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
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HEX:#FFFFF0RGB:255, 255, 240CMYK: 1, 0, 6, 0 |
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Beige
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HEX:#F5F5DCRGB:245, 245, 220CMYK: 1, 0, 24, 0 |
Find Color Palettes Using Beige |
Wheat
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HEX:#F5DEB3RGB:245, 222, 179CMYK: 4, 11, 32, 0 |
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Tan
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HEX:#D2B48CRGB:210, 180, 140CMYK: 18, 28, 48, 0 |
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Khaki
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HEX:#C3B091RGB:195, 176, 145CMYK: 25, 28, 45, 0 |
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Silver
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HEX:#C0C0C0RGB:192, 192, 192CMYK: 25, 20, 20, 0 |
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Gray
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HEX:#808080RGB:128, 128, 128CMYK: 52, 43, 43, 8 |
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Charcoal
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HEX:#464646RGB:70, 70, 70CMYK: 67, 60, 58, 42 |
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Navy Blue
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HEX:#000080RGB:0, 0, 128CMYK: 100, 98, 14, 17 |
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Royal Blue
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HEX:#084C9ERGB:8, 76, 158CMYK: 100, 80, 4, 0 |
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Medium Blue
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HEX:#0000CDRGB:0, 0, 205CMYK: 52, 43, 43, 8 |
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Azure
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HEX:#007FFFRGB:0, 127, 255CMYK: 77, 51, 0, 0 |
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Cyan
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HEX:#00FFFFRGB:0, 255, 255CMYK: 52, 0, 13, 0 |
Find Color Palettes Using Cyan | |
Aquamarine
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HEX:#7FFFD4RGB:127, 255, 212CMYK: 40, 0, 30, 0 |
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Teal
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HEX:#008080RGB:0, 128, 128CMYK: 86, 31, 49, 8 |
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Forest Green
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HEX:#228B22RGB:34, 139, 34CMYK: 47, 0, 100, 0 |
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Olive
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HEX:#808000RGB:128, 128, 0CMYK: 30, 0, 100, 0 |
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Chartreuse
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HEX:#7FFF00RGB:127, 255, 0CMYK: 47, 0, 100, 0 |
Find Color Palettes Using Chartreuse |
Lime
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HEX:#BFFF00RGB:191, 255, 0CMYK: 30, 0, 100, 0 |
Find Color Palettes Using Lime | |
Golden
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HEX:#FFD700RGB:255, 215, 0CMYK: 1, 13, 100, 0 |
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Goldenrod
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HEX:#DAA520RGB:218, 165, 32CMYK: 15, 35, 100, 1 |
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Coral
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HEX:#FF7F50RGB:255, 127, 80CMYK: 0, 63, 72, 0 |
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Salmon
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HEX:#FA8072RGB:250, 128, 114CMYK: 0, 63, 49, 0 |
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Hot Pink
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HEX:#FC0FC0RGB:252, 15, 192CMYK: 10, 87, 0, 0 |
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Fuchsia
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HEX:#FF77FFRGB:255, 119, 255CMYK: 16, 57, 0, 0 |
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Puce
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HEX:#CC8899RGB:204, 136, 153CMYK: 19, 54, 25, 0 |
Find Color Palettes Using Puce |
Mauve
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HEX:#E0B0FFRGB:224, 176, 255CMYK: 27, 41, 0, 0 |
Find Color Palettes Using Mauve | |
Lavender
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HEX:#B57EDCRGB:181, 126, 220CMYK: 35, 55, 0, 0 |
Find Color Palettes Using Lavender |
Plum
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HEX:#843179RGB:132, 49, 121CMYK: 55, 95, 20, 4 |
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Indigo
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HEX:#4B0082RGB:75, 0, 130CMYK: 86, 100, 11, 8 |
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Maroon
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HEX:#800000RGB:128, 0, 0CMYK: 29, 100, 100, 38 |
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Crimson
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HEX:#DC143CRGB:220, 20, 60CMYK: 7, 100, 78, 1 |
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Do You Agree or Disagree?
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.
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