Name Hex Colors in Google Sheets & Excel

What this pulls

Turn hex codes into readable color names. Returns the nearest named colors down a column — Sheets or Excel.

It's one of 250+ live sources you reach with a single =VERVE() function — served from APIVerve's production data engine, billed at 1 credit per resolved cell, and refreshed on whatever cadence you set. No API keys to wrangle, no scripts, no exports.

See it in a cell

A real example — the input you type, and the values you can pull from it. Click any cell to see the formula behind it.

colornamefinder.xlsxsample data

B2fx=VERVE("colornamefinder", A2, "field", "input_hex")

Hex

Input hex

Input rgb › R

Input rgb › G

Input rgb › B

FF5733

#FF5733

255

click any cell to see its formula1 credit / cell

Ways to use it

Look up facts in the grid

Fill =VERVE("colornamefinder", "FF5733", "field", "input_hex") beside your keys and pull the reference value for each into its own cell — one trusted lookup per row.

Standardize a dataset

Replace hand-maintained lookup tables with a live one so your reference values never drift out of date.

Join to your data

Use Name Hex Colors's output as a lookup column your other formulas can VLOOKUP or reference directly.

Use it in your sheet

The same function works in both apps — install once, sign in with your key, and type it into any cell.

Google SheetsAdd-on

Install from the Workspace Marketplace, then drop the formula into a cell. Autocomplete suggests the source and its fields.

=VERVE("colornamefinder", "FF5733", "field", "input_hex")

Microsoft ExcelAdd-in

Same source, same arguments, same key — in Excel on desktop, the web, or mobile. Excel namespaces it as VERVE.CALL. Drag to fill a whole column.

=VERVE.CALL("colornamefinder", "FF5733", "field", "input_hex")

Optional inputs

Tune the result by adding name=value before the field argument — in any order. Leave one out and its default applies.

closestPremium
Number of closest color matches to return
=VERVE("colornamefinder", "FF5733", "closest", "3")

Fields you can pull

Add a field name as the last argument to land just that value in the cell.

Input hex
=VERVE("colornamefinder", "FF5733", "field", "input_hex")
Input rgb
=VERVE("colornamefinder", "FF5733", "field", "input_rgb")
Input rgb › R
=VERVE("colornamefinder", "FF5733", "field", "input_rgb.r")
Input rgb › G
=VERVE("colornamefinder", "FF5733", "field", "input_rgb.g")
Input rgb › B
=VERVE("colornamefinder", "FF5733", "field", "input_rgb.b")
Exact match
=VERVE("colornamefinder", "FF5733", "field", "exact_match")
Closest color
=VERVE("colornamefinder", "FF5733", "field", "closest_color")
Closest color › Name
=VERVE("colornamefinder", "FF5733", "field", "closest_color.name")
Closest color › Hex
=VERVE("colornamefinder", "FF5733", "field", "closest_color.hex")
Closest color › DistancePremium
=VERVE("colornamefinder", "FF5733", "field", "closest_color.distance")
Closest color › SimilarityPremium
=VERVE("colornamefinder", "FF5733", "field", "closest_color.similarity")
Closest color › Rgb
=VERVE("colornamefinder", "FF5733", "field", "closest_color.rgb")

Premium marks data included on paid plans. On the Free plan a marked field is withheld and a marked input is ignored — either way the cell reads #PREMIUM(name) instead of a value, so a gated answer can never be mistaken for a real one. Everything unmarked works on every plan. Compare plans

Name Hex Colors, answered

Everything you need to wire it into a sheet.

How do I pull Name Hex Colors into Google Sheets?

Install the VerveSheets add-on, sign in once with your key, and type =VERVE("colornamefinder", "FF5733", "field", "input_hex") into any cell. The "field" argument names the value you want back, so the cell resolves to a single number or string you can chart, sort, or feed into another formula.

What data can I pull from Name Hex Colors?

Name Hex Colors returns input_hex, input_rgb, input_rgb.r, input_rgb.g and input_rgb.b, plus 5 more — name any one of them as the "field" argument and that value lands in the cell. Leave the field out and the whole record spills into a two-column table instead.

Can I narrow what Name Hex Colors returns?

Yes — Name Hex Colors takes "closest" as optional inputs. They go in as "name", value pairs after the required ones, in any order, so =VERVE("colornamefinder", "FF5733", "closest", "3") shapes the result without changing anything else.

Which Name Hex Colors fields need a paid plan?

closest_color.distance and closest_color.similarity are included from the Starter plan up. On the Free plan the cell returns #PREMIUM(field) rather than a wrong or empty value, so it's always obvious which one to upgrade for. Every other field works on Free.

Can I fill a whole column of Name Hex Colors at once?

Yes. Put your hex values down a column and point the formula at the range — A2:A50 instead of A2 — and one call returns a value for every row. Dragging the formula down works too, but the range form is a single billed call per column rather than one per cell.

How many credits does each Name Hex Colors cell cost?

Each resolved cell costs 1 credit. A cell only re-bills when it actually refreshes, so a sheet you aren't touching doesn't keep charging.

Does Name Hex Colors work in Excel as well as Google Sheets?

Yes — same arguments, same key, same fields. Excel namespaces custom functions, so the call is =VERVE.CALL() there and =VERVE() in Google Sheets; nothing else about it changes.

Name Hex Colors

Look up facts in the grid

Standardize a dataset

Join to your data

Name Hex Colors, answered

Put Name Hex Colors in your next spreadsheet. Add the extension, paste the formula, and the cell keeps itself current.

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