The following table lists various color samples (a complete table would have over 16 million combinations!) in an order based upon their Overall Scaled Brightnesses which are shown as a percentage based on 0% for BLACK (#000000) and 100% WHITE (#FFFFFF). The table shows both the Decimal equivalents for each component (Red, Green and Blue) and the Hex Code for each color. The Color Names were copied from a list which I do not necessarily agree with*, but reproduced as I found it.
There are two very important concepts you need to grasp when using this table (both involving the subjectivity of colors):
1) Although people generally agree on how colors appear to them, when it comes to the whole range of the spectrum there can understandably be some differences of opinion since each of us could theoretically see things differently than every other person on the planet! This same difference of opinion over particular colors, could also affect how we perceive the BRIGHTNESS of various colors as well. As a matter of fact, if it had been up to me, I would have arranged many of the colors listed below in a different order because of how they appear to my own eyes!
2) Due to the affect that colors have on each other when viewed together, you should really compare one screen full of a particular color from the list below (without any text on top of it) to another color; under the same lighting conditions.
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* Remember, as we discussed elsewhere, that
color is not a physical property of any particular object, but rather
a matter of how you subjectively perceive the light reflected by it;
and that same light can produce much different sensations in other people than it
does in ourselves.
|
Overall
Scaled Brightness in Percent |
RED |
Green |
Blue |
COLOR
Name |
Hexadecimal
Code |
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|
0.0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
BLACK
|
000000
|
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|
8.4
|
0
|
0
|
128
|
NAVY
BLUE
|
000080
|
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|
13.4
|
0
|
0
|
205
|
Medium
BLUE
|
0000CD
|
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|
15.5
|
25
|
25
|
112
|
Midnight
BLUE |
191970
|
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|
16.7
|
0
|
0
|
255
|
BLUE
|
0000FF
|
||||
|
19.6
|
0
|
100
|
0
|
Dark
GREEN
|
006400
|
||||
|
26.8
|
47
|
79
|
79
|
Dark
Slate
GRAY |
2F4F4F
|
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|
30.5
|
72
|
61
|
139
|
Dark
Slate
BLUE |
483D8B
|
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|
32.2
|
178
|
34
|
34
|
FIRE
BRICK
|
B22222
|
||||
|
32.5
|
165
|
42
|
42
|
BROWN
|
A52A2A
|
||||
|
32.9
|
139
|
69
|
19
|
SADDLE
BROWN |
8B4513
|
||||
|
33.2
|
148
|
0
|
211
|
DARK
VIOLET |
9400D3
|
||||
|
33.3
|
255
|
0
|
0
|
RED
|
FF0000
|
||||
|
33.9
|
34
|
139
|
34
|
FOREST
GREEN |
228B22
|
||||
|
35.2
|
85
|
107
|
47
|
Dark
Olive
GREEN |
556B2F
|
||||
|
38.7
|
176
|
48
|
96
|
MAROON
|
B03060
|
||||
|
38.8
|
199
|
21
|
133
|
Medium
VIOLET
RED |
C71585
|
||||
|
39.0
|
46
|
139
|
87
|
SEA
GREEN
|
2E8B57
|
||||
|
39.9
|
160
|
82
|
45
|
SIENNA
|
A0522D
|
||||
|
41.2
|
105
|
105
|
105
|
DIM
GRAY
|
696969
|
||||
|
41.2
|
138
|
43
|
226
|
BLUE
VIOLET
|
8A2BE2
|
||||
|
42.9
|
208
|
32
|
144
|
VIOLET
RED
|
D02090
|
||||
|
43.2
|
153
|
50
|
204
|
Dark
ORCHID
|
9932CC
|
||||
|
43.8
|
65
|
105
|
225
|
Royal
BLUE
|
4169E1
|
||||
|
44.2
|
107
|
142
|
35
|
OLIVE
DRAB
|
6B8E23
|
||||
|
44.9
|
106
|
90
|
205
|
Slate
BLUE
|
6A5ACD
|
||||
|
46.4
|
70
|
130
|
180
|
STEEL
BLUE
|
4682B4
|
||||
|
46.9
|
255
|
20
|
147
|
Deep PINK
|
FF1493
|
||||
|
48.8
|
30
|
144
|
255
|
Dodger
BLUE
|
1E90FF
|
||||
|
49.2
|
112
|
128
|
144
|
SLATE
GRAY
|
708090
|
||||
|
50.0
|
210
|
105
|
30
|
CHOCOLATE
|
D2691E
|
||||
|
50.2
|
32
|
178
|
170
|
Light
SEA
GREEN |
20B2AA
|
||||
|
50.3
|
60
|
179
|
113
|
Medium
SEA
GREEN |
3CB371
|
||||
|
50.8
|
205
|
92
|
92
|
Indian
RED
|
CD5C5C
|
||||
|
51.0
|
184
|
134
|
11
|
Dark
Goldenrod
|
B8860B
|
||||
|
52.0
|
123
|
104
|
238
|
Medium
Slate
BLUE |
7B68EE
|
||||
|
52.2
|
119
|
136
|
153
|
Light
Slate
GRAY |
778899
|
||||
|
53.9
|
95
|
158
|
160
|
CADET
BLUE
|
5F9EA0
|
||||
|
54.1
|
0
|
206
|
209
|
Dark
TURQUOISE |
00CED1
|
||||
|
54.2
|
0
|
191
|
255
|
Deep
SKY
BLUE |
00BFFF
|
||||
|
54.8
|
186
|
85
|
211
|
Medium
Orchid
|
BA55D3
|
||||
|
55.5
|
147
|
112
|
219
|
Medium
Purple
|
9370DB
|
||||
|
55.9
|
132
|
112
|
255
|
Light
Slate
BLUE |
8470FF
|
||||
|
57.0
|
205
|
133
|
63
|
PERU
|
CD853F
|
||||
|
57.4
|
255
|
99
|
71
|
TOMATO
|
FF6347
|
||||
|
57.8
|
100
|
149
|
237
|
CORNFLOWER
BLUE |
6495ED
|
||||
|
58.3
|
0
|
255
|
127
|
Spring
GREEN
|
00FF7F
|
||||
|
59.1
|
0
|
250
|
154
|
Medium
Spring
GREEN |
00FA9A
|
||||
|
60.2
|
219
|
112
|
147
|
Pale
VIOLET
RED |
DB7093
|
||||
|
60.8
|
255
|
140
|
0
|
Dark
ORANGE
|
FF8C00
|
||||
|
62.0
|
188
|
143
|
143
|
Rosy
BROWN
|
BC8F8F
|
||||
|
62.9
|
218
|
165
|
32
|
GOLDENROD
|
DAA520
|
||||
|
63.5
|
255
|
127
|
80
|
CORAL
|
FF7F50
|
||||
|
63.6
|
154
|
205
|
50
|
Yellow
GREEN
|
9ACD32
|
||||
|
63.7
|
72
|
209
|
204
|
Medium
TURQUOISE |
48D1CC
|
||||
|
64.4
|
218
|
112
|
214
|
ORCHID
|
DA70D6
|
||||
|
64.6
|
102
|
205
|
170
|
Medium
AQUAMARINE |
66CDAA
|
||||
|
64.8
|
240
|
128
|
128
|
Light
CORAL
|
F08080
|
||||
|
64.9
|
143
|
188
|
143
|
Dark
SEA
GREEN |
8FBC8F
|
||||
|
65.2
|
250
|
128
|
114
|
SALMON
|
FA8072
|
||||
|
65.6
|
124
|
252
|
0
|
Lawn
GREEN
|
7CFC00
|
||||
|
65.7
|
255
|
105
|
180
|
Hot
PINK
|
FF69B4
|
||||
|
65.9
|
64
|
224
|
208
|
TURQUOISE
|
40E0D0
|
||||
|
66.7
|
0
|
255
|
255
|
CYAN
|
00FFFF
|
||||
|
67.6
|
189
|
183
|
107
|
Dark
KHAKI
|
BDB76B
|
||||
|
67.8
|
233
|
150
|
122
|
Dark
SALMON
|
E9967A
|
||||
|
70.3
|
244
|
164
|
96
|
Sandy
BROWN
|
F4A460
|
||||
|
71.9
|
210
|
180
|
140
|
TAN
|
D2B48C
|
||||
|
72.2
|
238
|
130
|
238
|
VIOLET
|
EE82EE
|
||||
|
72.7
|
255
|
160
|
122
|
Light
SALMON
|
FFA07A
|
||||
|
73.4
|
135
|
206
|
235
|
SKY
BLUE
|
87CEEB
|
||||
|
73.9
|
222
|
184
|
135
|
BURLY
WOOD
|
DEB887
|
||||
|
74.4
|
135
|
206
|
250
|
Light
SKY BLUE
|
87CEFA
|
||||
|
74.5
|
190
|
190
|
190
|
GRAY
|
BEBEBE
|
||||
|
74.7
|
221
|
160
|
221
|
PLUM
|
DDA0DD
|
||||
|
75.5
|
255
|
215
|
0
|
GOLD
|
FFD700
|
||||
|
75.7
|
173
|
255
|
47
|
GREEN
Yellow
|
ADFF2F
|
||||
|
75.9
|
176
|
196
|
222
|
Light
STEEL
BLUE |
B0C4DE
|
||||
|
79.0
|
152
|
251
|
152
|
Pale
GREEN
|
98FB98
|
||||
|
79.8
|
216
|
191
|
216
|
THISTLE
|
D8BFD8
|
||||
|
80.0
|
173
|
216
|
230
|
Light
BLUE
|
ADD8E6
|
||||
|
80.5
|
127
|
255
|
212
|
AQUAMARINE
|
7FFFD4
|
||||
|
81.6
|
255
|
182
|
193
|
Light
PINK
|
FFB6C1
|
||||
|
82.0
|
176
|
224
|
230
|
Powder
BLUE
|
B0E0E6
|
||||
|
82.7
|
211
|
211
|
211
|
Light
GRAY
|
D3D3D3
|
||||
|
82.9
|
238
|
221
|
130
|
Light
Goldenrod
|
EEDD82
|
||||
|
83.3
|
255
|
255
|
0
|
YELLOW
|
FFFF00
|
||||
|
84.2
|
255
|
192
|
203
|
PINK
|
FFC0CB
|
||||
|
85.1
|
175
|
238
|
238
|
Pale
Turquoise
|
AFEEEE
|
||||
|
85.6
|
240
|
230
|
140
|
KHAKI
|
F0E68C
|
||||
|
86.3
|
220
|
220
|
220
|
Gainsboro
|
DCDCDC
|
||||
|
87.3
|
245
|
222
|
179
|
WHEAT
|
F5DEB3
|
||||
|
87.7
|
238
|
232
|
170
|
Pale
GOLDENROD |
EEE8AA
|
||||
|
88.2
|
255
|
218
|
185
|
PEACHPUFF
|
FFDAB9
|
||||
|
89.9
|
255
|
228
|
181
|
MOCCASIN
|
FFE4B5
|
||||
|
90.8
|
255
|
228
|
196
|
BISQUE
|
FFE4C4
|
||||
|
92.7
|
255
|
228
|
225
|
MISTY ROSE
|
FFE4E1
|
||||
|
92.8
|
255
|
235
|
205
|
Blanched
Almond
|
FFEBCD
|
||||
|
94.2
|
255
|
239
|
213
|
Papaya
Whip
|
FFEFD5
|
||||
|
94.4
|
245
|
245
|
220
|
BEIGE
|
F5F5DC
|
||||
|
94.8
|
250
|
240
|
230
|
LINEN
|
FAF0E6
|
||||
|
95.4
|
250
|
250
|
210
|
Light
Goldenrod
YELLOW |
FAFAD2
|
||||
|
95.8
|
255
|
250
|
205
|
Lemon
Chiffon
|
FFFACD
|
||||
|
95.9
|
224
|
255
|
255
|
Light
CYAN
|
E0FFFF
|
||||
|
96.1
|
245
|
245
|
245
|
WHITESMOKE
|
F5F5F5
|
||||
|
96.2
|
253
|
245
|
230
|
Old
LACE
|
FDF5E6
|
||||
|
96.3
|
255
|
248
|
220
|
CORNSILK
|
FFF8DC
|
||||
|
96.4
|
255
|
240
|
245
|
Lavender
Blush
|
FFF0F5
|
||||
|
96.7
|
240
|
248
|
255
|
ALICE
BLUE
|
F0F8FF
|
||||
|
96.9
|
255
|
245
|
238
|
SEASHELL
|
FFF5EE
|
||||
|
97.1
|
240
|
255
|
240
|
HONEYDEW
|
F0FFF0
|
||||
|
97.7
|
248
|
248
|
255
|
Ghost
WHITE
|
F8F8FF
|
||||
|
98.0
|
240
|
255
|
255
|
AZURE
|
F0FFFF
|
||||
|
98.0
|
255
|
255
|
224
|
Light
YELLOW
|
FFFFE0
|
||||
|
98.4
|
245
|
255
|
250
|
MINT
CREAM
|
F5FFFA
|
||||
|
98.7
|
255
|
250
|
250
|
SNOW
|
FFFAFA
|
||||
|
99.0
|
255
|
255
|
240
|
IVORY
|
FFFFF0
|
||||
|
100
|
255
|
255
|
255
|
WHITE
|
FFFFFF
|
Created: November 19, 2003.