Color Palette from Image
Upload any image — a photo, illustration, or design reference — and extract the dominant colors as a palette of hex values. The tool samples the image's pixels, groups similar colors together, and surfaces the most prominent hues as clickable swatches.
This is useful for design workflows where you want to pull a color scheme from a photograph, match brand colors from an existing asset, or build a mood board palette from reference images. Click any swatch to copy its hex value to the clipboard, ready to paste into a design tool, CSS file, or style guide.
The analysis runs entirely in your browser. The image is never uploaded to a server.
By The Paper Room Editorial Team — Image Tools
Frequently asked questions
How many colors does it extract?▼
The tool extracts up to 8 dominant colors from the image, ranked by how much of the image each color represents. Very simple images (like a logo with two colors) may return fewer swatches.
How does color extraction work?▼
The image is downsampled to a small resolution for speed, then every pixel is analyzed. Similar colors are grouped into clusters using a quantization algorithm, and the largest clusters become the palette. This approach naturally surfaces the most visually prominent colors in the image.
Can I use the extracted colors in my design tool?▼
Yes — click any color swatch to copy its hex value (e.g. #3A7BD5) to your clipboard. You can paste hex values directly into Figma, Sketch, Photoshop, CSS, or any tool that accepts hex color codes.