Free Color Palette Generator — Create Beautiful Color Schemes
Generate harmonious color palettes from any seed color with monochromatic, analogous, complementary, triadic, split-complementary, and tetradic schemes. Runs entirely in your browser.
How to Use the Color Palette Generator
- Choose a seed color using the color picker or type a HEX value directly.
- Select a palette type — monochromatic, analogous, complementary, triadic, split-complementary, or tetradic.
- Adjust the count — use the slider to generate 3 to 12 colors.
- Lock colors — click the lock icon on any color to keep it while regenerating others.
- Export — copy as CSS variables, Tailwind config, SCSS, or JSON.
- Download — save your palette as a PNG image for sharing or presentations.
- Extract from image — upload a photo to generate a palette from its dominant colors.
Why Use This Color Palette Generator
Creating harmonious color palettes is fundamental to good design. This tool uses established color theory to generate palettes that are visually pleasing and accessible. Whether you're designing a website, app, or brand identity, having a well-balanced color palette ensures consistency and professional appearance.
The ability to export in multiple formats (CSS, Tailwind, SCSS, JSON) makes it easy to integrate directly into your development workflow. The image extraction feature lets you derive palettes from inspiration photos or brand assets.
Frequently Asked Questions
Monochromatic uses variations of a single hue (lighter/darker). Analogous uses colors adjacent on the wheel. Complementary uses opposite colors for high contrast. Triadic uses three equally spaced colors. Split-complementary uses a base plus two colors adjacent to its complement. Tetradic uses four colors forming a rectangle on the wheel.
Yes! Click the lock icon on any color swatch to lock it in place. When you regenerate the palette, locked colors will remain unchanged while others are recalculated based on the selected scheme.
The tool uses the Canvas API to analyze your uploaded image and applies color quantization to identify the dominant colors. These are then used as seed colors to generate a harmonious palette. The image is processed entirely in your browser and never uploaded to any server.
Use Cases
Brand Color Schemes
Generate harmonious brand color palettes from a single seed color to create a consistent and professional visual identity for your business.
UI Design Palettes
Create complete UI design color palettes from a seed color with primary, secondary, and accent variations for buttons, backgrounds, and text.
Accessible Color Systems
Build accessible color systems by generating palettes with sufficient contrast between foreground and background elements for WCAG compliance.
Cross-Tool Color Matching
Export color palettes in CSS, Tailwind, SCSS, or JSON formats to match colors seamlessly across Figma, Sketch, and development environments.
Complementary Exploration
Explore complementary, triadic, and analogous color combinations to find visually pleasing palettes for any design project or creative work.