Temperature

Color Temperature

See if your color is warm or cool, convert to Kelvin, or neutralize it in one click.

Kelvin ↔ RGB


Color preview stripThe bar below shows the current sample color as a large swatch, so you can feel its warm/cool tendency at a glance.

About temperature

Warm vs cool

Red/yellow leans warm, blue/cyan leans cool; neutral is near pure gray.

Kelvin

~2000K candle orange, 6500K daylight white, 9000K+ cool blue. Web often 5000–7000K.

About this tool

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Temperature reads a color's warm/cool bias, converts between Kelvin and RGB, and can neutralize the cast.

  • Enter a color to see its temperature (Kelvin) and warm/cool lean.
  • Convert freely between Kelvin and RGB to unify the color temperature of a scene.
  • Tap De-neutralize to pull a tint back to neutral gray for white-balance correction.

Tips

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  • Warm comes forward, cool recedes — use temperature for spatial hierarchy.
  • Kelvin↔RGB is approximate; use it as reference, not for precise calibration.
  • Neutralize keeps lightness but drops hue — great for truly unbiased grays.