Color Palette Generator
Generate a palette from a base color, or pull the dominant colors straight out of an uploaded image.
Runs entirely in your browser, nothing is uploadedDrop an image here, or click to browse.
Build a palette in three steps
- Choose whether to generate a palette from a base color or extract one from an image.
- For generation, pick a base color and a scheme, analogous, complementary, triadic, or monochrome.
- Click any swatch to copy its hex code straight to your clipboard.
Why people use the Color Palette Generator
Everything worth knowing before you dive in.
How it helps
Picking a color palette from scratch is one of the harder parts of any design, since colors that look fine alone often clash together. This tool builds a coordinated set automatically, either from color theory rules applied to a single base color, or by sampling the actual colors already present in a photo or screenshot.
Built for real use
The four generation schemes cover the situations that come up most: analogous for a calm, closely related set, complementary for contrast, triadic for a balanced but vivid combination, and monochrome for a single hue at different lightness levels. Extraction reads pixel data directly from the image you upload and groups similar colors to surface the dominant ones.
Private by default
Every swatch shows its hex code and copies with a click, ready to paste into CSS, a design tool, or a brand guide.
Pro tip
When extracting from a photo, images with a clear focal color, like a product shot on a plain background, tend to produce a more usable palette than busy, highly detailed scenes.
Common questions
How does the image color extraction work?
The tool samples pixels from the uploaded image directly in your browser and groups similar colors to find the most common ones.
What's the difference between the schemes?
Analogous and monochrome produce calmer palettes from a narrow range of hues, while complementary and triadic introduce more contrast using colors spaced further apart on the color wheel.
Can I use these palettes commercially?
Yes, generated hex codes are just color values with no licensing restriction of any kind.