Color Converter

Convert colors between HEX, RGB, and HSL formats instantly.

Any color format

Current Color

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HEX

RGB

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HSL

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S50%
L41%

About This Tool

Convert colors between HEX, RGB, and HSL formats. HEX is commonly used in web development, RGB represents Red, Green, Blue values (0-255), and HSL represents Hue (0-360°), Saturation (0-100%), and Lightness (0-100%). All conversions happen instantly in your browser.

About

About the Color Converter

The Color Converter turns a color from one format into all the others — type a HEX code and instantly see its RGB and HSL equivalents, or work the other way around. It's the quick reference you reach for when a design spec gives you one format but your stylesheet, canvas API, or design tool needs another. Everything runs in your browser, so conversions are instant and nothing you type leaves your machine.

How to use the Color Converter

  1. 1Enter a color in any supported format — for example a HEX code like #3B82F6, or RGB/HSL values.
  2. 2Read off the equivalent values in the other formats, updated as you type.
  3. 3Adjust the values to fine-tune the color and watch every format stay in sync.
  4. 4Copy the format you need and paste it straight into your CSS, code, or design tool.

Common use cases

  • Translating a HEX value from a design spec into RGB or HSL for your CSS or code
  • Getting RGB channel values to pass into a Canvas, SVG, or graphics API
  • Switching to HSL so you can fine-tune a color's lightness or saturation by hand
  • Matching brand colors across a stylesheet, design tool, and codebase that expect different formats
  • Quickly sanity-checking what a color code actually looks like before using it

Frequently asked questions

What color formats does this tool convert between?

It converts between common web color formats including HEX, RGB, and HSL. Enter a value in one format and the equivalents in the others are calculated for you.

What's the difference between HEX, RGB, and HSL?

They describe the same colors three ways: HEX is a 6-digit code like #3B82F6, RGB lists red/green/blue channels (0–255), and HSL uses hue, saturation, and lightness. HSL is often easier to tweak by hand because adjusting lightness or saturation is intuitive.

Is the Color Converter free to use?

Yes. It's completely free with no sign-up, account, or usage limits.

Is my data private?

Yes. The converter runs entirely in your browser. The colors you enter are never uploaded, stored, or tracked — all conversion happens locally on your device.

Do HEX, RGB, and HSL produce identical colors?

Yes — converting between them is lossless for standard sRGB colors, so the displayed color stays the same across formats. Tiny rounding can occur when HSL values are rounded to whole numbers, but the result is visually identical.

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