---
name: "hyprpicker"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "hyprpicker"
version: "0.4.7-4"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/hyprpicker"
---

# hyprpicker(1)

wlroots-compatible wayland color picker

## NAME

**hyprpicker** – wlroots-compatible wayland color picker

## SYNOPSIS

**hyprpicker** \[**-acnh**\] \[**-f** *fmt*\]

## DESCRIPTION

The **hyprpicker** utility is a color-picker with support for various output formats. When **hyprpicker** is invoked the cursor is transformed into a magnifying lens, and clicking on any pixel of the screen will print out that pixels color to the standard output. The default output format is hexadecimal, but that can be configured with the **-f** option.

The options are as follows:

- **-a**, **-****-autocopy**

  Automatically copy the output of **hyprpicker** to the clipboard. This option requires that the [wl-copy(1)](/wl-copy/1.md) command is installed on system.

- **-f** *fmt*, **-****-format**=*fmt*

  Select the format to output the selected pixels color in. The argument *fmt* is case-insensitive. The available options are:

  - *cmyk*

    (“C% M% Y% K%”)

  - *hex*

    (“#RRGGBB”)

  - *rgb*

    (“R G B”)

  - *hsl*

    (“H S% L%”)

  - *hsv*

    (“H S% V%”)

    The default format is *hex*.

- **-n**, **-****-no-fancy**

  Disable colored output. Default behavior is to color the output in the same color as the selected pixel.

- **-h**, **-****-help**

  Display a help message and exit successfully from the program.

- **-c**, **-****-cursor**

  Include the cursor in the frozen preview.

## ENVIRONMENT

- NO\_COLOR

  If set, disables colored output.

## EXIT STATUS

The **hyprpicker** utility exits 0 on success, and \>0 if an error occurs.

## EXAMPLES

Get a pixels color:

```
$ hyprpicker
```

Get a pixels color in HSL, wrapped in a CSS **hsl**() function:

```
$ hyprpicker -f hsl | sed 's/^/hsl(/; s/$/)/; y/ /,/'
```

## SEE ALSO

[hyprctl(1)](/hyprctl/1.md), hyprland(1), [sed(1)](/sed/1.md), [wl-copy(1)](/wl-copy/1.md)

*The Hyprpicker Sources:* **https://github.com/hyprwm/hyprpicker**

## AUTHORS

The **hyprpicker** utility was originally written by Vaxerski ⟨**https://github.com/vaxerski**⟩ and the manual page by Thomas Voss ⟨*mail@thomasvoss.com*⟩.

## BUGS

*The Hyprpicker Bug Tracker:* **https://github.com/hyprwm/hyprpicker/issues**