Extract the dominant colours from an image as hex codes.
Processed locally — your image is never uploaded.
How do you extract a color palette from an image?
Upload an image and it is scaled down, then its pixels are grouped into colour buckets; the most frequent buckets become the palette as hex codes. Colours are quantised slightly so similar shades group together, giving a clean palette rather than hundreds of near-identical colours. A beach photo might return sandy beige, sea blue and sky tones. Nothing is uploaded.
Understanding your result
Colours are quantised slightly so similar shades group together, giving a clean palette rather than hundreds of near-identical colours.
Formula and method
The image is scaled down and its pixels are grouped into colour buckets; the most frequent buckets become the palette.
Assumptions and limitations
Colours are read from a scaled-down copy and grouped into buckets, so the palette is an approximation rather than an exhaustive list of every shade present. Slight quantisation means very close tones merge together, and the exact hex values can vary a little depending on how the image is sampled.
Worked example
A beach photo might return sandy beige, sea blue and sky tones.
How to use this tool
- Choose an image.
- Pick how many colours to extract.
- Copy the hex codes.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Expecting an exact pixel colour — the palette shows representative dominant colours.
About the Color Palette from Image
Pull the dominant colours out of any image as ready-to-use hex codes. Everything runs in your browser, so your image is never uploaded.
Who should use this tool
Designers and developers building a palette from a photo, logo or screenshot.
Benefits
- The image is analysed in your browser, so it is never uploaded anywhere.
- Dominant colours are returned as ready-to-use hex codes you can paste straight into a design.
- Gentle grouping produces a clean palette instead of hundreds of near-identical shades.
- Results appear instantly, with no account or watermark.
Practical use cases
- Building a colour scheme for a website or brand from a reference photo.
- Matching design elements to the main tones in a product image.
- Extracting accent colours from artwork or a mood board for a project.
- Sampling a photo's palette to guide a presentation or document theme.
Frequently asked questions
Is my image uploaded?
No. The colours are read locally in your browser and the image never leaves your device.
What format are the colours?
6-digit hex codes, most frequent first. Copy grabs the whole list.
Why don't the palette colours match every shade in my image?
The tool groups similar tones into buckets and returns the most frequent ones, so subtle variations merge into a single representative colour. This produces a tidy, usable palette rather than a long list of nearly identical shades, which is more practical when picking colours for design work.