Color Tools

Color palette generators, converters, and pickers for designers

11 free tools

Color Palette Generator

Generate beautiful, accessible color palettes with WCAG compliance checking. Extract colors from images and export to CSS/JSON.

Color Converter

Convert colors between HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, and more formats instantly.

Color Picker

Pick any color from screen or input. Get HEX, RGB, HSL values instantly.

Trending Colors

Discover the most popular and trending colors in design right now.

Brand Color Palettes

Explore color palettes from 60+ iconic brands. Copy exact brand colors instantly.

Color Contrast CheckerNEW

Check color contrast ratios for WCAG 2.1 AA and AAA compliance with real-time calculation and pass/fail indicators.

Color Blindness SimulatorNEW

Simulate how colors appear under protanopia, deuteranopia, and tritanopia. Side-by-side comparison swatches for accessibility testing.

Tailwind CSS Color FinderNEW

Find the closest Tailwind CSS color class for any hex color. Browse the full Tailwind palette and copy class names on click.

Color Picker From ImageNEW

Upload a photo and pick the color of any pixel to get its HEX, RGB and HSL codes.

Color Shades GeneratorNEW

Generate tints and shades of any color with adjustable steps for complete color scale creation.

CSS Color Name FinderNEW

Find the closest CSS named color for any hex value and browse all 148 CSS color names.

The Complete Color Toolkit for Designers and Developers

Working with color is one of the most important aspects of any design or development project. Whether you're building a brand identity, designing a user interface, or creating marketing materials, having the right color tools at your fingertips makes all the difference. Our free online color tools are designed to help you generate beautiful palettes, convert between color formats, check accessibility compliance, and much more.

Our color palette generator creates harmonious color schemes using proven color theory principles including complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary relationships. You can generate random palettes for inspiration or fine-tune specific colors to match your brand guidelines. Each palette can be exported as CSS variables, JSON, or copied as individual HEX, RGB, or HSL values.

Color conversion is a daily task for web developers and designers. Our color converter seamlessly translates between HEX, RGB, HSL, and CMYK formats with real-time preview. Simply enter a color value in any supported format and instantly see the equivalent values across all other formats. This eliminates guesswork and ensures consistency across your design files, CSS stylesheets, and print materials.

Accessibility is not optional in modern web design. Our color contrast checker evaluates text and background color combinations against WCAG 2.1 guidelines, helping you ensure that your content is readable for users with visual impairments. The tool provides pass/fail results for AA and AAA compliance levels at both normal and large text sizes, along with suggestions for improving contrast ratios.

Explore what leading companies use with our brand color explorer, or stay current with the latest trending color palettes curated from design communities worldwide. For developers working with images, our color extraction tool pulls dominant colors directly from uploaded images, making it easy to create palettes that match photography or artwork. Every tool runs entirely in your browser with no data sent to any server, ensuring complete privacy and instant results.

Frequently Asked Questions

What color formats can I convert between?
Our color converter supports all major color formats including HEX (e.g., #FF5733), RGB (e.g., rgb(255, 87, 51)), HSL (e.g., hsl(11, 100%, 60%)), and CMYK for print design. Simply enter a value in any format and the tool instantly displays the equivalent values in all other formats with a live color preview.
How do I generate a color palette?
Use our color palette generator to create harmonious color schemes. You can generate random palettes, choose a base color and select a harmony rule (complementary, analogous, triadic, or split-complementary), or extract colors from an uploaded image. Lock individual colors you like and regenerate the rest until you find the perfect combination.
Are these color tools WCAG accessible?
Yes. Our color contrast checker evaluates color combinations against WCAG 2.1 guidelines for both AA and AAA compliance levels. It tests contrast ratios for normal text (4.5:1 minimum for AA) and large text (3:1 minimum for AA), providing clear pass/fail indicators and suggestions for improving accessibility.
Can I extract colors from images?
Absolutely. Upload any image (JPEG, PNG, WebP, or GIF) and our color extraction tool analyzes the image to identify the dominant colors. The extracted palette can be copied in HEX, RGB, or HSL format and used directly in your design projects. All processing happens locally in your browser for privacy.
What is a color contrast checker?
A color contrast checker is a tool that measures the luminance ratio between two colors, typically a foreground text color and a background color. This ratio determines whether the text is readable for people with visual impairments. The WCAG standard requires a minimum ratio of 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text to meet AA compliance.