How do I install Color Wheel?

Color Wheel is part of Charcoal UI Pro. Add the @charcoal registry to components.json with your access token, then run npx shadcn@latest add @charcoal/color-wheel. It copies color-wheel.tsx into components/ui and installs motion, clsx, tailwind-merge.

Is Color Wheel free for commercial use?

Color Wheel needs a Charcoal UI Pro seat, monthly or a one-time lifetime price. A seat covers unlimited personal and commercial projects, including client work, and every future Pro component.

Does Color Wheel work with Next.js?

Yes. It is a client component for React 19 styled with Tailwind CSS 4, so it works in the Next.js App Router and Pages Router, Vite, Remix and Astro.

Can an AI coding agent install Color Wheel?

Yes. Connect the Charcoal UI MCP server (https://charcoalui.com/mcp) to Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client; get_component returns Color Wheel's props and get_install_command returns the exact command.

Color Wheel

A hue ring with a draggable handle and a saturation and lightness square inside it, both keyboard adjustable, with a live swatch and hex readout. One conic gradient and two linear ones; no canvas.

Category: Inputs
Licence: Charcoal UI Pro
Built with: React 19, Tailwind CSS 4, Motion
Dependencies: motion, clsx, tailwind-merge

Examples

Color Wheel

API reference

Prop	Type	Default	Description
`value`	`string`	—	Hex colour.
`defaultValue`	`string`	`"#0285f7"`
`onValueChange`	`(hex: string) => void`	—
`size`	`number`	`220`
`label`	`string`	`"Colour"`
`className`	`string`	—

About Color Wheel

Color Wheel is a full colour picker: drag around the hue ring, then pick saturation and lightness in the square inside it, with a live swatch and hex readout. Both parts work from the keyboard.

Color Wheel is an input component for React 19, styled with Tailwind CSS 4 and animated with Motion. It drops into Next.js, Vite, Remix or Astro through the shadcn CLI as a single file you own.

When to use Color Wheel

Brand and theme editors.
Design and drawing tools.
Customizing product colours.
Developer tools that output colour codes.

How it works

The ring is one conic gradient masked to a ring, and the square is two layered gradients, so there is no canvas to redraw. Both handles are slider roles, and the value is converted between HSL and hex on every change.

It is a real form control: it has an accessible name, works with the keyboard alone, shows a visible focus ring and announces its state to screen readers. With prefers-reduced-motion on, it holds still or settles instantly instead of animating.

Customizing Color Wheel

Every prop is documented in the API reference above with its type and default. The ones you will reach for first are listed here.

The Customize panel next to the preview lets you change size live, and the Code tab updates to match, so the snippet you copy already carries your values.

value (string): Hex colour.
defaultValue (string, default "#0285f7").
size (number, default 220).
label (string, default "Colour").

Goes well with Color Wheel

These inputs pieces share its tokens and motion language, so they sit together on one page without clashing.

Magnetic: Make any React element lean toward the pointer and spring home: a magnetic hover in one wrapper
Color Picker: An animated React swatch colour picker with a ring that glides to the selection
Rating: An animated React star rating with hover preview and a ripple of popping stars
File Dropzone: An animated React file dropzone that lifts on hover and lists uploads with progress
Like Button: An animated React like button: the heart pops, sparks burst and the count rolls

Install Color Wheel

npx shadcn@latest add @charcoal/color-wheel

Color Wheel is part of Charcoal UI Pro. One seat unlocks all 300 Pro components, 107 landing-page sections and 100 full templates, for every personal and client project, with updates included. Add the @charcoal registry once with your access token, then the command above copies color-wheel.tsx into components/ui and installs clsx, tailwind-merge.

You own the file you install: no runtime package, no lock-in, nothing to keep in sync. Change it however your product needs.

See Charcoal UI Pro pricing · Pro setup

Frequently asked questions

How do I install Color Wheel?: Color Wheel is part of Charcoal UI Pro. Add the @charcoal registry to components.json with your access token, then run npx shadcn@latest add @charcoal/color-wheel. It copies color-wheel.tsx into components/ui and installs motion, clsx, tailwind-merge.
Is Color Wheel free for commercial use?: Color Wheel needs a Charcoal UI Pro seat, monthly or a one-time lifetime price. A seat covers unlimited personal and commercial projects, including client work, and every future Pro component.
Does Color Wheel work with Next.js?: Yes. It is a client component for React 19 styled with Tailwind CSS 4, so it works in the Next.js App Router and Pages Router, Vite, Remix and Astro.
Can an AI coding agent install Color Wheel?: Yes. Connect the Charcoal UI MCP server (https://charcoalui.com/mcp) to Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client; get_component returns Color Wheel's props and get_install_command returns the exact command.

Color Wheel as Markdown · llms.txt