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CIELAB to HSV Converter

Convert a CIELAB colour to HSV, with a live swatch and every other notation alongside.

To convert CIELAB to HSV, paste your colour above — any recognisable notation is accepted, including named CSS colours — and every format is shown at once with a live swatch. HSV is what colour pickers use internally. It differs from HSL in how it treats brightness — at full value HSV gives a pure hue, where HSL at full lightness gives white.

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About converting LAB to HSV

CIELAB was designed to model human vision and underpins colour-difference calculations. It is the reference space rather than an authoring one. HSV is what colour pickers use internally. It differs from HSL in how it treats brightness — at full value HSV gives a pure hue, where HSL at full lightness gives white.

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