dyes

dyes is a .NET tool for working with colors. You can convert colors to different notations, copy them to clipboard or see how they look inside your terminal.

Here it is in action:

Installation

Installation is available via NuGet. You need .NET 6 to use this tool.

Run this command:

dotnet tool install --global dyes

After successful install dyes should be in your path.

Usage

Supported colors:

Notation	Color
hex	ffee12, acf, #ffee12, #ACF
rgb	rgb(0, 0, 0), rgb(20 40 60)
hsl	hsl(12, 24%, 48%), hsl(12 24% 48%)
hsluv	hsluv(12, 24%, 48%), hsluv(12 24% 48%)
hpluv	hpluv(12, 24%, 48%), hpluv(12 24% 48%)

Always put colors in quotes. Mosts shells treat #, ( and ) symbols as part of their syntax and will fail to parse your command.

To convert color to a different notation, use:

dyes convert <notation> <color>

To copy color to your clipboard, use:

dyes copy <color>

To view color in terminal, use:

dyes view <color>

For color inspection to work properly your terminal needs to support TrueColor, run:

dyes check-truecolor-support

Examples:

dyes convert rgb ffaabb
dyes convert hex 'rgb(100 20 50)'

dyes copy 'hsl(120, 75%, 50%)'

dyes view 'hpluv(12 24% 48%)'

You can combine multiple commands with piping, for example in bash:

dyes convert <notation> <color> | dyes copy
dyes convert <notation> <color> | dyes view
dyes view <color> | dyes copy

License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.

Contributing

If you find a bug or anything feels off, feel free to submit an issue or pull request.

Any contributions are greatly appreciated.