Hex Color Codes

Hex Color Codes

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About Hex Color Codes

 It’s really easy to understand Hexadecimal color codes once you get the hang of them. Also it might help you understand them better, if you think of the hexadecimal colors codes like light not paint. With light certain colored light can cancel other colored light out.

 Every hexadecimal color code is made up of 6 numbers or letters, hence the name hexadecimal. Only the only numbers and letters that can be used are:


0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F

 Zero is the lowest amount of color, barely any color at all. F has 15 times as much color than 0. A 00 means there isn’t any of that particular color and a FF means that there is as much of that color as there can be.

Which digits make blue, red, or yellow?

The first 2 digits represent RED. FF0000 880000 330000

The next 2 digits represent GREEN. 00ff00 008800 003300

The next 2 digits represent BLUE. 0000ff 000088 000033

To get YELLOW you need to put RED and GREEN together. ffff00 888800 333300

Why does it turn yellow?

When RED and GREEN light get mixed together, the RED cancels out the BLUE and all that’s left is YELLOW.


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Build A WebSite’s Hex Color Code Chart

( Non Dithering )

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
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Questions about Hex colors

What does Non-Dithering mean?
 It means that the colors look exactly the same in every computer. Even if the screen resolutions or browser are different the colors will be exactly the same.

Are those 216 colors the only Hexadecimal colors there are?
 No, those are just the non-dithering hex colors.

Can I use words to change the colors of my text?
 Yes, you can! HTML Goodies has a nice chart of colors that you can use words for instead of hex codes. Click here to see it.