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Extract HEX Colors
Extract HEX color codes from pasted CSS, design notes, HTML snippets, and documentation into a clean one-color-per-line list.
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Common HEX color extraction workflows
Use HEX color extraction when color values are scattered across CSS, HTML snippets, theme notes, design tickets, or documentation.
Convert colors after extraction
Send one color to HEX to RGB or HEX to HSL when you need other CSS formats.
Check accessible pairs
Use Contrast Checker after extracting foreground and background colors from a design note.
Clean source text first
Use CSS Formatter or Remove Extra Spaces before extracting colors from messy snippets.
What this tool does
Extract HEX Colors finds #RGB, #RRGGBB, and #RRGGBBAA color values in pasted text, optionally lowercases them, removes duplicates, and shows source-line context locally in your browser.
Common use cases
Pull HEX color values out of pasted CSS, HTML snippets, design notes, theme docs, and tickets before conversion, contrast checks, or documentation cleanup.
Use Extract HEX Colors when you are working with copied API payloads, logs, encoded values, config snippets, identifiers, or debugging data and need a quick browser-local check before pasting the result into docs, tickets, tests, or another developer tool.
How to use it
- Paste CSS variables, HTML snippets, design notes, theme docs, or copied tickets that contain HEX color values.
- Choose whether duplicate colors should be removed and whether output should be normalized to lowercase.
- Copy the clean HEX color list for design QA, color conversion, contrast checks, or documentation cleanup.
Example workflow
Copy a small payload or encoded value from an API response, request URL, log line, or config file. Run the focused check here, confirm the output is readable, then continue with related developer data tools such as validation, formatting, decoding, timestamp conversion, or CSV/JSON conversion.
Privacy note
HEX color extraction runs locally in your browser. ClearUtils does not upload, store, fetch, crawl, or log the text or color values you paste.
FAQ
Does Extract HEX Colors upload my CSS or notes?
No. HEX color extraction runs locally in your browser and does not upload, store, fetch, or log pasted text.
What color formats can it find?
It finds common HEX color codes in #RGB, #RRGGBB, and #RRGGBBAA formats. It does not extract rgb(), hsl(), or named colors.
What should I do after extracting colors?
Use HEX to RGB, HEX to HSL, or Contrast Checker when you need conversion, theme QA, or accessibility checks.
Explore more tools
Browse the Developer Tools hub or continue with the Developer Data Toolkit when this task is part of a larger workflow.