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System Color Picker
A powerful macOS color picker with palettes, format conversion, and shortcuts.
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Color Pickers
Overview
Details
Features
Comparison
Capability Features
Palettes Support
Recently Picked Colors
Copy, Paste, Convert Colors
Hex
HSL
RGB
Unit RGB (0-1)
OKLCH
LCH
Menu Bar Mode
Global Keyboard Shortcut
Window Always on Top
Start at Login
Hide Menu Bar Icon
Shortcuts Support
Export Color Palettes
Export Swatches
Scripting via Shortcuts
Non-App Store Version
Pick Color Keyboard Shortcut
Command + p
Copy as Hex Shortcut
Shift + Command + h
Copy as HSL Shortcut
Shift + Command + s
Copy as RGB Shortcut
Shift + Command + r
Copy as Unit RGB Shortcut
Shift + Command + u
Copy as OKLCH Shortcut
Shift + Command + o
Copy as LCH Shortcut
Shift + Command + l
Paste Color Shortcut
Shift + Command + v
Reset Opacity Shortcut
Control + Shift + o
Integration Features
Import Palette Formats
Simple Color Palette
Adobe Swatch Exchange (ASE)
Plugins Supported
Skala Color
Pro Picker
Material Design
Color Picker Plus
Plugin Support for UIColor/NSColor
Skala Color
Limitation Features
macOS Support
macOS 11+
macOS 12+
macOS 13+
macOS 14+
macOS 15+
No Automatic Updates (Non-App Store)
No Localization Support
Swatch Deletion Limitation
Sampler Only Shows RGB
Color Format Clamping
HSL and RGB formats always clamped to sRGB color space
No API
Pricing Features
No Mention of Free Tier
No Mention of Subscription