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CSS Color Picker: Instantly Get HEX, RGB & HSL Codes

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Step-by-Step: How to Use the Tool

Our tool is designed for an intuitive, three-step workflow to get you from idea to implementation in seconds. No complicated manuals needed.

  • Initial Selection & Hue Control: Click and drag your cursor across the main color field to select your base hue. Use the vertical slider to adjust the primary color family (red, green, blue, etc.).
  • Fine-Tuning Saturation & Lightness: As you move your cursor horizontally within the color field, you control the saturation (from gray to vivid). Moving vertically adjusts the lightness (from black to white).
  • Value Generation & Clipboard Integration: All color codes (HEX, RGB, HSL) are generated and displayed instantly. Simply click the “Copy” button next to your desired format to add it to your clipboard, ready to paste into your CSS file.

Powerful Core Features

We’ve packed the tool with professional-grade features to cover every aspect of web color management.

  • Alpha/Opacity Slider: Go beyond solid colors with a dedicated slider to control transparency, instantly generating RGBA and HSLA values for modern UI effects like frosted glass and overlays.
  • Color History Palette: Never lose a great color again. We automatically save your recently selected colors in a temporary palette, allowing you to quickly compare and reuse them within your session.
  • Gradient Generator: Create beautiful linear and radial gradients. Select two or more colors from your history or the picker to generate the corresponding CSS code for backgrounds and other elements.

Benefits for Your Workflow

Integrate our color picker to streamline your design and development process, saving time and improving consistency.

  • Boost Productivity: Eliminate the need to switch between your code editor and heavy design applications like Photoshop or Figma for simple color tasks. This focused workflow keeps you in the zone.
  • Ensure Design Consistency: By using a single source of truth for color selection, you can easily maintain a consistent palette across all components of your website or application, preventing “rogue” colors.
  • Facilitate Rapid Prototyping: Quickly experiment with different color schemes for buttons, headers, and other UI elements directly in the browser, accelerating your design iteration cycles.

Accessibility & Advanced Integration

Go beyond basic color picking with tools that help you build inclusive and scalable design systems.

  • WCAG Contrast Checker: Ensure your text is readable for everyone. Our built-in checker analyzes the contrast ratio between your selected foreground and background colors, providing an instant AA or AAA pass/fail rating.
  • Color Blindness Simulator: Preview your color choices as they would appear to users with different types of color vision deficiencies (e.g., Deuteranopia, Protanopia) to create more inclusive designs.
  • Export as CSS Variables: Build robust design systems by exporting your entire color palette as clean, ready-to-use CSS custom properties. Just copy the block and paste it into your global stylesheet.