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Generate beautiful color palettes using color theory, check accessibility compliance, and export to code or design apps — all for free, forever.

Quick start

Get up and running in minutes. Generate your first palette with color theory relationships.

Color relationships

Explore complementary, analogous, triadic, and more color theory modes.

Accessibility tools

Check WCAG contrast ratios and simulate color blindness conditions.

Export formats

Export to CSS, Tailwind, SCSS, JSON, Photoshop, Procreate, GIMP, and more.

What you can do

Generate palettes

Create harmonious palettes using 7 color theory relationships.

Quick presets

One-click palette styles: pastel, neon, earth tones, jewel, and more.

Lock colors

Keep favorite colors while rerolling the rest.

Gradient generator

Build linear gradients from your palette and export to CSS, SVG, or PNG.

Extract from image

Drag in any image to extract its dominant colors automatically.

Preview mode

See your palette applied to a live UI mockup or typography layout.

Everything is free

Color Palette gives away features that competitors charge for:
FeatureColor PaletteCoolors Pro ($3.49/mo)
Contrast checkerPaid
Color variations (tints/shades/tones)Paid
Up to 10 colors per palettePaid (5 colors free)
Advanced code exportsPaid
Color blindness simulationPaid
Unlimited savesPaid
Dark modePaid
No accounts required. No data leaves your browser. Your palettes are stored in localStorage on your device.

Keyboard-first design

Every action has a keyboard shortcut. Press / at any time to see all shortcuts, or browse the keyboard shortcuts reference.
1

Open the app

Visit karan-gera.github.io/color-palette — no install required.
2

Generate a palette

Press R to reroll colors, or Q to cycle through color relationship modes.
3

Lock your favorites

Press 19 or 0 to lock individual colors, then reroll the rest.
4

Export your palette

Press E to export to CSS, Tailwind, SCSS, JSON, or any design app format.

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