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Color Palette Generator For UI, Branding, Gradients, Image Extraction, and Contrast Checks

Create random color palettes, lock favorite colors, extract colors from images, preview gradients, and test contrast for branding, websites, apps, and design systems.

🎨 Palette generation🌄 Gradient preview✅ Contrast checks
5-color palettesStart with a full set instead of generating colors one by one.
Lock favoritesKeep the colors you like while regenerating the rest.
History saved locallyReload recent palettes without leaving the page.
Export readyMove palette values into CSS, JSON, or design workflows quickly.

Color Palette Generator

Generate color palettes, gradients, extract colors from images, and check contrast instantly.

Common Ways People Use This Tool

Build a website color system

Generate a palette quickly when a website, landing page, or UI needs a cleaner starting direction.

Extract colors from a reference image

Pull a palette from a logo, photo, illustration, or inspiration image before designing around it.

Check accessibility early

Test contrast between foreground and background choices before using them in text or UI elements.

Worked Examples

Example 1: Brand palette

Generate a few palettes, lock the strongest anchor colors, and keep regenerating until the brand direction feels right.

Example 2: Image-based design

Upload a reference photo to pull palette colors before building a landing page or social media graphic around them.

Example 3: Gradient exploration

Use the generated palette to preview a gradient direction before deciding which pairings feel most usable.

Example 4: Accessibility review

Test two chosen colors with the contrast checker before using them for buttons, labels, or smaller text.

How This Color Palette Generator Works

The tool creates five-color palettes, lets you lock colors you want to keep, and rebuilds the remaining colors when you generate again. That makes it much easier to refine a palette instead of starting over every time.

You can also upload an image to extract colors, preview the palette as a gradient, and export the result as CSS variables or JSON for development and design workflows. The contrast checker helps you test whether two colors work together clearly enough for readable interface or text use.

Recent palette history is saved locally in your browser so you can go back to earlier combinations without manually recreating them.

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Why This Color Palette Generator Is Useful

Choosing colors is easier when you can generate, compare, lock, preview, export, and test readability in one place. This tool reduces the back-and-forth between separate palette, contrast, and export utilities.

It is useful for UI design, branding, website design, social creatives, product mockups, presentation themes, and quick visual exploration when you want colors that feel more intentional without slowing down the workflow.

When this helps most

Use it when exploring a brand direction, pulling colors from references, checking if two colors are readable together, or exporting a palette into a CSS or JSON-based workflow.

Why the extra tools matter

A palette is more useful when it can move directly into a real workflow. Gradient previews, image extraction, contrast testing, history, and export options make the palette easier to apply, not just admire.

Useful searches this tool can answer

What to do after you get the result

Copy the palette values, export the colors into CSS or JSON, reload your strongest history entries, or continue into related tools if the same branding workflow also needs a name, profile bio, or sharing asset.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

The tool creates five-color palettes, lets you lock any colors you want to keep, and regenerates the rest so you can refine a palette instead of starting from scratch each time.
Yes. You can upload an image and the tool will extract colors from it to build a quick palette based on the image content.
Yes. You can copy HEX and RGB values, export the palette as CSS variables, or export it as JSON.
Yes. The tool includes a WCAG contrast checker to help you measure readability between two colors and see whether the combination is better suited for normal or large text.
The tool runs in your browser. Generated palette history is saved locally in your browser storage, and uploaded image processing happens on your device.