When using color on the web, you need to use one of the 216 web safe colors. I have provided a table of these colors for you below. There are three values for each color: Red, Green and Blue (RGB). On my resume example, I set the body background to white which has the color code "FFFFFF".
The first two digits stand for the Red value, the second two digits stand for the Green value, and the last two stand for the Blue value.
Other values should not be used because on many older monitors with lower resolution they will look bad).
To set the background color for an image, you place the color code in the body tag at
the top of your HTML document. To make a white background, you'd use the following BODY tag:
<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF">
Other color resources
:The color picker web site
http://www.pagetutor.com/pagetutor/makapage/picker/index.html
Lynda's color information page:
http://www.lynda.com/hex.html
| G: 00 | B: 00 | B: 33 | B: 66 | B: 99 | B: CC | B: FF |
| R: 00 | 000000 | 000033 | 000066 | 000099 | 0000CC | 0000FF |
| R: 33 | 330000 | 330033 | 330066 | 330099 | 3300CC | 3300FF |
| R: 66 | 660000 | 660033 | 660066 | 660099 | 6600CC | 6600FF |
| R: 99 | 990000 | 990033 | 990066 | 990099 | 9900CC | 9900FF |
| R: CC | CC0000 | CC0033 | CC0066 | CC0099 | CC00CC | CC00FF |
| R: FF | FF0000 | FF0033 | FF0066 | FF0099 | FF00CC | FF00FF |
| G: 33 | B: 00 | B: 33 | B: 66 | B: 99 | B: CC | B: FF |
| R: 00 | 003300 | 003333 | 003366 | 003399 | 0033CC | 0033FF |
| R: 33 | 333300 | 333333 | 333366 | 333399 | 3333CC | 3333FF |
| R: 66 | 663300 | 663333 | 663366 | 663399 | 6633CC | 6633FF |
| R: 99 | 993300 | 993333 | 993366 | 993399 | 9933CC | 9933FF |
| R: CC | CC3300 | CC3333 | CC3366 | CC3399 | CC33CC | CC33FF |
| R: FF | FF3300 | FF3333 | FF3366 | FF3399 | FF33CC | FF33FF |
| G: 66 | B: 00 | B: 33 | B: 66 | B: 99 | B: CC | B: FF |
| R: 00 | 006600 | 006633 | 006666 | 006699 | 0066CC | 0066FF |
| R: 33 | 336600 | 336633 | 336666 | 336699 | 3366CC | 3366FF |
| R: 66 | 666600 | 666633 | 666666 | 666699 | 6666CC | 6666FF |
| R: 99 | 996600 | 996633 | 996666 | 996699 | 9966CC | 9966FF |
| R: CC | CC6600 | CC6633 | CC6666 | CC6699 | CC66CC | CC66FF |
| R: FF | FF6600 | FF6633 | FF6666 | FF6699 | FF66CC | FF66FF |
| G: 99 | B: 00 | B: 33 | B: 66 | B: 99 | B: CC | B: FF |
| R: 00 | 009900 | 009933 | 009966 | 009999 | 0099CC | 0099FF |
| R: 33 | 339900 | 339933 | 339966 | 339999 | 3399CC | 3399FF |
| R: 66 | 669900 | 669933 | 669966 | 669999 | 6699CC | 6699FF |
| R: 99 | 999900 | 999933 | 999966 | 999999 | 9999CC | 9999FF |
| R: CC | CC9900 | CC9933 | CC9966 | CC9999 | CC99CC | CC99FF |
| R: FF | FF9900 | FF9933 | FF9966 | FF9999 | FF99CC | FF99FF |
| G: CC | B: 00 | B: 33 | B: 66 | B: 99 | B: CC | B: FF |
| R: 00 | 00CC00 | 00CC33 | 00CC66 | 00CC99 | 00CCCC | 00CCFF |
| R: 33 | 33CC00 | 33CC33 | 33CC66 | 33CC99 | 33CCCC | 33CCFF |
| R: 66 | 66CC00 | 66CC33 | 66CC66 | 66CC99 | 66CCCC | 66CCFF |
| R: 99 | 99CC00 | 99CC33 | 99CC66 | 99CC99 | 99CCCC | 99CCFF |
| R: CC | CCCC00 | CCCC33 | CCCC66 | CCCC99 | CCCCCC | CCCCFF |
| R: FF | FFCC00 | FFCC33 | FFCC66 | FFCC99 | FFCCCC | FFCCFF |
| G: FF | B: 00 | B: 33 | B: 66 | B: 99 | B: CC | B: FF |
| R: 00 | 00FF00 | 00FF33 | 00FF66 | 00FF99 | 00FFCC | 00FFFF |
| R: 33 | 33FF00 | 33FF33 | 33FF66 | 33FF99 | 33FFCC | 33FFFF |
| R: 66 | 66FF00 | 66FF33 | 66FF66 | 66FF99 | 66FFCC | 66FFFF |
| R: 99 | 99FF00 | 99FF33 | 99FF66 | 99FF99 | 99FFCC | 99FFFF |
| R: CC | CCFF00 | CCFF33 | CCFF66 | CCFF99 | CCFFCC | CCFFFF |
| R: FF | FFFF00 | FFFF33 | FFFF66 | FFFF99 | FFFFCC | FFFFFF |