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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.

Extract the dominant colors from any image and get a clean palette with HEX values within seconds. The image is processed locally on a canvas — pixels are clustered with a median-cut algorithm and nothing is uploaded.

Drag in a JPEG, PNG, GIF, WebP or SVG; the extractor returns the dominant colors plus RGB readouts you can use as a ready-made scheme.

Drop an image or click to upload

JPEG, PNG, GIF, WebP, SVG — processed locally, nothing is uploaded

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

  1. Drag-and-drop an image or click the upload area to select a file.
  2. The tool reads every pixel in your browser and clusters them into dominant colors.
  3. 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.

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Image color extractor runs entirely in your browser — nothing you enter is sent to a server.