Color palette
Swatches — click any pill to copy value
Upload any photograph and instantly extract its dominant colors as hex codes, RGB, HSL, and CSS variables. Perfect for mood boards, social feeds, and matching brand colors to photography.
Color palette
Swatches — click any pill to copy value
Every compelling photograph is built on a handful of key colors. Extracting that palette gives you the exact values to recreate the mood in your own work.
Capture the exact color story of a reference photo. Download the palette as a PNG to drop directly into a mood board or client presentation.
Extract your most popular photo's palette and use those hex codes as a guide for editing and creating new content — keeping your grid visually cohesive.
Use a hero photograph's dominant colors to inform your layout palette, headline treatments, and supporting graphic elements for perfectly matched print work.
Identify the dominant hues and tonal balance in a photo you want to match, then dial in your Lightroom or Capture One preset to hit the same palette.
Reference the exact hex codes from a photograph to match colors in Procreate, Photoshop, or Affinity Designer for hyper-realistic or stylistically matched illustrations.
Extract colors from an inspiration photo to get precise RGB values you can match to paint swatches, fabric swatches, or product finishes.
A few adjustments make a big difference in the quality of color you extract.
Higher-resolution photos give the k-means algorithm more pixel data to work with, producing more accurate and distinct color clusters with less noise.
For minimal, moody shots use 3–4 colors. For rich landscapes or complex scenes, try 8–12. The slider above lets you explore both ends without re-uploading.
The PNG export includes all swatches with their hex codes labeled — ideal for client presentations, mood boards, or sharing your palette as a design reference.
Each swatch shows its nearest color name — "Cadet Blue", "Sandy Brown" — which helps when describing your palette to clients or collaborators without technical color knowledge.
Common questions about this workflow.
Upload your photo to the tool above — drag and drop, browse, or paste from your clipboard. It instantly analyzes the image and returns the dominant colors as hex codes, RGB, HSL, and named swatches. No signup or software needed.
It depends on the photo. Minimalist shots — white walls, simple portraits, flat lays — usually work best with 3–5 colors. Complex scenes like landscapes, cityscapes, or detailed product shots can support 8–12 distinct colors without the palette feeling cluttered.
Yes. Extract the palette, then use the Download PNG button to save a color swatch file you can drop directly into Figma, Canva, Adobe Illustrator, or any mood board tool. The PNG shows each color block with its hex code labeled.
Upload your strongest, most representative photo — usually a hero shot that captures the feel of your brand. Extract 4–6 colors. Use those hex codes as the basis for editing and designing all new content, ensuring everything in your feed shares the same tonal identity.
Yes. JPEG photos from any smartphone are fully supported. For the cleanest extraction, use a photo that has been color-corrected or lightly edited rather than a raw or unprocessed file straight off the camera roll, as overexposed or underexposed areas can affect the palette.
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