Color Tools
Color Converter
Convert colors between HEX, RGB, RGBA, HSL, and HSLA.
Live tool
Parse one input, get every format
Enter HEX, RGB, RGBA, HSL, or HSLA and the converter will normalize the color into all supported CSS formats.
Preview
Current color
The preview updates as soon as the input parses into a supported color format.
HEX
#5b4bff
RGB
rgb(91, 75, 255)
RGBA
rgba(91, 75, 255, 1)
HSL
hsl(245, 100%, 65%)
HSLA
hsla(245, 100%, 65%, 1)
What this tool does
It parses one valid CSS color string and converts it into the major color formats used in UI code.
This is useful when a design handoff gives you one format but your actual styling context needs another. The converter normalizes the color and surfaces the equivalent HEX, RGB, RGBA, HSL, and HSLA values together.
How to use
Feed it one valid color string and copy the format you need.
- Paste any supported color value into the input.
- Check the detected format to confirm the parser understood it correctly.
- Review the normalized outputs in the other color formats.
- Use the preview swatch as a quick visual guardrail.
- Copy the exact format that fits your stylesheet or component API.
When to use each format
The format itself usually depends on the editing context.
- HEX is compact and common for design token files.
- RGB and RGBA are convenient when alpha values matter in CSS.
- HSL and HSLA are useful when hue or lightness needs manual tuning.
FAQ
A few practical conversion notes.
Why can the same color look easier to edit in HSL?
HSL separates hue, saturation, and lightness into more human-readable controls, so it is often easier to tweak than raw RGB channels.
Why keep both RGB and RGBA?
RGB is useful when the color is fully opaque. RGBA becomes necessary when transparency is part of the design.
Does conversion lose information?
Minor rounding differences can happen, but for normal UI work the converted values are more than accurate enough to reuse directly.
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