Color Converter
Convert colors between HEX, RGB, and HSL, with a live preview and color picker.
How to use Color Converter
- Use the color picker, or type a value directly into the HEX, RGB, or HSL fields.
- All three formats stay in sync automatically.
- Copy any format with its copy button.
About this tool
The Color Converter keeps HEX, RGB, and HSL values in sync — edit any one and the other two update instantly, along with a live color swatch. Includes a native color picker for visually choosing a color. Useful for web and app design work where different tools or code expect different color formats. Everything runs in your browser; nothing is uploaded or sent to a server.
Frequently Asked Questions
What's the difference between RGB and HSL?
RGB describes a color as amounts of red, green, and blue light (0-255 each). HSL describes the same color space differently — hue (the color itself, 0-360°), saturation (how vivid, 0-100%), and lightness (how light or dark, 0-100%) — which many people find more intuitive for adjusting a color, like making something 'a bit darker' or 'more saturated'.
Why might my converted values look slightly different after converting back and forth?
HSL uses percentages and RGB uses whole numbers 0-255, so converting between them involves rounding — a color converted from RGB to HSL and back can occasionally land one shade off from the original due to that rounding, though visually it's imperceptible.
Does this support transparency (alpha)?
Not currently — this converts fully opaque colors only, without an alpha/transparency channel.