Windows · 1998 · Proprietary

Windows 98

There were no noticable color changes between Windows 95 and 98. The focus was more on Internet Explorer and things like the "Active Desktop" which let users choose a HTML page as desktop wallpaper. Yay.

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Oxblood

#420000

Desert Sand

#a28d68

Marine Green

#2c4e47

Plum

#402840

Byzantium

#420042

Ink Blue

#000042

Slate Gray

#414141

Spruce

#213f21

Bottle Green

#00401d

Light Red

#ff8080

Light Yellow

#ffff80

Light Green

#80ff80

Spring Green

#00ff80

Light Cyan

#80ffff

Azure

#0080ff

Pink

#ff80c0

Light Magenta

#ff80ff

Red

#ff0000

Yellow

#ffff00

Chartreuse

#80ff00

Emerald

#00ff40

Cyan

#00ffff

Cerulean

#0080c0

Slate Blue

#8080c0

Magenta

#ff00ff

Brick

#804040

Orange

#ff8040

Green

#00ff00

Teal

#008080

Navy Blue

#004080

Periwinkle

#8080ff

Maroon

#800040

Rose

#ff0080

Dark Red

#800000

Amber

#ff8000

Dark Green

#008000

Sea Green

#008040

Blue

#0000ff

Cobalt

#0000a0

Purple

#800080

Violet

#8000ff

Deep Maroon

#400000

Brown

#804000

Forest Green

#004000

Deep Teal

#004040

Navy

#000080

Midnight Blue

#000040

Dark Purple

#400040

Indigo

#400080

Black

#000000

Olive

#808000

Khaki

#808040

Gray

#808080

Dusty Teal

#408080

Silver

#c0c0c0

Dark Purple

#400040

White

#ffffff

Money Green

#c0dcc0

Sky Blue

#a6caf0

Cream

#fffbf0

Medium Gray

#a0a0a4

Sky Blue

KNOWN USES4 palettes · 1996–2000

19962000

First in Windows NT 4.0, 1996. Recurs across 4 palettes through Windows Me, 2000.

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COLOR VALUES · CLICK TO COPY

HEX#a6caf0Copy

RGB166, 202, 240Copy

HSL211° 71% 80%Copy

CMYK31% 16% 0% 6%Copy

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Similar colors elsewhere

closest to Sky Blue · #a6caf0

Colors of the same era

platforms released around 1998 · popular defaults

Steel Blue3 yr earlier

French Blue (Light)1 yr earlier

Dithered Blue (Averaged)1 yr later

Redmond Blue2 yr later

Windows 2000 ↗

2000 · Windows

Redmond Blue2 yr later

Windows Me ↗

2000 · Windows