Palette from Image
Extract the dominant colours of any picture as copyable hex codes.
About this palette extractor
Drop in a photo, logo or screenshot and get its eight dominant colours as swatches, darkest to lightest — click any to copy the hex, or copy the whole palette at once. The analysis (median-cut quantisation, the same family of algorithm GIF encoders use) runs on your device: free, no upload, no account.
From photo to colour scheme
The classic use: a brand or room or artwork you love becomes a working palette in seconds. A practical recipe — pick the darkest swatch for text, the lightest for backgrounds, and one saturated middle swatch as the accent; check the text/background pair in the colour converter's contrast checker before committing. Photos of nature tend to produce the most usable schemes; heavily filtered images hand you their filter.
Frequently asked questions
How does the palette extraction work?
Median-cut quantisation: the image's pixels are recursively split along their widest colour axis until eight representative groups remain, and each group's average becomes a swatch.
Is my image uploaded?
No — the picture is analysed in your browser on a downsampled copy and never leaves your device. Free, no account.
How do I turn the swatches into a design?
Darkest swatch for text, lightest for background, one vivid middle tone as the accent — then verify the text/background contrast before shipping.
Why do the colours differ from what I see in the photo?
Swatches are averages of colour regions, so a sky of many blues becomes one representative blue. For a single exact pixel, use the image colour picker instead.