Terms of Use

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These Terms of Use govern your access to and use of Color Helper (the "Service", "we", "us", or "our"), operated as an independent, free, browser-based color utility suite at color-helper.com. By accessing or using the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the Service.

1. The Service

Color Helper provides a collection of free, browser-based color tools, including but not limited to: a color picker, image color picker, color format converter, palette generator, contrast checker, gradient generator, color encyclopedia, and educational guides.

The Service is provided free of charge. All color processing happens client-side in your browser. We do not require you to create an account to use the tools.

2. Acceptable Use

You agree not to:

  • Use the Service for any unlawful purpose or in violation of any applicable laws.
  • Attempt to interfere with, disrupt, or compromise the integrity or security of the Service.
  • Use automated systems (bots, scrapers, crawlers) to access the Service at a rate that exceeds reasonable human use, or to extract content for the purpose of training commercial machine-learning models without our prior written consent.
  • Republish or commercially exploit content extracted from the Service (such as color definitions or encyclopedia entries) without attribution.
  • Misrepresent the source or ownership of content derived from the Service.

3. Intellectual Property

The source code of Color Helper's tooling is published on GitHub under the repository's specified license. The color encyclopedia content (color names, hex values, descriptions) is derived from the W3C CSS Color Module Level 4 specification, which is a public standard.

The site's branding, layout, and tool implementations are owned by the Color Helper project. You may link to Color Helper and use the tools for personal or commercial work (e.g., picking colors for your own designs). You may not republish the website's content as your own.

4. Third-Party Services and Ads

The Service displays advertisements served by Google AdSense. These ads are provided by third parties and are not endorsements by us. We do not control the content of third-party ads. Clicking an ad will take you to the advertiser's site, which is governed by that party's own terms and privacy policy.

We use Cloudflare Pages for hosting, and may use search-engine submission services (such as IndexNow). See our Privacy Policy for details on each provider.

5. Disclaimer of Warranties

The Service is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, or accuracy of results.

We do our best to ensure color conversions and contrast calculations match established standards (W3C CSS Color Module, WCAG 2.1/2.2), but we cannot guarantee that the output of the tools is always error-free. Always verify critical color values against the relevant specification.

6. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Color Helper and its operators shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including but not limited to loss of profits, data, goodwill, or other intangible losses, resulting from your access to or use of the Service.

7. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Last updated" date. Material changes will be communicated via a notice on the website. Your continued use of the Service after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

8. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws applicable to the operator of Color Helper, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles. If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect.

9. Contact

If you have questions about these Terms, please reach out via our contact page or email hello@color-helper.com.