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Color Dictionary

Our color dictionary of named colors, each with a number that never changes. Around the wheel, then the colors that read on light and dark alike.

Official Colors

Colors brands have made their own, each verified at the brand's own site. Open one to see it at work; the brand's name takes you to them.

Every brand Make your brand's color official

Every Color

All 665 named colors, each with a number that never changes. Browse by number, A to Z, by family, or the colors that read on light and dark alike.

Text on bothColors that read on white and on near-black alike, for apps and sites with a light and a dark mode. The two numbers are each color's WCAG 2 contrast on white and on black, written in the color itself. 4.5 to 1 is the bar for body text and 3 to 1 for large text and buttons; no color reaches 4.5 on both, so about 4 on each is as even as a color gets.60

Buttons and big text on both89