# CSS Color Highlighter

> Highlights all CSS colors with smart parsing

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/css-color-highlighter](https://chrome-stats.com/d/css-color-highlighter)

## Overview

- **ID:** `css-color-highlighter`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Avasay Sayava
- **Category:** appearance
- **Version:** 2.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-03
- **First published:** 2026-03-31
- **Size:** 16 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/css-color-highlighter/)

## Description

OPTIONS
<ul><li>highlight (like in preview image)</li><li>hover (hover with mouse to show color)</li></ul>
USAGE
<ul><li>You can add inclusion, exclusion regexes.</li><li>Access settings/options by clicking the extension's icon in the extensions menu/top bar if pinned.</li></ul>

## Rankings

- #138,460 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `activeTab`
- `<all_urls>`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/css-color-highlighter)