Color Converter – Convert Color Online (Free Tool)
Free online Color Converter tool to convert between color formats. Convert HEX, RGB, HSL, and other color spaces instantly. Perfect for designers and developers.
Example Output
Single colour expressed in every common screen + print format.
rgb(59, 130, 246) — hsl(217, 91%, 60%) — cmyk(76%, 47%, 0%, 4%)
What is Color Converter?
Color Converter takes one colour and gives you HEX, RGB, HSL and CMYK simultaneously. The built-in manipulation panel also generates lighter, darker, more saturated and mixed variants in HSL space — useful for building a small palette around a brand colour without leaving the page.
Why use this tool?
- Stable behavior across visits — no surprise version drift
- Your data stays private — all processing happens locally in the browser
- No telemetry, no tracking pixels, no third-party scripts
- Works with any color input format — HEX, RGB, RGBA, HSL, HSLA, named colors
- WCAG contrast checks calculated correctly for AA and AAA, both text and large text
How to use
- Choose an input type (HEX, RGB or HSL) and enter the value
- Click Convert to get HEX, RGB, HSL and CMYK all at once
- Use the Color Manipulation panel to lighten/darken/saturate/mix and copy the resulting shade
- Download the full result as a .txt file if you need to share
Examples
Get print-ready CMYK
Paste your brand HEX and read the CMYK percentages straight from the result card. Note CMYK is an approximation — pre-press still wants Pantone or a soft-proof, but this is enough for first drafts.
Generate UI states
Set the base button colour, slide the Amount to 10%, copy the Lighten swatch for hover and the Darken swatch for active state.
Common use cases
- Producing hover/active variants from a single brand colour
- Estimating CMYK for marketing prints from a digital HEX
- Bridging design tools that prefer different colour notations
- Mixing two brand colours to find an in-between accent
Troubleshooting
- "Invalid HEX color" on input.
- Use 3 or 6 hex digits with optional leading #. Alpha hex needs RGBA to HEX instead.
- CMYK percentages look slightly different from Photoshop.
- CMYK has no single canonical conversion — different colour profiles produce different numbers. The result here uses the simple subtractive formula from sRGB; expect a small drift vs profile-based converters.
Frequently Asked Questions
HEX (#RRGGBB or #RGB), RGB / RGBA (rgb(255, 0, 0) / rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.5)), HSL / HSLA (hsl(0, 100%, 50%)), and CMYK percentages. Paste any of these and get all the others.
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