Free Color Picker & Converter

Three formats, always in sync

Matching a brand color across a design tool and a codebase, or translating a color picked from an image into CSS-ready code, is a small but constant need. This tool handles HEX, RGB, and HSL conversions instantly — edit any one and the others update automatically.

Using it

Pick a color visually, or type a value directly into the HEX, RGB, or HSL fields — all three stay in sync as you edit any one of them.

Advantages and limitations

Common uses

Developers converting a designer-provided HEX code into the RGB or HSL format their code needs, designers checking exactly what color a hex code represents, and anyone matching a brand color consistently across different tools and platforms are common reasons to reach for a color converter like this one.

HEX, RGB, and HSL explained

• HEX — a compact six-digit code, the most common format in CSS and design tools.
• RGB — separate red, green, and blue intensity values, matching how screens mix light to produce color.
• HSL — hue, saturation, and lightness, often more intuitive for adjusting a color's shade.

A genuinely useful HSL trick

If you need a lighter or darker version of the same brand color — for a hover state or a subtle background tint — adjusting only the lightness value in HSL while leaving hue and saturation untouched keeps the color family consistent. Doing the same thing in RGB usually means recalculating all three channels by hand, which is far more error-prone.

Pairs well with

Building a QR code in a specific brand color? The site's QR Code Generator is a natural companion.

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