Color Palette Extractor

Upload an image to automatically extract its dominant color palette and color schemes.

Client-side processing
Click to upload image

Or drag & drop, paste image (Ctrl+V) here

Supports JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, SVG, BMP
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Dominant Colors
Harmonious Palette Bar

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Drag and drop any photo or press Ctrl+V to start extracting its color palette automatically.

What is Color Palette Extractor? Why Use It?

A color palette is a harmonious selection of shades that compose the visual theme of an image or design. For UI/UX designers, illustrators, photographers, and web developers, extracting prominent color harmonies from photographs provides inspiring mood boards and ensures brand consistency.

VuiZ Color Palette Extractor runs an advanced color quantization algorithm right inside your browser, dynamically sampling pixel distributions to yield a balanced swatch of dominant hues. The extraction happens in real time, securely with zero server uploads.

Key features

  • Automatic Dominant Color Extraction Samples pixel data using Modified Median Cut Quantization (MMCQ) in OKLCH perceptual color space to compute natural color swatches.
  • Multiple Color Formats Provides HEX, RGB, and HSL values alongside calculated contrast ratios for accessible graphic and interface design.
  • Flexible Image Input Methods Supports file picker browsing, drag-and-drop, and direct clipboard pasting (Ctrl+V) for seamless workflow.
  • Fast Export & One-Click Copy Copy individual color codes in one click or batch export the whole palette as CSS Custom Properties or JSON arrays.

How to Extract a Color Palette from an Image

Generate professional color swatches from any photo in a few quick steps.

  1. Upload or Paste an Image Drag and drop an image onto the dropzone, click to select a file from your device, or paste directly from clipboard (Ctrl+V).
  2. Select Desired Color Count Customize the number of dominant shades to extract (from 5 to 16 swatches) based on your project requirements.
  3. Review Extracted Palette Inspect the interactive color swatches, HEX, RGB, HSL codes, and the blended horizontal palette spectrum bar.
  4. Copy or Export Palette Click to copy individual color codes or batch export as CSS Variables or JSON code for your design system.

Usage tips

  • You can press Ctrl+V anywhere on the page to immediately paste screenshot images without saving them to disk first.
  • When creating website themes, select 1 dominant Primary hue and 2-3 Accent/Neutral colors from the extracted palette for balanced aesthetics.
  • Use the "Export CSS Variables" button to paste custom properties directly into your stylesheet without manual transcription.

Frequently asked questions

The tool draws your image into an off-screen HTML5 Canvas to read raw pixel data, then applies Modified Median Cut Quantization (MMCQ) to group and cluster pixels into the most statistically prominent color bins.
No. All processing happens entirely client-side in your web browser. Your photo never leaves your device or travels across the internet.
Yes! Capture your screen (PrintScreen or Snipping Tool) and simply press Ctrl+V (or Command+V on macOS) while viewing this page.
By default, the tool extracts 10 dominant colors, and you can customize the count between 5 and 16 colors to suit your needs.
You can copy HEX (#RRGGBB), RGB (r, g, b), HSL (h, s%, l%), as well as batch export as CSS Custom Properties and JSON.