Minecraft Java Edition 1.21.6+
Locator Bar Color Checker
Minecraft decides your marker color from your account UUID and never tells you what it is. Type a username or a UUID and get the exact hex.
Your marker on the bar
On-screen color
#000000
rgb(0, 0, 0)
The pixel color drawn on the bar. Use this one to match a marker you can see.
Raw color
#000000
rgb(0, 0, 0)
Straight out of the UUID, before the game touches it. Useful when you are checking the maths.
Why two colors? Java turns your UUID into a number and takes the last three bytes of it — that is the raw color. Before drawing the marker it forces the brightness up to a fixed level, so no player is ever a nearly-black dot. That brightened version is what you see.
- Player
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- UUID
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The color follows the UUID, not the name. Renaming your account does not change your marker. Bedrock rolls a new color every session, so this tool does not apply there.
Java Edition only. Bedrock picks a new color for every session, so no tool can predict it.
How Minecraft picks the color
Four steps, all of them fixed. Nothing here is random, which is why the same account always gets the same marker.
- 1
Start from the UUID
Every Java account has a 128-bit UUID. It is set when the account is made and never changes, even if you rename.
- 2
Fold it into one number
Java squashes those 128 bits into a single 32-bit number by combining the two halves. This is the account's hash code.
- 3
Take the last three bytes
The bottom 24 bits of that number are read as red, green and blue. That is the raw color shown above.
- 4
Brighten it, then draw it
Before painting the marker the game forces the brightness to a fixed high level, so nobody ends up as a near-black dot. That is the on-screen color.
How to change your Locator Bar color
You cannot pick a different UUID, but you can override what the bar draws. This needs cheats or operator permission, and it is Java only — Bedrock has no /waypoint command.
Set one exact color
/waypoint modify @s color hex FF0000 Six hex digits, no # sign. Swap @s for a player name to change someone else.
Use a named color
/waypoint modify @s color red The same 16 names chat colors use.
Go back to the UUID color
/waypoint modify @s color reset Drops the override. The color from this checker comes back.
Color a whole team at once
/team modify <team> color red A scoreboard team color also overrides the UUID color.
If the command is rejected, you are either not opped, on a build older than 1.21.6, or not in Java Edition.
Second tool
Just need the UUID?
The UUID lookup returns the dashed and undashed forms plus the int-array version commands expect. No color involved.
Locator Bar guides
Browse allTurning the bar off, hiding from it, how far it reaches, and what Bedrock does differently.
Turn Off the Locator Bar in Minecraft Java
Use the locator_bar or locatorBar gamerule to hide the Java Edition player strip. The name changed in 1.21.11, and the old name fails if you type it on a new build.
What the Minecraft Locator Bar Is and How to Turn It On
The Locator Bar is the multiplayer strip that replaces the XP bar and points at other players. Here is how to enable it on Java and how to read the icons.
How to Hide from the Locator Bar
Sneak, wear a mob head or carved pumpkin, or use Invisibility to drop off other players' Locator Bars. Spectator is only visible to other spectators.
Locator Bar on Minecraft Bedrock
Bedrock now calls this Player waypoints. Marker colors are random each session, so a Java UUID color tool cannot predict them.
How Far the Locator Bar Reaches
Java players start with a 60,000,000-block transmit and receive range. Icon shape changes at 179, 230, and 281 blocks. A receive range of zero shows nothing.
Locator Bar Mods and Texture Packs
Vanilla Java already has a Locator Bar. Mods and texture packs only replace sprites or add extra trackers. They do not change a player's UUID color.
Turn Off Player Waypoints on Minecraft Bedrock
Bedrock no longer calls this a locator bar in current builds. Switch Player waypoints to Off, or set the playerWaypoints rule. Java gamerule names do not work here.
Turn Off the Locator Bar on a Server
A hosted Java world needs operator or console access. Paste the version-correct gamerule in the host console. Client chat fails if you are not OP.
Locator Bar color questions
The five things people ask most about marker colors.
What color is my Locator Bar marker in Minecraft?
It comes from your account UUID, not your name or your skin. Type your username above and the checker returns the exact hex: the raw value taken from the UUID, and the brightened value the game actually draws on the bar.
Why does the hex here look slightly different from my screenshot?
Two reasons. The bar is drawn slightly see-through over whatever is behind it, and screenshots are usually compressed. Compare against the on-screen color, not the raw one, and sample a pixel from the middle of the marker.
Does changing my Minecraft username change my marker color?
No. The color is derived from your UUID, and a rename does not touch the UUID. The only ways to change what is drawn are a scoreboard team color or the /waypoint command.
Can I check a Bedrock player's Locator Bar color?
No, and no other tool can either. Bedrock assigns marker colors randomly at the start of each session, so there is nothing stable to calculate from. This checker is Java Edition only.
Can two players get the same Locator Bar color?
The raw value has about 16.7 million possibilities, so an exact match is unlikely on a normal server. Looking alike is much more common: the game pushes every marker to the same brightness, which pulls similar shades even closer together.
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