Color Palette from Image

Drop any image and get the dominant colors as HEX and RGB codes. Click any swatch to copy instantly. Download as a palette PNG. No upload, no signup.

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Why extract colors from an image?

Building a brand color palette from a photo you love. Matching a design to a product image. Finding the exact color of that flower in a stock photo. Pulling the primary tones from a client's existing assets before you start designing. These are all real workflows that designers, developers, and marketers do constantly — and they all need a fast way to get HEX codes from an image.

This tool does the boring pixel math for you. You drop the image, it finds the dominant colors, you copy the codes. That's the whole workflow.

The difference between this and the Color Picker tool

The Color Pickerlets you click a specific pixel in your image to get its exact color. Great when you know exactly which shade you want. The Color Palette tool is for when you don't know — it finds the dominant colors across the whole image automatically. Use both: palette for discovery, picker for precision.

Other tools you might need

Color Picker →Grayscale Image →Invert Colors →Convert Image →

Frequently asked questions

How does the color extraction work?+
The image is drawn to a canvas and sampled pixel by pixel. Nearby colors are grouped together using a distance threshold in RGB space. The most frequently occurring color clusters are returned as your palette. It is similar to how design tools extract brand colors from images.
Why does the palette include colors I don't really see?+
Sometimes gradients, shadows, or anti-aliasing create a lot of pixels in colors that aren't visually obvious. Use the 'exclude near-white/black' option to filter out very light or very dark colors that tend to dominate palettes without being useful.
Can I use these color codes in CSS, Figma, or design tools?+
Yes. HEX codes work directly in CSS, Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, and every other design tool. Just copy the code and paste it wherever you need it.
How many colors can I extract?+
You can choose between 5, 8, 10, and 12 colors. More colors gives you a finer palette but can include more noise. For most images, 8 is a good starting point.
Can I download the palette?+
Yes. The Download Palette PNG button generates a clean image of your palette with all swatches and HEX codes — useful for saving to a mood board or sharing with a client.