Color Converter (HEX → RGB / HSL)

About this calculator

This tool converts a HEX color code like #1e6bff into its RGB (red, green, blue channel values from 0–255) and HSL (hue, saturation, lightness) equivalents, three different ways of describing the exact same color that different tools and file formats expect. HEX is the compact format most common in CSS and design files, RGB maps directly to how screens mix light, and HSL is often easier for humans to reason about since adjusting lightness or saturation alone doesn't require recalculating three separate channel values.

It is used by web developers and designers pulling a color from a mockup, brand guideline or image and needing it in a different format for their CSS or codebase, and by anyone fine-tuning a color's brightness or saturation who finds it easier to think in HSL terms than to guess at HEX digits. Design tools like Figma and browser dev-tools color pickers do this same conversion behind the scenes every time they show you a color in more than one format.