The 140 Netscape Colour Names

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Way, way back in the mid-1990s when browser pioneer Netscape released Netscape Navigator 2.0, they also unveiled 140 "named" colours to extend the basic browser-safe colour palette.

And while these new colours weren't totally browser-safe, they were certainly "safe enough" (ie the amount of colour dithering that occurs when these colours are viewed on various PC and Mac monitors is almost negligible).

But these additional colours weren't supported by either Internet Explorer 2.0 or 3.0 when Microsoft decided to muscle its way into the browser market soon afterwards. So these welcome extensions to the often frustratingly limited browser-safe palette have tended to be forgotten since that time.

However, Microsoft began to quietly support these colours from Internet Explorer 4.0 onwards. So if you'd like to use them, it's quite safe to do so.

Most of these additional colours are shades or "off-tones" of the more usable portions of the browser-safe palette, and they can greatly extend your range of practical colour combinations.

One tip, though: although the 16 primary colours (red, blue, green etc) can safely be invoked by using either their name OR their hex value, support for the additional names (eg: aliceblue, azure etc) is patchy in Internet Explorer to this day. As a result - if you want to use these additional colours - you should specify their hexadecimal values if you want to be certain that viewers using Internet Explorer will see the colours you intend them to see.

This chart below shows each colour name, its hexadecimal value and the corresponding Red/Green/Blue values. The chart is ordered alphabetically by colour name (our browser-safe colour chart is ordered by hue).

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The Netscape Named Colour Palette aliceblue #F0F8FF R: 240 G: 248 B: 255 aqua #00FFFF R: 000 G: 255 B: 255 antiquewhite #FAEBD7 R: 250 G: 235 B: 215 aquamarine #7FFFD4 R: 127 G: 255 B: 212 azure #F0FFFF R: 240 G: 255 B: 255 beige #F5F5DC R: 245 G: 245 B: 220 bisque #FFE4C4 R: 255 G: 228 B: 196 black #000000 R: 000 G: 000 B: 000 blanchedalmond #FFEBCD R: 255 G: 235 B: 205 blue #0000FF R: 000 G: 000 B: 255 blueviolet #8A2BE2 R: 138 G: 043 B: 226 brown #A52A2A R: 165 G: 042 B: 042 burlywood #DEB887 R: 222 G: 184 B: 135 cadetblue #5F9EA0 R: 095 G: 158 B: 160 chartreuse #7FFF00 R: 127 G: 255 B: 000 chocolate #D2691E R: 210 G: 105 B: 030 coral #FF7F50 R: 255 G: 127 B: 080 cornflowerblue #6495ED R: 100 G: 149 B: 237 cornsilk #FFF8DC R: 255 G: 248 B: 220 crimson #DC143C R: 220 G: 020 B: 060 cyan #00FFFF R: 000 G: 255 B: 255 darkblue #00008B R: 000 G: 000 B: 139 darkcyan #008B8B R: 000 G: 139 B: 139 darkgoldenrod #B8860B R: 184 G: 134 B: 011 darkgray #A9A9A9 R: 169 G: 169 B: 169 darkgreen #006400 R: 000 G: 100 B: 000 darkkhaki #BDB76B R: 189 G: 183 B: 107 darkmagenta #8B008B R: 139 G: 000 B: 139 darkolivegreen #556B2F R: 085 G: 107 B: 047 darkorange #FF8C00 R: 255 G: 140 B: 000 darkorchid #9932CC R: 153 G: 050 B: 204 darkred #8B0000 R: 139 G: 000 B: 000 darksalmon #E9967A R: 233 G: 150 B: 122 darkseagreen #8FBC8F R: 143 G: 188 B: 143 darkslateblue #483D8B R: 072 G: 061 B: 139 darkslategray #2F4F4F R: 047 G: 079 B: 079 darkturquoise #00CED1 R: 000 G: 206 B: 209 darkviolet #9400D3 R: 148 G: 000 B: 211 deeppink #FF1493 R: 255 G: 020 B: 147 deepskyblue #00BFBF R: 000 G: 191 B: 191 dimgray #696969 R: 105 G: 105 B: 105 dodgerblue #1E90FF R: 030 G: 144 B: 255 firebrick #B22222 R: 178 G: 034 B: 034 floralwhite #FFFAF0 R: 255 G: 250 B: 240 forestgreen #228B22 R: 034 G: 139 B: 034 fuchsia #FF00FF R: 255 G: 000 B: 255 ghostwhite #F8F8FF R: 248 G: 248 B: 255 gainsboro #DCDCDC R: 220 G: 220 B: 220 gold #FFD700 R: 255 G: 215 B: 000 goldenrod #DAA520 R: 218 G: 165 B: 032 gray #808080 R: 128 G: 128 B: 128 green #008000 R: 000 G: 128 B: 000 greenyellow #ADFF2F R: 173 G: 255 B: 047 honeydew #F0FFF0 R: 240 G: 255 B: 240 hotpink #FF69B4 R: 255 G: 105 B: 180 indianred #CD5C5C R: 205 G: 092 B: 092 indigo #4B0082 R: 075 G: 000 B: 130 ivory #FFFFF0 R: 255 G: 255 B: 240 khaki #F0E68C R: 240 G: 230 B: 140 lavender #E6E6FA R: 230 G: 230 B: 250 lavenderblush #FFF0F5 R: 255 G: 240 B: 245 lawngreen #7CFC00 R: 124 G: 252 B: 000 lemonchiffon #FFFACD R: 255 G: 250 B: 205 lightblue #ADD8E6 R: 173 G: 216 B: 230 lightcoral #F08080 R: 240 G: 128 B: 128 lightcyan #E0FFFF R: 255 G: 255 B: 224 lightgoldenrodyellow #FAFAD2 R: 250 G: 250 B: 210 lightgreen #90EE90 R: 144 G: 238 B: 144 lightgrey #D3D3D3 R: 211 G: 211 B: 211 lightpink #FFB6C1 R: 255 G: 182 B: 193 lightsalmon #FFA07A R: 255 G: 160 B: 122 lightseagreen #20B2AA R: 032 G: 178 B: 170 lightskyblue #87CEFA R: 135 G: 206 B: 250 lightslategray #778899 R: 119 G: 136 B: 153 lightsteelblue #B0C4DE R: 176 G: 196 B: 222 lightyellow #FFFFB0 R: 255 G: 255 B: 176 lime #00FF00 R: 000 G: 255 B: 000 limegreen #32CD32 R: 050 G: 205 B: 050 linen #FAF0E6 R: 250 G: 240 B: 230 magenta #FF00FF R: 255 G: 000 B: 255 maroon #800000 R: 128 G: 000 B: 000 mediumaquamarine #66CDAA R: 102 G: 205 B: 170 mediumblue #0000CD R: 000 G: 000 B: 205 mediumorchid #BA55D3 R: 186 G: 085 B: 211 mediumpurple #9370DB R: 147 G: 112 B: 219 mediumseagreen #3CB371 R: 060 G: 179 B: 113 mediumslateblue #7B68EE R: 123 G: 104 B: 238 mediumspringgreen #00FA9A R: 000 G: 250 B: 154 mediumturquoise #48D1CC R: 072 G: 209 B: 204 mediumvioletred #C71585 R: 199 G: 021 B: 133 midnightblue #191970 R: 025 G: 025 B: 112 mintcream #F5FFFA R: 245 G: 255 B: 250 mistyrose #FFE4E1 R: 255 G: 228 B: 225 moccasin #FFE4B5 R: 255 G: 228 B: 181 navajowhite #FFDEAD R: 255 G: 222 B: 173 navy #000080 R: 000 G: 000 B: 128 oldlace #FDF5E6 R: 253 G: 245 B: 230 olive #808000 R: 128 G: 128 B: 000 olivedrab #6B8E23 R: 107 G: 142 B: 035 orange #FFA500 R: 255 G: 165 B: 000 orangered #FF4500 R: 255 G: 069 B: 000 orchid #DA70D6 R: 218 G: 112 B: 214 palegoldenrod #EEE8AA R: 238 G: 232 B: 170 palegreen #98FB98 R: 152 G: 251 B: 152 paleturquoise #AFEEEE R: 175 G: 238 B: 238 palevioletred #DB7093 R: 219 G: 112 B: 147 papayawhip #FFEFD5 R: 255 G: 239 B: 213 peachpuff #FFDAB9 R: 255 G: 218 B: 185 peru #CD853F R: 205 G: 133 B: 063 pink #FFC0CB R: 255 G: 192 B: 203 plum #DDA0DD R: 221 G: 160 B: 221 powderblue #B0E0E6 R: 176 G: 224 B: 230 purple #800080 R: 128 G: 000 B: 128 red #FF0000 R: 255 G: 000 B: 000 rosybrown #BC8F8F R: 188 G: 143 B: 143 royalblue #4169E1 R: 065 G: 105 B: 225 saddlebrown #8B4513 R: 139 G: 069 B: 019 salmon #FA8072 R: 250 G: 128 B: 114 sandybrown #F4A460 R: 244 G: 164 B: 096 seagreen #2E8B57 R: 046 G: 139 B: 087 seashell #FFF5EE R: 255 G: 245 B: 238 sienna #A0522D R: 160 G: 082 B: 045 silver #C0C0C0 R: 192 G: 192 B: 192 skyblue #87CEEB R: 135 G: 206 B: 235 slateblue #6A5ACD R: 106 G: 090 B: 205 slategray #708090 R: 112 G: 128 B: 144 snow #FFFEE1 R: 255 G: 254 B: 225 springgreen #00FF7F R: 000 G: 255 B: 127 steelblue #4682B4 R: 070 G: 130 B: 180 tan #D2B48C R: 210 G: 130 B: 140 teal #008080 R: 000 G: 128 B: 128 thistle #D8BFD8 R: 216 G: 191 B: 216 tomato #FF6347 R: 255 G: 099 B: 071 turquoise #40E0D0 R: 064 G: 224 B: 208 violet #EE82EE R: 238 G: 130 B: 238 wheat #F5DEB3 R: 245 G: 222 B: 179 white #FFFFFF R: 255 G: 255 B: 255 whitesmoke #F5F5F5 R: 245 G: 245 B: 245 yellow #FFFF00 R: 255 G: 255 B: 000 yellowgreen #9ACD32 R: 154 G: 205 B: 050