Color palette extractor

Extract a compact palette from your image and copy it as CSS color variables.

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Updated 2026-09-19

Using the color palette extractor

The image is reduced to a small sampling grid. Opaque pixels are grouped into nearby RGB buckets, and the most frequent groups become palette colors. Each output color is the average of the pixels in its group; it is not necessarily an exact source pixel.

Next: Color picker from image

A worked example

The original sample artwork produces a palette containing teal, coral and cream groups. An all-red image produces the single color #FF0000.

Before you use the result

This is a sampled, frequency-based palette, not an exact list of every pixel. Transparent pixels are skipped; subtle gradients and small accents may be missed.

Next: Image resizer

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