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NamingSystem: Color Names

Official URL: http://terminology.hl7.org/NamingSystem/color-names Version: 20260630
Active as of 2026-06-08 Responsible: World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Computable Name: ColorNames

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This code system represents the named RGB colors found in the CSS Color Module Level 4 specification. The names are not case sensitive and different cases are encountered in common use (e.g. AliceBlue vs aliceblue).

Language: en

Summary

Defining URLhttp://terminology.hl7.org/NamingSystem/color-names
Version20260630
NameColorNames
TitleColor Names
Statusactive
Definition

This code system represents the named RGB colors found in the CSS Color Module Level 4 specification. The names are not case sensitive and different cases are encountered in common use (e.g. AliceBlue vs aliceblue).

PublisherWorld Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
Copyright

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Permission to copy, modify, and distribute this work, with or without modification, for any purpose and without fee or royalty is hereby granted, provided that you include the following on ALL copies of the work or portions thereof, including modifications:

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Identifiers

TypeValuePreferredComment
URIhttp://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/color-namestrue
OID2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.4.2120true
URIhttp://hl7.org/fhir/color-namesThe URI for this code system when it was published as part of the FHIR core specification.

History

DateActionCustodianAuthorComment
2026-06-13createDEVMichael FaughnMove CS and VS for color to THO from FHIR core; up-810