📅 19-05-2018 • Δ 21-05-2019
An overview of the basic and extended CSS color keywords sorted by color and lightness.
Extended CSS color keywords
This is the list of CSS3 extended color names. It are the same colors as defined in the SVG 1.0 standard. I tried to order them by color and lightness.
This list is not to be confused with web-safe colors, originally created for compatibility with older 8-bit color displays.
black
maroon
darkred
brown
firebrick
sienna
saddlebrown
saddlebrown
olive
olivedrab
darkolivegreen
forestgreen
green
darkgreen
seagreen
mediumseagreen
limegreen
lime
springgreen
mediumspringgreen
yellowgreen
greenyellow
chartreuse
lawngreen
lightgreen
palegreen
darkseagreen
aquamarine
darkturquoise
deepskyblue
aqua
cyan
turquoise
mediumturquoise
mediumaquamarine
cadetblue
cornflowerblue
steelblue
royalblue
dodgerblue
lightseagreen
darkcyan
teal
darkslategray
darkslategrey
darkslategrey
midnightblue
navy
darkblue
mediumblue
blue
darkslateblue
slateblue
mediumslateblue
mediumpurple
blueviolet
darkorchid
darkviolet
darkmagenta
purple
indigo
mediumorchid
orchid
violet
plum
thistle
lavenderblush
pink
lightpink
hotpink
palevioletred
mediumvioletred
crimson
deeppink
fuchsia
magenta
lavender
ghostwhite
aliceblue
azure
lightcyan
mintcream
honeydew
beige
lightgoldenrodyellow
lightyellow
ivory
lemonchiffon
cornsilk
oldlace
floralwhite
papayawhip
blanchedalmond
antiquewhite
linen
seashell
bisque
moccasin
navajowhite
wheat
peachpuff
mistyrose
rosybrown
indianred
lightcoral
salmon
coral
tomato
orangered
red
chocolate
peru
goldenrod
orange
darkorange
sandybrown
lightsalmon
darksalmon
burlywood
tan
darkkhaki
paleturquoise
powderblue
lightblue
lightsteelblue
lightskyblue
skyblue
palegoldenrod
khaki
gold
yellow
darkgoldenrod
gray
grey
grey
dimgray
dimgrey
dimgrey
slategray
slategrey
slategrey
lightslategray
lightslategrey
lightslategrey
darkgray
darkgrey
darkgrey
silver
lightgray
lightgrey
lightgrey
gainsboro
whitesmoke
snow
white
Basic CSS color keywords
black
maroon
gray
silver
white
yellow
olive
green
lime
teal
aqua
blue
navy
purple
fuchsia
red