Are Web Safe Colors Still Relevant?

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Published on 2011-02-24T05:45:47Z Indexed on 2011/02/24 7:32 UTC
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I still remember one of my high school teachers lecturing us about the "web safe colors". A set of 216-256 colors that you should confine your designs to use, and nothing else besides them. Last I knew, Photoshop still has the "web safe" yield icon[1] on it's color picker.

Are web safe colors still a concern? Outside of the obvious application (accessibility, legacy software versions, etc.), how much consideration should I give to limiting my color choice for my general audience?

[1] Or was it the cube? I never remember.

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