Extract a color palette
Upload any image and instantly pull its dominant colors — hex codes, RGB values and a palette ready to copy.
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Supports JPG, PNG, WebP — processed locally, never uploaded to any server
How to extract a color palette
Extracting colors from an image identifies the most dominant and representative colors in the photo. This is useful for branding, design, and creating color-consistent content. Follow these steps:
Why extract colors from images?
Color palette extraction is one of the most useful tools for designers, marketers, content creators and brand managers. Understanding the colors in an image helps create visually consistent and professional work.
Brand color discovery: Upload your logo or brand imagery to instantly identify your exact brand colors as hex codes. This makes it easy to maintain color consistency across all your marketing materials, social posts, and design assets.
Design inspiration: Extract palettes from photos, artwork or screenshots that inspire you. Use these colors as a starting point for your own designs — websites, presentations, social media graphics, or any other creative project.
Social media consistency: Content creators use palette extraction to maintain a consistent visual aesthetic across their Instagram feed, YouTube thumbnails, or short videos. Knowing your colors ensures every piece of content looks like it belongs together.
Frequently asked questions
How does color extraction work?
The tool samples pixels from your image using the browser's Canvas API and uses a color quantization algorithm to group similar colors together and identify the most dominant ones. This all happens entirely in your browser — no image data is ever sent to a server.
What is a hex code?
A hex code is a 6-character code that represents a specific color, always starting with #. For example, #16704b is the green used on this website. Hex codes are the universal way to specify exact colors in web design, graphic design, and digital art.
Can I use these colors in Figma or Canva?
Yes. Simply copy the hex code from any swatch and paste it directly into the color picker in Figma, Canva, Photoshop, Illustrator, or any other design tool. All major design applications accept hex color codes.
Is my image uploaded to a server?
No. All color extraction happens entirely in your browser using JavaScript and the Canvas API. Your images never leave your device and are never sent to any server. The tool works completely privately and offline after the page loads.
What images give the best results?
Any image works, but the most useful palettes come from photos with clear, distinct colors — landscapes, product photos, artwork, logos, and photographs with good lighting and contrast. Very dark or very light images may produce less varied palettes.
How many colors should I extract?
For most branding and design purposes, 4–6 colors is ideal. This gives you a primary color, a few accent colors, and typically a neutral. Extracting 8–10 colors is useful when you want to capture subtle variations in gradients or complex photographs.
What is RGB?
RGB stands for Red, Green, Blue — the three color channels used in digital displays. Every color on a screen is made by mixing these three values between 0 and 255. For example, rgb(22, 112, 75) is the same green as #16704b. Both hex and RGB are shown for each extracted color.
Can I extract colors from a screenshot?
Yes. Screenshots are one of the best use cases — upload a screenshot of a website, app, or design you like to instantly identify the exact colors being used. This is a great way to match or get inspired by color schemes you encounter.