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HEX to CMYK Converter

HEX colour codes to CMYK percentages — one colour or a whole palette.

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Quick Tool Overview

The HEX to CMYK Converter turns HEX colour codes into CMYK percentages, for a single colour or a whole palette pasted one code per line, showing the RGB step in between and every other notation.

What it does
Converts HEX codes to CMYK
You give it
A HEX code or a list of them
You get back
CMYK percentages with swatches
Best for
Moving web palettes onto printed material
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About the HEX to CMYK Converter

HEX codes are how colours are passed around online — in CSS, in brand kits, in Figma and in design handoffs — but a printer needs CMYK. Moving a website’s palette onto a brochure, a business card or a banner means converting each code, and doing that by hand is slow and easy to get wrong.

Enter a HEX code, or paste a whole palette with one code per line, and each is converted to CMYK percentages. Three-digit shorthand such as #1E9 is expanded automatically and eight-digit codes with transparency are read. For the main colour you also get the RGB step in between, a swatch, contrast figures, and the colour in every other common notation.

Key features of the HEX to CMYK Converter

Whole palettes at once

Paste many codes, one per line, and get a table of swatches and CMYK values.

Shorthand and alpha

Three-digit and eight-digit HEX codes are read the way browsers read them.

Picker included

Choose a colour visually and its HEX fills the box.

Conversion chain shown

HEX to RGB to CMYK is written out, so each step can be checked.

Honest about print

The result explains when an ICC profile will change the final ink values.

How to use the HEX to CMYK Converter

  1. 1

    Enter a HEX code

    Type or paste it with or without the #, or pick a colour.

  2. 2

    Add a palette if needed

    Paste several codes, one per line, to convert them all at once.

  3. 3

    Read the CMYK

    Percentages appear for the main colour and in a table for the list.

  4. 4

    Copy the values

    Click any value to copy it into your print spec or brand guide.

Frequently asked questions

Split the HEX into its red, green and blue pairs, convert each from base 16 to 0–255, then apply the RGB to CMYK formula.

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