Free Online Color Picker
Identify colors from images, generate palettes, and get color codes in HEX, RGB, and HSL formats. Perfect for designers and developers.
Color Picker Tools
How Our Color Picker Tools Work
Our Color Picker provides a comprehensive set of tools for working with colors. Here's how to use each tool effectively:
- Color Picker: Select any color using the native color picker and instantly get its HEX, RGB, and HSL values. Perfect for quickly identifying color codes.
- Image Colors: Upload an image and extract the dominant colors. This is useful for creating color schemes based on photos or designs.
- Color Palette: Generate harmonious color palettes based on color theory principles. Choose from various palette types like analogous, complementary, and more.
- Color Converter: Convert color values between different formats (HEX, RGB, HSL). Ideal for ensuring consistency across different design tools and platforms.
All tools work entirely in your browser, ensuring your images and data remain private and secure.
Understanding Color Formats
Different applications and platforms use different color formats. Understanding these formats is essential for designers and developers:
- HEX (Hexadecimal): A six-digit code preceded by a hash symbol (#), representing RGB values in hexadecimal format. For example, #4361ee. This is the most common format used in web design.
- RGB (Red, Green, Blue): A color model that represents colors as combinations of red, green, and blue light values. Each value ranges from 0 to 255. For example, rgb(67, 97, 238).
- HSL (Hue, Saturation, Lightness): A color model that represents colors based on their hue (the color itself), saturation (intensity), and lightness (brightness). For example, hsl(231, 83%, 60%).
Our Color Picker tools make it easy to work with all these formats, allowing you to convert between them as needed for your specific use case.
Common Use Cases for Color Tools
Web Design
Create consistent color schemes for websites, extract colors from mockups, and get the right HEX codes for CSS.
Graphic Design
Develop brand color palettes, ensure color consistency across materials, and convert colors for different design software.
UI/UX Design
Create accessible color combinations, generate harmonious palettes for interfaces, and ensure proper contrast ratios.
Digital Art
Extract color palettes from reference images, create color schemes for illustrations, and experiment with color harmonies.
Interior Design
Extract colors from inspiration photos, create paint color palettes, and visualize color combinations for spaces.
Fashion Design
Create seasonal color palettes, extract colors from trend images, and develop cohesive color stories for collections.
Color Theory Basics
Understanding color theory can help you create more effective and harmonious color schemes. Our palette generator is based on these principles:
- Monochromatic: Uses variations in lightness and saturation of a single color. Creates a clean and elegant look.
- Analogous: Uses colors that are adjacent on the color wheel. Creates a harmonious and comfortable design.
- Complementary: Uses colors that are opposite on the color wheel. Creates high contrast and vibrant looks.
- Split Complementary: Uses a base color and the two colors adjacent to its complement. Offers high contrast with less tension.
- Triadic: Uses three colors evenly spaced around the color wheel. Creates a balanced and dynamic scheme.
- Tetradic: Uses four colors arranged into two complementary pairs. Offers rich color possibilities.
Our tools help you apply these principles automatically, making it easy to create professional-looking color schemes even if you're not a color theory expert.
Color Accessibility and Contrast
When using colors in design, especially for digital interfaces, it's important to consider accessibility and contrast:
- WCAG Guidelines: The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines provide standards for color contrast to ensure text is readable for users with visual impairments.
- Contrast Ratios: Text should have a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1 against its background for normal text, and 3:1 for large text.
- Color Blindness: Consider how your color choices appear to users with different types of color blindness. Avoid relying solely on color to convey information.
- Testing Tools: Use our tools to test color combinations and ensure they meet accessibility standards before finalizing your design.