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Making a Color Lighter or Darker with HSL

Published: Oct 19, 2026 | Updated: Oct 19, 2026 | About (Japanese)

Key points
  • Enter a color
  • See the HSL
  • Change L and enter it again

In the HSL from Color Converter, the last number (L) is the lightness.

Steps

  1. Enter a color
  2. See the HSL
  3. Change L and enter it again
Raising L makes it lighter; lowering it makes it darker.
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