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Color Picker

An interactive color picker with HEX/RGB/HSL output.

An interactive color picker with HEX/RGB/HSL output.

Quick start: Drag the crosshair inside the gradient panel to set saturation and brightness, or use the hue slider to change the base color. → Type an existing HEX, RGB, or HSL value into the input to jump straight to that color. → Click the eyedropper button (Chromium browsers) to sample any pixel visible on your screen.

How to use Color Picker

  1. 1

    Drag the crosshair inside the gradient panel to set saturation and brightness, or use the hue slider to change the base color.

  2. 2

    Type an existing HEX, RGB, or HSL value into the input to jump straight to that color.

  3. 3

    Click the eyedropper button (Chromium browsers) to sample any pixel visible on your screen.

  4. 4

    Read the live HEX, RGB, and HSL values, all three describing the same color.

  5. 5

    Click the copy button beside the format your project needs to put it on your clipboard.

Real examples of Color Picker in action

Read all three formats
Before
Pick a mid blue on the panel
After
HEX #3b82f6, RGB rgb(59, 130, 246), HSL hsl(217, 91%, 60%)
Lighten via HSL
Before
Start from hsl(217, 91%, 60%)
After
Raise lightness to 75%: hsl(217, 91%, 75%) = #93b4f9
Sample a brand red
Before
Eyedropper over a logo pixel
After
HEX #e11d48 copied to clipboard
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Who is Color Picker for?

Frontend developers grabbing CSS-ready color values without leaving the browser

UI designers matching colors sampled from logos, screenshots, or reference shots

Marketers pulling exact brand colors for slides and social graphics

Students learning how HEX, RGB, and HSL describe the same color

Why use Color Picker?

  • Shows HEX, RGB, and HSL at the same time, so you never have to convert between formats by hand.
  • Native eyedropper samples any pixel on screen, ideal for matching a brand color from a logo or screenshot.
  • Accepts typed input in any of the three formats to edit an existing color rather than start over.
  • HSL output makes it trivial to generate lighter, darker, or desaturated variants of a chosen hue.
  • Runs entirely client-side, so sampled colors and unreleased palettes never leave your device.

Common use cases

  • Match a button color to a client logo by sampling it with the eyedropper and copying the HEX value.
  • Build a set of tints and shades from one brand hue by nudging the HSL lightness value.
  • Grab a quick RGB value for an inline style while prototyping a component.
  • Read the HSL of a chosen color to drive a CSS hue-rotate or lightness transition.

How Color Picker compares to alternatives

Honest comparison to other popular options — pick the right tool for the job.

ToolMain limitation
Google 'color picker'Convenient but has no on-screen eyedropper and shows ads above the widget
Adobe ColorPowerful palette tools but requires sign-in and is heavier than a quick single-color grab
Native OS color dialogLimited format output and no easy one-click copy of HEX, RGB, and HSL together
Color PickerFree, runs in your browser, no sign-up, no watermarks, no file-size limits beyond your device memory.

Limitations & things to know

  • The eyedropper depends on the browser EyeDropper API and is unavailable in Firefox and Safari
  • Colors are handled in sRGB, so wide-gamut values are not preserved

About Color Picker

A color picker is an interactive tool that lets you choose a color visually and read back its numeric code in formats like HEX, RGB, and HSL. Xevon Tools' Color Picker combines a saturation and brightness gradient panel, a vertical hue slider, and a native browser eyedropper into one screen, with all three formats shown side by side and updated live as you move the crosshair. The three formats are different notations for the same color: HEX is a base-16 string such as #3b82f6, RGB lists red, green, and blue channels from 0 to 255, and HSL describes hue in degrees plus saturation and lightness as percentages. HSL is the easiest format to reason about when you want a slightly lighter or more muted variant, because you adjust one number instead of three. You can also type a known code into the input to jump straight to it, which is handy for tweaking an existing brand value rather than starting from scratch. The eyedropper relies on the EyeDropper API, available in Chromium browsers (Chrome, Edge, Opera) but not yet in Firefox or Safari, so on those browsers the button is hidden rather than broken. A common gotcha is that the picker works in the sRGB space, so a color sampled from a wide-gamut photo may read slightly differently than in a color-managed design app. Everything runs locally in your browser, so nothing is uploaded and the tool keeps working offline.

Frequently asked questions

The eyedropper uses the browser EyeDropper API, which currently ships only in Chromium browsers like Chrome, Edge, and Opera. On Firefox and Safari the button is hidden because the API is unavailable, not because of a bug.
No. They are three notations for the exact same color. #3b82f6, rgb(59, 130, 246), and hsl(217, 91%, 60%) all render identically; the picker just shows each so you can copy whichever your code uses.
The default output is opaque HEX, RGB, and HSL. For transparency you would append an alpha value (such as rgba or an 8-digit HEX), which you can add manually to the copied code.
Usually, but the picker works in sRGB. If you sample from a wide-gamut image or display, a color-managed app like Figma may show a slightly different appearance even with the same numeric value.

Your files never leave your device

Every tool on Xevon Tools runs 100% in your browser. No uploads, no servers, no tracking. Free forever.

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<iframe src="https://www.xevontools.com/embed/color-picker" width="100%" height="640" style="border:1px solid #e2e8f0;border-radius:12px;" title="Color Picker — Xevon Tools"></iframe>
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