Web Developer Color Reference Guide

Web Developer Color Reference Guide

 

ColorHexa.com is a free color tool providing information about any color. Just type any color values (view full list here) in the search field and ColorHexa will offer a detailed description and automatically convert it to its equivalent value in Hexadecimal, Binary, RGB, CMYK, HSL, HSV, CIE-Lab, Hunter-Lab, CIE-Luv, CIE-LCH, XYZ and xyY. ColorHexa will also generate matching color schemes such as complementary, split complementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic and monochromatic colors. So you will be able to know what colors best suit with the one you chose. It is also possible to blend colors together or create a gradient between them. Also has some interesting lists such as the 256 safe colors and a list with color names.

Color Hex Color-hex.com gives information about colors including color models (RGB,HSL,HSV and CMYK), Triadic colors, monochromatic colors and analogous colors calculated in color page. Color-hex.com also generates a simple css code for the selected color. Html element samples are also shown below the color detail page.

Color Scheme Designer (CSD) is a web application designed to easily create set of matching color. Color theory used by artists for centuries was transformed into algorithms to combine color they go best together while avoiding uncomfortable combinations.

Adobe KulerĀ® is a is an internet application from Adobe Systems that lets individuals try out, create and save various colour schemes, each of which consists of a set of five colours. It also apart of the Adobe Creative Suite.

Colllor . Color palette generator and information on colors.

Hexadecimal Color Codes by December Communications. This is a static page of colors with some very unusual names like ralphyellow, rawsienna or cashew. You might find it helpful in color browsing for ideas. If you have a hex code use your browser search to see if you color is on the page and if it is found then will have a descriptive name.

Colblindor . With this little tool you can either enter RGB (Red-Green-Blue) values, HSB (Hue-Saturation-Brightness) numbers or a hexadecimal code for a color, to find its closest match of a named color and its corresponding hue. It is also possible to just use the sliders to see how color hues are changing. The list of colors comprises 1640 different color names extracted from several sources on the web.

Chirag Mehta . With this little app where you can create a color on the screen (or copy-paste CSS hex# color) and find out the name of the closest matching color.

Envision (Yep, the eye glass place) . Boost your mood by infusing your world with a little color.

COLOURlovers is a creative community where people from around the world create and share colors, palettes and patterns, discuss the latest trends and explore colorful articles.

ColorMinder is a color tool that displays many colors informations (hexadecimal value, rgb value, hsl, invert…) and differents variations like : lightness, saturation, hue of a color. You can create color palettes easily and get css code to embed to your website stylesheet. There are 16,777,216 colors that can be used to specify a web color.