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The 216 Web-Safe Colours (Decimal and Hexadecimal Notation)

Yeah, I know ... the Web-safe palette is becoming increasingly irrelevant as more people are using computers with True Colour 24- or 32-bit colour display. I originally did these charts as an exercise in learning to code HTML tables (and using the powerful match and substitution capabilities of the UNIX vi editor to dramatically cut down some of the repetitious work). Nevertheless, they can still help you to some extent to home in when you're trying to mix a colour that you see in your mind -- and, besides, it's eye candy.  :-)

I'm not going to present a tutorial here on the RGB (red-green-blue) and HSB (hue-saturation-brightness) models of describing colour produced on a computer monitor. There's information available out on the Web, and anyone interested in the technicalities of this sort of stuff is probably already acquainted with the RGB and HSB models.

I've notated the hue of every colour here using the 360-degree circular model. Using that model, red -- in all its variations of brightness and saturation -- is located at 0 degrees on the circle. Similarly, the other two additive primaries -- green and blue -- are located at 120 and 240 degrees, respectively, while the intermediate secondaries -- yellow, cyan and magenta -- are located at 60, 180 and 300 degrees, respectively. The remaining colours are sorted into columns by common hue. Achromatics (black-grey-white) are of indeterminate hue, and are located separately.

If you'd like to save a clean copy of this chart to your computer -- without these comments and without the Yahoo! advertising intrusions -- view the text version of this file, and use the File->Save As option on your computer to save it as WebSafeColoursDecimal.html (or some other valid name ending in .html). (Your browser may display it as a normal graphical page, anyway. If so, you can just save it as an HTML page, rather than as a complete Web page. It's pure HTML -- there aren't any accompanying graphics with it.)

If you're comfortable with just hexadecimal RGB notation, there's a less cluttered-looking hex-only version of this chart here.

These charts were designed for use on a display of at least 1024 pixels' width.

The 216 Web-Safe Colours
(with red repeated for circularity at the bottom of this chart)

Hues are labelled in circular degrees in parentheses, where 0°=red : 120°=green : 240°=blue : 360°=red (again), etc.

Achromatic:
000000 R - 000 G - 000 B - 000	333333 R - 051 G - 051 B - 051	666666 R - 102 G - 102 B - 102	999999 R - 153 G - 153 B - 153	CCCCCC R - 204 G - 204 B - 204	FFFFFF R - 255 G - 255 B - 255
Red (0°):
FF0000 R - 255 G - 000 B - 000	FF3333 R - 255 G - 051 B - 051	FF6666 R - 255 G - 102 B - 102	FF9999 R - 255 G - 153 B - 153	FFCCCC R - 255 G - 204 B - 204
CC0000 R - 204 G - 000 B - 000	CC3333 R - 204 G - 051 B - 051	CC6666 R - 204 G - 102 B - 102	CC9999 R - 204 G - 153 B - 153
990000 R - 153 G - 000 B - 000	993333 R - 153 G - 051 B - 051	996666 R - 153 G - 102 B - 102
660000 R - 102 G - 000 B - 000	663333 R - 102 G - 051 B - 051
330000 R - 051 G - 000 B - 000
Orange hues:
(12°)	(15°)	(20°)	(24°)	(30°)	(36°)	(40°)	(45°)	(48°)
FF3300 R - 255 G - 051 B - 000	FF6633 R - 255 G - 102 B - 051	FF9966 R - 255 G - 153 B - 102	FF6600 R - 255 G - 102 B - 000	FF9933 R - 255 G - 153 B - 051	FF9900 R - 255 G - 153 B - 000	FFCC66 R - 255 G - 204 B - 102	FFCC33 R - 255 G - 204 B - 051	FFCC00 R - 255 G - 204 B - 000
	CC3300 R - 204 G - 051 B - 000	CC6633 R - 204 G - 102 B - 051		CC6600 R - 204 G - 102 B - 000		CC9933 R - 204 G - 153 B - 051	CC9900 R - 204 G - 153 B - 000
		993300 R - 153 G - 051 B - 000		FFCC99 R - 255 G - 204 B - 153		996600 R - 153 G - 102 B - 000
				CC9966 R - 204 G - 153 B - 102
				996633 R - 153 G - 102 B - 051
				663300 R - 102 G - 051 B - 000
Yellow (60°):
FFFF00 R - 255 G - 255 B - 000	FFFF33 R - 255 G - 255 B - 051	FFFF66 R - 255 G - 255 B - 102	FFFF99 R - 255 G - 255 B - 153	FFFFCC R - 255 G - 255 B - 204
CCCC00 R - 204 G - 204 B - 000	CCCC33 R - 204 G - 204 B - 051	CCCC66 R - 204 G - 204 B - 102	CCCC99 R - 204 G - 204 B - 153
999900 R - 153 G - 153 B - 000	999933 R - 153 G - 153 B - 051	999966 R - 153 G - 153 B - 102
666600 R - 102 G - 102 B - 000	666633 R - 102 G - 102 B - 051
333300 R - 051 G - 051 B - 000
Spring hues:
(72°)	(75°)	(80°)	(84°)	(90°)	(96°)	(100°)	(105°)	(108°)
CCFF00 R - 204 G - 255 B - 000	CCFF33 R - 204 G - 255 B - 051	CCFF66 R - 204 G - 255 B - 102	99FF00 R - 153 G - 255 B - 000	99FF33 R - 153 G - 255 B - 051	66FF00 R - 102 G - 255 B - 000	99FF66 R - 153 G - 255 B - 102	66FF33 R - 102 G - 255 B - 051	33FF00 R - 051 G - 255 B - 000
	99CC00 R - 153 G - 204 B - 000	99CC33 R - 153 G - 204 B - 051		66CC00 R - 102 G - 204 B - 000		66CC33 R - 102 G - 204 B - 051	33CC00 R - 051 G - 204 B - 000
		669900 R - 102 G - 153 B - 000		CCFF99 R - 204 G - 255 B - 153		339900 R - 051 G - 153 B - 000
				99CC66 R - 153 G - 204 B - 102
				669933 R - 102 G - 153 B - 051
				336600 R - 051 G - 102 B - 000
Green (120°):
00FF00 R - 000 G - 255 B - 000	33FF33 R - 051 G - 255 B - 051	66FF66 R - 102 G - 255 B - 102	99FF99 R - 153 G - 255 B - 153	CCFFCC R - 204 G - 255 B - 204
00CC00 R - 000 G - 204 B - 000	33CC33 R - 051 G - 204 B - 051	66CC66 R - 102 G - 204 B - 102	99CC99 R - 153 G - 204 B - 153
009900 R - 000 G - 153 B - 000	339933 R - 051 G - 153 B - 051	669966 R - 102 G - 153 B - 102
006600 R - 000 G - 102 B - 000	336633 R - 051 G - 102 B - 051
003300 R - 000 G - 051 B - 000
Teal hues:
(132°)	(135°)	(140°)	(144°)	(150°)	(156°)	(160°)	(165°)	(168°)
00FF33 R - 000 G - 255 B - 051	33FF66 R - 051 G - 255 B - 102	66FF99 R - 102 G - 255 B - 153	00FF66 R - 000 G - 255 B - 102	33FF99 R - 051 G - 255 B - 153	00FF99 R - 000 G - 255 B - 153	66FFCC R - 102 G - 255 B - 204	33FFCC R - 051 G - 255 B - 204	00FFCC R - 000 G - 255 B - 204
	00CC33 R - 000 G - 204 B - 051	33CC66 R - 051 G - 204 B - 102		00CC66 R - 000 G - 204 B - 102		33CC99 R - 051 G - 204 B - 153	00CC99 R - 000 G - 204 B - 153
		009933 R - 000 G - 153 B - 051		99FFCC R - 153 G - 255 B - 204		009966 R - 000 G - 153 B - 102
				66CC99 R - 102 G - 204 B - 153
				339966 R - 051 G - 153 B - 102
				006633 R - 000 G - 102 B - 051
Cyan (180°):
00FFFF R - 000 G - 255 B - 255	33FFFF R - 051 G - 255 B - 255	66FFFF R - 102 G - 255 B - 255	99FFFF R - 153 G - 255 B - 255	CCFFFF R - 204 G - 255 B - 255
00CCCC R - 000 G - 204 B - 204	33CCCC R - 051 G - 204 B - 204	66CCCC R - 102 G - 204 B - 204	99CCCC R - 153 G - 204 B - 204
009999 R - 000 G - 153 B - 153	339999 R - 051 G - 153 B - 153	669999 R - 102 G - 153 B - 153
006666 R - 000 G - 102 B - 102	336666 R - 051 G - 102 B - 102
003333 R - 000 G - 051 B - 051
Azure hues:
(192°)	(195°)	(200°)	(204°)	(210°)	(216°)	(220°)	(225°)	(228°)
00CCFF R - 000 G - 204 B - 255	33CCFF R - 051 G - 204 B - 255	66CCFF R - 102 G - 204 B - 255	0099FF R - 000 G - 153 B - 255	3399FF R - 051 G - 153 B - 255	0066FF R - 000 G - 102 B - 255	6699FF R - 102 G - 153 B - 255	3366FF R - 051 G - 102 B - 255	0033FF R - 000 G - 051 B - 255
	0099CC R - 000 G - 153 B - 204	3399CC R - 051 G - 153 B - 204		0066CC R - 000 G - 102 B - 204		3366CC R - 051 G - 102 B - 204	0033CC R - 000 G - 051 B - 204
		006699 R - 000 G - 102 B - 153		99CCFF R - 153 G - 204 B - 255		003399 R - 000 G - 051 B - 153
				6699CC R - 102 G - 153 B - 204
				336699 R - 051 G - 102 B - 153
				003366 R - 000 G - 051 B - 102
Blue (240°):
0000FF R - 000 G - 000 B - 255	3333FF R - 051 G - 051 B - 255	6666FF R - 102 G - 102 B - 255	9999FF R - 153 G - 153 B - 255	CCCCFF R - 204 G - 204 B - 255
0000CC R - 000 G - 000 B - 204	3333CC R - 051 G - 051 B - 204	6666CC R - 102 G - 102 B - 204	9999CC R - 153 G - 153 B - 204
000099 R - 000 G - 000 B - 153	333399 R - 051 G - 051 B - 153	666699 R - 102 G - 102 B - 153
000066 R - 000 G - 000 B - 102	333366 R - 051 G - 051 B - 102
000033 R - 000 G - 000 B - 051
Violet hues:
(252°)	(255°)	(260°)	(264°)	(270°)	(276°)	(280°)	(285°)	(288°)
3300FF R - 051 G - 000 B - 255	6633FF R - 102 G - 051 B - 255	9966FF R - 153 G - 102 B - 255	6600FF R - 102 G - 000 B - 255	9933FF R - 153 G - 051 B - 255	9900FF R - 153 G - 000 B - 255	CC66FF R - 204 G - 102 B - 255	CC33FF R - 204 G - 051 B - 255	CC00FF R - 204 G - 000 B - 255
	3300CC R - 051 G - 000 B - 204	6633CC R - 102 G - 051 B - 204		6600CC R - 102 G - 000 B - 204		9933CC R - 153 G - 051 B - 204	9900CC R - 153 G - 000 B - 204
		330099 R - 051 G - 000 B - 153		CC99FF R - 204 G - 153 B - 255		660099 R - 102 G - 000 B - 153
				9966CC R - 153 G - 102 B - 204
				663399 R - 102 G - 051 B - 153
				330066 R - 051 G - 000 B - 102
Magenta (300°):
FF00FF R - 255 G - 000 B - 255	FF33FF R - 255 G - 051 B - 255	FF66FF R - 255 G - 102 B - 255	FF99FF R - 255 G - 153 B - 255	FFCCFF R - 255 G - 204 B - 255
CC00CC R - 204 G - 000 B - 204	CC33CC R - 204 G - 051 B - 204	CC66CC R - 204 G - 102 B - 204	CC99CC R - 204 G - 153 B - 204
990099 R - 153 G - 000 B - 153	993399 R - 153 G - 051 B - 153	996699 R - 153 G - 102 B - 153
660066 R - 102 G - 000 B - 102	663366 R - 102 G - 051 B - 102
330033 R - 051 G - 000 B - 051
Pink hues:
(312°)	(315°)	(320°)	(324°)	(330°)	(336°)	(340°)	(345°)	(348°)
FF00CC R - 255 G - 000 B - 204	FF33CC R - 255 G - 051 B - 204	FF66CC R - 255 G - 102 B - 204	FF0099 R - 255 G - 000 B - 153	FF3399 R - 255 G - 051 B - 153	FF0066 R - 255 G - 000 B - 102	FF6699 R - 255 G - 102 B - 153	FF3366 R - 255 G - 051 B - 102	FF0033 R - 255 G - 000 B - 051
	CC0099 R - 204 G - 000 B - 153	CC3399 R - 204 G - 051 B - 153		CC0066 R - 204 G - 000 B - 102		CC3366 R - 204 G - 051 B - 102	CC0033 R - 204 G - 000 B - 051
		990066 R - 153 G - 000 B - 102		FF99CC R - 255 G - 153 B - 204		990033 R - 153 G - 000 B - 051
				CC6699 R - 204 G - 102 B - 153
				993366 R - 153 G - 051 B - 102
				660033 R - 102 G - 000 B - 051
Red (360°):
FF0000 R - 255 G - 000 B - 000	FF3333 R - 255 G - 051 B - 051	FF6666 R - 255 G - 102 B - 102	FF9999 R - 255 G - 153 B - 153	FFCCCC R - 255 G - 204 B - 204
CC0000 R - 204 G - 000 B - 000	CC3333 R - 204 G - 051 B - 051	CC6666 R - 204 G - 102 B - 102	CC9999 R - 204 G - 153 B - 153
990000 R - 153 G - 000 B - 000	993333 R - 153 G - 051 B - 051	996666 R - 153 G - 102 B - 102
660000 R - 102 G - 000 B - 000	663333 R - 102 G - 051 B - 051
330000 R - 051 G - 000 B - 000

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