Color Mixer: Blend Colors in OKLab, RGB, or HSL Space
Color Mixer interpolates between two colors with a slider and updates the result live as you drag. Choose OKLab for perceptually uniform mixing, RGB for mixing in linear light, or HSL to take the shortest path around the hue wheel. Compare the spaces to see which blend suits your work.
Color Mixer is a browser-based color interpolation tool for blending two colors with a slider. The result updates live as you drag, making it easy to explore the transition rather than relying on a single calculated midpoint. Choose OKLab, RGB, or HSL to control how the colors are mixed.
The three mixing spaces use different rules. OKLab is perceptually uniform, so its midpoints look even. RGB mixes in linear light, which is useful for light blending. HSL takes the shortest path around the hue wheel. Changing the space lets you compare different blends of the same two colors.
Color Mixer is useful when you want to preview how colors transition before using a blend in your work. Color mixing can look different depending on the space used, so trying OKLab, RGB, and HSL can help you find an approach that fits your goal. The slider provides an interactive way to inspect the mix across the transition.
The tool runs entirely in your browser. Your input is processed on your device and is not uploaded, stored, or sent to a server. Once the page has loaded, Color Mixer works offline, so you can continue using it without a connection.
Developers, designers, and DevOps engineers can use Color Mixer for quick color exploration, whether they are working at their usual machine or handling a task in the browser. It is free to use and does not require installing anything locally.
Step 1: Enter or paste the two colors you want to blend. The tool interpolates between them as you adjust the slider.
Step 2: Choose a mixing space: OKLab, RGB, or HSL. Each uses a different approach to moving between the two colors.
Step 3: Drag the slider to explore the blend. The mixed color updates live as you move it.
Step 4: Copy the result when you have a blend you want to use.
Use case: Check whether the midpoint between two brand colors looks visually even. OKLab mixing is perceptually uniform, so its midpoints look even.
Use case: Explore a light blend between two colors. RGB mixes in linear light, which is useful for light blending.
Use case: Preview a hue transition without taking the longer route around the hue wheel. HSL follows the shortest path between hues.
Use case: Compare how the same two colors blend in OKLab, RGB, and HSL before choosing a mixing approach for your work.
Use case: Handle a routine color-mixing task in your browser without installing anything locally.
Use case: Work from a machine where you do not have your usual development setup; the Color Mixer runs in the browser.
Use case: Preview internal color values without sending them to a third-party service, since the tool processes input in your browser.