"Safe" hex color codes?

[chadglni]

I have never in my life used a computer / monitor that wouldn't display any color code. Is this some ancient shit that doesn't matter anymore or am I missing something?

[Mutt]

i've been doing this since 98 - that safe web color palette crap didn't matter then and doesn't matter now. it's archaic - must be from the first wave of color monitors which displayed only 256 colors.

[chadglni]

i've been doing this since 98 - that safe web color palette crap didn't matter then and doesn't matter now. it's archaic - must be from the first wave of color monitors which displayed only 256 colors.

I was just curious because I've never noticed a damn thing that didn't work but all those lists of "safe" colors are still floating around. I type html by hand so I always gotta look up the codes.

[Manowar]

i've been doing this since 98 - that safe web color palette crap didn't matter then and doesn't matter now. it's archaic - must be from the first wave of color monitors which displayed only 256 colors.

thx for the info dude

[woj]

it's probalby useful if you want to your page accessible via pda/cell phone, etc, some of these devices are color limited, and graphics will look like shit if you use the wrong colors... this is just a guess though...

[mOrrI]

here is a good site with the color codes in hex:
http://html-color-codes.com/

[ssp]

It matters alot when you compress any graphics to 256 colours. If you don't use websafe colours, they will not match up and any images will look out of place.