How are the colours chosen?

The image is scaled down and its pixels are grouped into buckets of similar colour. The most frequent buckets become the palette, averaged for a clean hex value.

How many colours does it return?

Up to eight dominant colours, which is usually enough to capture an image's feel.

Is my photo uploaded?

No. Sampling happens entirely in your browser using Canvas.

Image Tools

Color Palette Extractor

Extract the dominant colours from an image as hex swatches.

Free foreverRuns in your browserNo sign-up

Drop a photo here, or

The dominant colours are sampled from your image entirely in your browser; nothing is uploaded.

About the Color Palette Extractor

Design work often starts from a photo. This tool pulls the dominant colours out of any image so you can build a matching palette.

It samples the image in your browser, groups similar colours and shows the most common ones as hex swatches you can copy individually or together.

Your image is analysed locally and never uploaded.

Key features

Dominant colour extraction from any image
Hex swatches with one-click copy
Copy the whole palette at once
Local, private processing

How to use

1Drop or choose an image.
2Review the extracted swatches.
3Copy a single colour or the full palette.

Examples

Palette from a photo

Input: sunset.jpg

Returns the main colours of the photo as copyable hex swatches.

Frequently asked questions

How are the colours chosen?: The image is scaled down and its pixels are grouped into buckets of similar colour. The most frequent buckets become the palette, averaged for a clean hex value.
How many colours does it return?: Up to eight dominant colours, which is usually enough to capture an image's feel.
Is my photo uploaded?: No. Sampling happens entirely in your browser using Canvas.