How does this differ from the Color Blender?

The Color Blender interpolates between exactly two colors at an adjustable ratio (so you can weight one color more than the other). This tool averages any number of colors equally, with no weighting.

How does this differ from the Paint Colors Simulator?

This tool averages RGB channels, which mimics how light mixes (additive-style). The Paint Colors Simulator instead multiplies channels together, which better approximates how physical pigments mix (subtractively), often producing darker, more saturated results.

How many colors can I mix at once?

You can mix any number of colors, two or more; each is weighted equally in the final average regardless of how many you provide.

What does the swatch preview show?

A small solid-color image filled with the exact mixed color, so you can see and download it as a real PNG file alongside the hex code.

Color Mixer - Average Multiple Hex Colors Online

Overview

Introduction

This tool mixes any number of hex colors together by averaging their RGB channels, entirely in your browser.

It's a quick way to find a color that sits evenly between several others, whether for a gradient midpoint or a quick palette experiment.

What Is Color Mixer?

A pure color-math tool: it parses each hex color you provide into RGB, sums each channel across all colors, divides by the count, and returns the resulting average color.

It also generates a small solid-color swatch image you can preview and download as a real PNG.

How Color Mixer Works

Each input hex color is converted to RGB. The red, green, and blue channels are summed independently across every color, then divided by the number of colors to get the average of each channel.

The averaged RGB values are rounded to whole numbers, formatted back into a hex code, and also written into a 1x1 pixel swatch image for visual preview.

When To Use Color Mixer

Use it to find a midpoint color between several palette entries, to quickly average a set of sampled colors from different sources, or to generate a neutral blend for a background or accent.

It pairs well with the Color Picker: sample a few colors from an image, then mix them here.

Often used alongside Color Blender, Paint Colors Simulator and Color Sorter.

Features

Advantages

Works with any number of colors, not just two.
Simple, predictable equal-weight averaging that's easy to reason about.
Runs entirely client-side; nothing you enter is sent anywhere.

Limitations

All colors are weighted equally; there's no way to give one color more influence than another (use the Color Blender for a weighted two-color mix).
RGB averaging doesn't model how physical pigments mix; for that, use the Paint Colors Simulator instead.

Examples

Mix red and blue

Input

['#ff0000', '#0000ff']

Output

#800080 (a mid-purple)

Each channel is averaged independently: red goes from 255 to 128, blue from 0 to 128.

Mix three colors with two whites

Input

['#ffffff', '#ffffff', '#000000']

Output

#aaaaaa (a light gray)

Since white appears twice, it pulls the average two-thirds of the way toward white rather than landing at a 50/50 midpoint.

Best Practices & Notes

Best Practices

List a color more than once in the input if you want it to count more heavily in the average.
Use the Color Blender instead if you specifically need a precise, adjustable ratio between exactly two colors.

Developer Notes

The averaging logic is a pure function with no DOM dependency; the generated swatch reuses the shared createPixelBuffer helper from the pixel-buffer module to produce a real 1x1 PixelBuffer, the same pattern the 1x1 Pixel PNG Generator uses.

Color Mixer Use Cases

Finding a midpoint color between several palette entries
Averaging a handful of sampled colors from different sources into one
Generating a quick neutral blend for a background or accent color

Common Mistakes

Expecting the mix to favor one color over another — every listed color counts equally unless you repeat it in the list.
Using this when a physically-accurate paint mix is wanted; RGB averaging brightens rather than darkens, unlike real pigment mixing.

Tips

Repeat a color in the input list to weight it more heavily in the final average.
Compare the result here with the Paint Colors Simulator's multiply-based mix to see how differently additive and subtractive models treat the same colors.

Color Mixer