Extract Color Palette from Image
Drop any image; this tool extracts the N most dominant colors using k-means clustering on the image's RGB pixels. Get hex / RGB values ready to use as a CSS palette. Browser-only — image stays local.
How to use the Extract Color Palette from Image
Upload an image. Pick how many colors you want. The tool downscales the image, samples pixels, runs k-means clustering on the colors, and returns the cluster centroids as the dominant palette. Click any swatch to copy its hex value.
Pulling a palette out of an image
A photograph or a piece of artwork already contains a palette — the trick is extracting the few colors that define it from the thousands of pixel values present. Naively counting exact pixel colors fails, because near-identical shades each count separately. Clustering solves this: group similar pixels together and take the center of each group as a representative color.
Drop an image and this downscales it, then runs k-means clustering on the pixels to return the dominant colors as a hex/RGB palette, all in the browser so the image never leaves your machine. To turn any extracted color into a full UI scale, use the monochromatic palette; to check the picks pair accessibly, the contrast grid. The sibling palette extractor offers an alternative take on the same job.
Common use cases
- Brand from a logo — pull the defining colors out of an existing logo or mark.
- Mood-board palettes — derive a scheme from a reference photo.
- Theming from art — match a UI to the colors of a hero image.
- Photo-driven design — build a palette that harmonises with product shots.
- Color inspiration — sample real-world scenes for unexpected combinations.