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Color Palette from Image

Extract a balanced, editable color palette from any image, then copy, compare, share, or export the colors for your next design.

Your images and colors stay in your browser and are never uploaded.

FreeNo signupProcessed locallyPrivateDesign-ready exports

Drag & drop your images

or click below to browse your files

JPGPNGWebPAVIFHEICGIFTIFFBMPSVG
⌘VPaste from clipboard
•Drag from Finder or Photos

Up to 10 images · processed locally · nothing is uploaded

Palette extraction runs locally on your device. Your images and colors stay in your browser and are never uploaded.

A complete image palette workflow

Purpose-built extraction styles

Choose balanced, vibrant, muted, light, dark, or dominant results and keep important colors locked while regenerating.

A real palette editor

Add, remove, reorder, rename, lock, and assign semantic roles to individual swatches.

Built-in contrast guidance

Compare palette pairs against WCAG 2.x contrast thresholds before applying colors to text and backgrounds.

Local and private

Decoding, palette analysis, editing, and export happen in your browser.

How to create a color palette from an image

  1. 1

    Add one or more images

    Choose files, drop or paste images, load a direct HTTPS image URL, or try the included sample.

  2. 2

    Refine the extracted colors

    Change the palette style and count, focus on a region, pick exact points, edit swatches, and lock colors you want to preserve.

  3. 3

    Copy or export

    Copy individual values or download a developer, design, image, PDF, or batch-ready palette format.

Why extract colors from a photo?

A photo, logo, screenshot, artwork, product image, or mood board can become a reusable color system for a website, brand, presentation, room, event, or illustration. Automatic colors come from perceptual source clusters; manually picked and entered colors remain clearly labeled.

Choose the right palette size and style

Start with eight colors, then use 2–24 for automatic extraction. Balanced mixes dominant and accent colors; Vibrant, Muted, Light, Dark, and Dominant change how real source clusters are scored. Tiny accents may be omitted, so analyze a smaller region or pick and lock the color before regenerating.

Dominant colors, accent colors and percentages

Percentages describe the included pixels under the current region and transparency policy and are rounded to total 100%. A manual value has no prominence claim unless it remains attached to a source cluster. Lock useful colors to preserve them while replacing the rest.

Color formats and palette exports

Copy HEX, RGB, HSL, or OKLCH and export CSS, SCSS, Tailwind, DTCG tokens, JSON, CSV, TXT, GPL, ASE, SVG, PNG, collage, PDF, or batch ZIP files. Public color values use sRGB. Generic CMYK values are approximations, not exact print or Pantone matches.

Private, local image processing

File decoding, extraction, editing, sharing, and export run in your browser without uploading the source to FastImageTools. Direct URL mode contacts the address you enter from your browser and therefore depends on that origin allowing CORS access.

Color palette from photo, logo, screenshot or artwork

Use the transparency controls for logos and safe SVG files, or draw an analysis region when a background dominates. Animated GIF files use the first frame and multipage TIFF files use the first page. Embedded profiles are converted when supported; otherwise the tool reports its sRGB assumption.

Supported image formats

JPG

Photos and camera images

PNG

Lossless images with transparency

WebP

Modern web images

AVIF

High-efficiency web images

HEIC / HEIF

Mobile and camera photos

GIF

The first frame is analyzed

TIFF

The first page is analyzed

SVG

Safe, self-contained vector images

Color palette from image FAQ

How do I create a color palette from an image?+
Add an image by file, drag and drop, paste, direct HTTPS URL, camera, or the included sample. The first palette appears automatically and can then be refined.
Can I copy HEX, RGB, HSL and OKLCH values?+
Yes. Every swatch has individual copy actions for HEX or HEXA, RGB, HSL, and OKLCH, and the full palette can be copied in several code-ready formats.
Are dominant color percentages included?+
Yes. Automatic source-linked colors show their share of included pixels, rounded so the displayed palette totals 100%. Purely manual colors do not claim a pixel share.
Is my image uploaded?+
No. Image decoding, color analysis, editing, and export run locally in your browser.
How does the extractor choose colors?+
It analyzes source pixels, groups perceptually similar colors, and selects representative colors according to the chosen style, region, transparency policy, and merge threshold.
How many colors can I extract?+
You can generate and edit palettes containing between 2 and 24 colors.
Which image formats are supported?+
JPG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, HEIC/HEIF, GIF, TIFF, BMP, and safe SVG files are supported when they can be decoded by your browser or the local fallback decoder.
How are transparent pixels handled?+
You can ignore fully transparent pixels, ignore pixels below an alpha threshold, or composite transparency onto a background.
Can I keep some colors and regenerate the rest?+
Yes. Lock any colors you want to preserve, then regenerate to replace only unlocked colors with complementary source clusters.
Can I create one palette from multiple images?+
Yes. Add up to 10 images, keep each image palette, and optionally build a combined palette weighted equally per image or by included pixels.
Can I export to CSS, Tailwind, ASE, PNG or PDF?+
Yes. The tool supports developer, design-token, interchange, image, PDF, and batch export formats without including the source image by default.
Are CMYK or Pantone values exact?+
No. CMYK is a generic approximation whose printed result depends on the ICC profile, ink, paper, and printer. The tool does not claim Pantone matching.
Does it work on mobile?+
Yes. The mobile layout places the image first, keeps compact palette actions available, and supports file, photo-library, and permission-aware camera input where the browser allows it.

Continue with your image and colors

Pick an exact pixel, inspect the source file, edit the image, or convert it while preserving your local workflow.

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Image Format Inspector

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Photo Editor

Edit the source image and continue your visual workflow.

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