Hex Color Picker
Lets you get and edit hexadecimal HTML color codes
in the standard Mac OS X color panel.
Download info
Mac OS X v10.4 "Tiger" or higher required.
English, Swedish, Traditional Chinese,
Italian, Spanish, German and French.
(Accepting more translations.)
Released 7 May 2007.
What's New in 1.4?
- Five new localizations.
- Calibrated or device color generation.
- "Copy to Clipboard" button now respects selection, if any.
- New icon.
Look at some screenshots
What's all this, then?
Web designers and programmers who need to specify colors must use a special code. This code can amazingly in this day and age not be found directly within the Mac OS X color panel. What do you have to do to get it? Launch Photoshop for the sole purpose of getting a six digit number? Calculate it for yourself with Calculator's hexadecimal mode, TextEdit and some patience? We tried that once, it was nothing but pain and frustration.
Along comes Hex Color Picker to put an extra tab in the system-wide color panel. Instantly see the hex color code for any color, and edit it just the same with a number of shorthands. Problem solved.
Shorthands?
Hex Color Picker has some shorthands for entering the hex color code quicker - deductions for the full 6 digit string from 1, 2 and 3 digits alone, knowledge of HTML/CSS color keywords (like orange, hotpink or chartreuse) and live preview of the color as you enter its code. It also adapts to your personal preferences. Lowercase or uppercase - it's your choice.
Donate a buck or two to support further development
If you can spare it, it'd be nice if you donated a buck or two. Use the button:
(Per our donation policy, a minimum of 10% of our donations at any given time will go to charity.)
- Contact Jesper, the Hex Color Picker developer.
- (There's a number of other "Hex Color Pickers" on the Internet. We're not affiliated with any of them.)