Guts: <span style="background: {{{2}}}; color: {{{1}}}">{{{3}}}</span>

Sets foreground and background colors of a given text. They can be specified by name or in the format #dddddd (RGB hex triplet).

Unless in the case of personal use on a user page, use this template with great caution:

  • a poor contrast may make the text difficult or impossible to read
  • the contrast can be experienced as even poorer in the case of color blindness
  • links have a color according to user settings; they become invisible if this color is equal to the background color.
  • {{Colors}} – background/text color (text in free span)
  • {{TextColors}} – background/text color (text in block table)
  • {{bkg}} – background color (text in free span)
  • {{bg}} – background color (text in free span)

{{colors|#ffffff|#000000|From [[Wikipedia]], the free [[encyclopedia]].}} gives: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

{{colors|#aa0000|#009999|From [[Wikipedia]], the free [[encyclopedia]].}} gives: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

{{colors|white|black|From [[Wikipedia]], the free [[encyclopedia]].}} gives: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

{{colors|yellow|grey|From [[Wikipedia]], the free [[encyclopedia]].}} gives: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

{{colors|blue|silver|From [[Wikipedia]], the free [[encyclopedia]].}} gives: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

{{colors|grey|yellow|From [[Wikipedia]], the free [[encyclopedia]].}} gives: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

{{colors|black|aqua|From [[Wikipedia]], the free [[encyclopedia]].}} gives: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

The HTML 4.01 specification defines sixteen named colors, as follows:

Color Hexadecimal Color Hexadecimal
black #000000 silver #c0c0c0
gray #808080 white #ffffff
maroon #800000 red #ff0000
purple #800080 fuchsia #ff00ff
green #008000 lime #00ff00
olive #808000 yellow #ffff00
navy #000080 blue #0000ff
teal #008080 aqua #00ffff