Web Color Scripting

Converting color values

color color color color

Type a color string and press the Enter key, or click the 'Random' button for a random RGB string.

Color string: color Random Named Colors

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1. Javascript color strings

Colors on the web are expressed as string values, either as a common color name, or as a triplet of values that signify the amounts of red, green and blue in the color. These are all valid ways to indicate the same color:

hex assignment:

element.style.color='#ff0000';

percentage:

element.style.color='rgb(100%,0,0)';

decimal assignment:

element.style.color='rgb(255,0,0)'

color name:

element.style.color='red'

Browsers understand the strings 'transparent' and 'inherit' as a background-color style property.
This allows the background of the element's containing element to show through. The W3 recommends compliance for a basic set of color names:

aqua____ black____ blue____ fuchsia____ gray____ green____ lime____ maroon____
navy____ olive____ purple____ red____ silver____ teal____ white____ yellow____

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Standard Color Names