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Website colour scheme from an image

A good site starts from one picture it should feel like. Drop a hero photo, a mood image or a screenshot of a design you admire, and the main colours come out ready to paste into your stylesheet. Nothing is uploaded: your image stays in your browser.

Drop an image here

Or paste one with Ctrl+V. PNG, JPG, WebP, GIF, AVIF or BMP, up to 25 MB.

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How it works

  1. Add an image

    Drop a picture on the page, paste it with Ctrl+V, or browse for a file. A logo, a photo, a screenshot or a product shot all work.

  2. Choose how many colours

    Pick 4, 6, 8 or 10. The most common colours come first, with the share of the image each one covers, so you can see which colour leads.

  3. Pick, scale and copy

    Click the image to pick any exact pixel with a magnifier, open an eleven-step tonal scale for any colour, and show the colours as HEX, RGB, HSL or OKLCH.

  4. Export it

    Copy the palette as CSS variables, a Tailwind theme, SCSS, JSON or plain text, download it as a file, or save a PNG strip of the colours.

Questions about a website colour scheme

How do I get a website colour scheme from an image?

Add your image, and 6 colours are chosen for you. You can change that to 4, 6, 8 or 10. Then open Export, choose CSS variables and copy the code. Use the biggest colour for backgrounds, the next one for surfaces, and the most saturated small colour for buttons and links.

Which colour should be my website background?

Take the colour with the biggest share if it is calm, or the lightest one. Then open its Check contrast link to confirm your text stays readable on it.

How many colours should a website colour scheme have?

Six colours is a good start for a site: two neutrals, a main colour, an accent and two spares. Go down to four if the page feels busy.

Is the image I use for my website colour scheme uploaded?

No. The picture is read by your own browser in a background worker, so your website colour scheme stays private and the page keeps working offline once it has loaded.

Next step

Check that these colours are readable

A palette looks fine until text sits on it. Test any pair from your palette against WCAG AA and AAA, and get the closest passing colour when one fails.

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About these tools

Small tools, made by Sifency

Sifency is a small studio that builds themes, plugins and web apps. These tools began as the things we kept needing ourselves, so we tidied them up and left them open for everyone. There is nothing to sign up for.