Developer Utilities · Free tool
Color Palette Extractor
Extract dominant colors from any image. Histogram-based, runs in browser. Click swatches to copy hex.
Updated May 2026
Extracts the dominant colors from any image using a 4-bit-per-channel histogram. Image is downsampled to 800px on the long edge for speed. Runs entirely in your browser; the image never leaves your device. Click any swatch to copy the hex.
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What it does
Extract the dominant colors from any image using a 4-bit-per-channel histogram. Image is downsampled to 800px for speed; runs entirely in your browser.
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Paste this snippet into any page. Loads on-demand (lazy), no tracking scripts, and sized to most dashboards. Replace the height to fit your layout.
<iframe src="https://freetoolarena.com/embed/color-palette-extractor" width="100%" height="720" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" title="Color Palette Extractor" style="border:1px solid #e2e8f0;border-radius:12px;max-width:720px;"></iframe>How to use it
- Pick an image.
- Adjust the number of colors.
- Click any swatch to copy hex.
Frequently asked questions
- How accurate is the extraction?
- It returns the most-frequent color buckets. For pixel-perfect dominant colors, k-means clustering would be more accurate. The histogram approach is fast and gives reasonable results for design / mood-board use cases.
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