Adobe Illustrator Exporting Colours wrong to SVG and PNG

[jfetzer1]

Hey all,

I've been searching for some way to fix this issue as it's been causing huge workarounds for me but basically in illustrator my PNG and SVG are exporting with dull, almost CMYK like colors. From the same file I can export to JPEG just fine but the other file types I'm having issues. I've tried everything, document settings are set to RGB, tried creating new documents in different ways, from web, from mobile, etc., the color palette I'm using is RGB created for web, the assigned color in the workspace is Adobe 1998, etc. It's been a problem that's been happening for a while so any support would be greatly appreciated! 

[Ton Frederiks · Accepted solution]

Try to use sRGB as your working space, Adobe RGB (1998) is not meant for web use.

[Eugenio.NYC · Accepted solution]

Hi

First double check your AI document is RGB, second add a HEX color to the shape and then export the PNG

if you esport the SVG, you can open and see the code, loog for the HEX code like 

"fill="#ed1c24" and double check is the same color of the PNG

LMK

[Jessiah5FCD]

I'm having the same issue, even though my AI file is in RGB and the assigned profile is sRGB. My exported files (PNG, SVG, JPG) look much less vibrant than they do in Illustrator, yet the HEX code is the same in Illustrator as in the exported file. If I take a screenshot of my Illustrator artboard, it retains the higher vibrancy colours, but if I export it, the colours go less vibrant. It's as if the artboard is showing colours in a wider gamut than the assigned profile (sRGB).

Why would my AI file be showing colours more vibrantly/differently than when the colours are exported (same HEX colour)? It seems like no matter which colours I choose, they export less vibrant (or show more vibrant than they should in AI).

[Ton Frederiks]

Can you check if your document color profile is also sRGB?

[Jessiah5FCD]

Yes it is.

[Ton Frederiks]

If you bring a jpeg export back into Illustrator do you see a difference?

[Jessiah5FCD]

Suddenly my document colours now look like my exported files. There was an app update (version 26.1), but I didn't see anything in the release notes about fixing a colour or display bug *shrug* Thanks for your help, I'll post if I see it happening again.