# Copy the HEX code of any color on your Mac

Most of the time you just want the six characters: `#3A7BD5`, ready to paste into CSS, Figma or a ticket. SupaPick copies HEX by default, so a pick is one shortcut and one click. HEX is also the part of SupaPick that stays free after the trial, together with the loupe and your HEX history.

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## How to do it with SupaPick

1. Press `⌃⌥C` and click the color. The HEX value is on your clipboard, with the leading `#`.
2. Paste it wherever you need it with `⌘V`.
3. To copy it again later, click the eyedropper in the menu bar. Your last 20 colors are listed under **Recent**; open one and choose **Copy**.
4. For `#3a7bd5` instead, turn on **Lowercase HEX** in Settings → General.

## With what's built into macOS

Digital Color Meter can show HEX. Choose View → Display Values → as Hexadecimal and the window lists the red, green and blue values in hex. It shows them in whichever color space you choose from its pop-up menu, so the numbers for the same pixel differ between Display native values, sRGB and P3. For a web color you want sRGB.

Copy Color as Text copies the values the window shows, so check what it gives you before pasting it into a stylesheet. It keeps no history, so the color from ten minutes ago is gone.

SupaPick's HEX is always sRGB, the space CSS and most design tools use for HEX, written as one `#RRGGBB` string. The menu keeps the last 20 so you can copy one again without picking it twice.

## Questions and answers

**Is HEX free after the trial?**

Yes. After the 7-day trial the loupe, HEX copy and the HEX history keep working with no license. The other formats, palettes and the contrast panel need one.

**Can I get the HEX of a color I picked earlier?**

Yes, if it is among your last 20 picks. Open the menu bar menu, hover the color under Recent and choose its first item, Copy. The history is saved on your Mac and survives a restart.

**Is SupaPick free?**

Partly. Everything is unlocked for 7 days, no account needed. After that the loupe, HEX copy and HEX history stay free for good. Every other format, palettes with export and the contrast panel need a license key, which is $4.99 once for three Macs.

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