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Elhoucine Ousidiali
Elhoucine Ousidiali

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๐Ÿš€ HexTo Just Got a Massive Upgrade: Harmonies, Tokens, Vision Sim, and More!

Hey devs and designers! ๐Ÿ‘‹
I recently launched HexTo โ€” an all-in-one color toolkit for modern workflows โ€” and weโ€™ve just rolled out a big update packed with features inspired by your feedback.

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๐ŸŽจ What is HexTo?

HexTo is a browser-based color tool built for developers, designers, and accessibility-conscious creators. It started as a simple color code converterโ€ฆ and grew into a full-on color workflow hub.

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โœจ Whatโ€™s New in This Update?

Hereโ€™s what weโ€™ve just added:

โœ… Color Harmonies Generator
Generate monochromatic, analogous, complementary, triadic, split, and tetradic schemes from any base color. Great for brand systems or UI themes.

โœ… Contrast Checker (Now Visual)
Check contrast ratios with WCAG pass/fail indicators, and preview how your text and background colors actually look in context.

โœ… Color Vision Simulator
See how your color choices appear to users with color blindness (8+ types supported).

โœ… Palette Builder + Export
Create, view, and export palettes as JSON or image swatches. Share them or drop them into design/dev pipelines.

โœ… Design Token Support
Define color names, organize them, and export as design tokens โ€” perfect for scalable design systems.

โœ… Dark Mode + Mobile Friendly
A responsive, fast interface that works just as well on mobile as it does on desktop.

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๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Why I Built This

I was tired of switching between 4+ tools just to manage basic color workflows โ€” convert here, check contrast there, export somewhere else. HexTo is my attempt at solving that with one streamlined experience for both designers and devs.

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๐Ÿ’ก Try It Out

๐Ÿ”— Live Site: https://hexto.io
๐ŸŒŸ If you find it useful, Iโ€™d love your feedback or ideas for what to add next.

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๐Ÿ™ Whatโ€™s Next?
โ€ข Custom palette saving
โ€ข WCAG 3.0 visual scoring
โ€ข Color name AI
โ€ข Open-source API?

Let me know what youโ€™d love to see. Thanks for checking it out! ๐Ÿ™Œ

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