Image Palette Generator
Extract dominant color HEX palettes from any uploaded photo.
Interactive Image Cropper Studio
Supports PNG, JPG, WebP, GIF, BMP, SVG. Processed 100% locally inside your browser.
About Image Palette Generator
The Image Color Palette Extractor & Dominant Swatch Generator uses K-Means color quantization and median-cut algorithms to extract 5 to 16 dominant color palettes with Hex, RGB, HSL, CSS Variables, and Tailwind color code exports.
How to Use Image Palette Generator
Step 1
Drag and drop an image into the palette extractor.
Step 2
Select the desired number of palette swatches (5 to 16).
Step 3
Inspect the sorted dominant color swatches and frequency percentages.
Step 4
Click "Copy CSS Variables" or "Export Palette".
Practical Use Cases for Image Palette Generator
Moodboard & Brand Identity Color Extraction
Extract cohesive color schemes and dominant accent hues from photographs and artwork for branding and website UI design.
Adaptive Dynamic UI Theming
Extract primary and secondary accent colors from album covers or hero art to theme audio players and landing page cards dynamically.
Input & Output Examples
Extracting 5-Color Palette from Nature Photo
Uploaded Forest Landscape Photo
Dominant Palette: #1B4332 (Pine Green, 38%), #40916C (Fern, 24%), #D8F3DC (Mint, 18%), #2D6A4F (Emerald, 12%), #74C69D (Sage, 8%)
Key Features & Performance
- ✓Extracts 5, 8, 12, or 16 dominant colors using K-Means clustering quantization.
- ✓Displays color percentages, Hex codes, RGB values, and HSL notation.
- ✓Interactive color swatch inspector: click swatches to see where colors appear in the image.
- ✓Exports in CSS Custom Properties, Tailwind config, SCSS variables, and Adobe Swatch Exchange (ASE).
- ✓100% Client-Side generation.
- ✓1-Click Copy color palette.
Key Terminology & Definitions
K-Means Color Quantization
An algorithmic clustering method that groups similar pixels in 3D color space (RGB) into $K$ representative cluster centroid colors.
Dominant Color Percentage
The proportion of total image pixels that map closest to a specific palette swatch centroid.