Converting ProPhoto RGB to sRGB changes color hex codes

Hi

Can you explain please, why would you work in ProPhoto on a file destined for web?

converting a filke to another colour space always changes the colour definitions. That’s intended.

Why not work in sRGB throughout and add your hex colours, that’s all you need to do.

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neil barstow, colourmanagement.net :: adobe forum volunteer

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Of course it does. If the value were the same it wouldn't be a conversion. This is expected, so you need to retrain so you expect it too...

Yes, and it's supposed to. This what a color space is and what it does.

Numbers are color space specific, whether hex or RGB. The numbers are remapped/recalculated when converted from one color space to another, in order to maintain the same color appearance. That's the key, those five words.

If you assign a different profile but keep the same numbers, the color will change. It's a different color space with entirely different coordinates.

All this is no big deal as long as you only work in sRGB. Without color management that's what you have to do. The instant you start working with other color spaces, you need full color management. And then you learn that numbers are relative.