Web Author's Guide
Alternate Web Color Scaling

Theory. As explained on our Color Theory page, it would give better contrasts in the palette if the six-level scale for each of the primary color components were 00, 66, 99, BB, DD, FF (0, 102, 153, 187, 238, 255) rather than the seemingly evenly-spaced 00, 33, 66, 99, CC, FF.

We here repeat the Red = 66 chart from the Colors page, with those alternate scale values in place. NB: these are Web-unsafe colors, and may not display correctly, though the better "spacing" between colors should still be clear. To compare, go back and forth between this table and the standard Red = 66 one.  

	66--FF		66--DD		66--BB		66--99		66--66		66--00
	66FFFF		66FFDD		66FFBB		66FF99		66FF66		66FF00
	66DDFF		66DDDD		66DDBB		66DD99		66DD66		66DD00
	66BBFF		66BBDD		66BBBB		66BB99		66BB66		66BB00
	6699FF		6699DD		6699BB		669999		669966		669900
	6666FF		6666DD		6666BB		666699		666666		666600
	6600FF		6600DD		6600BB		660099		660066		660000

Go to Standard Version of Chart

There is no possibility of changing the HTML conventions, and thus of getting more evenly-spaced and more usable charts. So the chart above is merely a curiosity. You cannot get the extra shades at the light ends of the rows and columns, at least not in Web-safe form.

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