Color Palette Extractor
Upload any image to extract its dominant colors as HEX, RGB, and HSL values. Free color palette generator for designers and developers.
How to Use — 3 Simple Steps
Upload your image
Upload any photo, illustration, or screenshot. Works with JPG, PNG, or WEBP.
View extracted colors
The tool extracts 12 dominant colors using median cut quantization.
Copy color values
Click any swatch to copy its HEX, RGB, or HSL value for your design tool.
Why Use SiteConversor?
12 Dominant Colors
Extracts the 12 most visually significant colors using the median cut algorithm.
HEX + RGB + HSL
Every color provided in all three major formats used in design and web development.
One-click Copy
Click any color swatch to copy its HEX value instantly to clipboard.
Private
Color extraction happens locally via Canvas API — images never uploaded.
About This Tool
Color palette extraction is essential for designers, developers, marketers, and content creators. When creating materials that harmonize with an existing image or brand asset, extracting actual colors is far more accurate than eyeballing them.
Common uses: matching website accent colors to a hero photograph, creating marketing materials from a product photo's colors, identifying brand colors from a logo without design files, building mood boards from reference images, and generating cohesive themes for presentations and social media.
Our extractor uses the median cut algorithm — a classic computer science technique for color quantization. The algorithm finds the most frequently occurring and visually distinct colors, grouping similar colors to identify the palette best representing the image.
Every color is provided in HEX (for CSS), RGB (for Photoshop and Figma), and HSL (for adjustments and CSS variables). One click on any swatch copies the HEX value to clipboard — immediately usable in any design tool.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does color extraction work? expand_more
We use the median cut algorithm — a classic color quantization technique. The image scales to 200×200px for performance, pixel color data is analyzed, and the algorithm recursively splits the color space to find the most representative colors.
How many colors are extracted? expand_more
12 dominant colors, sorted lightest to darkest by perceived brightness — covering the main color themes of the image.
Can I use this to match brand colors from a logo? expand_more
Yes. Upload your logo and the tool extracts the main colors. Useful for identifying exact HEX values when original design files are unavailable.
What is the difference between HEX, RGB, and HSL? expand_more
HEX (#2563eb) is used in CSS/HTML. RGB describes colors as Red/Green/Blue amounts, widely used in design software. HSL uses Hue (0–360°), Saturation, and Lightness — often more intuitive for adjusting colors.
Can I extract colors from a PDF? expand_more
First convert a PDF page to JPG using our PDF to JPG tool, then upload the JPG to the palette extractor.
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