Fiber Color ID — cable chart
288 fibers · 12 tubes · 24 per tube · TIA-598-D (USA) · threads of 12
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Fiber Color ID
Fiber cable chart
Every fiber in the cable, laid out the way the identification sheet is: one row per tube, one column per position, and the fiber’s number in the whole cable in each cell.
Every chart here is free to look at, in full — any count, loose tube or ribbon, any number of fibers per tube, including a color order you build yourself. Printing one is free for standard loose tube up to 144 fibers; past that the print-ready sheet is paid.
TIA-598-D (USA) is the default for everyone — no sign-in, nothing to set up. If your cable is built to another country’s order, choose it above: the colors are the same twelve, but the order is not, so the wrong one is wrong at every position.
A thread around every 12. The colors start again under each thread, so no dash count is shown. Set from your choice, not from the cable — the cable sheet governs.
288 fibers · 12 tubes · 24 per tube
| Thread | Blue 1–12 | Orange 13–24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tube | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fiber 1 · Tube 1 Solid Blue · position 1 Solid Blue · under the blue thread
Printable PDF — cables above 144 fibers
This exact chart as a print-ready sheet for the truck or the trailer. 288, 432, 576, 864, 1728, 3456 and 6912-count cables. Standard loose tube up to 144 fibers prints free; this one is past that line — checking availability…
Or put it in your pocket
Fiber Color ID does this on the phone, offline, in a handhole — plus reverse lookup and cables that don’t follow TIA-598 at all. One-time unlock, no subscription.