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Color Extractor

Extract dominant colors from images

Upload Image

Drag & drop or click to upload

PNG, JPEG, WebP, GIF

Tips

Image Quality

Higher resolution images produce more accurate color extraction

Branding

Use the extracted primary color as your brand's main color

Accessibility

Ensure text and background color combinations meet WCAG standards

Color Harmony

Use complementary and analogous colors for harmonious designs

Code Export

Export palettes in CSS, Tailwind, SCSS, and other formats

Color Selection

Click colors to select them and analyze contrast between two colors

What is the Color Extractor?

A tool that automatically extracts dominant colors from images to create color palettes. Provides color harmony analysis, WCAG accessibility checking, and brand color suggestions based on extracted colors. Export colors in CSS/Tailwind/SCSS/JSON formats.

  • Automatic dominant-color and palette extraction from uploaded images
  • Color harmony analysis for complementary, analogous, triadic, and other combinations
  • Contrast analysis based on WCAG 2.1 accessibility guidelines
  • Color mood, temperature, and brightness analysis
  • Palette export as CSS variables, Tailwind, SCSS, or JSON
  • Brand color suggestions for Primary, Secondary, and Accent colors

How to Use

  1. 1

    Upload an Image

    Drag an image into the upload area or click to select the image whose colors you want to extract

  2. 2

    Review the Palette

    Review the automatically extracted dominant color and palette, and adjust the palette size if needed

  3. 3

    Analyze the Colors

    Review color harmony and accessibility analysis. Select two colors to analyze their contrast ratio

  4. 4

    Export

    Export or download the palette as CSS, Tailwind, SCSS, or JSON

Frequently Asked Questions

You can use most image formats supported by your browser, including PNG, JPEG, WebP, and BMP.

It is the luminance contrast ratio between text and background colors defined by the WCAG 2.1 guidelines. AA conformance requires at least 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text.

Yes. Use the palette size setting to control how many colors are extracted.

Color harmony is a method of combining colors based on their relationships on the color wheel. Examples include complementary colors (180° apart), analogous colors (adjacent), and triadic colors (120° apart), which help create balanced color combinations in a design.

Yes. You can export it as CSS variables, Tailwind configuration, SCSS variables, or JSON and use it in your project right away.

Tips & Best Practices

  • Higher-resolution images generally produce more accurate color extraction
  • When developing a brand identity, extract colors from reference images to build a consistent palette
  • For web design, always use the accessibility analysis to check the readability of text and background combinations
  • Use complementary colors for CTA buttons to make them stand out visually
  • Export the extracted palette in Tailwind format to apply it directly to a frontend project

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