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Free Color Picker – HEX, RGB & HSL Online

Select a color and copy HEX, RGB, or HSL values for CSS, Figma handoffs, and brand guidelines. No account signup required.

Pick, fine-tune, and copy in any format

Fine-Tune (HSL)

Hue217°
Saturation91%
Lightness60%
Alpha (Opacity)100%

Sample Text Preview

Aa Bb Cc 123

Shades & Tints

WCAG Contrast Checker

Aa on White
Aa on Black
White on Color

AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text, 3:1 for large text. AAA requires 7:1.

Recent Colors

Pick a color to start building your history

All conversions run locally in your browser. Recent colors saved in localStorage only.

Palette Generator

Interactive Color Theory Palette Creator

Generate designer-grade palettes directly from your chosen color. Select a scheme theory block to construct harmonious layouts for websites, logos, and UI designs.

Click any color box in the generator card to instantly copy its HEX code value to your clipboard.

palette_engine.js

Palettes are computed in real time based on HSL rotation angles (e.g. 180° offset for complementary rules, 30° offset for analogous grids).

For Creators

Who Needs an Online Color Picker?

From CSS variables to brand style guides — pick, convert, and copy color values in seconds.

Web Developers

Copy HEX and RGB values directly into Tailwind configs, CSS modules, and design tokens.

UI/UX Designers

Generate complementary and triadic palettes for wireframes, mockups, and component libraries.

Brand Managers

Document primary and secondary brand colors with exact HEX codes for agency handoffs.

Content Creators

Match thumbnail backgrounds, overlay tints, and social media graphics to a consistent palette.

Format Guide

HEX vs RGB vs HSL — When to Use Each

Every color format serves a different purpose in design and development workflows. Our picker converts between all three instantly.

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HEX — #3B82F6

Most common in CSS, Figma, and design handoffs. Compact 6-character code. Use when sharing brand colors or writing stylesheets.

RGB

RGB — rgb(59, 130, 246)

Best for opacity control with rgba(). Each channel runs 0–255. Ideal for gradients, overlays, and JavaScript canvas operations.

HSL

HSL — hsl(217, 91%, 60%)

Human-readable hue, saturation, lightness. Perfect for generating shade variations — darken or lighten without shifting hue.

How to Pick and Copy a Color

Four steps from selection to clipboard — under 10 seconds.

1

Pick a Color

Click the color input or choose from recent swatches to select your base color.

2

Review Formats

HEX, RGB, HSL, and a ready-to-paste CSS snippet update automatically as you pick.

3

Explore Palettes

Switch between complementary, analogous, triadic, and monochromatic harmony schemes.

4

Copy & Use

Hit Copy on any format field and paste into your CSS, Figma, or design system docs.

Why Use an Online Color Picker?

Whether you searched for "hex color picker online", "rgb to hsl converter", or "css color code generator" — a browser-based tool eliminates the friction of opening Photoshop or installing desktop utilities. Toolversal's color picker runs entirely in your browser, converts between HEX, RGB, and HSL in real time, and stores your last eight picks in localStorage for quick recall.

The built-in palette generator uses color theory rules — complementary (180° hue offset), analogous (±30°), triadic (120° spacing), and monochromatic (same hue, varied lightness) — to help you build cohesive UI themes without guessing. Click any generated swatch to load it as your active color.

For accessibility-conscious teams, understanding WCAG contrast ratios between foreground text and background colors is essential. Pair your picked colors with sufficient contrast (4.5:1 minimum for body text) to meet AA compliance standards.

Visual Systems Core

Understanding Digital Color Systems

Discover why cohesive color systems support readable layouts, strong UX interactions, and brand recognition.

Hexadecimal Values (HEX)

Six-character alphanumeric codes (e.g., #3B82F6) representing red, green, and blue intensities. It is the gold standard for CSS stylesheets, Figma documents, and digital brand style guidelines.

Standard Alphanumeric Code

Red Green Blue Channels (RGB)

Light projection intensities mapping values from 0 to 255. Ideal for tweaking hardware screen color calibrations or applying dynamic transparency values in styles (rgba parameters).

Light Projection Model

Hue Saturation Lightness (HSL)

A cylindrical coordinate system matching human perception. Highly useful for generating uniform shades, tint lists, or dark/light variables by keeping the base hue locked.

Perceptually Designed

Frequently Asked Questions

HSL maps hues as a 360-degree color wheel. Harmonious colors are determined by offsetting the base angle: complementary offsets the hue by 180°, analogous selects adjacent zones (e.g. ±30° offsets), and triadic spaces colors at equal 120° offsets.
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate contrast standard values between foreground text and backgrounds. A minimum ratio of 4.5:1 is required for standard copy size (AA level) and 7:1 for tight compliance (AAA level) to support visual clarity.
Entirely inside your browser. All conversion formulas (HEX to RGB, RGB to HSL) are solved client-side in vanilla JS. No server logs or storage variables are saved outside your localStorage cache parameters.
Both represent the same color. HEX uses a 6-digit hexadecimal code (e.g. #FF5733) while RGB expresses the same color as three decimal channels from 0 to 255 (e.g. rgb(255, 87, 51)). HEX is more compact for CSS; RGB is better when you need alpha transparency via rgba().
The CSS snippet field outputs a ready-to-paste declaration like color: #3B82F6;. Copy it and paste directly into your stylesheet, inline style attribute, or CSS-in-JS object. Change the property name to background-color, border-color, or any other color property as needed.
Four schemes: Complementary (opposite on the color wheel), Analogous (adjacent hues), Triadic (three evenly spaced hues at 120°), and Monochromatic (same hue with varied lightness and saturation). Click any swatch in the palette grid to load it as your active color.

Color Processing Specs

Formats: HEX · RGB · HSL · CSS Harmonies: 4 color theory schemes Storage: localStorage (8 recent) Environment: 100% client-side

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