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Color Name Finder Skill

Find closest named color from hex value

OperationalCredits 2 per callp50 368msReference Data

Overview

Color Name Finder works by calculating the color distance between the input hex color and all CSS/HTML named colors, ranking them by similarity and providing multiple closest matches with detailed color information.

Live Test Color Name Finder Skill Skill →

The tool

Once your client is connected to the VerveKit server, this appears in its tool list as ColorNameFinderSkill. It is read-only and open-world — it fetches and never mutates anything on your side — so most clients call it without asking you to confirm.

Tool call
{
  "name": "ColorNameFinderSkill",
  "arguments": {
    "hex": "FF5733"
  }
}

You do not name the tool yourself; the model picks it. Asking about FF5733 in the terms this skill covers is enough for it to reach for ColorNameFinderSkill on its own — naming it explicitly also works, and is the way to force the call.

Connecting

One server URL covers every skill in the catalog, including this one. Authorization is OAuth: the client opens a browser once, and there is no key to paste into a config file.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vervekit": {
      "url": "https://api.vervekit.com/v1/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Per-client setup — Claude, Cursor, VS Code, ChatGPT — is on the MCP setup page.

Arguments

These are the properties on the tool's inputSchema, so a well-behaved client validates them before the call is made. Premium arguments are accepted on every plan but only take effect on plans that include them.

ArgumentTypeDescription
hexRequiredstringHex color value (with or without # prefix)
hexColor
closestOptionalPremiumintegerNumber of closest color matches to return
default 1 · range 1–20

What the model gets back

The result carries a structuredContent object matching the tool's declared outputSchema, so a client reads fields without parsing prose. status is "ok" and error is null on success; a null field means the value was not available for that input, not that the call failed.

Result
{
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "data": {
    "input_hex": "#FF5733",
    "input_rgb": {
      "r": 255,
      "g": 87,
      "b": 51
    },
    "exact_match": false,
    "closest_color": {
      "name": "Tomato",
      "hex": "FF6347",
      "distance": 23.32,
      "similarity": 94.72,
      "rgb": {
        "r": 255,
        "g": 99,
        "b": 71
      }
    },
    "closest_matches": [
      {
        "name": "Tomato",
        "hex": "FF6347",
        "distance": 23.32,
        "similarity": 94.72,
        "rgb": {
          "r": 255,
          "g": 99,
          "b": 71
        }
      },
      {
        "name": "Coral",
        "hex": "FF7F50",
        "distance": 49.41,
        "similarity": 88.81,
        "rgb": {
          "r": 255,
          "g": 127,
          "b": 80
        }
      },
      {
        "name": "Chocolate",
        "hex": "D2691E",
        "distance": 52.82,
        "similarity": 88.04,
        "rgb": {
          "r": 210,
          "g": 105,
          "b": 30
        }
      }
    ],
    "total_named_colors": 141
  }
}

Response fields

Paths are relative to data. Premium fields are absent rather than zeroed on plans that do not include them, so check for presence instead of comparing to 0.

FieldTypeExampleDescription
input_hexstring#FF5733The hex color value provided as input
input_rgbobject{…}RGB color values decomposed from input hex
input_rgb.rnumber255Red component value from input
input_rgb.gnumber87Green component value from input
input_rgb.bnumber51Blue component value from input
exact_matchbooleanfalseWhether the input matches a named color exactly
closest_colorobject{…}Best matching named color with distance metrics
closest_color.namestringTomatoName of the closest matching color
closest_color.hexstringFF6347Hex code of the closest matching color
closest_color.distancePremiumnumber23.32Euclidean distance metric in RGB space
closest_color.similarityPremiumnumber94.72Similarity percentage of closest match
closest_color.rgbobject{…}RGB values of the closest matching color
closest_color.rgb.rnumber255Red component of closest color
closest_color.rgb.gnumber99Green component of closest color
closest_color.rgb.bnumber71Blue component of closest color
closest_matchesPremiumarray[3]Array of top matching colors with metrics
closest_matches.0.namePremiumstringTomatoName of matched color in results
closest_matches.0.hexPremiumstringFF6347Hex code of matched color result
closest_matches.0.distancePremiumnumber23.32Color distance metric for match result
closest_matches.0.similarityPremiumnumber94.72Similarity percentage for match result
closest_matches.0.rgbPremiumobject{…}RGB values of matched color result
closest_matches.0.rgb.rPremiumnumber255Red component of result match
closest_matches.0.rgb.gPremiumnumber99Green component of result match
closest_matches.0.rgb.bPremiumnumber71Blue component of result match
total_named_colorsnumber141Total count of available named colors

Failure modes

Errors come back as tool errors carrying a sentence the model can act on, not a bare status code. Error handling covers the full list.

StatusWhat it means
400 / 422The arguments did not validate. The message names the offending one.
401The OAuth session is invalid or expired — reconnect the server.
403Blocked by a key restriction or an IP allow-list. Never a bad identity.
404This skill is not part of VerveKit. Check the catalog.
429Out of credits, or a brief rate limit. The message tells them apart.

A call costs 2 credits each time the tool actually runs; a model that reasons about the tool without calling it costs nothing.

Use cases

Design Tools
Identify and name colors in design applications and color pickers
Accessibility
Convert hex colors to named colors for better communication and documentation
Web Development
Find CSS color names for hex values to improve code readability
Color Analysis
Analyze and categorize colors in images and designs with standard color names

Other ways to use Color Name Finder Skill

Set up Color Name Finder Skill on VerveKit, or reach the same source a different way. Your VerveKit account and credits work on all of them — one key, one balance.

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