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2.  ›
3.  [My Kit](https://clacky.app/features/#my-kit)
4.  ›
5.  Color Picker

My KitLive

# Color Picker

Pick any colour on screen, copied as HEX, RGB, HSL or SwiftUI.

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![Color Picker: a picked blue as HEX, RGB, HSL and SwiftUI, with recent colours](https://clacky.app/features27/color-picker-light.webp)![Color Picker: a picked blue as HEX, RGB, HSL and SwiftUI, with recent colours](https://clacky.app/features27/color-picker-dark.webp)

## What it is

Color Picker picks any pixel on your screen with the macOS magnifier and copies it in the format you use: HEX, RGB, HSL or SwiftUI.

Your last 10 colours stay in Recent, each one ready to copy again. It needs no permission.

## How to use it

1.  1
    
    Open Color Picker
    
    Open Clacky from the menu bar and click the Color Picker card in My Kit (add it from Explore if it isn’t there).
    
2.  2
    
    Choose a format
    
    Under Copy as, pick HEX, RGB, HSL or SwiftUI.
    
3.  3
    
    Pick a colour
    
    Press Pick a Color and click any pixel on your screen. Esc cancels.
    
4.  4
    
    Paste it
    
    The colour is copied and kept in Recent.
    

## Tips

-   Turn on the ⌃⌥⌘P shortcut in the Color Picker window to pick from anywhere.
-   In ⌘K, type “pick color”.

## Questions

Does it need Screen Recording permission?

No. It uses the macOS magnifier, which needs no permission.

Can I clear the list?

Yes. Press Clear above Recent.

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    [Clipboard History](https://clacky.app/features/clipboard-history/)
    
    Your last 50 copies: search, pin, paste. Off by default and kept in memory; you can keep them across restarts, encrypted on this Mac. Copies from password managers are never kept.
    
-   ![](https://clacky.app/features27/grab-code-light.webp)![](https://clacky.app/features27/grab-code-dark.webp)
    
    [Grab Code](https://clacky.app/features/grab-code/)
    
    Read a QR code or barcode on screen. Links come without trackers.
    
-   ![](https://clacky.app/features27/shortcuts-light.webp)![](https://clacky.app/features27/shortcuts-dark.webp)
    
    [Shortcuts](https://clacky.app/features/shortcuts/)
    
    Every Clacky shortcut in one list. Change any of them; if the keys are taken, Clacky says by whom.
    
-   ![](https://clacky.app/features27/shot-editor-light.webp)![](https://clacky.app/features27/shot-editor-dark.webp)
    
    [Screenshot editor](https://clacky.app/features/screenshot-editor/)
    
    Grab an area, a window or the whole screen. Mark it up with arrows, steps, text and blur, then copy or save.
    

[Everything in My Kit →](https://clacky.app/features/#my-kit)

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