A powerful command-line tool that brings color manipulation directly to your terminal. Whether you're converting between color formats, picking colors from your screen, or creating harmonious color palettes, this tool handles it all with precision.

Key capabilities include:

Convert colors between multiple formats (hex, RGB, HSL, CIELAB, CIELCh, ANSI 8-bit and 24-bit)
Pick colors directly from your screen
Generate sets of visually distinct colors
Analyze and manipulate colors with commands like saturate, lighten, mix, and more
Access comprehensive X11/CSS color name database
Create readable text with automatic color contrast detection
Compose commands by piping output between operations

Flexible color input accepts multiple formats including color names (lightslategray), hex codes (#778899), RGB values, and HSL specifications. Colors can be passed as arguments or read from standard input, making it easy to integrate into shell scripts and workflows.

Ideal for developers, designers, and color enthusiasts who need quick, precise color work without leaving the terminal. The tool supports composition of commands, allowing you to chain operations together for complex color transformations in a single pipeline.