How do i get the rgb color code in html?

What are HTML color codes?

Color codes are ways of representing the colors we see everyday in a format that a computer can interpret and display. Commonly used in websites and other software applications, there are a variety of formats, including Hex color codes, RGB and HSL values, and HTML color names, amongst others.

Hex color codes

The most popular are Hex color codes; three byte hexadecimal numbers (meaning they consist of six digits), with each byte, or pair of characters in the Hex code, representing the intensity of red, green and blue in the color respectively.

#XXXXXX

Hex code byte values range from 00, which is the lowest intensity of a color, to FF which represents the highest intensity. The color white, for example, is made by mixing each of the three primary colors at their full intensity, resulting in the Hex color code of #FFFFFF.

#FFFFFF

Black, the absence of any color on a screen display, is the complete opposite, with each color displayed at their lowest possible intensity and a Hex color code of #000000.

#000000

Understanding the basics of Hex color code notation we can create grayscale colors very easily, since they consist of equal intensities of each color:

#454545

#999999

The three primary colors, red, green and blue, are made by mixing the highest intensity of the desired color with the lowest intensities of the other two:

#FF0000

#00FF00

#0000FF

With modern browsers supporting the full spectrum of 24-bit color, there are 16,777,216 different color possibilities. Use our color picker to explore all 16.7 million of them, or if that’s too many, check out our color charts for a selection of palettes focused on flat design, Material design and web safe colors.

List of common HTML color codes

ColorNameHex CodeRGB Code
White #FFFFFF rgb(255, 255, 255)
Silver #C0C0C0 rgb(192, 192, 192)
Gray #808080 rgb(128, 128, 128)
Black #000000 rgb(0, 0, 0)
Red #FF0000 rgb(255, 0, 0)
Maroon #800000 rgb(128, 0, 0)
Yellow #FFFF00 rgb(255, 255, 0)
Olive #808000 rgb(128, 128, 0)
Lime #00FF00 rgb(0, 255, 0)
Green #008000 rgb(0, 128, 0)
Aqua #00FFFF rgb(0, 255, 255)
Teal #008080 rgb(0, 128, 128)
Blue #0000FF rgb(0, 0, 255)
Navy #000080 rgb(0, 0, 128)
Fuchsia #FF00FF rgb(255, 0, 255)
Purple #800080 rgb(128, 0, 128)

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An RGB color value represents RED, GREEN, and BLUE light sources.

An RGBA color value is an extension of RGB with an Alpha channel (opacity).


RGB Color Values

In HTML, a color can be specified as an RGB value, using this formula:

rgb(red, green, blue)

Each parameter (red, green, and blue) defines the intensity of the color with a value between 0 and 255.

This means that there are 256 x 256 x 256 = 16777216 possible colors!

For example, rgb(255, 0, 0) is displayed as red, because red is set to its highest value (255), and the other two (green and blue) are set to 0.

Another example, rgb(0, 255, 0) is displayed as green, because green is set to its highest value (255), and the other two (red and blue) are set to 0.

To display black, set all color parameters to 0, like this: rgb(0, 0, 0).

To display white, set all color parameters to 255, like this: rgb(255, 255, 255).

Experiment by mixing the RGB values below:



Shades of Gray

Shades of gray are often defined using equal values for all three parameters:


RGBA Color Values

RGBA color values are an extension of RGB color values with an Alpha channel - which specifies the opacity for a color.

An RGBA color value is specified with:

rgba(red, green, blue, alpha)

The alpha parameter is a number between 0.0 (fully transparent) and 1.0 (not transparent at all):

Experiment by mixing the RGBA values below:



How do I get the RGB color in HTML?

Another example, rgb(0, 255, 0) is displayed as green, because green is set to its highest value (255), and the other two (red and blue) are set to 0. To display black, set all color parameters to 0, like this: rgb(0, 0, 0). To display white, set all color parameters to 255, like this: rgb(255, 255, 255).

What is rgb code in HTML?

RGB Value. Each parameter (red, green, and blue) defines the intensity of the color between 0 and 255. For example, rgb(255, 0, 0) is displayed as red, because red is set to its highest value (255) and the others are set to 0. To display black, set all color parameters to 0, like this: rgb(0, 0, 0).

How do I find color in HTML?

For html elements, you can right click on which color you want and 'inspect' it. You can find the color code in CSS. For images in the pages: You can install color picker extension/plugin for your browser, in which you just right click and get color code in hex or rgb formats.