Pull a color palette from a photo — PNG, JPG, WebP, or GIF
What is an image color extractor?
An image color extractor reads a picture and returns its main colors as a palette you can reuse. This tool samples the pixels of any photo, groups them with median-cut quantization, and shows the dominant colors as swatches with copyable HEX and RGB codes. It is handy for matching a site's colors to a logo or hero image, building a brand palette, or pulling accent colors from a photo. Everything runs in your browser, so the image never leaves your device.
How to extract colors from a photo
Upload an image, pick how many colors you want, and the palette appears instantly. Click any swatch to copy its HEX code, or use Copy all for the full list. Pair it with the color picker and contrast checker to turn a palette into a usable color system.
Dominant vs exact colors
The palette shows representative colors, not a pixel-perfect sample of one spot. Median-cut spreads the picks across the image's color range and orders them by how much of the image they cover, so the first swatch is the most prominent color.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a color palette from an image?
Upload a photo and the tool instantly samples its pixels and groups them into the most dominant colors, shown as swatches with their HEX and RGB values. Choose how many colors you want (4, 6, 8, or 12), then click any swatch to copy its HEX code, or use Copy all to grab the whole palette.
How are the colors chosen?
The tool uses median-cut quantization — the same family of algorithm used to build GIF palettes. It downscales the image, buckets the pixels into color groups, and repeatedly splits the widest group until it reaches the number of colors you asked for. The result is a spread of representative colors rather than many near-identical shades, ordered with the most dominant first.
What can I do with the palette?
Copy the HEX or RGB values straight into CSS, a design tool like Figma, or a brand style guide. It's useful for matching a website's colors to a logo or hero photo, building a mood board, or finding accent colors that already appear in an image.
Which image formats are supported?
PNG, JPG, WebP, and GIF. Transparent areas (in PNG and GIF) are ignored so they don't skew the palette toward the background. Very large images are downscaled before sampling, so extraction stays fast.
Is my image uploaded to a server?
No. The image is read and analyzed locally with an HTML canvas in your browser. It never leaves your device, which makes this safe for unreleased designs, private photos, and client work.