PhotoColors is a free browser-based color palette generator that turns an image, logo, or product photo into an accessible brand color system with semantic roles and exportable design tokens.

How do I generate a color palette from a photo?

Upload or drag any JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, or BMP image into the upload zone. PhotoColors extracts dominant colors and maps them into primary, secondary, accent, and neutral roles instantly in your browser.

Does PhotoColors upload my image to a server?

No. The current tool extracts colors in the browser first using Canvas API. The image is sampled locally for palette generation, which keeps the first version fast and privacy-friendly.

Can I export Tailwind and shadcn themes?

Yes. PhotoColors generates CSS variables, Tailwind color config, shadcn theme variables, Figma-style JSON tokens, and OKLCH values from the same palette with a single click.

Does the generated palette check accessibility?

Yes. The tool checks key foreground and background pairs against WCAG AA and AAA contrast thresholds before presenting the palette as production-ready.

Can I generate a dark mode palette?

Yes. Every palette includes both light and dark theme variants. Use the theme toggle in the preview section to see how your brand colors adapt to dark mode in real time.

How do I pick a color from an image?

Open the PhotoColors tool, drop a JPG, PNG or WebP file, and click any pixel. The picker reports the exact HEX, RGB and OKLCH value for that pixel and keeps the rest of the extracted palette in sync.

Is the color picker from image free and private?

Yes. Color extraction and picking run entirely in your browser; the image is never uploaded to a server, so the tool also works offline after the first load.

Can I copy the picked color as CSS or Tailwind?

Every picked and extracted color can be exported as CSS custom properties, Tailwind theme values, shadcn tokens, Figma variables or OKLCH, together with WCAG contrast checks.

Color picker from image

Pick any color from a photo — then ship it as tokens.

Use PhotoColors as an in-browser color picker from image: click a pixel to get its exact HEX, RGB and OKLCH value, and keep the rest of the palette, contrast checks and exports in one place.

Pick the exact color a photo already uses

Eyeballing a hero image rarely produces the same value twice. Clicking a pixel returns the color the file actually stores, so buttons, borders and gradients can reuse the photo's own navy, coral or sand instead of an approximation.

Works with the whole palette, not a single swatch

The picked value joins the extracted palette, where it is assigned a semantic role, checked for WCAG contrast in light and dark themes, and exported as CSS, Tailwind, shadcn, Figma or OKLCH tokens.

Why an image color picker instead of a palette generator

A generator proposes colors; a picker preserves them. Product shots, brand photos and design references already contain the intended value, and picking keeps that intent intact from the first mockup to production.

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