Extract dominant colors from any image. Free, private, runs in your browser.
100% private — your files and text never leave your browser. All processing happens locally on your device.
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Color palette extraction analyzes an image and identifies the most prominent colors used in it. The result is a curated set of color swatches — typically 5 to 10 colors — that represent the image's overall color scheme. Designers, artists, and developers use extracted palettes for branding, web design, interior decoration, fashion, and art projects where they want to match or complement the colors in an existing image.
Starting a design project from scratch is hard. Extracting a color palette from an inspiring photo, artwork, or screenshot gives you a professional starting point. Use it to build a website color scheme from a brand photo, match paint colors to a reference image, create social media graphics that complement a product photo, or find the exact hex codes in a design you admire. The extracted colors come with HEX, RGB, and HSL values ready to copy into any design tool.
The tool loads your image onto a Canvas element and reads the pixel data. It then uses a color quantization algorithm to group similar pixels together and identify the dominant color clusters. The result is a set of representative colors ranked by prominence. Each color is displayed as a swatch with its HEX, RGB, and HSL values available to copy with one click.
Yes. Your image is processed entirely in your browser. No data is sent to any server. The analysis happens locally using JavaScript and the Canvas API.
The tool extracts 6 dominant colors from your image using a median-cut algorithm, returned as HEX codes.
Yes. The output is plain text with one HEX color per line. Use the copy button to grab all colors at once.
JPG, PNG, and WebP images are supported. Upload any photo, illustration, or design to extract its palette.