A light background with dark text will be more legible. Also keep in mind the overall colors of the page look good together. Dreamweaver uses 212 of these colors in all the Dreamweaver color palettes to choose backgrounds, text, link, colors. The image file should be stored in web page directory folder or a subdirectory of the web site. The color will be translated into a hexadecimal number.
Text is usually black.
Unclicked links are usually blue . Visited or clicked links are usually purple. Active links, the flash color of the link the moment it is clicked is usually red .The web author can designate a different color set by clicking on the color box in the Page Properties or in the Property Inspector and choosing a web safe color.