Converting HSV to HSL
HSV is typically used for colour pickers and generative art, where adjusting brightness independently of hue is useful, while HSL is used for design systems and CSS, where lightening or darkening a colour while keeping its hue is common. Enter a HSV value above and the equivalent HSL value appears instantly, alongside every other supported format.
Is HSV to HSL 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 HSL
HSL (hue, saturation, lightness) is similar to HSV but uses lightness instead of value. Lightness represents how much white or black is mixed with the pure colour, making it useful for creating colour variations.
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