Color Names Lookup

Your input is compared against every entry in the list using Delta E, a perceptual difference metric computed in Lab space. The name with the lowest score wins, so matches reflect what your eye sees rather than which RGB numbers happen to be close.

They're the same set today. The names started as browser conventions, got standardized through CSS specifications, and now work identically in HTML attributes, CSS, and SVG. Both British and American spellings of gray are valid in browsers.

That one is Tomato itself, an exact hit with a Delta E of zero, since Tomato is defined as #FF6347. Try something like #5A8FCB instead and you'll get SteelBlue back as a close but not identical neighbor.

The browsable grid focuses on 85-plus of the most commonly used names rather than the complete set of roughly 148 defined by CSS. The matcher runs against that curated list, which covers the names people actually reach for in real projects.

It quantifies perceived difference. Below 1 is invisible to most viewers, 1 to 5 reads as the same color at a glance, and beyond 10 you'd call them different colors. Use it to judge whether the name is a description or just a direction.

Names carry meaning in code review and conversation. A prototype using Crimson or SteelBlue communicates intent instantly, and named colors are handy in quick demos, terminal themes, and SVG sketches where precision matters less than speed.

Yes, every tile in the grid has a copy button that grabs the hex. Filter down to the name you want, click copy, and paste the code wherever named colors aren't supported, like most native mobile styling systems.

Paste a hex or use the picker and the color name finder scores your color against every entry with Delta E, then shows the closest standard name. Because it ranks by perceived difference, the result matches what your eye would call the color, not just the nearest RGB numbers. The match card prints the name, its hex, and the distance.

Yes. Whether you search for a colour name finder or the US spelling, you land here, and browsers accept both gray and grey. Type any code to find colour name matches from the nearest standard entry. The tool doesn't mind which spelling brought you in.

Paste the code into the field and read the match card; that's the whole hex code to color name step. For example, #4B0082 comes back as Indigo, an exact entry, so you can write the readable name in place of the digits. The hex to color name lookup runs live as you type.

It matches one color at a time, so a color name from hex code lookup runs per value rather than as a batch. Paste a code, note the name, then paste the next. For a handful of tokens that's quick; for hundreds you'd script chroma-js Delta E yourself.

Yes, color code to color name conversion is the core job. When your code exactly equals a named entry, like #FFD700 for Gold, the distance reads zero. Otherwise you get the closest neighbor, and the Delta E score tells you how much to trust it.

The matcher never leaves you empty-handed; it always returns the nearest name plus a Delta E gap. So even an oddball brand hex will find color name matches, just with a larger distance. Read that number to decide whether the name describes the color or only points in its direction.

It does both from one input. As a color code finder it shows the hex of the nearest named color, and as a color code name finder it shows that color's label. Copy whichever you need from the match card or the grid below.

It's a finder, not a color name generator that invents fresh labels. Every result is a real CSS named color from the curated list of 85-plus entries, so you can actually use it in code and SVG. If you need a made-up marketing name, that's a job for a person, not this lookup.

Not directly. This page reads a hex or the picker, so to get a color hex code from image files first pull the code with the Image Color Extractor, then paste it here to name it. A color name finder from image in one step isn't something this tool does; it names codes, it doesn't decode photos.

Type the code and the match card renders a swatch, so you can find color from color code values without imagining them. It's handy when a config file lists hex you can't picture. The same works to find color from hex code shorthand like #F80.

Yes. Filter the grid by a name like SteelBlue and click copy to find hex color codes instantly, British spelling included, so you can find hex colour values the same way. Each tile carries its own copy button. It's faster than memorizing which name maps to which digits.

Every tile shows the name and its code, so to find color hex code values you filter and read, and to get color hex code values you click copy. The match card up top also prints the nearest color's hex. Both spots hand you a ready-to-paste value.

Yes. The hex color selector pairs a native color square with a text field, so you can drag to a shade or paste an exact code. Both feed the same matcher. It's also a quick way to browse hex color names, since every result ties a label to its code.