css - which one is faster: hex color codes or color names?

Question

I just wanted to know if it's faster to use hex color codes or the color names when I want to use it in CSS?

Answer 1

My guess is the codes will be faster since the names are probably assigned to a look-up table and reference hex codes anyway.

That being said, my guess is the speed difference will be completely negligible.

Here's a performance test I just created. They're neck and neck, though hex codes seems to be just barely faster on 4/5 runs so far: http://jsperf.com/css-color-names-vs-hex-codes