Color Code of CAT - 6 Cable (LAN Cable)

Color Code for LAN Cable

CAT-6 CABLE AND RJ 45 CONNECTORS

How to correctly assemble a CAT-6 cable to RJ45 connectors for regular network cables as well as crossover cables.

The CAT-6  is a standard cable which has four twisted pairs of colours. It is easy to crimp a RJ45 connector to CAT-5 cable and make it into a straight cable or cross the cable as required. To make a straight cable, the ends must be crimped in the same way at each end. When making a crossover cable, some wires of certain colours have to be reversed. 

CAT-6 cable is usually divided into 4 twisted pairs of colors:

1. Orange / orange-white
2. Green / green-white
3. Blue / white and blue
4. Brown / brown-white

Straight Cable Colour Code

To make a straight cable, the tips must be crimped typically the same way ateach end by respecting the twisted pair size.

The color code used is:

1. Orange-white
2. Orange
3. Green-white
4. Blue
5. Blue-white
6. Green
7. Brown-white
8. Brown