Color Palette Generator
Pull the dominant colours out of a photo and list them as HEX and RGB values you can copy, each with the share of the image it covers. It's ideal for building a palette from a picture, and it runs entirely in your browser.
- 100% free
- Private & safe
- Runs in your browser
Your files are processed securely in your browser and are not uploaded to our servers.
Why use Image Color Palette Extractor?
Image Color Palette Extractor lets you edit and optimise images in seconds, right in your browser — no bulky software to install and nothing uploaded to a server.
- 100% private: files are processed in your browser and never uploaded.
- Completely free, with no account, no watermarks and no usage limits.
- Output: up to 8 dominant colours as HEX and RGB
- Add a JPEG, PNG or WebP image.
- Works on any device — desktop, tablet and phone — and is fully keyboard accessible.
What it can do — and its limits
- Extracts the dominant colours from an image as HEX and RGB values.
- Copy any swatch to use in a design or CSS.
- Analyses the image in your browser; it isn't uploaded.
How to use Image Color Palette Extractor
- Add a JPEG, PNG or WebP image.
- The tool samples pixels and finds the dominant colours.
- Copy any colour as HEX or RGB, or copy the whole palette.
- Use the palette in your designs.
Examples
- Building a brand palette from a product photo.
- Matching UI colours to an image.
Worked example
Input
A sunset photo.
Output
A palette such as #F4A259, #E76F51, #2A9D8F — the most representative colours, with HEX and RGB.
Supported formats & limits
- Output: up to 8 dominant colours as HEX and RGB
Limitations
- Colours are quantized approximations of the most common tones.
- Very colourful images are summarized into a small palette.
- Transparent pixels are ignored.
Common problems & fixes
Too many near-identical colours.
The tool clusters similar tones; pick the few that best represent the image.
A transparent PNG gives odd colours.
Fully transparent areas have no colour — flatten onto a background first if needed.
Frequently asked questions
How many colours does it extract?
Up to eight dominant colours, ordered by how much of the image they cover.
Are the values exact?
They are representative averages of the most common colour clusters, ideal for palettes.
Is my image uploaded?
No — colours are extracted in your browser.