32+ Common Color Names for Easy Reference

Are you tired of the other kids at Summer Color Camp laughing at you because you thought chartreuse was a shade of pink? Still having nightmares about the time you called a Salmon colored dress Mauve? With our help you'll never call Azure, Aquamarine again and will be name dropping colors like they're hot potatoes.

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Our guide isn't an exact science, depending on our monitor color calibration, brightness and even how good our eyes are... we all see a slightly different color. So, we took the color names that are used most often and best guessed the appropriate colors based on web standards and common usage.

Ivory   HEX: #FFFFF0 RGB: 255, 255, 240 CMYK: 1, 0, 6, 0   Find Color Palettes Using Ivory

Beige   HEX: #F5F5DC RGB: 245, 245, 220 CMYK: 1, 0, 24, 0   Find Color Palettes Using Beige

Wheat   HEX: #F5DEB3 RGB: 245, 222, 179 CMYK: 4, 11, 32, 0   Find Color Palettes Using Wheat

Tan   HEX: #D2B48C RGB: 210, 180, 140 CMYK: 18, 28, 48, 0   Find Color Palettes Using Tan

Khaki   HEX: #C3B091 RGB: 195, 176, 145 CMYK: 25, 28, 45, 0   Find Color Palettes Using Khaki

Silver   HEX: #C0C0C0 RGB: 192, 192, 192 CMYK: 25, 20, 20, 0   Find Color Palettes Using Silver

Gray   HEX: #808080 RGB: 128, 128, 128 CMYK: 52, 43, 43, 8   Find Color Palettes Using Gray

Charcoal   HEX: #464646 RGB: 70, 70, 70 CMYK: 67, 60, 58, 42   Find Color Palettes Using Charcoal

Navy Blue   HEX: #000080 RGB: 0, 0, 128 CMYK: 100, 98, 14, 17   Find Color Palettes Using Navy Blue

Royal Blue   HEX: #084C9E RGB: 8, 76, 158 CMYK: 100, 80, 4, 0   Find Color Palettes Using Royal Blue

Medium Blue   HEX: #0000CD RGB: 0, 0, 205 CMYK: 52, 43, 43, 8   Find Color Palettes Using Medium Blue

Azure   HEX: #007FFF RGB: 0, 127, 255 CMYK: 77, 51, 0, 0   Find Color Palettes Using Azure

Cyan   HEX: #00FFFF RGB: 0, 255, 255 CMYK: 52, 0, 13, 0   Find Color Palettes Using Cyan

Aquamarine   HEX: #7FFFD4 RGB: 127, 255, 212 CMYK: 40, 0, 30, 0   Find Color Palettes Using Aquamarine

Teal   HEX: #008080 RGB: 0, 128, 128 CMYK: 86, 31, 49, 8   Find Color Palettes Using Teal

Forest Green   HEX: #228B22 RGB: 34, 139, 34 CMYK: 47, 0, 100, 0   Find Color Palettes Using Forest Green

Olive   HEX: #808000 RGB: 128, 128, 0 CMYK: 30, 0, 100, 0   Find Color Palettes Using Olive

Chartreuse   HEX: #7FFF00 RGB: 127, 255, 0 CMYK: 47, 0, 100, 0   Find Color Palettes Using Chartreuse

Lime   HEX: #BFFF00 RGB: 191, 255, 0 CMYK: 30, 0, 100, 0   Find Color Palettes Using Lime

Golden   HEX: #FFD700 RGB: 255, 215, 0 CMYK: 1, 13, 100, 0   Find Color Palettes Using Golden

Goldenrod   HEX: #DAA520 RGB: 218, 165, 32 CMYK: 15, 35, 100, 1   Find Color Palettes Using Goldenrod

Coral   HEX: #FF7F50 RGB: 255, 127, 80 CMYK: 0, 63, 72, 0   Find Color Palettes Using Coral

Salmon   HEX: #FA8072 RGB: 250, 128, 114 CMYK: 0, 63, 49, 0   Find Color Palettes Using Salmon

Hot Pink   HEX: #FC0FC0 RGB: 252, 15, 192 CMYK: 10, 87, 0, 0   Find Color Palettes Using Hot Pink

Fuchsia   HEX: #FF77FF RGB: 255, 119, 255 CMYK: 16, 57, 0, 0   Find Color Palettes Using Fuschia

Puce   HEX: #CC8899 RGB: 204, 136, 153 CMYK: 19, 54, 25, 0   Find Color Palettes Using Puce

Mauve   HEX: #E0B0FF RGB: 224, 176, 255 CMYK: 27, 41, 0, 0   Find Color Palettes Using Mauve

Lavender   HEX: #B57EDC RGB: 181, 126, 220 CMYK: 35, 55, 0, 0   Find Color Palettes Using Lavender

Plum   HEX: #843179 RGB: 132, 49, 121 CMYK: 55, 95, 20, 4   Find Color Palettes Using Plum

Indigo   HEX: #4B0082 RGB: 75, 0, 130 CMYK: 86, 100, 11, 8   Find Color Palettes Using Indigo

Maroon   HEX: #800000 RGB: 128, 0, 0 CMYK: 29, 100, 100, 38   Find Color Palettes Using Maroon

Crimson   HEX: #DC143C RGB: 220, 20, 60 CMYK: 7, 100, 78, 1   Find Color Palettes Using Crimson

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The above colors are based on common use in web standards... Do you think our Salmon is a bit too Peach? Maybe our Forest Green is a bit too Grass? Show us your suggestions for commonly used color names.