How to extract a color palette from an image

Need a brand palette from a photo or logo? Here's how to extract the dominant colors as copyable HEX values.

Open Color Palette Extractor

Steps

  • Open the color palette extractor and drop an image.
  • It samples the image and groups similar pixels into buckets.
  • The most frequent colors appear as HEX swatches.
  • Copy any value for your stylesheet or design tool.

Use the palette

The extracted colors are a great starting point for a theme, moodboard or design system. Pair them with the contrast checker to make sure text on those colors stays readable.

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Drop it into the palette extractor — it returns the dominant colors as HEX values you can copy.