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Color Palette Extractor
Pull the dominant colors out of any image and copy them as HEX or RGB in one click. Free, instant, and private: your image never leaves your device.
Private by design — your image is processed locally and never uploaded.
How to get colors from an image
- Drag your image onto the box above (or click to choose, or paste it from the clipboard).
- Pick how many colors you want, then click Extract palette.
- Copy any swatch’s HEX or RGB value, or grab them all at once with Copy all HEX.
Why use a color palette extractor?
Great design starts with the right colors, and the easiest place to find them is an image you already love — a photo, a logo, a screenshot, or a moodboard. This image color picker scans every pixel and surfaces the dominant colors so you can build a coherent palette in seconds instead of eyeballing hex codes. Whether you’re matching a brand, theming a website, or pulling accents for a UI, extracting colors from an image gives you ready-to-use HEX and RGB values that drop straight into your CSS or design tool — all processed locally in your browser.
Common use cases
- Brand and logo matching — sample the exact tones from a client logo or product photo so your website, slides, and social posts stay on-brand.
- Web and UI theming — pull a base, surface, and accent color out of a hero image, then map them to CSS custom properties for a cohesive interface.
- Moodboards and art direction — distil a reference photo or illustration into a shareable swatch set when briefing designers.
- Data visualisation — derive a harmonious chart palette from a screenshot instead of guessing at categorical colors.
- Print and merchandise — capture HEX values to hand off to a designer who can convert them to the CMYK or Pantone equivalents you need.
HEX vs RGB: which value to copy
Every swatch exposes the same color in two notations so you can paste whichever your workflow expects. Both describe an identical 24-bit color — they are just written differently.
| Format | Looks like | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| HEX | #3a6bff | CSS, design tools (Figma, Sketch), most style guides — compact and copy-friendly. |
| RGB | rgb(58, 107, 255) | When you need to tweak channels or add an alpha (rgba()) for transparency. |
Tips & gotchas
- Crop before you sample. If a large flat background dominates the frame, it will win most of the palette. Crop to the subject first for colors that actually matter.
- Transparent pixels are ignored. Fully or mostly transparent areas in PNGs are skipped, so logos on a clear background return only their real colors.
- Similar shades get merged. Near-identical pixels are grouped into one representative swatch, which is why a gradient may yield fewer distinct colors than you expect.
- Increase the count for variety. If the palette feels monotone, bump the count to 8 or 10 to surface secondary hues hiding behind the dominant ones.
- Everything stays local. The image is decoded to a canvas in your browser and never uploaded, so you can safely sample unreleased artwork or internal screenshots.
Frequently asked questions
Is this color palette extractor free and private?
Yes — it is 100% free with no sign-up, and completely private. Your image is drawn to a canvas and analysed entirely in your browser; the file is never uploaded to any server.
How are the dominant colors chosen?
The tool downscales your image for speed, then groups every pixel into color buckets and ranks them by how often they appear. The most common buckets become your palette, averaged for a clean representative color.
What formats can I extract colors from?
Any image your browser can open — PNG, JPG/JPEG, WebP, GIF, and more. You can drag and drop, click to browse, or paste an image from your clipboard.
Can I copy the HEX and RGB codes?
Yes. Each swatch shows its HEX and RGB value with a one-click Copy button, so you can paste it straight into your CSS, design tool, or style guide.
Why do my extracted colors look slightly different from the original image?
The extractor downscales the image and averages similar pixels into representative buckets, so each swatch is the mean of a color cluster rather than a single exact pixel. This produces clean, usable palette colors, but for a precise pixel value use an eyedropper instead.
How many colors should I extract?
Five or six colors suit most brand and UI palettes — one or two dominant tones, a couple of supporting shades, and an accent. Pick eight or ten when you are sampling rich photography or illustrations where you want a fuller range of hues.