How do I get the exact color from an image (e.g., my client's logo)?

Upload the image, click anywhere with the eyedropper, get HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK values. Faster than digging through Photoshop or asking the client for brand-color specs.

How do I extract a full color palette from a photo for my brand?

Upload a mood-board image, click 'auto palette' — the tool extracts the 5 dominant colors via k-means clustering. Use as a starting point for a brand palette inspired by a landscape, fashion shot, or competitor's design.

Can I export the palette as CSS variables for my design system?

Yes — export formats: CSS custom properties (--primary: #FF6B35;), Tailwind config (theme.extend.colors), JSON tokens, or Adobe ASE swatch file. Drop directly into your design system.

Does it work on screenshots?

Yes — drop a screenshot of any website / app, eyedropper the exact colors. Useful for matching design specs from a Figma export or copying styling from a reference UI.

Will the HEX match exactly across screens?

The HEX value is exact. How that HEX appears on different screens depends on monitor calibration — different monitors render the same HEX slightly differently. For pixel-perfect brand work, use color-managed export and reference Pantone codes for print.

Can I find the HEX of a color from a photo of a paint chip or fabric?

Yes — but lighting affects the result. Photograph in daylight (or evenly lit indoors), use the eyedropper. Multiple samples averaged gives the most accurate result. For nail-perfect match, refer to manufacturer color codes (Pantone, Sherwin-Williams, etc.).

Color Picker & Palette Extractor - Pick Colors From Image

Upload any photo, click to pick a pixel color (HEX / RGB / HSL) or auto-extract the dominant palette. Download as JSON or CSS variables.

Drop an image to extract its palette

About Color Picker

Quantizes your image into the requested number of dominant colors using 4-bit-per-channel bucketing, then sorts by frequency. Runs entirely in your browser — your image never leaves your device.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Upload any JPG, PNG, WebP or GIF and click anywhere on the displayed image — the exact pixel under your cursor is sampled and shown as HEX, RGB and HSL with one-click copy for each format. Perfect for matching a brand color, sampling a swatch from a photograph, or grabbing accent tones from a design mockup.

usage

The image is downsampled to 320 pixels on its longest side, then each pixel is bucketed by its top 4 bits per channel. The most-populated buckets are averaged back to full 8-bit color, sorted by frequency, and returned as your palette. The result is typically 5-24 dominant colors that visually summarise the image.

technical

Yes. The Download buttons produce two formats: a CSS variable block ready to paste into a :root selector (--color-1, --color-2…), and a JSON file with hex, RGB components and weight percentage for each color. Both formats integrate cleanly into design tokens, Tailwind configs, and palette libraries.

features

No — color picking and palette extraction happen entirely in your browser using the HTML canvas API. The image stays on your device, which makes the tool safe for unreleased product photos, draft mockups, and brand assets under NDA.

privacy

For brand identity work, 5-8 colors is the sweet spot — it captures the dominant theme without diluting accent choices. For data visualisation we recommend 10-16 colors so you have enough categorical hues. The slider lets you pick between 5 and 24.

tips

Pixels with alpha below 128 are ignored, so transparent backgrounds do not pollute the palette with "background" colors. This makes Image Color Picker especially good for product cutouts, sticker artwork and isolated subjects.

technical

HEX (#RRGGBB) is the most compact and is what CSS, Figma and Sketch use by default. RGB shows the three component values from 0-255 — useful when working with image data programmatically. HSL (hue, saturation, lightness) is intuitive for adjusting colors: shift hue to change the color family, adjust lightness for tints and shades.

technical

Yes. Free, no account required, no limits on image size or number of palettes extracted. There is nothing to install — the entire tool is a single web page.

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Use Cases

Brand Identity Audit

Pull the exact HEX values out of an existing logo or marketing asset to feed into your style guide. Match competitor brand colors for a positioning deck or pitch.

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Web Design Palette Building

Extract dominant colors from a photograph or mood-board, export as CSS variables, and drop them into your stylesheet. The 5-8 color sweet spot covers primary, accent and neutrals for a full design system seed.

design

E-commerce Product Listings

Match product photo background colors to your store theme. Pick the dominant accent color from a sneaker or dress photo and use it as the listing's call-out highlight.

ecommerce

Interior & Fashion Inspiration

Photograph a room or outfit you like and extract the palette. Use it to choose paint, fabrics, or accessories that complement the existing scheme — turning visual inspiration into actionable swatches.

lifestyle

Data Visualisation Schemes

Generate a categorical palette of 10-16 colors derived from an image you want to evoke (e.g. a watercolor painting for a soft chart, a sunset for warm-to-cool gradients). Better than picking generic hues.

data

Game & UI Asset Workflows

Extract the indexed color palette from sprite art or UI mockups to feed into a pixel-art tool or game engine. The palette JSON export integrates with Aseprite, Photoshop and most asset pipelines.

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