Minecraft Colour Codes

The table above collects every Minecraft formatting code in one place. Each colour lists its code with the § sign and with &, its name for JSON text and its HEX value.

Codes with §. This is how the game itself writes colour: the section sign followed by a letter or digit. server.properties (where § is written as §), resource pack language files and many plugins read these codes.

Codes with &. The § sign is hard to type on a keyboard, so server plugins accept & in its place. In chat these codes work only if the plugin allows them.

Code order. A colour code clears bold, italic and the other styles, so the style goes after the colour: &a&l gives bold green text, while &l&a gives plain green. The &r code returns text to its normal look.

HEX colours. From version 1.16, JSON text for /tellraw, /title and books can use any colour in #RRGGBB form. Many plugins read &#RRGGBB, and in a server description Spigot, Paper and BungeeCord read HEX in the §x form. If you pick a version before 1.16, the converter replaces HEX with the nearest of the 16 standard colours.

Select a word in the editor and pick a colour, style or gradient from the toolbar, as in a word processor. The codes field below follows along, and text with & or § codes pasted into that field shows up in the editor at once. Below it are three ready versions: a string with §, a line for server.properties and JSON text for commands. The JSON follows the format of the Minecraft version you picked.