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Shades of Gray
Gray colors are displayed using an equal amount of power to all of the light sources.
To make it easy for you to select a gray color we have compiled a table of gray shades for you:
  Gray Shades                                       HEX                 RGB
  HTML Black                                        #000000             rgb(0,0,0)
                                                    #080808             rgb(8,8,8)
                                                    #101010             rgb(16,16,16)
                                                    #181818             rgb(24,24,24)
                                                    #202020             rgb(32,32,32)
                                                    #282828             rgb(40,40,40)
                                                    #303030             rgb(48,48,48)
                                                    #383838             rgb(56,56,56)
                                                    #404040             rgb(64,64,64)
                                                    #484848             rgb(72,72,72)
                                                    #505050             rgb(80,80,80)
                                                    #585858             rgb(88,88,88)
                    #606060   rgb(96,96,96)
                    #686868   rgb(104,104,104)
                    #696969   rgb(105,105,105)
                    #707070   rgb(112,112,112)
                    #787878   rgb(120,120,120)
HTML Gray           #808080   rgb(128,128,128)
                    #888888   rgb(136,136,136)
                    #909090   rgb(144,144,144)
                    #989898   rgb(152,152,152)
                    #A0A0A0   rgb(160,160,160)
                    #A8A8A8   rgb(168,168,168)
HTML DarkGray !!!   #A9A9A9   rgb(169,169,169)
                    #B0B0B0   rgb(176,176,176)
                    #B8B8B8   rgb(184,184,184)
X11 Gray            #BEBEBE   rgb(190,190,190)
HTML Silver         #C0C0C0   rgb(192,192,192)
                    #C8C8C8   rgb(200,200,200)
                    #D0D0D0   rgb(208,208,208)
HTML LightGray      #D3D3D3   rgb(211,211,211)
                    #D8D8D8   rgb(216,216,216)
HTML Gainsboro      #DCDCDC   rgb(220,220,220)
                    #E0E0E0   rgb(224,224,224)
                    #E8E8E8   rgb(232,232,232)
                    #F0F0F0   rgb(240,240,240)
HTML WhiteSmoke     #F5F5F5   rgb(245,245,245)
                    #F8F8F8   rgb(248,248,248)
  HTML White                                          #FFFFFF               rgb(255,255,255)
An anomaly in the table above is that HTML Gray is darker than DarkGray.
The color names of HTML / CSS was inherited from the X11 standard.
HTML / CSS defined gray at the midpoint of the 8-bit gray scale (128,128,128).
X11 defined gray to be (190,190,190); which is closer to HTML silver.
Gray / Grey Web Colors
There are several gray color names in HTML / CSS.
All gray colors are spelled as gray (not grey).
This spelling was inherited from the X11 standard.
All modern browsers accept both gray and grey, but early versions of Internet Explorer did not
recognize grey
Shades of Red
If you look at the color table below, you will see the result of varying the red light from 0 to 255, while
keeping the green and blue light at zero.
Click on the hexadecimal values, if you want to analyze the color in our color picker.
  Red Light                                         HEX                  RGB
                                                    #000000              rgb(0,0,0)
                                                    #080000              rgb(8,0,0)
                                                    #100000              rgb(16,0,0)
                                                    #180000              rgb(24,0,0)
                                                    #200000              rgb(32,0,0)
                                                    #280000              rgb(40,0,0)
                                                    #300000              rgb(48,0,0)
                                                    #380000              rgb(56,0,0)
                                                    #400000              rgb(64,0,0)
                                                    #480000              rgb(72,0,0)
                                                    #500000              rgb(80,0,0)
                                                    #580000              rgb(88,0,0)
                                                    #600000              rgb(96,0,0)
                                                    #680000              rgb(104,0,0)
                                                    #700000              rgb(112,0,0)
                                                    #780000              rgb(120,0,0)
                                                    #800000              rgb(128,0,0)
                                                    #880000              rgb(136,0,0)
                                                    #900000              rgb(144,0,0)
                                                    #980000              rgb(152,0,0)
                                                    #A00000              rgb(160,0,0)
                                                    #A80000              rgb(168,0,0)
                                                    #B00000              rgb(176,0,0)
                                                    #B80000              rgb(184,0,0)
                                                    #C00000              rgb(192,0,0)
                                                    #C80000              rgb(200,0,0)
                                                    #D00000              rgb(208,0,0)
                                                    #D80000              rgb(216,0,0)
                                                    #E00000              rgb(224,0,0)
                                                    #E80000              rgb(232,0,0)
                                                    #F00000              rgb(240,0,0)
                                                    #F80000              rgb(248,0,0)
                                                    #FF0000              rgb(255,0,0)
16 Million Different Colors
The combination of Red, Green and Blue values from 0 to 255 gives a total of more than 16 million
different colors to play with (256 x 256 x 256).
Most modern monitors are capable of displaying at least 16384 different colors.
Web Safe Colors?
Many years ago, when computers supported maximum 256 different colors, a list of 216 "Web Safe
Colors" was suggested as a Web standard (reserving 40 fixed system colors).
This is not important now, since most computers can display millions of different colors.
This 216 hex values cross-browser color palette was created to ensure that all computers would
display the colors correctly when running a 256 color palette:
      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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