Pixel Picker

Image Color Picker

Open an image and click or tap any point to read the exact colour of that pixel — HEX, RGB, HSL, HSV and alpha — with its X/Y position and a magnified view. Fine-tune with the arrow keys. The image never leaves your device.

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1. Image

PNG · JPG · WebP

Drop an image here

or click to browse

PNG · JPG · WebP · up to 40 MB
Your image appears here. Click or tap it to sample a pixel.

2. Pixel colour

No pixel selected
Open an image, then click or tap a point on it.

Values come from browser-decoded pixels without applying colour profiles. They can differ slightly from colour-managed professional software.

About this tool

About Image Color Picker

Image Color Picker reads the exact colour of a single pixel in a PNG, JPG or WebP image. Click or tap anywhere on the picture, or type X and Y coordinates, and it shows that pixel’s HEX, RGB, HSL and HSV values, its alpha (transparency) and a ready-to-paste CSS colour, with a magnified view of the surrounding pixels.

Matching a brand colour from a logo, checking a UI screenshot or sampling a photo for a palette needs the actual stored pixel value, not an approximation. Sampling at full resolution, with one-pixel keyboard steps, gives you a precise reading without installing an editor or uploading the image.

How to use

Step by step

  1. Drop a PNG, JPG or WebP image onto the upload area, or click it to browse.
  2. Click or tap the point you want to sample; the centre pixel is shown first.
  3. Use the magnified 11 × 11 view to check you are on the right pixel, then nudge it with the arrow keys (Shift + arrow moves 10 px).
  4. Or type exact X and Y values and press Apply.
  5. Copy the HEX, RGB, HSL or CSS colour, or download a text summary that includes your recent colours.
Key features

What it offers

  • Exact pixel sampling at the image’s full resolution, even when the preview is scaled
  • HEX (with alpha digits when needed), RGB, HSL, HSV, alpha and CSS colour
  • Magnified 11 × 11 pixel preview with the selected pixel outlined
  • Arrow-key movement by 1 px, Shift + arrow by 10 px, clamped to the image edges
  • Manual X/Y coordinate entry
  • Recent colours for this page only — never saved
  • Signature and structure checks that reject renamed, SVG, GIF, PDF and damaged files
Best practices

Tips for best results

  • Sample PNG or WebP originals when you need exact brand colours — JPEG compression shifts colours slightly.
  • Check the magnified view: anti-aliased edges often contain blended colours.
  • For transparent areas, read the alpha value as well as the RGB values.
  • Remember that values are not colour-managed, so they can differ slightly from professional editors.
Benefits

Why people use it

Pixel-exact

Reads the decoded value of one specific pixel, with its coordinates.

Every format

HEX, RGB, HSL, HSV, alpha and CSS colour side by side.

Precise control

Keyboard nudging and typed coordinates for accurate picks.

Private

The image is decoded in your browser and never uploaded.

FAQ

Common questions

The single image pixel under the pointer, at the image’s full resolution, even when the preview is scaled down to fit the screen. Its X/Y coordinates are counted from the top-left corner, starting at 0.
Yes. Click the image so it has focus, then use the arrow keys to move by one pixel, or Shift + arrow keys to move by ten. You can also type X and Y values and press Apply. The selection stops at the image edges.
Alpha is shown from 0 (fully transparent) to 255 (fully opaque) and as a fraction. HEX gains two extra digits when a pixel is not fully opaque, and the CSS colour uses rgba(). Fully transparent pixels usually report RGB 0, 0, 0 because the browser does not keep colour for them.
Values come from the browser’s own decoder. Colour profiles are not applied, JPEG decoders can differ by a unit or two, and browsers store semi-transparent pixels in a way that can round their RGB values. Colour-managed professional software may therefore show slightly different numbers.
PNG, JPG/JPEG and WebP images up to 40 MB and 40 megapixels. The file contents are checked, so a renamed file, an SVG, GIF or PDF, or a damaged image is rejected with a message.
No. Recent colours are kept only in this page’s memory and disappear when you press Reset, open another image or leave the page.
No. The image is decoded and sampled entirely in your browser.
Private by design

This runs entirely in your browser

No file or text you enter here is uploaded. Encoding and decoding happen on your device using native browser APIs — close the tab and nothing remains on a server.

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