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Color Wheel Interactive

Pick colors from an interactive wheel and explore complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary harmonies.

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Interactive color wheel

Explore colors with the interactive color wheel

Click on the wheel to pick a color, then see complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary harmonies.

Color harmonies

Color values

HEX #ff0000
RGB 255, 0, 0
HSL 0°, 100%, 50%
HSV 0°, 100%, 100%

How to use

How to Use the Interactive Color Wheel

  1. 1 Click anywhere on the color wheel to pick a color.
  2. 2 Or type a hex color code in the input field and press Enter.
  3. 3 View the selected color in HEX, RGB, HSL, and HSV formats.
  4. 4 Explore color harmonies: complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary.
  5. 5 Click any harmony swatch to copy its hex code.

The interactive color wheel uses the HSL (Hue, Saturation, Lightness) color model. Hue is the angle on the wheel (0-360°), with red at 0°, green at 120°, and blue at 240°. Saturation increases from the center (white) to the edge (full color). The wheel renders using HTML5 Canvas with radial gradients for smooth color transitions.

Color harmonies are combinations that naturally look good together. Complementary colors are opposite on the wheel (180° apart) — they create high contrast. Analogous colors are neighbors (30° apart) — they create subtle, harmonious palettes. Triadic colors are evenly spaced (120° apart) — they create vibrant, balanced schemes. Split-complementary uses the two colors adjacent to the complement (150° and 210°) — it offers contrast with less tension.

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