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Color Converter — HEX, RGB & HSL

Convert colors between HEX, RGB and HSL with a live preview and one-click copy. Alpha values are preserved through every conversion.

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#4f46e5 = rgb(79, 70, 229) = hsl(243, 75%, 59%)

Supports HEX, RGBA and HSLA including transparency. All conversion happens locally in your browser.


HEX, RGB and HSL explained

Every color on screen can be written three ways:

  • HEX — six hex digits mixing red, green and blue (#4F46E5). Compact and universal in CSS.
  • RGB — three numbers from 0–255 (rgb(79, 70, 229)). Matches how screens mix light directly.
  • HSL — hue (0–360°), saturation and lightness (hsl(243, 75%, 59%)). The most human way to reason about color: pick the hue, then adjust richness and brightness.

All three describe the same color; this tool converts between them both ways, including alpha (opacity) values.

Why developers prefer HSL

HSL is the easiest format to reason about programmatically. Lightening a button by 10% is a simple l + 10; creating a monochromatic palette means holding hue fixed while stepping saturation and lightness. Design systems like Tailwind and Material are built exactly this way.

Convert a HEX from your design file to HSL, tweak the lightness, and you have hover states, borders and text colors that harmonize automatically — no eyeballing needed.

Working with alpha (opacity)

Modern CSS supports alpha everywhere: rgba() and hsla() take a fourth value from 0 (invisible) to 1 (opaque), and HEX can carry two extra digits for alpha like #4F46E580. This tool preserves the alpha channel as you convert, so a semi-transparent overlay in HSL becomes the same semi-transparent color in HEX.

Note that alpha blends against whatever sits underneath — the same rgba() looks different on white and on black.

Pasting colors into CSS

Every output here comes with a copy button, so you can jump straight from a design tool to your stylesheet. For accessibility, test your text-and-background pairings for contrast — WCAG AA needs roughly a 4.5:1 ratio for body text, which means dark text on light backgrounds or vice versa.

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Frequently Asked

Color Converter FAQ

Common questions about converting color codes, answered by our web experts.

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