) (120,100,50) (100,0,100,0)
  DWG Dark Weak Green #336633 (51,102,51) (120,33,30) (20,0,20,60)
  DDG Dark Dull Green #339933 (51,153,51) (120,50,40) (40,0,40,40)
  MFG Medium Faded Green #33CC33 (51,204,51) (120,60,50) (60,0,60,20)
  LHG Light Hard Green #33FF33 (51,255,51) (120,100,60) (80,0,80,0)
  MWG Medium Weak Green #669966 (102,153,102) (120,20,50) (20,0,20,40)
  LDG Light Dull Green #66CC66 (102,204,102) (120,50,60) (40,0,40,20)
  LFG Light Faded Green #66FF66 (102,255,102) (120,100,70) (60,0,60,0)
  LWG Light Weak Green #99CC99 (153,204,153) (120,33,70) (20,0,20,20)
  PDG Pale Dull Green #99FF99 (153,255,153) (120,100,80) (40,0,40,0)
  PWG Pale Weak Green #CCFFCC (204,255,204) (120,100,90) (20,0,20,0)
Teal
  ODT Obscure Dull Teal #006633 (0,102,51) (150,100,20) (40,0,20,60)
  DDT Dark Dull Teal #339966 (51,153,102) (150,50,40) (40,0,20,40)
  LDT Light Dull Teal #66CC99 (102,204,153) (150,50,60) (40,0,20,20)
  PDT Pale Dull Teal #99FFCC (153,255,204) (150,100,80) (40,0,20,0)
  DHT Dark Hard Teal #00CC66 (0,204,102) (150,100,40) (80,0,40,20)
  LHT Light Hard Teal #33FF99 (51,255,153) (150,100,60) (80,0,40,0)
Green+Teal+Cyan
  TTC Teal-Teal-Cyan #00FF99 (0,255,153) (156,100,50) (100,0,40,0)
  TTG Teal-Teal-Green #00FF66 (0,255,102) (144,100,50) (100,0,60,0)
  CCT Cyan-Cyan-Teal #00FFCC (0,255,204) (168,100,50) (100,0,20,0)
  GGT Green-Green-Teal #00FF33 (0,255,51) (132,100,50) (100,0,80,0)
  DCT Dark Cyan-Teal #00CC99 (0,204,153) (165,100,40) (80,0,20,20)
  DGT Dark Green-Teal #00CC33 (0,204,51) (135,100,40) (80,0,60,20)
  LCT Light Cyan-Teal #33FFCC (51,255,204) (165,100,60) (80,0,20,0)
  LGT Light Green-Teal #33FF66 (51,255,102) (135,100,60) (80,0,60,0)
  DTC Dark Teal-Cyan #009966 (0,153,102) (160,100,30) (60,0,20,40)
  DTG Dark Teal-Green #009933 (0,153,51) (140,100,30) (60,0,40,40)
  LTC Light Teal-Cyan #66FFCC (102,255,204) (160,100,70) (60,0,20,0)
  LTG Light Teal-Green #66FF99 (102,255,153) (140,100,70) (60,0,40,0)
  MTC Medium Teal-Cyan #33CC99 (51,204,153) (160,60,50) (60,0,20,20)
  MTG Medium Teal-Green #33CC66 (51,204,102) (140,60,50) (60,0,40,20)
Cyan
  OWC Obscure Weak Cyan #003333 (0,51,51) (180,100,10) (20,0,0,80)
  ODC Obscure Dull Cyan #006666 (0,102,102) (180,100,20) (40,0,0,60)
  DFC Dark Faded Cyan #009999 (0,153,153) (180,100,30) (60,0,0,40)
  DHC Dark Hard Cyan #00CCCC (0,204,204) (180,100,40) (80,0,0,20)
  C Cyan #00FFFF (0,255,255) (180,100,50) (100,0,0,0)
  DWC Dark Weak Cyan #336666 (51,102,102) (180,33,30) (20,0,0,60)
  DDC Dark Dull Cyan #339999 (51,153,153) (180,50,40) (40,0,0,40)
  MFC Medium Faded Cyan #33CCCC (51,204,204) (180,60,50) (60,0,0,20)
  LHC Light Hard Cyan #33FFFF (51,255,255) (180,100,60) (80,0,0,0)
  MWC Medium Weak Cyan #669999 (102,153,153) (180,20,50) (20,0,0,40)
  LDC Light Dull Cyan #66CCCC (102,204,204) (180,50,60) (40,0,0,20)
  LFC Light Faded Cyan #66FFFF (102,255,255) (180,100,70) (60,0,0,0)
  LWC Light Weak Cyan #99CCCC (153,204,204) (180,33,70) (20,0,0,20)


00;33;66

33;66;99

33;66;СС

00;33;99

00;00;99

00;00;СС

00;00;66

00;66;66

00;66;99

00;99;СС

00;66;СС

00;33;СС

00;00;FF

33;33;FF

33;33;99

66;99;99

00;99;99

33;CC;CC

00;CC;FF

00;99;FF

00;66;FF

33;66;FF

33;33;CC

66;66;99

33;99;66

00;CC;99

00;FF;CC

00;FF;FF

33;CC;FF

33;99;FF

66;99;FF

66;66;FF

66;00;FF

66;00;CC

33;99;33

00;CC;66

00;FF;99

66;FF;CC

66;FF;FF

66;CC;FF

99;CC;FF

99;99;FF

99;66;FF

99;33;FF

99;00;FF

00;66;00

00;CC;00

00;FF;00

66;FF;99

99;FF;CC

CC;FF;FF

CC;CC;FF

CC;99;FF

CC;66;FF

CC;33;FF

CC;00;FF

99;00;CC

00;33;00

00;99;33

33;CC;33

66;FF;66

99;FF;99

CC;FF;CC

FF;FF;FF

FF;CC;FF

FF;99;FF

FF;66;FF

FF;00;FF

CC;00;CC

66;00;66

33;66;00

00;99;00

66;FF;33

99;FF;66

CC;FF;99

FF;FF;CC

FF;CC;CC

FF;99;CC

FF;66;CC

FF;33;CC

CC;00;99

99;33;99

33;33;00

66;99;00

99;FF;33

CC;FF;66

FF;FF;99

FF;CC;99

FF;99;99

FF;66;99

FF;33;99

CC;33;99

99;00;99

66;66;33

99;CC;00

CC;FF;33

FF;FF;66

FF;CC;66

FF;99;66

FF;66;66

FF;00;66

CC;66;99

99;33;66

99;99;66

CC;CC;00

FF;FF;00

FF;CC;00

FF;99;33

FF;66;00

FF;66;66

CC;00;66

66;00;33

99;66;33

99;66;33

CC;99;00

FF;99;00

CC;66;00

CC;66;00

FF;33;00

FF;00;00

CC;00;00

99;00;33

66;33;00

99;66;00

CC;33;00

99;33;00

99;00;00

80;00;00

99;33;33

CC;CC;CC

99;99;99

66;66;66

80;80;80

33;33;33

00;00;00

 FF,FF,FF


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