The 216 Color Palette
These are the 216 colors in the standard color palette used by both
Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer. If you restrict your color
choices to these colors then you will get 'pure' colors (not dithered)
on a standard 256-color VGA class video display.
The color cells contain the RGB (Red/Green/Blue) values in hexadecimal
as used by attributes such as BGCOLOR
or COLOR. The color code represents 3 bytes (6 hex digits), one for red,
one for green, and one for blue. The codes are preceeded by a pound sign
and enclosed in double quotes.
e.g. "#FFFFFF" is the RGB value for the color WHITE.
You can look at the source of this HTML document for a real-life example...
The 216 number represents all possible combinations of RGB where each
individual color takes on one of the six specific values 0, 51, 102, 153, 204,
or 255. In hexadecimal these numbers are: 00, 33, 66, 99, CC, FF.
| 000000 |
000033 |
000066 |
000099 |
0000CC |
0000FF |
| 003300 |
003333 |
003366 |
003399 |
0033CC |
0033FF |
| 006600 |
006633 |
006666 |
006699 |
0066CC |
0066FF |
| 009900 |
009933 |
009966 |
009999 |
0099CC |
0099FF |
| 00CC00 |
00CC33 |
00CC66 |
00CC99 |
00CCCC |
00CCFF |
| 00FF00 |
00FF33 |
00FF66 |
00FF99 |
00FFCC |
00FFFF |
| 330000 |
330033 |
330066 |
330099 |
3300CC |
3300FF |
| 333300 |
333333 |
333366 |
333399 |
3333CC |
3333FF |
| 336600 |
336633 |
336666 |
336699 |
3366CC |
3366FF |
| 339900 |
339933 |
339966 |
339999 |
3399CC |
3399FF |
| 33CC00 |
33CC33 |
33CC66 |
33CC99 |
33CCCC |
33CCFF |
| 33FF00 |
33FF33 |
33FF66 |
33FF99 |
33FFCC |
33FFFF |
| 660000 |
660033 |
660066 |
660099 |
6600CC |
6600FF |
| 663300 |
663333 |
663366 |
663399 |
6633CC |
6633FF |
| 666600 |
666633 |
666666 |
666699 |
6666CC |
6666FF |
| 669900 |
669933 |
669966 |
669999 |
6699CC |
6699FF |
| 66CC00 |
66CC33 |
66CC66 |
66CC99 |
66CCCC |
66CCFF |
| 66FF00 |
66FF33 |
66FF66 |
66FF99 |
66FFCC |
66FFFF |
| 990000 |
990033 |
990066 |
990099 |
9900CC |
9900FF |
| 993300 |
993333 |
993366 |
993399 |
9933CC |
9933FF |
| 996600 |
996633 |
996666 |
996699 |
9966CC |
9966FF |
| 999900 |
999933 |
999966 |
999999 |
9999CC |
9999FF |
| 99CC00 |
99CC33 |
99CC66 |
99CC99 |
99CCCC |
99CCFF |
| 99FF00 |
99FF33 |
99FF66 |
99FF99 |
99FFCC |
99FFFF |
| CC0000 |
CC0033 |
CC0066 |
CC0099 |
CC00CC |
CC00FF |
| CC3300 |
CC3333 |
CC3366 |
CC3399 |
CC33CC |
CC33FF |
| CC6600 |
CC6633 |
CC6666 |
CC6699 |
CC66CC |
CC66FF |
| CC9900 |
CC9933 |
CC9966 |
CC9999 |
CC99CC |
CC99FF |
| CCCC00 |
CCCC33 |
CCCC66 |
CCCC99 |
CCCCCC |
CCCCFF |
| CCFF00 |
CCFF33 |
CCFF66 |
CCFF99 |
CCFFCC |
CCFFFF |
| FF0000 |
FF0033 |
FF0066 |
FF0099 |
FF00CC |
FF00FF |
| FF3300 |
FF3333 |
FF3366 |
FF3399 |
FF33CC |
FF33FF |
| FF6600 |
FF6633 |
FF6666 |
FF6699 |
FF66CC |
FF66FF |
| FF9900 |
FF9933 |
FF9966 |
FF9999 |
FF99CC |
FF99FF |
| FFCC00 |
FFCC33 |
FFCC66 |
FFCC99 |
FFCCCC |
FFCCFF |
| FFFF00 |
FFFF33 |
FFFF66 |
FFFF99 |
FFFFCC |
FFFFFF |
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