Pixel readout
The readout uses the RGBA value at the selected point on the browser’s working canvas. Very large files are proportionally reduced to protect memory, so their working pixels can be interpolated.
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Private image color instrument
Take a color from an image. Keep the image to yourself.
Drop a photo, logo, or screenshot; pick an opaque pixel and turn dominant colors into HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH, and CSS variables.
01 / Image workbench
Load once, inspect pixel by pixel.
Click or tap the image to sample a pixel. The keyboard cursor provides the same precise readout without a pointer.
Drop, paste, or choose an image
Use a photo, UI screenshot, illustration, or logo. Processing begins only after you select a local file.
PNG, JPEG, WebP, or GIF · maximum 12 MB
02 / Dominant sample
Extract a compact working palette.
Hexees downsamples the image for speed, groups nearby opaque RGB pixels into deterministic buckets, and lists the most frequent distinct groups. Treat the result as a starting point, not a claim about artistic importance.
Load an image to extract its opaque color groups.
03 / Honest boundaries
What the picker measures
Pixel sampling and palette extraction answer different questions. This page keeps their limits visible.
Dominant groups
The palette comes from a small opaque sample with four-bit RGB quantization and a minimum distance between chosen colors. It is deterministic, not AI-generated.
Transparency
Transparent and partly transparent pixels depend on the surface behind them. They are excluded instead of being mislabeled as standalone opaque HEX colors.