Photoshop using a different color than the stated

Question

I'm not sure if it's a bug or a setting in my computer, but as shown in the image, when checking with the Windows PowerToys color picker it says it is a different color than the one selected. I was able to confirm this by the difference in color showing on the website where the pictures were published, the difference is very subtle but it is there. The BG color of the website is fefaf0 and the image is still fffdf2 or 3.

Any ideas on what could be happening here?

daasaced · Accepted Answer

How could I translate this into actions to get the right colors on the website?

Thanks for all the replies and masterclass on color management!

For other users having the same problem, I solved it by changing the color settings (Edit>Color Settings) to North America Web/Internet. Make sure that in the Color Management Policies, RGB is set to Convert to Working RGB.
This won't show any effect if you have your image opened.
Make a copy of your file and when you try to open it again in PS it will ask you to convert it.

That's what worked for me. Now the color picked in PS matches the BG (checked with the color picker, I haven't uploaded it yet.)

TheDigitalDog · Answer

The "other" application must be color managed and the data tagged in a color space if you expect to see it match Photoshop which is color managed. Photoshop is correct.

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