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Table 10-4. The RGB Values of Standard HTML Colors (continued)
Color R G B Color R G B
violet 238 130 238 wheat 245 222 179
white 255 255 255 whitesmoke 245 245 245
yellow 255 255 0 yellowgreen 154 205 50

For more information on how to publish Excel worksheets and workbooks to the Web, see Chapter 25,
“Excel and the Web.”
Some of the work of matching colors from the Excel palette to the Web has been done for
you. Table 10-5 lists the colors in the Excel palette that closely correspond to the standard
HTML colors.
Table 10-5. Excel Palette Colors That Correspond to HTML Colors
Excel Color HTML Color R G B
Color 1 (Black) black 0 0 0
Color 2 (White) white 255 255 255
Color 3 (Red) red 255 0 0
Color 4 (Green) lime 0 255 0
Color 5 (Blue) blue 0 0 255
Color 6, 27 (Yellow) yellow 255 255 0
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Color 7, 26 (Magenta) fuschia 255 0 255
Color 8, 28 (Cyan) aqua 0 255 255
Color 9, 30 maroon 128 0 0
Color 10 green 0 128 0
Color 11, 25 navy 0 0 128
Color 12 olive 128 128 0
Color 13, 29 purple 128 0 128
Color 14, 31 teal 0 128 128
Color 15 silver 192 192 192
Color 16 gray 128 128 128
Color 19 lightyellow 255 255 204
Color 44 gold 255 204 0
Color 45 darkorange 255 153 0

Caution Some of the Excel palette and HTML colors in this list actually differ by a small
amount, but the colors are practically identical to the human eye.

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