ColorHexa vs BrowserUtils
ColorHexa is a color encyclopedia with a server-generated page for every hex color, showing conversions, color schemes, shades and a color-blindness preview. It also has gradient, blend and subtraction tools and a list of named colors.
Quick comparison
| Fact | ColorHexa | BrowserUtils |
|---|---|---|
| Runs where | On their servers | In the browser (1 tool needs a server and is labeled) |
| Sign-up | Not needed | Not needed |
| Ads | Some | No third-party ads (one small note per page about our own products) |
| Platform | Web | Web, works on mobile |
| Price | Free | Free |
| Tools | About 6 tools, plus a page for every hex color | 299 |
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Where ColorHexa is better
- Converts each color to more color spaces: CMYK, HSV, CIE-LAB, CIE-LUV, CIE-LCH, Hunter-Lab, XYZ, xyY and binary as well as hex, RGB and HSL. BrowserUtils' converter covers hex, RGB and HSL.
- Every color has its own linkable page (for example colorhexa.com/ff0000) with complementary, analogous, split-complementary, triadic, tetradic and monochromatic schemes, plus shades, tints and tones.
- Each color page shows how the color looks with eight kinds of color vision deficiency, including protanomaly, deuteranomaly and tritanomaly. BrowserUtils' simulator covers four (protanopia, deuteranopia, tritanopia, achromatopsia).
- One search box takes hex, RGB, HSL, CSS color names or words like "dark red", plus queries such as "#ff0000 to #0000ff" for a gradient or + and - for blending and subtracting colors.
Where BrowserUtils is better
- WCAG contrast checking for text and background pairs. ColorHexa has no contrast checker.
- A visual gradient editor for linear and radial gradients with several color stops. ColorHexa's gradient page gives a two-color linear gradient in one of four directions.
- Pick colors from an uploaded image or pull a palette out of it, in the browser.
- No third-party ads. ColorHexa runs a Google AdSense unit on its color pages.
Tools on both
Color Converter
Convert between HEX, RGB, and HSL color formats
Color Palette Generator
Generate harmonious color palettes from any base color
CSS Gradient Generator
Create beautiful CSS gradients visually
Color Blindness Simulator
Simulate how colors appear with color vision deficiency
Color Math
Mix, blend, lighten, and darken colors with operations
HTML Color Names
All named HTML/CSS colors with hex values and preview
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