Color Extractor

Extracts the dominant colours of an image as a HEX palette — drop a photo, get the handful of colours that define it, ready to copy into CSS, a design tool, or a brand document.

How to use

1. Drop the image.
2. The dominant colours appear as swatches with HEX codes.
3. Click a code to copy it.
4. Test text against the picked colours with the contrast checker before shipping a design.

When you actually need this

• Building a page or slide theme around a hero photo so the design feels coherent.
• Recovering brand colours from a logo when no style guide survives.
• Pulling a scheme from a mood-board image you want to design towards.
• Matching UI accents to product photos in a listing or lookbook.

From palette to usable scheme

Extraction clusters the image's pixels, so the result reflects area, not importance — a sunset photo returns mostly sky with the striking accent underrepresented. Treat the palette as raw material: pick one dominant tone for large surfaces, one or two accents for emphasis, and check every text-on-colour pairing for contrast. Photographs of the same subject under different light yield different palettes, which is a property of light, not an extraction error.

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FAQ

Are my photos uploaded to a server when I use Color Extractor?

No. Color Extractor reads the file with the browser's Canvas API and processes every pixel on your own device. The image never leaves your computer, which is why it still works if you go offline after loading the page.

Will Color Extractor reduce the quality of my image?

That depends on the setting you choose. JPEG and WebP are lossy, so a lower quality value means a smaller file and more visible artifacts; PNG is lossless and keeps every pixel exactly. Start around 80 percent quality — most photos stay visually identical at roughly a third of the original size.

Is there a file size or count limit?

There is no limit imposed by the site, because nothing is uploaded. The practical ceiling is your device's memory — very large files (over roughly 50 MP) may be slow on an older phone.