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#HEX for Mac

Open-source color picker that opens the macOS color sampler with a keyboard shortcut and copies the clicked pixel as a HEX code.

By geragarazagh. Free and open source, MIT licence.

Get it with OpenDMG View source on GitHub

#HEX at a glance

Version
0.3
Released
9 November 2026
Download size
1.7 MB
Works on
Apple silicon and Intel
Licence
MIT
Category
Graphics and Design
Developer
geragarazagh
GitHub stars
1

About #HEX

#HEX: free, open source color picker (eyedropper) for Mac. A keyboard shortcut opens the color sampler of macOS, a click copies any pixel of the screen as a HEX code like #EFEFEF. No permissions. Native Swift, Apple silicon, macOS 13+.

Screenshots

#HEX screenshot 1

How to install #HEX on a Mac

  1. Get OpenDMG. It is a free app store for open source Mac apps. Download OpenDMG.
  2. Search for #HEX and press Get. OpenDMG downloads version 0.3 from geragarazagh's own GitHub release.
  3. Open it. The download is checked against its SHA-256 fingerprint and its signature is checked on your Mac before it lands in Applications.

Updates to #HEX show up in OpenDMG and install with one button. No account is needed.

Prefer to do it by hand? The developer's file is on GitHub: HEX.dmg (1.7 MB).

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