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Web Safe Color Wheel

On this page you will find information on how to read a web safe color wheel. Plus we share a quick reference guide for Illustrators and Graphic Designers showing the different color schemes and their web safe color equivalents with their corresponding hexidecimal color values.

Our Color Series include these topics:

We will continue to add more in our Color Series as they are developed, so check back with us often!

How to Use This Color Wheel

To find the hexadecimal value for the colors:

First choose the Primary, Secondary, or Tertiary Color Scheme.

Then choose the corresponding numbers within that color.

For example: Blue Violet #3.

Then scroll down to the color scheme and the numbered row you chose to find the hexadecimal number for that color.

color wheel for freelance graphic designers
Red
1660000
2993333
3CC3333
4CC6666
5FF0000
6FF3333
7FF6666
8FF9999
9FFCCCC
Yellow
1666600
2999900
3CCCC00
4CCCC99
5FFFF00
6FFFF33
7FFFF66
8FFFF99
9FFFFCC
Blue
1000099
2333399
33333CC
46666CC
50000FF
63333FF
76666FF
89999FF
9CCCCFF
Red Orange
1993300
2CC3300
3CC6600
4FF3300
5FF6600
6FF6633
7none
8none
9none
Yellow Green
1336600
2339933
366CC00
433FF00
599FF00
699FF66
7CCFF00
8CCFF66
9CCFF99
Blue Violet
1660099
29933CC
39966CC
4CC33FF
5CC00FF
6CC66FF
7CC99FF
8none
9none
Orange
1996633
2CC6633
3FF9900
4FF9933
5FF9966
6none
7none
8none
9none
Green
1006600
2009900
300CC00
499CC99
500FF00
633FF33
766FF66
899FF99
9CCFFCC
Violet
1663366
2993399
3996699
4CC33CC
5FF00FF
6FF33FF
7FF66FF
8FF99FF
9FFCCFF
Yellow Orange
1996633
2CC6633
3FF9900
4FF9933
5FF9966
6none
7none
8none
9none
Blue Green
1006600
2009900
300CC00
499CC99
500FF00
633FF33
766FF66
899FF99
9CCFFCC
Red Violet
1663366
2993399
3996699
4CC33CC
5FF00FF
6FF33FF
7FF66FF
8FF99FF
9FFCCFF
Black
1000000
2333333
3666666
4999999
5CCCCCC
6FFFFFF
7none
8none
9none
Malane Newman

Malane Newman is a professional illustrator and cartoonist for over 25 years. She is a master with color and eye candy. She has illustrated a variety of consumer products such as games, childrens books, board games, food and product packaging, magazines, greeting cards, and other consumer products. She provides new character design for clients and offers the copyrights at affordable rates. She can match most cartooning styles and works with creative directors on licensed character art (Barbie, Popeye, The Swan Princess).

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