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When specifying colors for Web page backgrounds, fonts, and other elements for 256-color displays (the most common display capability), you will probably want to choose from the 216 colors that look the same on both PC and Mac operating systems. Both the Netscape and Microsoft browsers have to work without the colors that each operating system reserves for itself. Since there are a total of 40 reserved colors on both systems, that leaves 216 colors for you to use. If you do use one of the 40 colors, each system tries to approximate it with some combination of the 216 acceptable colors (this is called dithering). Unfortunately, each operating system does dithering a bit differently. The result on a browser on one or both of the operating systems is likely to not be what you intended.
By using only the colors in the "browser-safe palette" table below, you'll be sure that your colors will look the same on both operating systems. The table shows the hexadecimal or red-green-blue (RGB) intensity value that you need to specify in the < BODY > tag for backgrounds and in the < FONT > and other tags containing color attributes. The first two hexadecimal (hex) digits are the red (R) value in the color; the second two are the green (G) value; and the third two are the blue (B) value. The six hexadecimal values create over 16 million possible colors and with a display adapter capable of providing those colors, all of them can be used. Remember that the 216-color limit is because you're assuming many of your viewers will have only a 256-color capable display.
As it happens, each RGB hex pair in the browser-safe palette contains one of values: 00, 33, 66, 99, CC, or FF. Each block illustrates the effects of increasing the levels of each color.Each block of 36 colors, from top to bottom, contains a twenty percent increase in red. From left to right in each box, the amount of green is increased by twenty percent. From top to bottom in each box, each block shows an increase of blue by twenty percent. The hex value you would code is superimposed on the color it produces.
000000 003300 006600 009900 00CC00 00FF00 000033 003333 006633 009933 00CC33 00FF33 000066 003366 006666 009966 00CC66 00FF66 000099 003399 006699 009999 00CC99 00FF99 0000CC 0033CC 0066CC 0099CC 00CCCC 00FFCC 0000FF 0033FF 0066FF 0099FF 00CCFF 00FFFF
330000 333300 336600 339900 33CC00 33FF00 330033 333333 336633 339933 33CC33 33FF33 330066 333366 336666 339966 33CC66 33FF66 330099 333399 336699 339999 33CC99 33FF99 3300CC 3333CC 3366CC 3399CC 33CCCC 33FFCC 3300FF 3333FF 3366FF 3399FF 33CCFF 33FFFF
660000 663300 666600 669900 66CC00 66FF00 660033 663333 666633 669933 66CC33 66FF33 660066 663366 666666 669966 66CC66 66FF66 660099 663399 666699 669999 66CC99 66FF99 6600CC 6633CC 6666CC 6699CC 66CCCC 66FFCC 6600FF 6633FF 6666FF 6699FF 66CCFF 66FFFF
990000 993300 996600 999900 99CC00 99FF00 990033 993333 996633 999933 99CC33 99FF33 990066 993366 996666 999966 99CC66 99FF66 990099 993399 996699 999999 99CC99 99FF99 9900CC 9933CC 9966CC 9999CC 99CCCC 99FFCC 9900FF 9933FF 9966FF 9999FF 99CCFF 99FFFF
CC0000 CC3300 CC6600 CC9900 CCCC00 CCFF00 CC0033 CC3333 CC6633 CC9933 CCCC33 CCFF33 CC0066 CC3366 CC6666 CC9966 CCCC66 CCFF66 CC0099 CC3399 CC6699 CC9999 CCCC99 CCFF99 CC00CC CC33CC CC66CC CC99CC CCCCCC CCFFCC CC00FF CC33FF CC66FF CC99FF CCCCFF CCFFFF
FF0000 FF3300 FF6600 FF9900 FFCC00 FFFF00 FF0033 FF3333 FF6633 FF9933 FFCC33 FFFF33 FF0066 FF3366 FF6666 FF9966 FFCC66 FFFF66 FF0099 FF3399 FF6699 FF9999 FFCC99 FFFF99 FF00CC FF33CC FF66CC FF99CC FFCCCC FFFFCC FF00FF FF33FF FF66FF FF99FF FFCCFF FFFFFF Click the Back button to return to the page you came from.
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