“Web colors are colors used in designing web pages, and the methods for describing and specifying those colors.“

Colors can be represented in two ways. Each of these two has also different representations. So let’s first start with the most used of all:

Hex Triplet: #XXXXXX

The ‘code’ consist of 6 digits or 3byte hexadecimal number. Each byte (XX) is represented by a number in the range of 00 to FF. The first two digits consists of the red color, the next is for green and the last ones are for blue. The higher the value of the Byte, the more color of that byte is used.

For example:

So as you can see, if you combine the red and lime, you’ll get yellow. Same for aqua.

RGB: XXX XXX XXX

This code is almost never used in the web design. combination is too difficult to remember xD . But it’s usage is the same as for Hex Triplet. The range of these numbers goes from 0 to 255. Now as some may have noticed it means that there is a limit in colors (logic itself).

256 * 256 * 256 = 16.777.216 different colors

And then there is also HSV (Hue, Saturation, Value) or also called HSB (Hue, Saturation, Brightness), but this might be to difficult to explain. For more information you can always check wikipedia

Here under, you’ll find some very useful links for color schemes, color combination, …

1.Dailycolorscheme

Daily Color Scheme gives exact color matches to logos and sites that we love, including hex code, RGB code, and HSB code. You won’t get the matching wrong here.

2.Colourlovers

Find design inspiration with thousands of palettes and color schemes to fall in love with. Influence color trends by rating, commenting and sharing.

3.Colorcombos

Colorcombos is a tool for web developers to test website color combinations, along with a library of pre-selected combinations.

4.Colorschemer

Here you can download free website-ready color schemes. They also provide you with a great application color schemer.

5.ColrPickr

colrpickr lets you choose a color which after he shows you a bunch of images that contains that related color. You can also choose from various categories.

If you find there are other useful websites about colors, please do reply on this post and I might add them later on.