Palette Extractor
Image → Color Palette
Extract dominant colors and coordinated color palettes from any image, then copy HEX values or export CSS variables for your project.
About this tool
About Palette Extractor
Palette Extractor is a free browser tool for turning an image into a practical color scheme. Upload a photograph, illustration, screenshot, or brand asset and the tool analyzes its pixels to generate dominant color swatches. Copy individual color codes or export CSS variables for a website, design system, presentation, or creative project. The image stays on your device during processing.
How to use Palette Extractor
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Upload an image
Choose a photo, illustration, screenshot, or other image with colors you want to study.
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Extract the palette
Let the tool sample the image and generate dominant color swatches.
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Review each color
Inspect the swatches and their HEX, RGB, and HSL values.
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Export your colors
Copy individual values or download CSS variables for your project.
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Key features
Dominant Color Detection
Quickly identify the most prominent colors in a photo, illustration, or brand image.
Useful Color Codes
View HEX, RGB, and HSL values for each extracted swatch.
CSS Export
Download a ready-to-use CSS variable file for web projects and prototypes.
Client-Side Privacy
Analyze images locally without uploading creative assets to a third party.
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Who Uses Our Palette Extractor?
Turn photographs and visual references into practical color systems
Brand inspiration
Discover a starting palette from a logo, campaign image, or visual reference.
Example: Upload a brand photo and use the dominant tones to guide a landing page palette.
Website themes
Create coordinated CSS variables for backgrounds, accents, borders, and text.
Example: Extract colors from a hero image and export them as variables for a website theme.
Presentation design
Build slide accents that match the photography and illustrations in a deck.
Example: Generate a palette from a cover image before designing the remaining slides.
Product and marketing
Use visual colors from product photography to create consistent campaign assets.
Example: Extract packaging colors and reuse them across social banners and email graphics.
Everyday browser tasks
Handle quick personal and professional tasks without switching to specialized desktop software.
Example: Open the tool in a browser whenever you need a quick result from your laptop or tablet.
Work and study projects
Add the tool to repeatable workflows for documents, media, presentations, and creative assignments.
Example: Use the tool as one step in preparing an asset for a report, class project, or client deliverable.
Pro Tips for Better Color Palettes
Move from extracted swatches to a balanced design system
Use a representative image
Choose an image that contains the mood and colors you want the final design to reflect.
Test light and dark uses
A dominant color may work well as an accent but fail as body text, so check readability in context.
Name exported variables
Rename generic swatches such as --color-1 into meaningful roles like --brand-primary in your project. Pick a Color.
Keep the source available
Retain the original file or input until you have checked and accepted the exported result.
Review before sharing
Check the final output for errors, unexpected changes, or information that should not be published.
Use consistent settings
Reuse the same preferred options when processing a series of files for a consistent result.
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