Color Cop is a lightweight, precise, and fast color picker for Windows. Whether you're a professional designer or a hobbyist working on graphics, websites, or UI mockups, Color Cop gives you accurate color sampling and flexible output formats in a compact, no‑nonsense tool. Explore the full feature set below:

  1. Eyedropper — Pick any color on your screen
    Click and drag the eyedropper anywhere to sample a color. Choose between single‑pixel sampling or 3×3 / 5×5 average sampling for smoother results.
  2. Magnifier — Zoom in for pixel‑perfect accuracy
    Magnify any area of the screen to inspect and select colors with precision. Adjust zoom levels using the plus/minus buttons before or after magnifying.
  3. Auto‑copy to clipboard — Faster workflow
    When enabled, Color Cop automatically copies the selected color value to your clipboard in your chosen format.
  4. Multiple output formats — Ready for any workflow
    HTML Hex, Delphi Hex, PowerBuilder, Visual Basic, Clarion, Visual C++, RGB Float, RGB Int
  5. Color options — Helpful transformations
    Snap to WebSafe, Detect WebSafe, Reverse, Random, Convert to Grayscale
  6. Relative position measuring — On‑screen distance tool
    Hold Ctrl while dragging the eyedropper to set the origin to (0,0). Moving the mouse shows coordinates relative to that point—useful for layout and spacing checks.
  7. Color History — Quickly revisit recent picks
    Your last 7 sampled colors are stored for easy access. Click any swatch to reselect it. Right‑click while eyedropping to push a color into history.
  8. Complementary color palette — Instant color suggestions
    Color Cop generates a 42‑color complementary palette on the fly based on your current selection.
  9. System tray support — Stays out of your way
    Minimize Color Cop to the system tray for quick access without cluttering your taskbar.
  10. Mouse wheel support — Fine‑tuned control
    Use the mouse wheel to adjust magnification while zoomed in. When focused on the Red, Green, or Blue fields, the wheel increments or decrements values by 1 (Shift for ±2, Ctrl for ±5).
  11. BMP to clipboard — Capture the magnified view
    Double‑click inside the magnifier window to copy the current zoomed bitmap to your clipboard.
  12. Other minor features
    • RGB Float mode with adjustable precision (Alt+[ / Alt+])
    • Optional standard Windows crosshair cursor
    • Option to omit # or $ from hex codes
    • Uppercase or lowercase hex output