Color Palette from Image

Upload any photo or image and the tool automatically extracts the dominant colours using a clustering algorithm. The result is a clean colour palette showing each extracted colour with its Hex, RGB, and HSL values. Click any colour to copy its value to your clipboard.

The extraction uses a technique similar to k-means clustering, which groups all the pixels in the image by colour similarity and finds the most representative colours. This identifies the true dominant colours rather than just picking the most common single pixel values, which gives a more visually meaningful palette.

The default is 5 colours, which captures the key tones in most images. For simpler images like logos or illustrations, 3-4 colours may be enough. For complex photographs with many tones, 6-8 colours gives a more complete representation. Very high numbers (10+) start to include subtle variations that may not be useful for design work.

For branding projects, extract 5-6 colours, then choose 2-3 as your primary brand palette and use the rest as accents. For web design, a 5-colour palette maps well to primary, secondary, accent, background, and text colours.

Designers extract palettes from inspiration photos, artwork, and nature images to use in branding, web design, and graphic design projects. Interior designers sample colours from room photos to find matching paint colours. Artists analyse the colour composition of paintings they admire to understand colour relationships and apply similar harmonies.

Content creators extract palettes from their brand photography to ensure social media graphics and marketing materials use consistent, complementary colours. Wedding planners extract palettes from inspiration images to coordinate decorations, flowers, and stationery.