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**Nathand** · 08-03-2007, 02:53 PM

Hi, when I use "<body bgcolor="rgb(200,200,200)">" in Internet Explorer it works fine, as expected. But when I try and use it in Firefox the page always shows up as black? Is there a workaround for this?

Thanks,
Nathan

**bas** · 08-03-2007, 03:29 PM

Using hexadecimal color-codes Works fine in all browsers, So rgb(200, 200, 200) would become #c8c8c8.

Code:

 <body bgcolor="#c8c8c8">

Or the better way with CSS:

Code:

 <body style=”background:#c8c8c8;”>

**JamieLewis** · 03:47 PM

You could try using CSS, either in an external file(recommended) or inline. For inline CSS try putting:

Code:

<style>
body{
background:rgb(200,200,200);
}
</style>

in the head part of your document.

Or

Code:

<body style="background:rgb(200,200,200);">

in your code.

Hope that helped.

Jamie

**bas** · 08-03-2007, 03:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JamieLewis

Code:

<body style="background:background:rgb(200,200,200);">

1x "background:" then

, so:

Code:

<body style="background:rgb(200,200,200);">

**JamieLewis** · 08-03-2007, 03:47 PM

Ha, blame my lack of thought while typing on that

**Nathand** · 08-03-2007, 06:48 PM

Great thanks. @bas - How do you get the hexadecimal color code from an rgb value?

Thanks again,
Nathand

**LadynRed** · 08-03-2007, 08:40 PM

Try this: http://www.pitt.edu/~nisg/cis/web/cgi/rgb.html

Converter here: http://www.javascripter.net/faq/rgbtohex.htm

RGB to Hex color picker tool: http://mediagods.com/tools/rgb2hex.html

**Nathand** · 08-03-2007, 09:00 PM

Thanks a lot.

**ForrestCroce** · 08-03-2007, 09:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nathand

Great thanks. @bas - How do you get the hexadecimal color code from an rgb value?

Hex color codes are RGB values. They're just expressed in a different format.

Pure red = rgb(255, 0, 0) = #FF0000
Pure green = rgb(0, 255, 0) = #00FF00
Pure blue = rgb(0, 0, 255) = #0000FF

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