Convert Colors from RGB to HSV in R Programming - rgb2hsv() Function

Last Updated : 15 Jul, 2025
rgb2hsv() function in R Language is used to transform colors from RGB space(red / green / blue) into HSV space(hue / saturation / value).
Syntax: rgb2hsv(r, g, b) Parameters: r: vector of ‘red’ values. g: vector of ‘green’ values, or NULL when r is a matrix. b: vector of ‘blue’ values, or NULL when r is a matrix.
Example 1: Python3 
# R program to illustrate
# rgb2hsv function

# Calling the col2rgb() function to
# get color in rgb
rgb = col2rgb("# 08a0ff")

# Calling the rgb2hsv() function to
# convert the RGB values in the 
# colormap to HSV
rgb2hsv(rgb)
Output: 
       [, 1]
h 0.5641026
s 0.9686275
v 1.0000000
Example 2: Python3 
# R program to illustrate
# rgb2hsv function

# Calling the rgb2hsv() function
rgb2hsv(60, 120, 180)
Output: 
       [, 1]
h 0.5833333
s 0.6666667
v 0.7058824
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