Every color, by family

Choosing a color takes a second. Finding out that nothing readable sits on it, or that it turns to mud on press, takes a lot longer. Don't worry, Rhapsody has done all that work for you.

Browse by family

Twenty-seven families, every named color inside each one, with the codes to paste, the text colors that stay readable on it, and how it behaves on press.

The Ambers58 colorsAmbers are the warm, resinous yellows with a glow of orange running through them.The Aquas116 colorsAquas are the light, water-clear blue-greens.The Blues212 colorsBlues are everything from pale morning sky to near-black navy.The Bricks54 colorsBricks are the earthy red-clay tones of masonry and terracotta.The Bronzes50 colorsBronzes are metallic browns with a warm, burnished cast.The Browns69 colorsBrowns are the wood-and-earth tones that sit where orange loses its chroma.The Fuchsias31 colorsFuchsias are the loud pink-purples, named for the flower.The Golds205 colorsGolds are the warm yellows, from pale straw through deep antique.Grayscale57 colorsGrayscale is the neutral spine of every palette: white, black, and the steps between.The Greens191 colorsGreens are the leaf-and-grass colors at the middle of the spectrum.The Hunters30 colorsHunters are the deep, muted greens of forest floor and field dress.The Indigos84 colorsIndigos are the ink-dark blues that stop just short of violet.The Khakis21 colorsKhakis are the dusty, sand-toned yellows of canvas and uniform.The Lemons90 colorsLemons are the yellow-greens that stay on the yellow side of the line.The Limes147 colorsLimes are the sharp yellow-greens, the loudest stretch of the green range.The Magentas76 colorsMagentas are vivid purple-reds and rarely exist in nature.The Olives50 colorsOlives are the muted, gray-leaning yellow-greens of the drab palette.The Oranges68 colorsOranges sit between red and yellow and stay warm the whole way.The Peaches62 colorsPeaches are the soft, pale oranges carrying a pink undertone.The Pinks63 colorsPinks are reds gone light and gentle.The Purples149 colorsPurples are the red-leaning cousins of violet, deep and heavy.The Reds102 colorsReds are the hottest colors in the set and among the most saturated.The Roses47 colorsRoses are the soft red-pinks named for the flower.The Scarlets79 colorsScarlets are the fiery reds that lean hard toward orange.The Teals102 colorsTeals are the deep blue-greens, darker and cooler than aqua.The Turquoises64 colorsTurquoises are the bright blue-greens of the stone they take their name from.The Violets78 colorsViolets are the blue-leaning purples at the far edge of the spectrum.

One color from every family

The color nearest the middle of each family. A place to start if you don't know the name of the one you want.

Common questions

How do I find a color's hex code?

Type it into the search box above. A name, or a hex you already have. Every hex has a page, named or not, and it carries the RGB, HSL, CMYK, and OKLCH alongside.

Which text color is readable on a background color?

Each color's page measures it, against both WCAG 2.2 contrast and APCA, and says which of black, white, and the color's own tonal steps clear the bar rather than leaving you to guess.

Will this color print the way it looks on screen?

Often not, and each page says so specifically: the shift is measured against real press profiles and reported as a color difference, not as a warning that every saturated color would trip.

How many color families are there?

Twenty-seven here, each a sub-family of the ISCC-NBS system, the standard the US National Bureau of Standards published for naming colors, rather than a set someone chose.