I gave up on sticking entirely to "web-safe" colors about a year ago. My current strategy is to design the site with the colors I want, then down-shift to lower bit resolutions to see if the result is just too ugly to stand. If so, I go back and tweak a color here and there until the ugly level decreases to a tolerable level. Small color changes can make a big difference.
I always warn clients upfront about the color problems (and we haven't even mentioned print yet!).
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I gave up on sticking entirely to "web-safe" colors about a year ago. My current strategy is to design the site with the colors I want, then down-shift to lower bit resolutions to see if the result is just too ugly to stand. If so, I go back and tweak a color here and there until the ugly level decreases to a tolerable level. Small color changes can make a big difference.
I always warn clients upfront about the color problems (and we haven't even mentioned print yet!).