HTML Colo(u)r of the Week

mistyrose

Why?

Why not? The world can be a complicated place, but the web doesn't have to be.

What are HTML colors?

When building a website you can use various formats for defining colors including hexidecimal, RGB/RGBA and HSL/HSLA. You can also use named HTML colors.

In 1997 HTML had a modest 16 named colors.
HTML 3.2 Reference Specification (new tab)

In 2011 this was extended to more than 100!
CSS Color Module Level 3 (new tab)

Rather than #FFEFD5 and #FFDAB9 why not show papayawhip and peachpuff some love?

by Dan Westmancoat