Link Color Combinations
Choose combinations from the 216 browser safe colors. I have charted some of my favorites combinations below, but there remains hundreds of choices. Other options to consider are:
- just change the color of the ALINK, and set the link and visited link to the same color
- set the mouse over color to a strong contrasting color
- just change the visited link color, keep the active and link colors the same
I recommend reading and using Lynda Weinmans book entitled Coloring Web Graphics to help you choose complimentary color combinations that will work with your site design.
| White background |
| BGCOLOR="FFFFFF" |
TEXT="996666" |
LINK="FF0000" |
VLINK="663333" |
ALINK="FF9999" |
| BGCOLOR="FFFFFF" |
TEXT="996699" |
LINK="990099" |
VLINK="663366" |
ALINK="FF00FF" |
| BGCOLOR="FFFFFF" |
TEXT="669966" |
LINK="009900" |
VLINK="336633" |
ALINK="00FF00" |
| BGCOLOR="FFFFFF" |
TEXT="999966" |
LINK="CCCC00" |
VLINK="666633" |
ALINK="CC9900" |
| Light backgrounds |
| BGCOLOR="CCFFCC" |
TEXT="666600" |
LINK="009900" |
VLINK="006600" |
ALINK="00FF00" |
| BGCOLOR="CCCCFF" |
TEXT="996699" |
LINK="990099" |
VLINK="663366" |
ALINK="FF00FF" |
| BGCOLOR="CCFFFF" |
TEXT="669999" |
LINK="6666CC" |
VLINK="336666" |
ALINK="00FFFF" |
| BGCOLOR="FFFFCC" |
TEXT="333333" |
LINK="006633" |
VLINK="999900" |
ALINK="009999" |
| Dark backgrounds |
| BGCOLOR="003300" |
TEXT="CCCC99" |
LINK="33CC33" |
VLINK="999900" |
ALINK="FFFFFF" |
| BGCOLOR="000033" |
TEXT="9999CC" |
LINK="FFFFFF" |
VLINK="666666" |
ALINK="CC33CC" |
| BGCOLOR="003366" |
TEXT="9999CC" |
LINK="3399CC" |
VLINK="6666FF" |
ALINK="666666" |
| BGCOLOR="000000" |
TEXT="9999CC" |
LINK="3399CC" |
VLINK="6666FF" |
ALINK="666666" |