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HuexlyDeveloper

Pick any pixel, build the palette.

A menu-bar color picker with a loupe, palettes, and contrast checks.

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v1.0.1macOS 14+7.4 MB£9.50 once
Palette Builder
Palette Builder
Seeds
Harmonies
ComplementaryBest on black
#3B82F6
#B07D00
Copy as
AnalogousBest on black
#0094C3
#3B82F6
#886CEE
Copy as
TriadicBest on black
#3B82F6
#E24956
#3BA01B
Copy as
TetradicBest on black
#3B82F6
#D54B97
#B07D00
#009E7B
Copy as
Split-ComplementaryBest on black
#3B82F6
#D26200
#8D8D00
Copy as
MonochromaticBest on black
#F0F6FF
#D6E6FF
#ACCCFF
#6CA4FF
#2D74E7
#004FBD
#00317D
#001743
#00041A
Copy as
MutedBest on black
#5E87CB
Copy as
VibrantBest on black
#3280FF
Copy as
Contrast Checker
Contrast Checker
#
#
The quick brown fox
The quick brown fox
WCAG 2.2 Contrast Ratio
18.88 : 1
AA NormalPass
AAA NormalPass
AA LargePass
AAA LargePass
APCA Lightness Contrast
Lc 105.4Excellent — body text
A compact colour workstation

From one pixel to a finished palette.

  1. Press the global hotkey (CmdOrCtrl+Shift+C by default) and a loupe follows your cursor. Click or press Enter to pick, zoom with Ctrl and scroll or the up and down arrow keys, and press G to toggle the pixel grid. Escape cancels. Drag across the screen to copy every unique colour in that region, up to 100,000 pixels.

  2. Enter a foreground and background, preview real text on them, and read the ratio with AA and AAA results for normal and large text, plus the APCA Lc value with a plain label from Excellent for body text down to Invisible. Click a swatch to open the colour picker, and copy the whole report in one click.

  3. Complementary, Analogous, Triadic, Tetradic, Split Complementary, Monochromatic, Muted and Vibrant, built in OKLCH from your first seed. Add up to two more seeds for a Custom Multi-Seed palette. Each palette is rated Best on white, Best on black, Works on either or Low contrast, and copies as a hex list, CSS variables, Tailwind or JSON.

#FFFFFF
Contrast Checker
Contrast Checker
#
#
The quick brown fox
The quick brown fox
WCAG 2.2 Contrast Ratio
18.88 : 1
AA NormalPass
AAA NormalPass
AA LargePass
AAA LargePass
APCA Lightness Contrast
Lc 105.4Excellent — body text
Palette Builder
Palette Builder
Seeds
Harmonies
ComplementaryBest on black
#3B82F6
#B07D00
Copy as
AnalogousBest on black
#0094C3
#3B82F6
#886CEE
Copy as
TriadicBest on black
#3B82F6
#E24956
#3BA01B
Copy as
TetradicBest on black
#3B82F6
#D54B97
#B07D00
#009E7B
Copy as
Split-ComplementaryBest on black
#3B82F6
#D26200
#8D8D00
Copy as
MonochromaticBest on black
#F0F6FF
#D6E6FF
#ACCCFF
#6CA4FF
#2D74E7
#004FBD
#00317D
#001743
#00041A
Copy as
MutedBest on black
#5E87CB
Copy as
VibrantBest on black
#3280FF
Copy as
A compact colour workstation

From one pixel to a finished palette.

Magnify the screen, then pick a pixel

Press the global hotkey (CmdOrCtrl+Shift+C by default) and a loupe follows your cursor. Click or press Enter to pick, zoom with Ctrl and scroll or the up and down arrow keys, and press G to toggle the pixel grid. Escape cancels. Drag across the screen to copy every unique colour in that region, up to 100,000 pixels.

#FFFFFF

WCAG 2.2 and APCA in one window

Enter a foreground and background, preview real text on them, and read the ratio with AA and AAA results for normal and large text, plus the APCA Lc value with a plain label from Excellent for body text down to Invisible. Click a swatch to open the colour picker, and copy the whole report in one click.

Contrast Checker
Contrast Checker
#
#
The quick brown fox
The quick brown fox
WCAG 2.2 Contrast Ratio
18.88 : 1
AA NormalPass
AAA NormalPass
AA LargePass
AAA LargePass
APCA Lightness Contrast
Lc 105.4Excellent — body text

Eight harmonies from one seed colour

Complementary, Analogous, Triadic, Tetradic, Split Complementary, Monochromatic, Muted and Vibrant, built in OKLCH from your first seed. Add up to two more seeds for a Custom Multi-Seed palette. Each palette is rated Best on white, Best on black, Works on either or Low contrast, and copies as a hex list, CSS variables, Tailwind or JSON.

Palette Builder
Palette Builder
Seeds
Harmonies
ComplementaryBest on black
#3B82F6
#B07D00
Copy as
AnalogousBest on black
#0094C3
#3B82F6
#886CEE
Copy as
TriadicBest on black
#3B82F6
#E24956
#3BA01B
Copy as
TetradicBest on black
#3B82F6
#D54B97
#B07D00
#009E7B
Copy as
Split-ComplementaryBest on black
#3B82F6
#D26200
#8D8D00
Copy as
MonochromaticBest on black
#F0F6FF
#D6E6FF
#ACCCFF
#6CA4FF
#2D74E7
#004FBD
#00317D
#001743
#00041A
Copy as
MutedBest on black
#5E87CB
Copy as
VibrantBest on black
#3280FF
Copy as

Collect several colours in one go

Hold Ctrl or Cmd and click to add picks, then release the key to commit them as one list in your default copy format. Press P to keep the loupe open after a pick.

#FFFFFF
1

Always one click away

Click the tray icon to start picking. Right-click for the menu: the latest five picks and palettes under Recent Colors, plus the Contrast Checker and the Palette Builder.

Open Huexly
Pick Color
Recent Colors
Contrast Checker
Palette Builder
Settings
Check for Updates
About Huexly
Quit Huexly
#FF8C00
#3B82F6
Palette (5)
#10B981
#111111

Every pick on the clipboard, your way

Choose a default copy format from 13 options. With auto-copy on, which is the default, each pick is copied in it. HEX, RGB and HSL, with alpha variants, are written as-is; the other formats fall back to #RRGGBB for a single pick.

#FF8C00
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