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Free Color Tools

Twelve free tools to help designers work with color more effectively. No account required.

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Accessibility
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Contrast Checker

Check WCAG AA/AAA compliance between any two colors. Covers normal text, large text, and UI components.

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Color Blindness Simulator

Preview your palette through 8 types of color vision deficiency — including deuteranopia, protanopia, and achromatopsia.

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WCAG Contrast Auditor

Paste up to 10 design system colors and get a full AA/AAA compliance matrix for every foreground/background pair. Export as CSV.

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Color Analysis
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Color Converter

Convert any color between HEX, RGB, HSL, HSB, and CMYK instantly. Copy any format with one click.

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Color Compare

Place two colors side by side and compare their hex values, HSL properties, luminance, and contrast ratio.

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Color Harmonies

Generate complementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, and split-complementary palettes from any seed color.

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Color Finder

Identify any color from a photo, your camera, or anywhere on your screen. Get the name, hex/RGB/HSL values, and closest archive match.

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Image Color Extractor

Upload any photo or design to extract its dominant color palette. Get hex, RGB, and HSL values. Find the closest ColorArchive match for each color.

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Color Personality Quiz

Answer 5 questions and discover your color personality type. Get a custom palette and shareable result card.

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Creative Tools
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Gradient Generator

Create linear or radial CSS gradients between any two colors. Adjust stops and copy production-ready CSS.

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Palette Builder

Pick colors from the 5,000+ color archive and export your selection as CSS variables, Tailwind config, or Figma JSON.

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Color Mixer

Blend any two colors across 11 smooth steps using RGB, HSL, or perceptually uniform OKLCH interpolation. Export as CSS variables or JSON.

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Tints & Shades Generator

Generate a complete 11-step tonal scale (50–950) from any hex color. Export as CSS variables, Tailwind config, Sass, or JSON.

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Brand Color System

Turn any hex color into a complete design system: 11-step primary & neutral scales, semantic colors, WCAG validation, and CSS/Tailwind export.

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Pick Colors For Me

Describe your project and get instant color palette suggestions from 5,000+ curated colors.

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AI Mood Palette

Describe a mood, scene, or emotion and get a 5-color palette generated by AI. Highly shareable.

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Palette UI Preview

See how any palette looks on real UI components — hero, cards, forms — before you build.

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Mesh Gradient Generator

Create beautiful CSS mesh gradients with multiple color stops. Export as CSS or download as PNG.

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AI Brand Color Generator

Describe your brand and get a full 6-color palette — primary, accents, neutrals — with AI-generated rationale and export tokens.

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Color Combinations

Browse 30+ curated color combinations — complementary, analogous, triadic, monochromatic — with hex codes and design use cases.

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Brand Color Analyzer

Paste any URL to extract its color palette, match to the archive, and get an AI design critique.

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Color Name Generator

Enter any hex color to get a poetic name, CSS variable name, Tailwind class, and WCAG contrast data.

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Design Token Generator

Generate a complete token system from any brand color — primary, neutral, and semantic scales. Export as CSS vars, Tailwind, SCSS, or JSON.

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Exploration
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Word → Color

Type any word or phrase and get a deterministic color palette derived from its characters. Consistent across sessions.

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Spectrum View

Explore all 5,000+ archive colors arranged in a full-spectrum grid sorted by hue, lightness, and saturation.

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Surprise Me

Click for a random color from the curated archive. Great for breaking creative blocks and finding unexpected inspiration.

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Famous Palettes

35+ iconic color palettes from Google, Apple, Bauhaus, Matrix, and more. With hex codes and cultural history.

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Color by Decade

100 years of design color history — Art Deco, 1950s pastels, 1970s earth tones, 1980s neon, Millennial Pink, and more. Copy hex codes.

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2026 Color Trends

13 curated color trends shaping design in 2026 — from digital calm to neo vibrant. With palettes, hex codes, and design guidance.

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Color API

Free REST API for 5,000+ colors. Search by name, hex, or mood. Get color relationships. No auth required.

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CSS Named Colors

Complete reference for all 148 CSS named color keywords with hex, RGB, and HSL values. Filter by family or CSS level.

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Integrations
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Figma Plugin

Browse 5,000+ colors, inspect WCAG contrast, and generate brand scales with 30 paint styles — directly inside Figma.

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5,000+ colors, zero noise

Every tool on this page works with the same carefully curated archive of 5,000+ designer-ready colors. Browse the full archive or read the guides to level up your color knowledge.

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