---
title: 'Liquid objects: color'
description: >-
A color from a [`color`
setting](/themes/architecture/settings/input-settings#color).
source_url:
html: 'https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/objects/color'
md: 'https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/objects/color.md'
api_name: liquid
---
# color
A color from a [`color` setting](https://shopify.dev/themes/architecture/settings/input-settings#color).
***
**Tip:** Use \color filters\ to modify or extract properties of a \color\ object.
***
## Properties
* * **alpha**
[number](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/basics#number)
* The alpha component of the color, which is a decimal number between 0.0 and 1.0.
* **blue**
[number](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/basics#number)
* The blue component of the color, which is a number between 0 and 255.
* **chroma**
[number](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/basics#number)
* The chroma component of the color, which is a decimal number between 0.0 and 0.5.
* **color\_​space**
[string](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/basics#string)
* The color space of the color. Returns 'srgb' or 'oklch'
* **green**
[number](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/basics#number)
* The green component of the color, which is a number between 0 and 255.
* **hue**
[number](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/basics#number)
* The hue component of the color, which is a number between 0 and 360.
* **lightness**
[number](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/basics#number)
* The lightness component of the color, which is a number between 0 and 100.
* **oklch**
[string](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/basics#string)
* The lightness, chroma, and hue values of the color, represented as a space-separated string.
* **oklcha**
[string](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/basics#string)
* The lightness, chroma, hue and alpha values of the color, represented as a space-separated string, with a slash before the alpha channel.
* **red**
[number](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/basics#number)
* The red component of the color, which is a number between 0 and 255.
* **rgb**
[string](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/basics#string)
* The red, green, and blue values of the color, represented as a space-separated string.
* **rgba**
[string](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/basics#string)
* The red, green, blue, and alpha values of the color, represented as a space-separated string, with a slash before the alpha channel.
* **saturation**
[number](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/basics#number)
* The saturation component of the color, which is a number between 0 and 100.
##### Example
```json
{
"alpha": 1,
"blue": 180,
"chroma": 0.16,
"color_space": "srgb",
"green": 79,
"hue": 227,
"lightness": 45,
"oklch": "47% 0.16 268",
"oklcha": "47% 0.16 268 / 1.0",
"red": 51,
"rgb": "51 79 180",
"rgba": "51 79 180 / 1.0",
"saturation": 56
}
```
### Referencing color settings directly
When a color setting is referenced directly, the hexidecimal color code is returned.
##### Code
```liquid
{{ settings.colors_accent_2 }}
```
##### Data
```json
{
"settings": {
"colors_accent_2": "#334fb4"
}
}
```
##### Output
```html
#334fb4
```