Image color extractor
Upload an image and instantly extract its dominant colors as a clean palette. Get HEX values, RGB readouts and a ready-to-use color scheme. Free, runs in your browser.
Drop an image or click to upload
JPEG, PNG, GIF, WebP, SVG — runs entirely in your browser
Want the full design system from a color? Open the color palette generator to create accessible palettes, semantic tokens, light and dark themes, and production-ready CSS — all from a single color.
How to use this tool
- Drag-and-drop an image or click the upload area to select a file.
- The tool reads every pixel in your browser and clusters them into dominant colors.
- Copy any swatch as HEX, or grab the full set as CSS custom properties.
Frequently asked questions
- How does the image color extractor work?
- Your image is drawn to an HTML Canvas element and every pixel is read directly in the browser. A median-cut algorithm clusters similar colors together to find the dominant palette. No image data is uploaded to any server.
- What formats are supported?
- Any image your browser can render: JPEG, PNG, GIF, WebP, SVG, and BMP. Drag-and-drop or click to upload.
- How many colors are extracted?
- By default the tool finds 6 dominant colors, which covers most design use cases. The algorithm groups visually similar pixels so each swatch represents a distinct region of the image.