HTML Color Values

Colors are displayed combining RED, GREEN, and BLUE light sources.

Color Values

HTML colors are defined using a hexadecimal notation for the combination of Red, Green, and Blue color values (RGB). The lowest value that can be given to one of the light sources is 0 (hex #00). The highest value is 255 (hex #FF).

Turn Off the Red

If you turn off the Red light completely, there are 65536 different combination of Green and Blue (256 x 256) to experiment with.

Click here to see some of these combinations of Green and Blue.

Turn On the Red

By setting the Red parameter to its maximum value, there are still 65536 different combination of Green and Blue (256 x 256) to experiment with.

Click here to see some of these combinations of Green and Blue.

16 Million Different Colors

The combination of Red, Green and Blue values from 0 to 255 gives a total of more than 16 million different colors to play with (256 x 256 x 256).

Most modern monitors are capable of displaying at least 16384 different colors.

If you look at the color table below, you will see the result of varying the red light from 0 to 255, while keeping the green and blue light at zero.

To see a full list of 16384 different colors based on red light varying from 0 to 255, click on one of the hexadecimal or rgb values below.

Red Light	HEX	RGB
	#000000	rgb(0,0,0)
	#080000	rgb(8,0,0)
	#100000	rgb(16,0,0)
	#180000	rgb(24,0,0)
	#200000	rgb(32,0,0)
	#280000	rgb(40,0,0)
	#300000	rgb(48,0,0)
	#380000	rgb(56,0,0)
	#400000	rgb(64,0,0)
	#480000	rgb(72,0,0)
	#500000	rgb(80,0,0)
	#580000	rgb(88,0,0)
	#600000	rgb(96,0,0)
	#680000	rgb(104,0,0)
	#700000	rgb(112,0,0)
	#780000	rgb(120,0,0)
	#800000	rgb(128,0,0)
	#880000	rgb(136,0,0)
	#900000	rgb(144,0,0)
	#980000	rgb(152,0,0)
	#A00000	rgb(160,0,0)
	#A80000	rgb(168,0,0)
	#B00000	rgb(176,0,0)
	#B80000	rgb(184,0,0)
	#C00000	rgb(192,0,0)
	#C80000	rgb(200,0,0)
	#D00000	rgb(208,0,0)
	#D80000	rgb(216,0,0)
	#E00000	rgb(224,0,0)
	#E80000	rgb(232,0,0)
	#F00000	rgb(240,0,0)
	#F80000	rgb(248,0,0)
	#FF0000	rgb(255,0,0)

Shades of Gray

Gray colors are displayed using an equal amount of power to all of the light sources. To make it easier for you to select the right gray color we have compiled a table of gray shades for you:

	RGB(0,0,0)	#000000
	RGB(8,8,8)	#080808
	RGB(16,16,16)	#101010
	RGB(24,24,24)	#181818
	RGB(32,32,32)	#202020
	RGB(40,40,40)	#282828
	RGB(48,48,48)	#303030
	RGB(56,56,56)	#383838
	RGB(64,64,64)	#404040
	RGB(72,72,72)	#484848
	RGB(80,80,80)	#505050
	RGB(88,88,88)	#585858
	RGB(96,96,96)	#606060
	RGB(104,104,104)	#686868
	RGB(112,112,112)	#707070
	RGB(120,120,120)	#787878
	RGB(128,128,128)	#808080
	RGB(136,136,136)	#888888
	RGB(144,144,144)	#909090
	RGB(152,152,152)	#989898
	RGB(160,160,160)	#A0A0A0
	RGB(168,168,168)	#A8A8A8
	RGB(176,176,176)	#B0B0B0
	RGB(184,184,184)	#B8B8B8
	RGB(192,192,192)	#C0C0C0
	RGB(200,200,200)	#C8C8C8
	RGB(208,208,208)	#D0D0D0
	RGB(216,216,216)	#D8D8D8
	RGB(224,224,224)	#E0E0E0
	RGB(232,232,232)	#E8E8E8
	RGB(240,240,240)	#F0F0F0
	RGB(248,248,248)	#F8F8F8
	RGB(255,255,255)	#FFFFFF

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