When using HTML the <body> tag lets you specify the colour of any text, link or background for your page.
Each colour has its own code. Here are some colours and their codes:
| Colour | Code | Colour | Code | Colour | Code | ||
| Black | #000000 | Dim Grey | #545454 | Light Grey | #A8A8A8 | ||
| Blue | #0000FF | Cadet Blue | #5F9F9F | Turquoise | #ADEAEA | ||
| Slate Blue | #007FFF | Dark Slate Blue | #6B238E | Pink | #BC8F8F | ||
| Green | #00FF00 | Medium Forrest Green | #6B8E23 | Light Blue | #BFD8D8 | ||
| Spring Green | #00FF7F | Salmon | #6F4242 | Grey | #COCOCO | ||
| Cyan | #00FFFF | Dark Turquoise | #7093DB | Orange | #CC3232 | ||
| Navy | #23238E | Aquamarine | #70DB93 | Violet Red | #CC3299 | ||
| Steel Blue | #236B8E | Medium Turquoise | #70DBDB | Gold | #CC7F32 | ||
| Forest Green | #238E23 | Medium Slate Blue | #7F00FF | Thistle | #D8BFD8 | ||
| Sea Green | #238E6B | Medium Spring Green | #7FFF00 | Wheat | #D8D8BF | ||
| Midnight Blue | #2F2F4F | Firebrick | #8E2323 | Orchid | #DB70DB | ||
| Dark Green | #2F4F2F | Maroon | #8E236B | Tan | #DB9370 | ||
| Dark Slate Grey | #2F4F4F | Sienna | #8E6B23 | Goldenrod | #DBDB70 | ||
| Medium Blue | #3232CC | Light Steel Blue | #8F8FBC | Plum | #EAADEA | ||
| Sky Blue | #3299CC | Pale Green | #8FBC8F | Medium Goldenrod | #EAEAAD | ||
| Lime Green | #32CC32 | Medium Orchid | #9370DB | Sandy Brown | #F4A460 | ||
| Medium Aquamarine | #32CC99 | Green Yellow | #93DB70 | Red | #FF0000 | ||
| Cornflower Blue | #42426F | Dark Orchid | #9932CC | Orange Red | #FF007F | ||
| Medium Sea Green | #426F42 | Yellow Green | #99CC32 | Magenta | #FF00FF | ||
| Indian Red | #4F2F2F | Blue Violet | #9F5F9F | Coral | #FF7F00 | ||
| Violet | #4F2F4F | Khaki | #9F9F5F | Yellow | #FFFF00 | ||
| Dark Olive Green | #4F4F2F | Brown | #A52A2A | White | #FFFFFF |