Working with colors in Visual Studio often means switching between tools, browsers, or external color pickers.
To reduce that friction, I built an inline Color Picker extension for Visual Studio.
What it does
- Highlights colors inline in the editor
- Provides a dockable Color Picker window
- Supports multiple color formats (HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, LAB, OKLAB, etc.)
- Includes Eyedropper, Color Canvas, Web Colors, and Favorites
- Allows quick editing, conversion, and insertion of colors
- Optimized to handle large files gracefully
Adoption & Community Support
This extension has seen meaningful use across Visual Studio versions:
- Visual Studio 2019: 115K+ downloads, 69 votes
- Visual Studio 2022 and later: 19K+ downloads, 16 votes
Thanks to everyone who has downloaded the tool and shared feedback!
Links
- Plugin Home: https://shemeerns.com/plugins/color-picker/
- Visual Studio Marketplace: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ShemeerNS.ColorPickerTool
Feedback and suggestions are welcome. If you like it, a Marketplace review would really help.

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