Color Palette Extractor

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Extract dominant colors and beautiful palettes from any image. Click swatches to copy hex codes. Perfect for design inspiration.

Presets:
Number of Palette Colors:

Drag & drop your photo or artwork here

Extracts high-resolution color swatches, assesses WCAG contrast, and calculates harmonies.

PNG, JPG, WEBP • 100% Client-Side

Precision Color Extraction

Extracts dominant hues and a balanced color palette (4 to 12 colors) using advanced median-cut quantization directly in your browser.

Interactive Loupe Eyedropper

Hover over any photo with a magnified loupe crosshair to sample exact individual pixel colors, or use the browser EyeDropper API.

WCAG 2.1 Accessibility & Harmonies

Audits contrast ratios against white and black for WCAG AA/AAA text legibility, and generates Complementary, Analogous, and Triadic harmonies.

Frequently Asked Questions

How does the Color Palette Extractor extract colors from photos?
It uses client-side canvas sampling and median-cut color quantization algorithms to identify the most prominent, dominant hues across your image, clustering them into a harmonious 4-to-12-color palette.
Are my uploaded images sent to an external server or AI cloud?
No. All image decoding, color extraction, and pixel loupe magnification happen 100% locally in your browser memory. Your images never leave your device.
Can I sample individual pixel colors directly from the image?
Yes. You can hover with the built-in magnifying loupe crosshair or activate the native browser EyeDropper API to sample exact hexadecimal color codes anywhere on your image.
What color export formats are supported?
You can copy colors as HEX, RGB, HSL, CSS variables, or Tailwind CSS color tokens with a single click.
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