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Image Palette Extractor
Extract a useful color palette from any image.
ImageFiles are processed in your browser and never uploaded.
About
Samples the pixels of an image and returns its dominant colours as HEX values you can copy into a design tool or CSS. Extraction runs locally.
Upload an image to estimate its five most common colors, inspect the swatches, and copy a small palette for a design or code project.
What you can do
- Samples image pixels locally to find dominant colors.
- Shows HEX and RGB values for five swatches.
- Creates a copy-ready Tailwind-style palette snippet.
Common uses
- Find brand colors from a reference image.
- Start a UI color palette from a photograph.
- Create CSS or Tailwind tokens for a visual project.
Frequently asked questions
Is the palette mathematically exact?
It is a compact quantized estimate designed for practical color inspiration, not a full color-science analysis.
Can transparent pixels affect the result?
Transparent pixels are skipped when the browser exposes their alpha channel.