The Lab
Retro Reference

C64 Color Palette

The 16 colors the VIC-II can produce, by color number, with hex and RGB. Click a hex or RGB cell to copy it.
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RGB values are the widely used "Pepto" PAL measurements. The VIC-II has no real RGB output, so exact colors vary by chip revision, TV, and PAL vs NTSC; treat these as a good reference, not gospel. In BASIC the color number drives POKE 53280 (border) and 53281 (background), and CHR$ color codes.
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