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Free Color Palette Extractor

Extract dominant colors from any image — get HEX, RGB, HSL values and export as CSS, Tailwind, or JSON

Lightning Fast Extraction100% Private & SecureFree Online ToolNo Registration RequiredCSS & Tailwind ExportHEX, RGB & HSL Values
100% On-Device ProcessingNo Server UploadsExport to CSS, Tailwind & JSON

What Can You Do with Extracted Color Palettes?

Web & App Design

  • Generate color tokens for design systems
  • Export CSS variables or Tailwind config
  • Match website themes to brand photography
  • Create consistent UI color schemes

Branding & Identity

  • Extract exact brand colors from logos
  • Build mood boards from reference photos
  • Ensure color consistency across assets
  • Share palettes with team members

Art & Photography

  • Analyze color compositions in artwork
  • Study color palettes of famous paintings
  • Create color studies from nature photos
  • Generate palettes for digital illustrations

How It Works

1

Upload Image

Drag & drop or click to upload any image file

2

View Colors

Instantly see dominant colors in HEX, RGB, and HSL

3

Copy & Export

Copy values or export as CSS, Tailwind, JSON, or PNG

Free Online Color Palette Extractor

Our color palette extractor analyzes your image and identifies its most dominant colors using a median-cut color quantization algorithm. Whether you're a designer building a brand identity, a developer creating a design system, or an artist studying color theory, this tool gives you instant access to the colors that make up any image.

How Color Extraction Works

The median-cut algorithm works by treating every pixel in your image as a point in 3D color space (red, green, blue). It recursively divides this space along the axis with the greatest range until the desired number of color buckets is reached. Each bucket's average color becomes one entry in your palette. The result is a set of colors that accurately represents the overall color distribution of your image.

Export Formats

  • CSS Variables: Ready-to-paste custom properties for your stylesheet. Use them with var(--color-1) anywhere in your CSS.
  • Tailwind CSS Config: A theme extension snippet you can merge into your tailwind.config.js. Access colors with classes like bg-palette-1.
  • JSON: A structured data format with HEX, RGB, and HSL for each color — ideal for programmatic use, APIs, or design tool integrations.
  • PNG Image: A visual palette strip with hex labels — perfect for mood boards, presentations, or sharing with collaborators.

Privacy-First Processing

All processing happens entirely in your browser using the Canvas API and JavaScript. Your images are never uploaded to any server, making this the most private way to extract colors from images online. There are no accounts, no watermarks, and no limits on how many images you can analyze.

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Color Palette Extractor FAQ

Common questions about extracting, using, and exporting color palettes from images.

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