Where to find css color codes

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Due to this question I need to find the color codes for green, red and yellow so I can translate them into the decimal number used by the rgba() function. From this site I think green is #008000 which would be rgb(0, 128, 0). But I'd be interested in finding the official source. They didn't appear to be in the CSS spec. Any ideas where they would be?

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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They can be found in CSS <color> definition:

The list of color keywords is: aqua, black, blue, fuchsia, gray, green, lime, maroon, navy, olive, orange, purple, red, silver, teal, white, and yellow

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answered Jun 09 '13 at 00:02

Perfect, didn't think to look in 'Syntax and basic data types', thanks. – AJP Jun 09 '13 at 00:05

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 15 '20 at 20:32

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You'll find this site useful https://qhmit.com/css/css_color_codes.cfm

The following table contains the color names that are recognized by most, if not all, modern browsers. Most of these are from the list of X11 color names distributed with the X Window System. These color names were standardized by SVG 1.0.

edited Mar 15 '20 at 20:32

Quentin

914,110
126
1,211
1,335

answered Jun 09 '13 at 00:03

Kane

16,471
11
61
86

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 09 '13 at 00:38

Worth pointing out that the specification extends beyond the basic colour keywords referenced by @Tim Cooper and contains some of the more creative (or, rather, SVG spec names) like "aliceblue" and " lightgoldenrodyellow"

http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/REC-css3-color-20110607/#svg-color

w3 docos contain both the color names and their synonimous hex and rgb values which you may find useful for your task

Where to find css color codes

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