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Excel Colorname Key – What Is "Indian Red," Anyway?
By Susannah Jones
Information Architect and WebFOCUS Developer
Elie Tahari, Ltd.

When WebFOCUS outputs an Excel spreadsheet, the FOCUS stylesheet needs to reference colors in a way that Excel can understand. But who knows what "Indian Red" really is? Excel has 40 colors, 16 of which are named exactly as they are named in WebFOCUS. The other 24 colors don't match those named in WebFOCUS. To use these other colors for Excel output, you need to supply your stylesheet with the RGB value.

Below is a sheet that illustrates all of the WebFOCUS color names deriving their hex value, their RGB value, and a block of the color itself. The sheet is not sorted by alphabetic color name but rather by hex value so that you can get an idea of where the colors sit relative to each other, and where the Excel colors fit in the range. When you want the rest of your WebFOCUS launch page to match the Excel colors, this key will let you do that.

Table of WebFOCUS Colorname Values and the Closest Excel Color
Color Sample HEX

RGB

WebFOCUS colorname  or  Excel value Excel?
  #000000 rgb(  0   0   0) BLACK (bold names: GRAPHTYPE)

b

  #000080 rgb(  0   0 128) NAVY

b

  #003300 rgb(  0  51   0) excel only xml class 139 b
  #003366 rgb(  0  51 102) excel only xml class 144 b
  #0000ff rgb(  0   0 255) BLUE b
  #007fff rgb(  0 127 255) SLATE BLUE  
  #008000 rgb(  0 128   0) GREEN b
  #008080 rgb(  0 128 128) TEAL b
  #00ccff rgb(  0 204 255)

excel only xml class 153

b
  #00ff00 rgb(  0 255   0) LIME  
  #00ffff rgb(  0 255 255) AQUA or CYAN b
  #236b8e rgb( 35 107 142) STEEL BLUE  
  #238e6b rgb( 35 142 107) SEA GREEN  
  #2f2f4f rgb( 47  47  79) MIDNIGHT BLUE  
  #2f4f2f rgb( 47  79  47) DARK GREEN  
  #2f4f4f rgb( 47  79  79) DARK SLATE GREY  
  #3232cc rgb( 50  50 204) MEDIUM BLUE

b

  #3299cc rgb( 50 153 204) SKY BLUE  
  #32cc32 rgb( 50 204  50) LIME GREEN b
  #32cc99 rgb( 50 204 153) MEDIUM AQUAMARINE  
  #333300 rgb( 51  51   0) excel only xml class 126 b
  #333333 rgb( 51  51  51) excel only xml class 159 b
  #333399 rgb( 51  51 153) excel only xml class 154 b
  #339966 rgb( 51 153 102) excel only xml class 141 b
  #33cccc rgb( 51 204 204) excel only xml class 146 b
  #3366ff rgb( 51 102 255) excel only xml class 152 b
  #42426f rgb( 66  66 111) CORNFLOWER BLUE  
  #4f2f2f rgb( 79  47  47) INDIAN RED  
  #4f2f4f rgb( 79  47  79) VIOLET  
  #4f4f2f rgb( 79  79  47) DARK OLIVE GREEN  
  #5f9f9f rgb( 95 159 159) CADET BLUE  
  #666699 rgb(102 102 153)

excel only xml class 155

b
  #6b238e rgb(107  35 142) DARK SLATE BLUE  
  #6f4242 rgb(111  66  66) SALMON (no way is this salmon!)  
  #7093db rgb(112 147 219) DARK TURQUOISE  
  #70db93 rgb(112 219 147) AQUAMARINE  
  #70dbdb rgb(112 219 219) MEDIUM TURQUOISE  
  #7f00ff rgb(127   0 255) MEDIUM SLATE BLUE  
  #7fff00 rgb(127 255   0) MEDIUM SPRING GREEN  
  #800000 rgb(128   0   0) MAROON

b

  #800080 rgb(128   0 128) PURPLE b
  #808000 rgb(128 128   0) OLIVE

b

  #808080 rgb(128 128 128) GREY

b

  #8e2323 rgb(142  35  35) FIREBRICK  
  #8e6b23 rgb(142 107  35) SIENNA  
  #8f8fbc rgb(143 143 188) LIGHT STEEL BLUE  
  #8fbc8f rgb(143 188 143) PALE GREEN  
  #9370db rgb(147 112 219) MEDIUM ORCHID  
  #93db70 rgb(147 219 112) GREEN YELLOW  
  #969696 rgb(150 150 150)

excel only xml class 161

b
  #9932cc rgb(153  50 204) DARK ORCHID  
  #993300 rgb(153  51   0) excel only xml class 125

b
  #993366 rgb(153  51 102) excel only xml class 157

b
  #99cc00 rgb(153 204   0) excel only xml class 136 b
  #99cc32 rgb(153 204  50) YELLOW GREEN  
  #99ccff rgb(153 204 255)

excel only xml class 149

b
  #9f5f9f rgb(159  95 159) BLUE VIOLET  
  #9f9f5f rgb(159 159  95) KHAKI  
  #A52A2A rgb(165  42  58) BROWN  
  #a8a8a8 rgb(168 168 168) LIGHT GREY  
  #adeaea rgb(173 234 234) TURQUOISE  
  #bc8f8f rgb(188 143 143) PINK  
  #bfd8d8 rgb(191 216 216) LIGHT BLUE  
  #c0c0c0 rgb(192 192 192) SILVER b
  #cc3232 rgb(204  50  50) ORANGE RED  
  #cc3299 rgb(204  50 153) VIOLET RED  
  #cc7f32 rgb(204 127  50) GOLD  
  #cc99ff rgb(204 153 255)

excel only xml class 158

b
  #ccffcc rgb(204 255 204)

excel only xml class 143

b
  #ccffff rgb(204 255 255)

excel only xml class 148

b
  #d8bfd8 rgb(216 191 216) THISTLE  
  #d8d8bf rgb(216 216 191) WHEAT  
  #db7093 rgb(219 112 147) MEDIUM VIOLET RED  
  #db70db rgb(219 112 219) ORCHID  
  #db9370 rgb(219 147 112) TAN  
  #dbdb70 rgb(219 219 112) GOLDENROD  
  #eaadea rgb(234 173 234) PLUM  
  #eaeaad rgb(234 234 173) MEDIUM GOLDENROD  
  #ff0000 rgb(255   0   0) RED b
  #ff00ff rgb(255   0 255) FUCHSIA, aka FUSCHIA (SIC) , MAGENTA b
  #ff6600 rgb(255 102   0)

excel only xml class 131

b
  #ff7f00 rgb(255 127   0) ORANGE  
  #ff9900 rgb(255 153   0)

excel only xml class 132

b
  #ff99cc rgb(255 153 204)

excel only xml class 130

b
  #ffcc00 rgb(255 204   0)

excel only xml class 133

b
  #ffcc99 rgb(255 204 153) excel only xml class 134

b
  #ffff00 rgb(255 255   0) YELLOW b
  #ffff99 rgb(255 255 153)

excel only xml class 138

b
  #ffffff rgb(255 255 255) WHITE b

 90 COLORS:        Prepared by Susannah Jones, Elie Tahari Ltd. (c) March 2004  (susanj@elietahari.com)