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Colour palette from a photo

Photographs hide their palette in plain sight: a sunset is a few oranges and a dark blue, a forest a handful of greens. Drop a photo and see those colours listed from the most to the least common. Nothing is uploaded: your image stays in your browser.

Drop an image here

Or paste one with Ctrl+V. PNG, JPG, WebP, GIF, AVIF or BMP, up to 25 MB.

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How it works

  1. Add an image

    Drop a picture on the page, paste it with Ctrl+V, or browse for a file. A logo, a photo, a screenshot or a product shot all work.

  2. Choose how many colours

    Pick 4, 6, 8 or 10. The most common colours come first, with the share of the image each one covers, so you can see which colour leads.

  3. Pick, scale and copy

    Click the image to pick any exact pixel with a magnifier, open an eleven-step tonal scale for any colour, and show the colours as HEX, RGB, HSL or OKLCH.

  4. Export it

    Copy the palette as CSS variables, a Tailwind theme, SCSS, JSON or plain text, download it as a file, or save a PNG strip of the colours.

Questions about a photo colour palette

How do I get a photo colour palette from an image?

Add your image, and 10 colours are chosen for you. You can change that to 4, 6, 8 or 10. Then open Export, choose Plain text and copy the code. Use the pixel picker for a small bright detail, such as a flower or a sign, that the automatic palette is too busy to show.

Why does a photo give so many similar colours?

Light changes smoothly across a photo, so colours fade into each other. The tool merges near twins, and the number setting lets you decide how finely to split the rest.

How many colours should a photo colour palette have?

Ten colours shows the full range of a photo. Cut it to six when you only want the main mood.

Is the image I use for my photo colour palette uploaded?

No. The picture is read by your own browser in a background worker, so your photo colour palette stays private and the page keeps working offline once it has loaded.

Next step

Check that these colours are readable

A palette looks fine until text sits on it. Test any pair from your palette against WCAG AA and AAA, and get the closest passing colour when one fails.

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Sifency is a small studio that builds themes, plugins and web apps. These tools began as the things we kept needing ourselves, so we tidied them up and left them open for everyone. There is nothing to sign up for.