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Saturation

Use the saturation transformation to increase or reduce color intensity in a delivered image variant.

Overview​

Saturation is useful for making generated images feel consistent, making thumbnails more vivid, or reducing color intensity in UI backgrounds and content previews.

Syntax​

FieldValue
Canonical parametersaturation
Aliassa
Accepted valuesNumber 0.01 through 10

Example​

https://cdn.imgwire.dev/{organization_id}/{environment_id}/{image_id}?saturation=1.7
image.url({
  saturation: 1.7,
  format: 'auto',
  quality: 'auto',
});
imgwire images url img_123 --saturation 1.7 --format auto --quality auto

Before and after​

Demo image with increased saturation
Original transformation demo image

Best practices​

  • Use small saturation changes for natural photos.
  • Use stronger values for intentionally stylized generated images or marketing assets.
  • Use Monochrome when you want to remove color entirely.

Common mistakes​

  • Oversaturating skin, skies, or product colors until they look inaccurate.
  • Applying one saturation value to all content types.
  • Using saturation when a brand-specific Duotone treatment would be clearer.

Last updated at: May 9, 2026