Features
- 5 harmony modes: complementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, monochromatic
- Native color picker with live hex display
- Click-to-copy individual swatches
- Copy All Hex button for full palette export
- Extract dominant colors from any uploaded image via Canvas API
- Random Palette button for instant inspiration
- Dark mode and offline PWA support
How it works
- Open freepalettegen.app in any browser
- Pick a base color with the color picker or click Random Palette
- Choose a harmony mode — palette updates instantly
- Click any swatch to copy its hex code, or click Copy All Hex
- Optionally upload an image to extract its dominant colors
Common use cases
- Web design — generating harmonious color schemes
- Branding — pulling a palette from a company logo
- UI design — building CSS custom property color systems
- Creative inspiration — extracting colors from photos
- Accessibility — monochromatic palettes for clean interfaces
How it compares
Coolors offers cloud saving but has ads and account gates. Adobe Color requires Creative Cloud. freepalettegen.app is simpler, free, and entirely client-side.
Privacy
All palette generation and image extraction happens in your browser. Nothing is uploaded.