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The Color API

Hex to name, HSL, palettes

🎬 MediaHEALTHYchecked 9h ago
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Color conversion and human-readable names. JSON, SVG or HTML output formats.

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Status badge · for your READMEshipapis health badge: 93 · healthy
Uptime history
100%90 days
100%30 days
525P50 · ms
1314P95 · ms
operationalpartialdownno data
Response time · last 48 checks
Fastest 144 ms, slowest 1061 ms, most recent 324 ms.
Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://www.thecolorapi.com/id?hex=24B1E0

{
  "hex": {
    "value": "#24B1E0",
    "clean": "24B1E0"
  },
  "rgb": {
    "fraction": {
      "r": 0.1411764705882353,
      "g": 0.6941176470588235,
      "b": 0.8784313725490196
    },
    "r": 36,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 224,
    "value": "rgb(36, 177, 224)"
  },
  "hsl": {
    "fraction": {
      "h": 0.5416666666666666,
      "s": 0.752,
      "l": 0.5098039215686274
    },
    "h": 195,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 51,
    "value": "hsl(195, 75%, 51%)"
  },
  "hsv": {
    "fraction": {
      "h": 0.5416666666666666,
      "s": 0.8392857142857143,
      "v": 0.8784313725490196
    },
    "value": "hsv(195, 84%, 88%)",
    "h": 195,
    "s": 84,
    "v": 88
  },
  "name": {
    "value": "Cerulean",
    "closest_named_hex": "#1DACD6",
    "exact_match_name": false,
    "distance": 356
  },
  "cmyk": {
    "fraction": {
      "c": 0.8392857142857143,
      "m": 0.20982142857142858,
      "y": 0,
      "k": 0.1215686274509804
    },
    "value": "cmyk(84, 21, 0, 12)",
    "c": 84,
    "m": 21,
    "y": 0,
    "k": 12
  },
  "XYZ": {
    "fraction": {
      "X": 0.46499450980392154,
      "Y": 0.5898698039215686,
      "Z": 0.9204125490196079
    },
    "value": "XYZ(46, 59, 92)",
    "X": 46,
    "Y": 59,
    "Z": 92
  },
  "image": {
    "bare": "https://www.thecolorapi.com/id?format=svg&named=false&hex=24B1E0",
    "named": "https://www.thecolorapi.com/id?format=svg&hex=24B1E0"
  }
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://www.thecolorapi.com/id?hex=24B1E0"
const res = await fetch("https://www.thecolorapi.com/id?hex=24B1E0");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://www.thecolorapi.com/id?hex=24B1E0")
print(res.json())
Endpoints · 3HealthyFULL DOCS ↗
Monitored path responding — GET /id?hex=24B1E0525 mschecked 9h ago
GET/id?hex=24B1E0PROBED

Hex to name, HSL, palettes

GET/id?limit=5

Id — documented GET route.

GET/id?page=1

Id — documented GET route.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.

The Color API: common questions

Is The Color API free to use?

Yes — The Color API is a free media API. Free tier: Free — limits not published. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does The Color API need an API key?

No — The Color API needs no API key or signup. You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (Unpublished).

Can I call The Color API from the browser?

Yes — The Color API returns CORS headers over HTTPS, so front-end code can fetch it directly with no backend proxy. Use the fetch snippet on this page, or hit "Run live" to try it now.

Is The Color API up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, The Color API is healthy with 100% uptime over 90 days and a 525 ms median response. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.