Easy color picker for your projects. Just install it and all your hex/rgb colors will be recognized as colors. A tiny color picker for Visual Studio 2022 that detects color literals in your code and lets you edit them in place.

What it recognizes:

#abc, #aabbcc, #aabbccdd in any case

rgb(r, g, b) / rgba(r, g, b, a) in any case

WinAPI macro RGB(r, g, b) (C/C++)

How to use

1. Open a file that contains any of the literals above (or write, for example #000).
2. A small color square appears right before each color. Click the square.
3. In the picker window:

• Left panel: big gradient square to pick saturation/brightness.
• Narrow vertical bar: hue selector.
• Right panel: R, G, B sliders and an A (alpha) slider.
• “Transparent Channel” checkbox toggles alpha on/off.

Live editing

As you drag or move sliders, the color in your code is updated immediately. The original function name and casing are preserved:

• rgb ↔ rgba (lowercase stays lowercase)
• RGB ↔ RGBA (uppercase stays uppercase)
• Checking “Transparent Channel” converts rgb→rgba and RGB→RGBA.
• Unchecking converts back to rgb/RGB.
• For hex (#RRGGBB), turning on transparency writes rgba(...).
• <#AARRGGBB> is treated as rgba(...).

Alpha rules

• A slider is shown only when “Transparent Channel” is on.
• Alpha is written as 0–1 with two decimals (e.g., 0.25, 1).

Window behavior

• Opens near your cursor.
• Closes when it loses focus (click outside). Reopen by clicking the square again.

Tips

• If you don’t see the square, ensure the text literally matches one of the supported formats.
• For C/C++ WinAPI, start with RGB(...). Turning on transparency will switch to RGBA(...) automatically.