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Color Palette Extractor

Pull the dominant colors from any image as copyable hex codes — extracted locally in your browser.

About this tool

Every image carries a palette — the handful of colors that define its mood — and pulling those colors out is a daily task in design work: building a brand palette from a logo, matching a website's accents to a hero photo, theming slides around product imagery, or just answering "what is that exact shade?" This tool extracts the dominant colors from any image and hands them to you as hex codes.

The extraction is real color analysis, not a random sample: the image is downsampled, every pixel is grouped into color buckets (quantization), the buckets are ranked by how much of the image they cover, and near-duplicate shades are filtered out so the palette spans the image's actual range instead of showing five variants of the same blue. Transparent regions are ignored, so logos on transparent backgrounds analyze cleanly.

The result is six swatches, largest presence first. Click any swatch to copy its hex code, or copy the whole palette as a comma-separated list ready for CSS variables or a design tool. From there, the Color Converter on this site translates any hex to RGB and HSL, and the Contrast Checker verifies text-on-color combinations for accessibility. Like every tool here, the image is analyzed on your device — never uploaded.

How to use the Color Palette Extractor

  1. 1Choose an image — a photo, logo, screenshot, or artwork.
  2. 2The six dominant colors appear instantly, ranked by coverage.
  3. 3Click any swatch to copy its hex code.
  4. 4Copy the full palette as a list for CSS or design tools.

Frequently asked questions

How are the dominant colors determined?

By quantization: pixels are grouped into color buckets, buckets are ranked by pixel count, and colors too similar to an already-chosen one are skipped. The result reflects what actually covers the image, with enough variety to be a usable palette rather than five near-identical shades.

Why doesn't the palette include a color I can see in the image?

Small-but-noticeable accents (a red button in a large blue screenshot) can rank below the top six by coverage. For pinpointing one specific pixel's color, a screen color picker is the right tool — this one answers 'what are the main colors?', not 'what is this exact pixel?'

Can I build a brand palette from a logo with this?

Yes — that's a core use. Upload the logo (transparent backgrounds are handled), copy the extracted hex codes, then refine: the Color Converter gives you RGB/HSL forms and the Contrast Checker verifies your text/background pairs meet accessibility standards.

Does the image get uploaded for analysis?

No — the analysis runs in a canvas in your browser: downsampling, bucketing and ranking all happen on your device. Unreleased designs and confidential material stay yours.

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