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About HEXACO Lab

A free, anonymous personality testing platform based on peer-reviewed research. 64 types, 6 dimensions, 18 languages.

Why We Built This

The HEXACO model measures six continuous dimensions of personality — including Honesty-Humility, which most popular frameworks miss entirely. Developed by Kibeom Lee and Michael C. Ashton through cross-cultural lexical research, it produces 64 distinct types instead of the usual 16.

We built HEXACO Lab to make this research accessible — free, anonymous, and available in 18 languages.

The Science

Our personality test uses the IPIP-HEXACO (International Personality Item Pool) — a public domain resource for personality measurement. The six dimensions are:

Honesty-HumilityEmotionalityExtraversionAgreeablenessConscientiousnessOpenness

Our Brain Type test is based on Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligence Theory (Frames of Mind, 1983) — identifying your dominant intelligence among eight types.

For a deeper dive, visit the Learn page. Learn →

Key References

Lee, K., & Ashton, M. C. (2004). Psychometric properties of the HEXACO Personality Inventory. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 39(2), 329–358. DOI

Ashton, M. C., & Lee, K. (2007). Empirical, theoretical, and practical advantages of the HEXACO model. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 11(2), 150–166. DOI

Gardner, H. (1983). Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences. Basic Books.

Our Principles

Free forever

No paywalls, no premium tiers, no "unlock your full report" upsells.

Privacy-first

No accounts required, no personally identifiable information collected.

Open science

Built on public domain research and peer-reviewed models.

18 languages

Personality is universal. Testing shouldn't be limited by language.

Contact

General inquiries: hello@hexacolab.com

Privacy: privacy@hexacolab.com

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