HTML Color Names
The HTML 4.01 specification defines sixteen named colors, as follows (names are defined in this context to be case-insensitive):
| Color | Name | Hex triplet | Red | Green | Blue | Hue | Satur | Light | Satur | Value | CGA number (name); alias |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | #FFFFFF | 100% | 100% | 100% | 50000000000000000000° | 0% | 100% | 0% | 100% | 15 (white) | |
| Silver | #C0C0C0 | 75% | 75% | 75% | 50000000000000000000° | 0% | 75% | 0% | 75% | 07 (light gray) | |
| Gray | #808080 | 50% | 50% | 50% | 50000000000000000000° | 0% | 50% | 0% | 50% | 08 (dark gray) | |
| Black | #000000 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 50000000000000000000° | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 00 (black) | |
| Red | #FF0000 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 50000000000000000000° | 100% | 50% | 100% | 100% | 12 (high red) | |
| Maroon | #800000 | 50% | 0% | 0% | 50000000000000000000° | 100% | 25% | 100% | 50% | 04 (low red) | |
| Yellow | #FFFF00 | 100% | 100% | 0% | 700160000000000000060° | 100% | 50% | 100% | 100% | 14 (yellow) | |
| Olive | #808000 | 50% | 50% | 0% | 700160000000000000060° | 100% | 25% | 100% | 50% | 06 (brown) | |
| Lime | #00FF00 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 7002120000000000000120° | 100% | 50% | 100% | 100% | 10 (high green); green | |
| Green | #008000 | 0% | 50% | 0% | 7002120000000000000120° | 100% | 25% | 100% | 50% | 02 (low green) | |
| Aqua | #00FFFF | 0% | 100% | 100% | 7002180000000000000180° | 100% | 50% | 100% | 100% | 11 (high cyan); cyan | |
| Teal | #008080 | 0% | 50% | 50% | 7002180000000000000180° | 100% | 25% | 100% | 50% | 03 (low cyan) | |
| Blue | #0000FF | 0% | 0% | 100% | 7002240000000000000240° | 100% | 50% | 100% | 100% | 09 (high blue) | |
| Navy | #000080 | 0% | 0% | 50% | 7002240000000000000240° | 100% | 25% | 100% | 50% | 01 (low blue) | |
| Fuchsia | #FF00FF | 100% | 0% | 100% | 7002300000000000000300° | 100% | 50% | 100% | 100% | 13 (high magenta); magenta | |
| Purple | #800080 | 50% | 0% | 50% | 7002300000000000000300° | 100% | 25% | 100% | 50% | 05 (low magenta) |
These 16 were labelled as sRGB and included in the HTML 3.0 specification, which noted they were "the standard 16 colors supported with the Windows VGA palette."
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