Pick, convert, preview, copy, and generate color palettes in HEX, RGB, RGBA, HSL, HSV/HSB, and CMYK formats instantly.
Use the native picker or paste a color value.
Try #3B82F6, rgb(59,130,246), hsl(217 91% 60%), hsv(217,76%,96%), or cmyk(76%,49%,0%,4%).
Dodger Blue
Hue 217 degrees, saturation 91%
White
0.235
Click any swatch to make it the active color.
Pick precise colors, convert formats, validate inputs, and create useful palettes for real projects.
A Color Picker is a visual tool for selecting a color and translating it into values that software can use. For web work, that usually means HEX, RGB, RGBA, HSL, HSV, or CMYK values that can be pasted into CSS, design systems, email templates, ads, charts, and social media assets.
Choose a color with the native input, paste an existing color code, or generate a random color. The tool updates every format in real time. Copy the value you need, check whether black or white text is more readable, then use the generated palettes for accents and supporting colors.
HEX is compact and common in CSS. RGB and RGBA are useful when you need red, green, blue, and alpha values directly. HSL describes hue, saturation, and lightness, making it easier to create lighter, darker, or related variations from one base color.
Developers can copy CSS-ready values quickly, while designers can explore harmony rules like complementary, analogous, triadic, and monochromatic palettes. Marketers and creators can use the same workflow to keep landing pages, graphics, and brand content visually consistent.
Use HEX for compact CSS, RGBA for transparent overlays, HSL for easy shade adjustments, HSV for design-wheel workflows, and CMYK when comparing against print-oriented color references.
Readable text depends on foreground and background contrast. The preview compares black and white text so you can choose a safer option before using a color in UI components.
Complementary, analogous, triadic, and monochromatic palettes provide useful starting colors, but real interfaces still need context, hierarchy, accessibility checks, and brand fit.
Recent colors are saved in local storage on your device, making it easy to revisit work without accounts, uploads, or page refreshes.
A HEX color code is a six-character hexadecimal value used in web design to represent red, green, and blue color channels. For example, #3B82F6 describes a blue color by storing red, green, and blue values as pairs of hexadecimal digits.
To convert HEX to RGB, split the HEX value into red, green, and blue pairs, then convert each hexadecimal pair to a decimal number from 0 to 255. This Color Picker does that instantly and shows RGB and RGBA outputs as soon as you enter a HEX value.
RGB describes a color by its red, green, and blue light values. HSL describes the same color using hue, saturation, and lightness, which is often easier when you want to make a color lighter, darker, or less saturated.
A complementary color sits opposite the selected hue on the color wheel. The Color Picker calculates it automatically by rotating the hue 180 degrees, making it useful for high-contrast accents and call-to-action colors.
Yes. The tool outputs CSS-ready HEX, RGB, RGBA, HSL, and HSV values, previews black and white text contrast, and generates common palettes that can be used in websites, landing pages, dashboards, social posts, and brand mockups.
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