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In HTML, color can be specified in three ways:
Setting a color in HTML by its name
Some colors can be specified by their name, using the color name on the English. The most common keywords: black, white, red, green, blue, etc.:
Text color – red
The most popular colors of the World Wide Web Consortium standard. World Wide Web Consortium, W3C):
| Color | Name | Color | Name | Color | Name | Color | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Gray | Silver | White | ||||
| Yellow | Lime | Aqua | Fuchsia | ||||
| Red | Green | Blue | Purple | ||||
| Maroon | Olive | Navy | Teal |
Example of using different color names:
Example: specifying a color by its name
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Header on red background
Header on orange background
Heading on lime background
White text on blue background
Header on red background
Header on orange background
Heading on lime background
White text on blue background
Specifying Color Using RGB
When displaying different colors on a monitor, the RGB palette is used as a basis. Any color is obtained by mixing three basic ones: R - red, G - green, B - blue. The brightness of each color is given by one byte and can therefore take values from 0 to 255. For example, RGB(255,0,0) is displayed as red since red is set to its highest value (255) and the rest are set to 0 You can also set the color as a percentage. Each parameter indicates the brightness level of the corresponding color. For example: the values rgb(127, 255, 127) and rgb(50%, 100%, 50%) will set the same green medium saturation:
Example: Specifying Color Using RGB
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rgb(127, 255, 127)
rgb(50%, 100%, 50%)
rgb(127, 255, 127)
rgb(50%, 100%, 50%)
Set color by hexadecimal value
Values R G B can also be specified using hexadecimal (HEX) color values in the form: #RRGGBB where RR (red), GG (green) and BB (blue) are hexadecimal values from 00 to FF (same as decimal 0-255) . The hexadecimal system, unlike the decimal system, is based, as its name suggests, on the number 16. The hexadecimal system uses the following signs: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F. Here the numbers from 10 to 15 are replaced in Latin letters. Numbers greater than 15 in hexadecimal system represent the combination of two characters into one meaning. For example, the largest number 255 V decimal system corresponds to the highest FF value in hexadecimal. Unlike the decimal system, before hexadecimal number put a hash symbol # , for example, #FF0000 is shown as red because red is set to its highest value (FF) and the rest of the colors are set to minimum value(00). Signs after the hash symbol # You can type in both uppercase and lowercase. The hexadecimal system allows you to use the abbreviated form #rgb, where each character is equivalent to double. Thus, the entry #f7O should be regarded as #ff7700.
Example: HEX Color
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red: #FF0000
green: #00FF00
blue: #0000FF
red: #FF0000
green: #00FF00
blue: #0000FF
red+green=yellow: #FFFF00
red+blue=purple: #FF00FF
green+blue=cyan: #00FFFF
List of common colors (name, HEX and RGB):
| English name | Russian name | Sample | HEX | RGB | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amaranth | Amaranth | #E52B50 | 229 | 43 | 80 | |
| Amber | Amber | #FFBF00 | 255 | 191 | 0 | |
| Aqua | Blue-green | #00FFFF | 0 | 255 | 255 | |
| Azure | Azure | #007FFF | 0 | 127 | 255 | |
| Black | Black | #000000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blue | Blue | #0000FF | 0 | 0 | 255 | |
| Bondi Blue | Bondi beach water | #0095B6 | 0 | 149 | 182 | |
| Brass | Brass | #B5A642 | 181 | 166 | 66 | |
| Brown | Brown | #964B00 | 150 | 75 | 0 | |
| Cerulean | Azure | #007BA7 | 0 | 123 | 167 | |
| Dark spring green | Dark spring green | #177245 | 23 | 114 | 69 | |
| Emerald | Emerald | #50C878 | 80 | 200 | 120 | |
| Eggplant | Eggplant | #990066 | 153 | 0 | 102 | |
| Fuchsia | Fuchsia | #FF00FF | 255 | 0 | 255 | |
| Gold | Gold | #FFD700 | 250 | 215 | 0 | |
| Gray | Grey | #808080 | 128 | 128 | 128 | |
| Green | Green | #00FF00 | 0 | 255 | 0 | |
| Indigo | Indigo | #4B0082 | 75 | 0 | 130 | |
| Jade | Jade | #00A86B | 0 | 168 | 107 | |
| Lime | Lime | #CCFF00 | 204 | 255 | 0 | |
| Malachite | Malachite | #0BDA51 | 11 | 218 | 81 | |
| Navy | Dark blue | #000080 | 0 | 0 | 128 | |
| Ohre | Ocher | #CC7722 | 204 | 119 | 34 | |
| Olive | Olive | #808000 | 128 | 128 | 0 | |
| Orange | Orange | #FFA500 | 255 | 165 | 0 | |
| Peach | Peach | #FFE5B4 | 255 | 229 | 180 | |
| Pumpkin | Pumpkin | #FF7518 | 255 | 117 | 24 | |
| Purple | Violet | #800080 | 128 | 0 | 128 | |
| Red | Red | #FF0000 | 255 | 0 | 0 | |
| Saffron | Saffron | #F4C430 | 244 | 196 | 48 | |
| Sea Green | Green sea | #2E8B57 | 46 | 139 | 87 | |
| Swamp green | Bolotny | #ACB78E | 172 | 183 | 142 | |
| Teal | Blue-green | #008080 | 0 | 128 | 128 | |
| Ultramarine | Ultramarine | #120A8F | 18 | 10 | 143 | |
| Violet | Violet | #8B00FF | 139 | 0 | 255 | |
| Yellow | Yellow | #FFFF00 | 255 | 255 | 0 | |
Color codes (background) by saturation and hue.
As you know, color can affect a person’s state: both mental and physical. Every day, while browsing websites on the Internet, the eyes evaluate millions of colors and shades. A web designer who is familiar with the psychology of color can manipulate the visitor's mood to achieve certain goals.
This is due to the fact that some shades calm, and some, on the contrary, excite. Next we will talk about how color is synthesized and displayed using computer technology.
RGB is a color model that represents a method of obtaining all colors and their shades by mixing in various proportions three main components, which are:
- red ( Red);
- green color ( Green);
- blue color ( Blue).
This is where the abbreviated name RGB comes from. These colors were chosen as the main ones for a reason: the reason is the physiology of the retina of the human eye, and how it perceives them:
The RGB model remains the most popular today and is used to reproduce colors on TV screens and computer monitors. Since manufacturers endow their products different characteristics, was created in 1996 unified system RGB-based color synthesis called sRGB, which we collaborated on Microsoft and H.P.
Numerical representation of color
As mentioned earlier, RGB colors are formed by mixing primary colors. To describe the intensity of each of them, a scheme was adopted in which color is represented by the range 0-255 (8 bits), which in hexadecimal notation corresponds to 00-FF.
That is, the primary colors will look like this:
- Red – RGB (255,0,0);
- Green – RGB (0,255,0);
- Blue – RGB (0,0,255);
If the color intensity takes values less than 255, then different shades of red, green and blue are obtained. The following is a table of their gradations, as well as the hexadecimal values of each of the shades:
RGB color tables
Naturally, in addition to gradations of primary colors, there are mixed ones, and their number is quite large. Therefore, a table of RGB colors was created, which presents all existing shades, as well as their names and numerical representations ( in decimal and hexadecimal form).
You can view it here. This table makes life much easier for web designers, since in a few seconds you can find the required shade and find out its numerical representation.
Safe RGB color palette
However, at some point there was a problem with displaying colors in different browsers, and to solve it, the so-called “safe” palette of RGB colors was compiled, which were derived by mathematical calculations.
When the browser cannot display the color correctly, it tries to get something close to necessary way mixing adjacent colors, and most likely the result will be completely unacceptable:
Using codes RGB colors from this palette, a web developer does not have to worry about the display of colors on the pages of his site when viewed using different browsers, on various platforms and monitors. Although on at the moment table safe colors loses its relevance ( technological progress still does not stand still), when using it you can, as they say, sleep peacefully.
Gold color in RGB model
The word “golden” was first used at the beginning of the 14th century to describe the color chemical element called Aurum - gold. In the RGB model, the color gold is represented by the following numerical values:
- RGB (255, 215, 0) – decimal system;
- HEX #FFD700 – hexadecimal system.
Beige color in RGB model
Beige color occupies a rather significant place in history, even if it is not the most expressive. Many cultural monuments, especially ancient sculptures, were made of soapstone and soapstone, which have a beige tint. In RGB model beige color has the following numerical representations:
- RGB (245, 245, 220) – decimal system;
- HEX #F5F5DC – hexadecimal system.
Nowadays, especially during World Wide Web It’s rare to find such a “boring” color. Developers give preference to catchy design, using bright colors. Technological progress makes it possible to display a colossal number of colors on monitors, which makes the picture more realistic.
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In HTML, color is specified in one of two ways: using hexadecimal code and by the name of certain colors. The method based on the hexadecimal number system is predominantly used, as it is the most universal.
Hexadecimal colors
HTML uses hexadecimal numbers to specify colors. The hexadecimal system, unlike the decimal system, is based, as its name suggests, on the number 16. The numbers will be as follows: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C , D, E, F. Numbers from 10 to 15 are replaced by Latin letters. In table 6.1 shows the correspondence between decimal and hexadecimal numbers.
Numbers greater than 15 in the hexadecimal system are formed by combining two numbers into one (Table 6.2). For example, the number 255 in decimal corresponds to the number FF in hexadecimal.
To avoid confusion in defining the number system, a hexadecimal number is preceded by a hash symbol #, for example #aa69cc. In this case, the case does not matter, so it is permissible to write #F0F0F0 or #f0f0f0.
A typical color used in HTML looks like this.
Here the background color of the web page is set to #FA8E47. The hash symbol # in front of a number means it is hexadecimal. The first two digits (FA) define the red component of the color, the third through fourth digits (8E) define the green component, and the last two digits (47) define the blue component. The end result will be this color.
| F.A. | + | 8E | + | 47 | = | FA8E47 |
Each of the three colors - red, green and blue - can take values from 00 to FF, resulting in a total of 256 shades. Thus, the total number of colors can be 256x256x256 = 16,777,216 combinations. A color model based on red, green and blue components is called RGB (red, green, blue; red, green, blue). This model is additive (from add - add), in which the addition of all three components forms the color white.
To make it easier to navigate hexadecimal colors, take into account some rules.
- If the values of the color components are the same (for example: #D6D6D6), then the result will be gray shade. The higher the number, the lighter the color, with values ranging from #000000 (black) to #FFFFFF (white).
- A bright red color is formed if the red component is made maximum (FF) and the remaining components are set to zero. A color with a value of #FF0000 is the reddest possible red shade. The same is true for green (#00FF00) and blue (#0000FF).
- Yellow(#FFFF00) is obtained by mixing red and green. This is clearly visible on the color wheel (Fig. 6.1), which presents the primary colors (red, green, blue) and complementary or additional ones. These include yellow, cyan and violet (also called magenta). In general, any color can be obtained by mixing colors close to it. Thus, cyan (#00FFFF) is obtained by combining blue and green.
Rice. 6.1. Color wheel
Colors based on hexadecimal values do not have to be empirically selected. Suitable for this purpose graphic editor, able to work with different color models, for example, Adobe Photoshop. In Fig. Figure 6.2 shows the window for selecting a color in this program; the resulting hexadecimal value of the current color is outlined with a line. You can copy and paste it into your code.
Rice. 6.2. Window for choosing colors in Photoshop program
Web colors
If you set the monitor's color rendering quality to 8 bits (256 colors), then the same color can be displayed in different browsers in my own way. This is due to the way graphics are displayed, when the browser works with its own palette and cannot show a color that is not in its palette. In this case, the color is replaced by a combination of pixels of other, close to it, colors that imitate the given one. To ensure that the color remains the same across different browsers, a palette of so-called web colors was introduced. Web colors are those colors for which each component - red, green and blue - is set to one of six values - 0 (00), 51 (33), 102 (66), 153 (99), 204 (CC), 255 (FF). The hexadecimal value of this component is indicated in parentheses. The total number of colors from all possible combinations gives 6x6x6 - 216 colors. An example web color is #33FF66.
The main feature of web color is that it appears the same in all browsers. At the moment, the relevance of web colors is very small due to the improvement in the quality of monitors and the expansion of their capabilities.
Colors by name
To avoid having to remember a set of numbers, you can use the names of commonly used colors instead. In table 6.3 shows the names of popular color names.
| Color name | Color | Description | Hexadecimal value |
|---|---|---|---|
| black | Black | #000000 | |
| blue | Blue | #0000FF | |
| fuchsia | Light purple | #FF00FF | |
| gray | Dark gray | #808080 | |
| green | Green | #008000 | |
| lime | Light green | #00FF00 | |
| maroon | Dark red | #800000 | |
| navy | Dark blue | #000080 | |
| olive | Olive | #808000 | |
| purple | Dark purple | #800080 | |
| red | Red | #FF0000 | |
| silver | Light gray | #C0C0C0 | |
| teal | Blue-green | #008080 | |
| white | White | #FFFFFF | |
| yellow | Yellow | #FFFF00 |
It doesn't matter whether you specify a color by its name or by using hexadecimal numbers. These methods are equal in their effect. Example 6.1 shows how to set the background and text colors of a web page.
Example 6.1. Background and text color
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In this example, the background color is set using the bgcolor attribute of the tag
, and the text color through the text attribute. For variety, the text attribute is set to a hexadecimal number, and the bgcolor attribute is set to the reserved keyword teal .Hexadecimal numbers are used to specify colors. The hexadecimal system, unlike the decimal system, is based, as its name suggests, on the number 16. The numbers will be as follows: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C , D, E, F. Numbers from 10 to 15 are replaced by Latin letters. Numbers greater than 15 in the hexadecimal system are formed by combining two numbers into one. For example, the number 255 in decimal corresponds to the number FF in hexadecimal. To avoid confusion in determining the number system, a hash symbol # is placed before the hexadecimal number, for example #666999. Each of the three colors - red, green and blue - can take values from 00 to FF. Thus, the color symbol is divided into three components #rrggbb, where the first two symbols indicate the red component of the color, the middle two - green, and the last two - blue. It is allowed to use the abbreviated form #rgb, where each character should be doubled. Thus, the entry #fe0 should be regarded as #ffee00.
By name
| Internet Explorer | Chrome | Opera | Safari | Firefox | Android | iOS |
| 4.0+ | 1.0+ | 3.5+ | 1.3+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ |
Browsers support some colors by their name. In table 1 shows the names, hexadecimal code, RGB, HSL values and description.
| Name | Color | Code | RGB | HSL | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| white | #ffffff or #fff | rgb(255,255,255) | hsl(0.0%,100%) | White | |
| silver | #c0c0c0 | rgb(192,192,192) | hsl(0.0%,75%) | Grey | |
| gray | #808080 | rgb(128,128,128) | hsl(0.0%,50%) | Dark gray | |
| black | #000000 or #000 | rgb(0,0,0) | hsl(0.0%,0%) | Black | |
| maroon | #800000 | rgb(128,0,0) | hsl(0.100%,25%) | Dark red | |
| red | #ff0000 or #f00 | rgb(255,0,0) | hsl(0,100%,50%) | Red | |
| orange | #ffa500 | rgb(255,165,0) | hsl(38.8,100%,50%) | Orange | |
| yellow | #ffff00 or #ff0 | rgb(255,255,0) | hsl(60,100%,50%) | Yellow | |
| olive | #808000 | rgb(128,128,0) | hsl(60,100%,25%) | Olive | |
| lime | #00ff00 or #0f0 | rgb(0,255,0) | hsl(120,100%,50%) | Light green | |
| green | #008000 | rgb(0,128,0) | hsl(120,100%,25%) | Green | |
| aqua | #00ffff or #0ff | rgb(0,255,255) | hsl(180,100%,50%) | Blue | |
| blue | #0000ff or #00f | rgb(0,0,255) | hsl(240,100%,50%) | Blue | |
| navy | #000080 | rgb(0,0,128) | hsl(240,100%,25%) | Dark blue | |
| teal | #008080 | rgb(0,128,128) | hsl(180,100%,25%) | Blue-green | |
| fuchsia | #ff00ff or #f0f | rgb(255,0,255) | hsl(300,100%,50%) | Pink | |
| purple | #800080 | rgb(128,0,128) | hsl(300,100%,25%) | Violet |
Using RGB
| Internet Explorer | Chrome | Opera | Safari | Firefox | Android | iOS |
| 5.0+ | 1.0+ | 3.5+ | 1.3+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ |
You can define a color using the red, green, and blue values in decimal terms. Each of the three color components takes a value from 0 to 255. It is also possible to set the color as a percentage, with 100% corresponding to the number 255. First, indicate keyword rgb , and then the color components are indicated in parentheses, separated by commas, for example rgb(255, 128, 128) or rgb(100%, 50%, 50%).
RGBA
| Internet Explorer | Chrome | Opera | Safari | Firefox | Android | iOS |
| 9.0+ | 1.0+ | 10.0+ | 3.1+ | 3.0+ | 2.1+ | 2.0+ |
The RGBA format is similar in syntax to RGB, but includes an alpha channel that specifies the transparency of the element. A value of 0 is fully transparent, 1 is opaque, and intermediate value like 0.5 - translucency.
RGBA was added to CSS3, so CSS code must be validated against this version. It should be noted that the CSS3 standard is still under development and some features may change. For example, a color in RGB format added to the background-color property is validated, but one added to the background property is no longer valid. At the same time, browsers quite correctly understand the color for both properties.
HSL
| Internet Explorer | Chrome | Opera | Safari | Firefox | Android | iOS |
| 9.0+ | 1.0+ | 9.6+ | 3.1+ | 3.0+ | 2.1+ | 2.0+ |
Name HSL format formed from a combination of the first letters Hue (hue), Saturate (saturation) and Lightness (lightness). Hue is the color value on the color wheel (Fig. 1) and is given in degrees. 0° corresponds to red, 120° to green, and 240° to blue. The hue value can vary from 0 to 359.
Rice. 1. Color wheel
Saturation is the intensity of a color and is measured as a percentage from 0% to 100%. A value of 0% indicates no color and a shade of gray, 100% maximum value saturation.
Lightness specifies how bright the color is and is specified as a percentage from 0% to 100%. Low values make the color darker, and high values make the color lighter; extreme values of 0% and 100% correspond to black and white.
HSLA
| Internet Explorer | Chrome | Opera | Safari | Firefox | Android | iOS |
| 9.0+ | 1.0+ | 10.0+ | 3.1+ | 3.0+ | 2.1+ | 2.0+ |
The HSLA format is similar in syntax to HSL, but includes an alpha channel to specify the element's transparency. A value of 0 is fully transparent, 1 is opaque, and an intermediate value like 0.5 is semi-transparent.
Color values in RGBA formats, HSL and HSLA have been added to CSS3, so when using these formats, check your code for version validity.
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Color codes in CSS are used to specify colors. Typically, color codes or color values are used to set the color for either the foreground color of an element (e.g. text color, link color) or the background color of an element (background color, block color). They can also be used to change the color of a button, border, marker, hover, and other decorative effects.
You can set your color values in various formats. The following table lists all possible formats:
The listed formats are described in more detail below.
CSS Colors - Hex Codes
Hexadecimal color code is a six-digit representation of color. The first two digits (RR) represent the red value, the next two represent the green value (GG), and the last two represent the blue value (BB).
CSS Colors - Short Hex Codes
Short hex color code is a shorter form of six-character notation. In this format, each digit is repeated to produce an equivalent six-digit color value. For example: #0F0 becomes #00FF00.
Hexadecimal value can be taken from any graphic software, such as Adobe Photoshop, Core Draw, etc.
Each hexadecimal color code in CSS will be preceded by a hash sign "#". Below are examples of using hexadecimal notations.
CSS Colors - RGB Values
RGB value is a color code that is set using the rgb() property. This property takes three values: one each for red, green, and blue. The value can be an integer, from 0 to 255, or a percentage.
Note: Not all browsers support the rgb() color property, so it is not recommended to use it.
Below is an example showing multiple colors using RGB values.
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Browser Safe Colors
Below is a table of 216 colors that are the safest and most computer-independent. These colors in CSS range from 000000 to FFFFFF hexadecimal code. They are safe to use because they ensure that all computers display color correctly when working with the 256 color palette.
| Table of "safe" colors in CSS | |||||
| #000000 | #000033 | #000066 | #000099 | #0000CC | #0000FF |
| #003300 | #003333 | #003366 | #003399 | #0033CC | #0033FF |
| #006600 | #006633 | #006666 | #006699 | #0066CC | #0066FF |
| #009900 | #009933 | #009966 | #009999 | #0099CC | #0099FF |
| #00CC00 | #00CC33 | #00CC66 | #00CC99 | #00CCCC | #00CCFF |
| #00FF00 | #00FF33 | #00FF66 | #00FF99 | #00FFCC | #00FFFF |
| #330000 | #330033 | #330066 | #330099 | #3300CC | #3300FF |
| #333300 | #333333 | #333366 | #333399 | #3333CC | #3333FF |
| #336600 | #336633 | #336666 | #336699 | #3366CC | #3366FF |
| #339900 | #339933 | #339966 | #339999 | #3399CC | #3399FF |
| #33CC00 | #33CC33 | #33CC66 | #33CC99 | #33CCCC | #33CCFF |
| #33FF00 | #33FF33 | #33FF66 | #33FF99 | #33FFCC | #33FFFF |
| #660000 | #660033 | #660066 | #660099 | #6600CC | #6600FF |
| #663300 | #663333 | #663366 | #663399 | #6633CC | #6633FF |
| #666600 | #666633 | #666666 | #666699 | #6666CC | #6666FF |
| #669900 | #669933 | #669966 | #669999 | #6699CC | #6699FF |
| #66CC00 | #66CC33 | #66CC66 | #66CC99 | #66CCCC | #66CCFF |
| #66FF00 | #66FF33 | #66FF66 | #66FF99 | #66FFCC | #66FFFF |
| #990000 | #990033 | #990066 | #990099 | #9900CC | #9900FF |
| #993300 | #993333 | #993366 | #993399 | #9933CC | #9933FF |
| #996600 | #996633 | #996666 | #996699 | #9966CC | #9966FF |
| #999900 | #999933 | #999966 | #999999 | #9999CC | #9999FF |
| #99CC00 | #99CC33 | #99CC66 | #99CC99 | #99CCCC | #99CCFF |
| #99FF00 | #99FF33 | #99FF66 | #99FF99 | #99FFCC | #99FFFF |
| #CC0000 | #CC0033 | #CC0066 | #CC0099 | #CC00CC | #CC00FF |
| #CC3300 | #CC3333 | #CC3366 | #CC3399 | #CC33CC | #CC33FF |
| #CC6600 | #CC6633 | #CC6666 | #CC6699 | #CC66CC | #CC66FF |
| #CC9900 | #CC9933 | #CC9966 | #CC9999 | #CC99CC | #CC99FF |
| #CCCC00 | #CCCC33 | #CCCC66 | #CCCC99 | #CCCCCC | #CCCCFF |
| #CCFF00 | #CCFF33 | #CCFF66 | #CCFF99 | #CCFFCC | #CCFFFF |
| #FF0000 | #FF0033 | #FF0066 | #FF0099 | #FF00CC | #FF00FF |
| #FF3300 | #FF3333 | #FF3366 | #FF3399 | #FF33CC | #FF33FF |
| #FF6600 | #FF6633 | #FF6666 | #FF6699 | #FF66CC | #FF66FF |
| #FF9900 | #FF9933 | #FF9966 | #FF9999 | #FF99CC | #FF99FF |
| #FFCC00 | #FFCC33 | #FFCC66 | #FFCC99 | #FFCCCC | #FFCCFF |
| #FFFF00 | #FFFF33 | #FFFF66 | #FFFF99 | #FFFFCC | #FFFFFF |