Color code

If you are a graphic designer, or have just ever gotten into an image editing program, you will have seen a box that allowed you to change the color, be it the paint bucket, the brush, the letters ... What may have made you curious is the fact that, when you choose a color, it appears a color code, know what it is?

If you have ever wondered what those letter or number codes mean, and you want to know more about it, then we help you understand the importance of the color code, why they reflect colors and other curious details.

What is the color code

We can define the color code as a chromatic range in which a web can be displayed. That is, the possibilities that exist, in a palette of about 216 colors, to determine how a website will look. This code can be based on three types of systems: RGB, HEX and HSL (the latter now deprecated).

Actually, what the color code is for is to serve as a universal code for all browsers in such a way that, with those codes, what is achieved is to reproduce the same tones, either in Internet Explores, in Firefox Mozilla, in Google Chrome…

Know that a computer is capable of distinguishing up to 16 million colors, so there are many possibilities to create a website or to modify images.

Types of color codes

As we have told you before, there are three types of systems:

• RGB. It is the best known and is made up of three primary colors, red, blue and green, from which, through their combination, the rest of the colors are derived. As for its representation, it ranges from 0 to 255 and the code that appears is composed of three figures separated by commas and between parentheses.
• hexadecimal. Used mostly in HTML and CSS. In this case, it is made up of both figures and letters that are arranged among themselves to obtain codes that determine the colors.
• HSL. Already in disuse, it is based on using the hue, saturation and lightness when creating a color. It is determined by degrees and percentages (three figures separated by commas and in parentheses).

Why are codes important?

Now that you know what color coding is, its application is easy to understand, since It is used to determine what code is required for a particular color to display. This works, for example, on web pages. The HTML code is implicit if a website has a background of a certain color, if the font is red, yellow, green, blue ..., and many other uses.

Do you understand why it is important? For example, imagine you have a website with a red background. And you want to change it to a blank one. If you knew the code that determines the color red, using the search engine in the HTML code you would get the place where this color is reflected (linked to the background color) and you could change it quickly. But what if you don't have it? You should be looking until you find that section and test to see what code is close to what you want.

Therefore, the color code helps you speed up the work, as well as being able to use colors when designing a website, editing an image, etc.

List of colors and their code Hexadecimal and RGB

To finish, we would like to leave you below a table in which you can find the majority of colors that exist together with their decimal code (RGB) and hexadecimal so that if at any time you need to change the code, you can do it easily without having to look for it in the color palette.

Label	Decimal (R, G, B)	Hexadecimal
aliceblue	rgb (240, 248, 255)	# F0F8FF
antiquewhite	rgb (250, 235, 215)	# FAEBD7
aqua	rgb (0, 255, 255)	#00FFFF
aquamarine	rgb (127, 255, 212)	# 7FFFD4
azure	rgb (240, 255, 255)	# F0FFFF
beige	rgb (245, 245, 220)	# F5F5DC
bisque	rgb (255, 228, 196)	# FFE4C4
black	rgb (0, 0, 0)	#000000
blanchedalmond	rgb (255, 235, 205)	#FFEBCD
Blue	rgb (0, 0, 255)	# 0000FF
blueviolet	rgb (138, 43, 226)	# 8A2BE2
brown	rgb (165, 42, 42)	# A52A2A
burlywood	rgb (222, 184, 135)	# DEB887
cadetblue	rgb (95, 158, 160)	# 5F9EA0
chartreuse	rgb (127, 255, 0)	# 7FFF00
chocolate	rgb (210, 105, 30)	# D2691E
coral	rgb (255, 127, 80)	# FF7F50
cornflowerblue	rgb (100, 149, 237)	# 6495ED
corn silk	rgb (255, 248, 220)	# FFF8DC
crimson	rgb (220, 20, 60)	# DC143C
cyan	rgb (0, 255, 255)	#00FFFF
darkblue	rgb (0, 0, 139)	#00008B
darkcyan	rgb (0, 139, 139)	# 008B8B
darkgoldenrod	rgb (184, 134, 11)	# B8860B
dark gray	rgb (169, 169, 169)	# A9A9A9
dark green	rgb (0, 100, 0)	#006400
dark gray	rgb (169, 169, 169)	# A9A9A9
darkkhaki	rgb (189, 183, 107)	# BDB76B
darkmagenta	rgb (139, 0, 139)	# 8B008B
darkolivegreen	rgb (85, 107, 47)	# 556B2F
darkorange	rgb (255, 140, 0)	# FF8C00
need	rgb (153, 50, 204)	#9932CC
dark red	rgb (139, 0, 0)	# 8B0000
darksalmon	rgb (233, 150, 122)	# E9967A
darkseagreen	rgb (143, 188, 143)	# 8FBC8F
darkslateblue	rgb (72, 61, 139)	# 483D8B
darkslategray	rgb (47, 79, 79)	# 2F4F4F
darkslategrey	rgb (47, 79, 79)	# 2F4F4F
darkturquoise	rgb (0, 206, 209)	# 00CED1
darkviolet	rgb (148, 0, 211)	#9400D3
deep pink	rgb (255, 20, 147)	# FF1493
deepskyblue	rgb (0, 191, 255)	# 00BFFF
dimgray	rgb (105, 105, 105)	#696969
dimgrey	rgb (105, 105, 105)	#696969
dodgerblue	rgb (30, 144, 255)	# 1E90FF
fire brick	rgb (178, 34, 34)	#B22222
floralwhite	rgb (255, 250, 240)	# FFFAF0
forest green	rgb (34, 139, 34)	# 228B22
fuchsia	rgb (255, 0, 255)	# FF00FF
gainsboro	rgb (220, 220, 220)	#DCDCDC
ghostwhite	rgb (248, 248, 255)	# F8F8FF
gold	rgb (255, 215, 0)	# FFD700
golden rod	rgb (218, 165, 32)	# DAA520
gray	rgb (128, 128, 128)	#808080
green	rgb (0, 128, 0)	#008000
greenyellow	rgb (173, 255, 47)	# ADFF2F
grey	rgb (128, 128, 128)	#808080
honeydew	rgb (240, 255, 240)	# F0FFF0
hotpink	rgb (255, 105, 180)	# FF69B4
indian red	rgb (205, 92, 92)	# CD5C5C
indigo	rgb (75, 0, 130)	# 4B0082
ivory	rgb (255, 255, 240)	# FFFFF0
khaki	rgb (240, 230, 140)	# F0E68C
lavender	rgb (230, 230, 250)	# E6E6FA
lavender blush	rgb (255, 240, 245)	# FFF0F5
lawngreen	rgb (124, 252, 0)	# 7CFC00
lemonrag	rgb (255, 250, 205)	#FFFACD
light blue	rgb (173, 216, 230)	# ADD8E6
light coral	rgb (240, 128, 128)	#F08080
lightcyan	rgb (224, 255, 255)	# E0FFFF
lightgoldenrodyellow	rgb (250, 250, 210)	# FAFAD2
lightgray	rgb (211, 211, 211)	# D3D3D3
light green	rgb (144, 238, 144)	# 90EE90
light gray	rgb (211, 211, 211)	# D3D3D3
lightpink	rgb (255, 182, 193)	# FFB6C1
lightssalmon	rgb (255, 160, 122)	# FFA07A
lightsseagreen	rgb (32, 178, 170)	# 20B2AA
lightskyblue	rgb (135, 206, 250)	# 87CEFA
lightslategray	rgb (119, 136, 153)	#778899
lightslategrey	rgb (119, 136, 153)	#778899
lightsteelblue	rgb (176, 196, 222)	# B0C4DE
light yellow	rgb (255, 255, 224)	# FFFFE0
lime	rgb (0, 255, 0)	# 00FF00
lime green	rgb (50, 205, 50)	# 32CD32
pipeline	rgb (250, 240, 230)	# FAF0E6
magenta	rgb (255, 0, 255)	# FF00FF
maroon	rgb (128, 0, 0)	#800000
mediumquamarine	rgb (102, 205, 170)	# 66CDAA
medium blue	rgb (0, 0, 205)	# 0000CD
medium orchid	rgb (186, 85, 211)	# BA55D3
mediumpurple	rgb (147, 112, 219)	#9370D8
mediumseagreen	rgb (60, 179, 113)	# 3CB371
mediumslateblue	rgb (123, 104, 238)	# 7B68EE
mediumspringgreen	rgb (0, 250, 154)	# 00FA9A
mediumturquoise	rgb (72, 209, 204)	# 48D1CC
mediumvioletred	rgb (199, 21, 133)	#C71585
midnight blue	rgb (25, 25, 112)	#191970
mintcream	rgb (245, 255, 250)	# F5FFFA
mistyrose	rgb (255, 228, 225)	# FFE4E1
moccasins	rgb (255, 228, 181)	# FFE4B5
navajowhite	rgb (255, 222, 173)	#FFDEAD
navy blue	rgb (0, 0, 128)	#000080
oldlace	rgb (253, 245, 230)	# FDF5E6
olive	rgb (128, 128, 0)	#808000
olivedrab	rgb (107, 142, 35)	# 6B8E23
Orange	rgb (255, 165, 0)	# FFA500
orangered	rgb (255, 69, 0)	# FF4500
orchid	rgb (218, 112, 214)	# DA70D6
palegoldenrod	rgb (238, 232, 170)	# EEE8AA
palegreen	rgb (152, 251, 152)	# 98FB98
pallet turquoise	rgb (175, 238, 238)	#AFEEEE
palevioletred	rgb (219, 112, 147)	# D87093
papayawhip	rgb (255, 239, 213)	# FFEFD5
peach puff	rgb (255, 218, 185)	# FFDAB9
peru	rgb (205, 133, 63)	# CD853F
pink	rgb (255, 192, 203)	# FFC0CB
plum	rgb (221, 160, 221)	# DDA0DD
powder blue	rgb (176, 224, 230)	# B0E0E6
purple	rgb (128, 0, 128)	#800080
RED	rgb (255, 0, 0)	# FF0000
rosybrown	rgb (188, 143, 143)	# BC8F8F
royalblue	rgb (65, 105, 225)	# 4169E1
Saddlebrown	rgb (139, 69, 19)	# 8B4513
salmon	rgb (250, 128, 114)	# FA8072
sandybrown	rgb (244, 164, 96)	# F4A460
seagreen	rgb (46, 139, 87)	# 2E8B57
seashell	rgb (255, 245, 238)	# FFF5EE
sienna	rgb (160, 82, 45)	# A0522D
silver	rgb (192, 192, 192)	# C0C0C0
skyblue	rgb (135, 206, 235)	# 87CEEB
slate blue	rgb (106, 90, 205)	# 6A5ACD
slategray	rgb (112, 128, 144)	#708090
Slate Gray	rgb (112, 128, 144)	#708090
snow	rgb (255, 250, 250)	#FFFAFA
spring green	rgb (0, 255, 127)	# 00FF7F
steel blue	rgb (70, 130, 180)	# 4682B4
so	rgb (210, 180, 140)	# D2B48C
teal	rgb (0, 128, 128)	#008080
thistle	rgb (216, 191, 216)	# D8BFD8
tomato	rgb (255, 99, 71)	# FF6347
turquoise	rgb (64, 224, 208)	# 40E0D0
purple	rgb (238, 130, 238)	# EE82EE
wheat	rgb (245, 222, 179)	# F5DEB3
white	rgb (255, 255, 255)	# FFFFFF
whitesmoke	rgb (245, 245, 245)	# F5F5F5
yellow	rgb (255, 255, 0)	# FFFF00
yellow-green	rgb (154, 205, 50)	# 9ACD32

Do you know more color codes? We invite you to put them in the comments to expand the list.