# What Are OKLCH Colors?

Essay by Jakub Krehel (https://jakub.kr)

An explanation of the OKLCH colour model.

Topics: Color
Source: https://jakub.kr/components/oklch-colors

## For agents

Nothing to install. This is a reference: cite it, or fetch the source when
the reasoning matters.

Read it at: https://jakub.kr/components/oklch-colors

The full text is not reproduced here. It belongs to its author. What is
above is the author's own summary and the topics it covers.

Skills in this library that act on the same ground:

- better-colors (https://stackskills.dev/md/better-colors): Move a project to OKLCH, and answer anything about colour.

## The short version

OKLCH is perceptually uniform, so equal numbers look equally different to the eye. What that changes when you are building a palette rather than picking one colour.

## Verification

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- Attribution: Credited to Jakub Krehel (pass)

Full page: https://stackskills.dev/library/what-are-oklch-colors