{"id":1153,"date":"2008-10-06T05:45:26","date_gmt":"2008-10-06T12:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/css-tricks.com\/?p=1153"},"modified":"2008-10-07T06:17:44","modified_gmt":"2008-10-07T13:17:44","slug":"your-go-to-hex-code-color","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/css-tricks.com\/your-go-to-hex-code-color\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Go-To Hex Code Color"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few days ago I mused<\/a> on Twitter:<\/p>\n

When I need to pick a hex code color out of thin air, I always pick #ccc<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Turns out, lots of folks have their own favorites! It’s little mini conversations like this that make Twitter so much fun.<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

DigitalSkraps<\/a><\/h4>\n

#ccc<\/p>\n

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reidab<\/a><\/h4>\n

orange<\/p>\n

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leefloyd<\/a><\/h4>\n

#e8e8e8<\/p>\n

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<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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sksmatt<\/a><\/h4>\n

#ccc<\/p>\n

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kristarella<\/a><\/h4>\n

#ddf<\/p>\n

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mwalls13<\/a><\/h4>\n

#336699<\/p>\n

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jmdickinson<\/a><\/h4>\n

#f00<\/p>\n

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vintom<\/a><\/h4>\n

#c40000<\/p>\n

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jamesdoc<\/a><\/h4>\n

any gray<\/p>\n

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jasonhuck<\/a><\/h4>\n

#eee<\/p>\n

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joshellington<\/a><\/h4>\n

#c0c0c0<\/p>\n

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fliawebdesign<\/a><\/h4>\n

#333<\/p>\n

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Schoonology<\/a><\/h4>\n

#2c80ff<\/p>\n

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sametjan<\/a><\/h4>\n

#666<\/p>\n

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nwjsmith<\/a><\/h4>\n

#ccc<\/p>\n

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jamespadolsey<\/a><\/h4>\n

#999<\/p>\n

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Overshee<\/a><\/h4>\n

random letters and numbers<\/p>\n

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 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A few days ago I mused on Twitter: When I need to pick a hex code color out of thin air, I always pick #ccc Turns out, lots of folks have their own favorites! It’s little mini conversations like this that make Twitter so much fun. DigitalSkraps #ccc   reidab orange   leefloyd #e8e8e8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"sig_custom_text":"","sig_image_type":"featured-image","sig_custom_image":0,"sig_is_disabled":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"c2c_always_allow_admin_comments":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":302426,"url":"https:\/\/css-tricks.com\/while-you-werent-looking-css-gradients-got-better\/","url_meta":{"origin":1153,"position":0},"title":"While You Weren’t Looking, CSS Gradients Got Better","date":"February 14, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"One thing that caught my eye on the list of features for Lea Verou's conic-gradient() polyfill was the last item: Supports double position syntax (two positions for the same color stop, as a shortcut for two consecutive color stops with the same color) Surprisingly, I recently discovered most people aren't\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/css-tricks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/rainbow-stripes.jpg?fit=1200%2C600&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":128,"url":"https:\/\/css-tricks.com\/grabbing-hex-codes-for-colors\/","url_meta":{"origin":1153,"position":1},"title":"Grabbing Hex Codes for Colors","date":"October 4, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Defining colors in CSS is all about Hex Codes. 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