This chart illustrates some of the different RGB color values that authors may use for font color and background. Note that the color names are only given as an aid; when authoring pages, one should always use the hexadecimal color codes instead of color names for all BODY attributes.
| Color | Hex Code | Color | Hex Code | Color | Hex Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alice blue | #F0F8FF | Antique white | #FAEBD7 | Aqua | #00FFFF |
| Aquamarine | #7FFFD4 | Azure | #F0FFFF | Beige | #F5F5DC |
| Bisque | #FFE4C4 | Black | #000000 | Blanche dalmond | #FFEBCD |
| Blue | #0000FF | Blue violet | #8A2BE2 | Brown | #A52A2A |
| Burlywood | #DEB887 | Cadet blue | #5F9EA0 | Chartreuse | #7FFF00 |
| Chocolate | #D2691E | Coral | #FF7F50 | Cornflower blue | #6495ED |
| Cornsilk | #FFF8DC | Crimson | #DC143C | Cyan | #00FFFF |
| Dark blue | #00008B | Dark cyan | #008B8B | Dark goldenrod | #B8860B |
| Dark gray | #A9A9A9 | Dark green | #006400 | Dark khaki | #BDB76B |
| Dark magenta | #8B008B | Dark olive green | #556B2F | Dark orange | #FF8C00 |
| Dark orchid | #9932CC | Dark red | #8B0000 | Dark salmon | #E9967A |
| Dark seagreen | #8DBC8F | Dark slate blue | #483D8B | Dark slate gray | #2F4F4F |
| Dark turquoise | #00DED1 | Dark violet | #9400D3 | Deep pink | #FF1493 |
| Deep sky blue | #00BFFF | Dim gray | #696969 | Dodger blue | #1E90FF |
| Firebrick | #B22222 | Floral white | #FFFAF0 | Forest green | #228B22 |
| Fuchsia | #FF00FF | Gainsboro | #DCDCDC | Ghost white | #F8F8FF |
| Gold | #FFD700 | Goldenrod | #DAA520 | Gray | #808080 |
| Green | #008000 | Green yellow | #ADFF2F | Honeydew | #F0FFF0 |
| Hot pink | #FF69B4 | Indian red | #CD5C5C | Indigo | #4B0082 |
| Ivory | #FFFFF0 | Khaki | #F0E68C | Lavender | #E6E6FA |
| Lavender blush | #FFF0F5 | Lawngreen | #7CFC00 | Lemon chiffon | #FFFACD |
| Light blue | #ADD8E6 | Light coral | #F08080 | Light cyan | #E0FFFF |
| Light goldenrod yellow | #FAFAD2 | Light green | #90EE90 | Light grey | #D3D3D3 |
| Light pink | #FFB6C1 | Light salmon | #FFA07A | Light seagreen | #20B2AA |
| Light sky blue | #87CEFA | Light slate gray | #778899 | Light steel blue | #B0C4DE |
| Light yellow | #FFFFE0 | Lime | #00FF00 | Lime green | #32CD32 |
| Linen | #FAF0E6 | Magenta | #FF00FF | Maroon | #800000 |
| Medium aquamarine | #66CDAA | Medium blue | #0000CD | Medium orchid | #BA55D3 |
| Medium purple | #9370DB | Medium sea green | #3CB371 | Medium slate blue | #7B68EE |
| Medium spring green | #00FA9A | Medium turquoise | #48D1CC | Medium violet red | #C71585 |
| Midnight blue | #191970 | Mint cream | #F5FFFA | Misty rose | #FFE4E1 |
| Moccasin | #FFE4B5 | Navajo white | #FFDEAD | Navy | #000080 |
| Old lace | #FDF5E6 | Olive drab | #6B8E23 | Orange | #FFA500 |
| Orange red | #FF4500 | Orchid | #DA70D6 | Pale goldenrod | #EEE8AA |
| Pale green | #98FB98 | Pale turquoise | #AFEEEE | Pale violet red | #DB7093 |
| Papaya whip | #FFEFD5 | Peach puff | #FFDAB9 | Peru | #CD853F |
| Pink | #FFC8CB | Plum | #DDA0DD | Powder blue | #B0E0E6 |
| Purple | #800080 | Red | #FF0000 | Rosy brown | #BC8F8F |
| Royal blue | #4169E1 | Saddle brown | #8B4513 | Salmon | #FA8072 |
| Sandy brown | #F4A460 | Sea green | #2E8B57 | Sea shell | #FFF5EE |
| Sienna | #A0522D | Silver | #C0C0C0 | Sky blue | #87CEEB |
| Slate blue | #6A5ACD | Snow | #FFFAFA | Spring green | #00FF7F |
| Steelblue | #4682B4 | Tan | #D2B48C | Teal | #008080 |
| Thistle | #D8BFD8 | Tomato | #FF6347 | Turquoise | #40E0D0 |
| Violet | #EE82EE | Wheat | #F5DEB3 | White | #FFFFFF |
| Whitesmoke | #F5F5F5 | Yellow | #FFFF00 | Yellow green | #9ACD32 |