Find the Nearest Matching Color Name

This page can take a three or six digit hexadecimal color specifier (e.g. #fff or #a210f0), or three decimal numbers for red, green, and blue, and find the nearest named colors, either in the Unix RGB.txt or in the much smaller set of CSS colors.

Hex code (3 or 6 digits): #

or Decimal values (0-255):

Red: Green: Blue:


Hex code: #ffff01

Matches in rgb.txt:

No exact match found for (255 255 1) (#ffff01                   
Closest matches:
yellow (255 255 0) (#ffff00)                   
yellow1 (255 255 0) (#ffff00)                   

Matches in CSS color list:

No exact match found for (255 255 1) (#ffff01                   
Closest matches:
yellow (255 255 0) (#ffff00)                   

The source code.


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