CMYK to HSV

CMYK refers to Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black. These are the primary colors used in the printing press. CMYK is a subtractive color system that absorbs colored light, which means the higher the value, the closer to black you get.

In the CMYK color code, the C, M, Y, and K are Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black values, ranging from 0 to 100 percent. You can produce over 16,000 different color combinations. The letter K is used to define black and avoid confusion with blue in the RGB color system; in CMYK, black is represented with K.

If you add Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow in equal proportion, you will still not get pure black because of the colors' impurities. Therefore, black is the key color that brings detail to the image and properly aligns the other three colors.

However, that color model is accepted worldwide. However, that color system is used at a small scale, where color accuracy is not a big issue. It is mostly used in the inject printers that are used in houses and offices.

HSV stands for Hue, Saturation, and Value, and that color model is the alternative representation of the RGB color model.

It is quite challenging to get accurate red, green, and blue values in the RGB color model to achieve the desired color. Therefore, the artists have developed a new way to define the colors: the HSV color model.

In the HSV model, H represents the Hue, which is the color portion that each color, from the six colors occupied in a color hexagon, occupies. It is defined from 0 to 360 degrees. The S stands for saturation, which is the ratio of the purity of the Hue. It ranges from 0 to 100 percent. V stands for value, which represents the brightness of the color. It ranges from 0 to 100 percent (from black to white).
The HSV model's six significant colors are Red, Yellow, Green, Cyan, Blue, and Magenta consecutively, each occupying an angle of 60 degrees.

• Red falls from the 0 and 60 degrees range in the color hexagon.
• Yellow falls from 60 and 120 degrees range in the color hexagon.
• Green falls from 120 and 180 degrees range in the color hexagon.
• Cyan falls from 180 and 240 degrees range in the color hexagon.
• Blue falls from 240 to 300 degrees range in the color hexagon.
• Magenta falls from 300 to 360 degrees range in the color hexagon.

Before using the tool, it is better to know the difference between the two-color models. The CMYK color model is used in the printing process. It is ideal for full-color brochures, flyers, posters, postcards, etc. The printers that we use in our house and office use that color model.

Compared to CMYK, HSV is the alternative representation of the RGB color model. The HSV model is more convenient to humans than the RGB model. Many graphic designers and photo editing software have an HSV color model because people find it much easier to read the HSV color values than RGB color values. HSV is also referred to as HSB (Hue, Saturation, and Brightness).

Several online tools are available that facilitate you to convert CMYK color value to HSV color value.

• Open the CMYK to HSV Color Converter Online Tool.
• Enter the CMYK color value. The C, M, Y, and K are the percent values of Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black, ranging from 0 to 100 percent.
• You can also use the "color palette" for selecting the required color.
• Click on the "Convert to HSV" button.
• It will convert the CMYK color value to the HSV color value and result in an HSV color format.
• Click on the "Copy HSV" button.
• Please paste the HSV color value to the desired location.
• In the end, a list of a wide range of commonly used colors is given—each color's name, Hex, RGB, HSV, and CMYK color codes are shown in front of it.
• The search facility is provided to find a color by its color name, hex, RGB, HSV, or CMYK color code value.

Note: You can also convert HSV color values to CMYK color values using an HSV to CMYK color converter tool.