Digital files should be converted to CMYK before sending to printers, unless otherwise specified. Graphic designers have to deal with the issue of seeing their work on screen in RGB, although their final printed piece will be in CMYK. These colors, however, can only be viewed with natural or produced light, such as in the computer monitor, and not on a printed page. The RGB color model (made up of red, green and blue) is used in your computer monitor, and is what you will view your projects in while still on screen. To understand it, it is best to start with RGB color. The CMYK color model is used in the printing process. We can calculate it from the red, green and blue colors,

The other three colors(cyan, magenta, yellow) can be calculated. The black key(K) color could be many result, This ratio will be used in the calculation. We divided them by 255 to become the number of 0~1, The max number of R, G, B values are 255, first of all, The blue color(B) is calculated from the yellow(Y) and black(K) colors.īelow is the formula of CMYK to RGB convertion The green color(G) is calculated from the magenta(M) and black(K) colors,

The red color(R) is calculated from the cyan(C) and black(K) colors, The Red, Green, Blue values are given in the range of 0.255, Our color code converter will show results interactively.To convert HEX to RGB, input codes to HEX area.To convert HEX to CMYK, input your HEX color codes to HEX area, for example, #3b5376.To convert RGB to HEX, input codes to RGB area.To convert RGB to CMYK, input your RGB color codes to RGB area, for example, rgb(30, 100, 220).To convert CMYK to HEX, input codes to CMYK area.To convert CMYK to RGB, input your CMYK color codes to CMYK area, for example, cmyk(100%, 0%, 33%, 40%).Input your color codes in any one color model area, CMYK, RGB or HEX.Supports three color models, CMYK, RGB and HEX, they can be converted to each other.

This is a free online color code converter, transform a color hue to another color model, Would you like to convert the CMYK color to a RGB model ?

Rgb to cmyk conversion formula