How to Use Our Image Color Picker

This color picker is built to be straightforward—no complicated menus or hidden features. It works for everyone, whether you're a web designer matching colors from a screenshot, a graphic artist building a palette from a photo, or just curious about that perfect shade in a sunset.

Quick Start Guide:

Upload Your Image: Drag and drop your image into the upload area, or click to browse your files. You can also paste an image URL if you have one. It works with JPG, PNG, WEBP, and BMP files—all the common formats.
Zoom for Precision: Use the slider to magnify your image. This helps when you need to pick from tiny details or want to make sure you're hitting the exact pixel. A small magnifier will pop up showing the area under your cursor.
Click to Pick: Just click anywhere on the image. The tool will show you the color in HEX, RGB, and HSL formats right away, along with a preview of the shade.
Copy Your Color: Hit the "Copy" button next to whichever format you need. It goes straight to your clipboard—ready to paste into your design software or CSS.
Build Your Palette: Every color you pick gets saved to your history automatically. That way, you can keep track of colors as you build a palette from an image.

What This Color Picker Does Well

All Color Formats in One Place

Get your color in HEX (for web work), RGB (for graphics), and HSL (for easy adjustments) at the same time. No need to convert between formats manually.

Magnifier for Tiny Details

The built-in magnifier shows a zoomed view of where your cursor is, so you can pick colors from small elements or make sure you're getting the exact pixel.

Copy with One Click

No selecting and copying code manually. Just hit the copy button next to your preferred format, and you're done.

Color History

Your picks stay in the history during your session, so you can go back to previous colors without having to re-pick them.

Up to 10x Zoom

Zoom in close to pick colors from intricate patterns, small icons, or specific parts of complex images.

Works Offline

Once the page loads, everything happens in your browser. No data gets sent to servers, so your images and color choices stay private.

When to Use This Tool

Web Design and Development

Web designers often need to match colors from existing sites, mockups, or client materials. With this tool, just take a screenshot of what you want to match, upload it, and get the exact color code. It's useful for keeping color schemes consistent, matching brand colors, or making new design elements fit with existing ones.

Graphic Design and Branding

Graphic designers pull color palettes from photos, artwork, or mood boards all the time. This tool simplifies that—upload an inspiring image (a sunset, fabric, painting) and pick colors systematically to build a palette. The history feature helps you keep track as you go, which is great for brand schemes or marketing materials.

Photo Editing and Digital Art

Digital artists and photo editors need specific colors for color correction, matching skin tones, or recreating shades. The zoom and magnifier make this precise work easier. Whether you're retouching photos to match skin tones across lighting conditions or pulling colors from a reference for digital art, you can be sure you're picking the right pixel.

How Color Picking Works

This tool uses the HTML5 Canvas API, which lets JavaScript access pixel data directly. When you upload an image, it gets drawn onto a canvas—a bitmap that code can read and manipulate.

Getting Pixel Data

Every pixel has three color components: Red, Green, and Blue (RGB). When you click the image, the tool uses the canvas's getImageData() method to grab those RGB values. They range from 0 to 255, showing how intense each color channel is.

Converting Between Formats

Once we have the RGB values, the tool converts them to other formats:

HEX: Turns RGB into hexadecimal code (like #FF5733), which is standard for web colors and CSS. Each RGB component becomes a two-digit hex number.
RGB: Shows the raw values (like rgb(255, 87, 51)), common in graphics software and programming.
HSL: Converts to Hue, Saturation, Lightness (like hsl(9, 100%, 60%)). Designers often prefer this because it separates color from intensity and brightness.

Zoom and Magnification

The zoom scales the canvas display while keeping the original image resolution. When you zoom in, you're seeing the same pixels bigger, making it easier to target specific ones. The magnifier is a separate small canvas that shows an enlarged view of the area around your cursor, so you can be precise without losing context.

Common Questions About Color Picking

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

HEX is a six-character code (like #FF5733) used mainly for web colors. RGB shows combinations of red, green, and blue values (like rgb(255, 87, 51)), common in graphics software. HSL breaks color into hue, saturation, and lightness (like hsl(9, 100%, 60%)), which many designers find easier to work with because you can adjust brightness or intensity without changing the color itself.

How accurate is the color picker?

It reads the exact RGB values of each pixel, so it's 100% accurate for the pixel you click. Keep in mind that images might have compression artifacts, anti-aliasing, or color profiles that can affect how colors look. The magnifier helps make sure you're clicking the right pixel, especially in detailed images.

Can I pick colors from transparent images?

Yes, it works with transparent PNGs. When you click a transparent area, you'll see an alpha value showing how transparent it is. The color formats will still show the RGB values for non-transparent pixels, and you can work with transparent backgrounds just like solid colors.

Why do I need different color formats?

Different tools use different formats. Web designers use HEX for CSS, graphic artists use RGB in software like Photoshop, and HSL is handy when you want to tweak colors without changing their hue. Having all three means you can use the color right away in whatever you're working on.

Is my image data secure?

Yes. The tool runs entirely in your browser with JavaScript. No images get uploaded to servers, and no data is stored or sent anywhere. Everything happens on your device, so your images and color choices are private.