CSS/HTML Color Names

HTML and CSS colors can be specified with preciscion using hexadecimal, RGB, or HSL values. The only caveat of these methods is that they may be too complex for hobbyist or novice web designers. Luckily, 147 colors have designated names that you can write directly in the HTML and CSS.

For example, among the 147 colors are shades of red called "Red," "Crimson," "Tomato," and "FireBrick," just to name a few. If you want to write text in these colors, the code is

The chart below lists all of the color names with their hexadecimal code equivalent, and a sample of the color.

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