Color Resources
WHAT ARE BROWSER-SAFE COLORS?The term "Browser-safe" refers to the specific colors known to be rendered correctly (i.e., not dithered) by most browsers, including Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Netscape's Communicator. There are 216 colors listed as browser-safe, even though there are 256 colors in 8-bit color mode. The browser-safe colors adhere to the following table and are a combination of the values listed. The Hexidecimal pattern is #RRGGBB where the 1st two characters (RR) represent the first RGB color in a three-color scheme, and the second two characters (GG) represent the second of three colors, and so on. It's very important to include the "#" before the Hex color code.
| RGB | HEX |
|---|---|
| 0 | 00 |
| 51 | 33 |
| 102 | 66 |
| 153 | 99 |
| 204 | CC |
| 255 | FF |
As you can see, the result of multiplying the 6 x 6 x 6 (RRGGBB) results in 216 combinations of browser-safe colors.
For a visual idea of what the 216 colors look like, click the color picker link.
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