Color Palette Extractor
Upload any image and instantly extract a beautiful color palette. Get HEX, RGB and HSL values, copy as CSS variables, or download as PNG.
Drop an image here or click to browse
Supports JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, AVIF
About Color Palette Extractor
Color is one of the most powerful elements of visual identity. Matching exact brand colors, building a cohesive design palette from a reference image, or identifying the precise hex values of colors in a photograph are all common design tasks that require accurate color extraction tools.
Our Color Palette Extractor analyzes any uploaded image using a color quantization algorithm that identifies the most visually dominant and perceptually distinct colors. The result is a clean palette of swatches, each showing the HEX, RGB, and HSL values of the extracted color. Click any swatch to copy its HEX value to your clipboard instantly. All extraction runs in your browser via Canvas API — no image is uploaded to a server.
The tool is particularly useful for brand work, mood boards, and design-to-code workflows. Upload a brand logo to extract its exact color values, analyze a reference photograph to build a complementary palette for a UI project, or check what colors dominate a competitor's visual identity. The extracted palette gives you the raw color data to bring any visual inspiration into your design system.
How to Use Color Palette Extractor
- 1Click "Upload Image" and select a photo, logo, screenshot, or any image file from your device.
- 2The tool automatically analyzes the image and displays the dominant color palette.
- 3Click any color swatch to copy its HEX value directly to your clipboard.
- 4Switch between HEX, RGB, and HSL formats using the format selector above the palette.
- 5Adjust the number of colors in the palette using the slider to get more or fewer swatches.
Use Cases
- →Extract brand colors from a company logo to build a design system color palette
- →Build a cohesive color scheme from a reference photograph for a website or app UI
- →Identify the exact hex values of colors you see in a screenshot but cannot select
- →Generate a moodboard color palette from inspirational imagery
- →Check the color composition of a competitor's visual identity for analysis
- →Pull accent colors from a product photo to use in surrounding UI elements
Tips
- ✓Higher-resolution images produce more accurate and perceptually distinct color extraction
- ✓Click any color swatch to copy its HEX value to your clipboard in a single click
- ✓Increase the palette size to 8–12 colors for richer palettes from complex, colorful images
- ✓Works best with images that have clear, distinct color regions rather than heavily blended gradients
- ✓Use alongside the CSS Gradient Generator to create gradients inspired by extracted palette colors
- ✓For product photos, extracting 4–6 colors usually captures all the dominant tones accurately
Frequently Asked Questions
You can extract between 2 and 24 colors from any image. Use the slider to choose the exact number that works for your project.
The extractor supports JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, and AVIF. Just drag and drop your image or click to browse — no conversion needed.
No. All processing happens entirely in your browser using the Canvas API. Your images never leave your device.
Dominant mode returns the most frequently occurring colors in the image. Vibrant mode reorders the same palette to show the most saturated (colorful) colors first.
The colors themselves are not protected by copyright. You can use any extracted color values freely in personal or commercial projects.
Click "Copy HEX" on any individual color card, then paste it directly into Figma's color picker or any design tool that accepts HEX values.