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Color Picker

Sometimes you just need the code for a color you can see. This color picker online turns a visual choice into every format your stack expects: choose with the big swatch or type into the hex color picker field, and it instantly lists HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, and OKLCH with a copy button on each row. It behaves like a native html color picker because it is one, wrapped with the conversions browsers don't hand you. Front-end developers grab hsl() values for theming, print designers glance at the CMYK equivalent, and anyone matching a brand color uses the ten-step shades strip to find a lighter or darker variant in seconds.

Always freeNo sign upRuns in your browser
HEX#6366F1
RGBrgb(99, 102, 241)
HSLhsl(239, 84%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(59%, 58%, 0%, 5%)
OKLCHoklch(58.54% 0.2 277.12deg)
Shades

How to use

01

Pick or paste a color

Click the large swatch to open the native picker, or paste a 3 or 6 digit hex code into the field below it. Every format row updates as you type.

02

Copy the format you need

Each row, HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, and OKLCH, has its own copy button, so grabbing rgb(99, 102, 241) for a stylesheet takes exactly one click.

03

Explore the shades strip

Ten tints and shades of your color render along the bottom. Click any segment to make it the active color and read off its codes in all five formats.

Why Color Picker

Common questions

How many color formats does the picker show at once?
Five: HEX for markup and design tools, RGB for scripts and canvas work, HSL for human-friendly adjustments, CMYK as a print reference, and OKLCH for modern wide-gamut CSS. All of them describe the same color you picked.
How do I convert a hex code to RGB with this picker?
Paste the hex into the text field and read the RGB row. For example, #3D5BFF shows rgb(61, 91, 255) immediately, since each hex pair is just one channel written in base 16.
Why would I use HSL instead of hex from a color picker?
HSL separates what humans actually tweak: hue, saturation, and lightness. Making a hover state 10 percent darker is one number change in HSL, while in hex it means recomputing all three channels.
Is the CMYK value from a color code picker print-accurate?
Treat it as a starting point. The conversion here is the standard formula without an ICC profile, and real presses vary by paper and ink. For anything going to print, confirm the values against your printer's profile.
Can the picker generate lighter and darker shades?
Yes. The shades strip renders ten steps from a strongly brightened version of your color down to a strongly darkened one. It's a quick way to build tint scales for backgrounds, borders, and hover states.
Does the color picker support OKLCH for modern CSS?
It does. The OKLCH row gives you a css-ready value for the oklch() function, which is perceptually uniform and reaches wide-gamut colors that hex and rgb() can't express on P3 displays.
Do I need to install anything to pick colors here?
No. The tool uses your browser's built-in color input plus client-side conversion code, so it works the same on any modern browser with nothing to download and no account to create.
What makes this color picker fast for grabbing a code?
Click the big swatch to open your browser's native color picker, or paste a hex, and every format updates at once. As a color picker it leans on the OS dialog you already know, then adds the conversions browsers skip. HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, and OKLCH each sit on their own copyable row.
Is this an rgb color picker as well as a hex one?
Yes. The RGB row updates live, so it works as an rgb color picker whenever a script or canvas needs channel numbers. Pick with the swatch or paste any hex, and the rgb() string appears rounded to whole channels. One click copies it.
Can I use this as a hex code color picker for pasted values?
That's the core flow. Paste a 3 or 6 digit code into the field and the hex code color picker echoes it back uppercase alongside every other format. The swatch above confirms you typed what you meant before you copy anything.
Is this color picker tool free to use without an account?
Yes. The color picker tool is free with no signup, and as an online colour picker it needs only a modern browser. Nothing installs, and the five format rows behave the same on phone and desktop.
Is there a color picker download, or is it browser only?
There's no color picker download; this runs in the tab with nothing to install. That keeps it usable on locked-down work machines where you can't add software. Bookmark the page and it's ready whenever you need a code.
Can I use this as an online color picker from image files or a hex color picker from image?
No, this picker works from the native swatch and the hex field, not an uploaded photo. For an online color picker from image files, or a hex color picker from image exports, use the Image Color Extractor, which pulls a palette from any photo. Paste one of those codes back here to see it in five formats.
Is there a way to pick color from image online here, or an image color picker online step?
Not on this page; it has no upload box. To pick color from image online, run the photo through the Image Color Extractor first, since an image color picker online needs to read pixels this tool doesn't take in. Then this picker handles the format conversions.
Does this double as a color combination picker?
Only loosely. The shades strip renders ten tints and shades of your color, which helps for hover and border variants, but a true color combination picker for harmonies is the Color Palette Generator or the Color Wheel. Use those when you need complementary or triadic sets rather than one hue's range.
Is this a web color picker I can treat as a color pick website on any machine?
Yes. It's a web color picker that loads in any modern browser, so treating it as your go-to color pick website works from any device. There's no login and no extension. Your colors never leave the tab.
Can the website color picker sample a color from a live web page?
Not from an arbitrary page; this website color picker reads the native dialog and typed hex, not other sites' pixels. To capture a color you see on a page, screenshot it and run the shot through the Image Color Extractor, then paste the code here. That keeps everything on your machine.

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