Converting HSV to Hex
HSV is typically used for colour pickers and generative art, where adjusting brightness independently of hue is useful, while Hex is used for CSS, HTML and general web design, where a short, copy-pasteable code is useful. Enter a HSV value above and the equivalent Hex value appears instantly, alongside every other supported format.
Is HSV to Hex conversion exact?
This conversion is exact and lossless – hex, RGB, HSV and HSL all describe the same underlying colour space, just in different notations, so no colour data is lost converting between them.
Understanding HSV
HSV (hue, saturation, value) describes colours in terms of their position on a colour wheel (hue 0-360°), colour intensity (saturation 0-100%) and brightness (value 0-100%). It's intuitive for colour selection.
Understanding Hex
Hex is a compact, web-friendly representation of RGB using hexadecimal notation (#RRGGBB). It's commonly used in HTML, CSS and web development where character count and readability matter. Both RGB and hex refer to the same colour space but present values differently – decimal versus base-16 encoding.
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