Extract a color palette from any image
Paste, drop or upload an image or screenshot to get its colors as HEX and RGB codes. Free, no signup, and your image never leaves your browser.
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Paste an image with Ctrl + V, or drop it anywhere
Copy an image and tap Paste, or choose one
Click the image to pick any other color.Tap the image to pick any other color.
Palette
Free with Google. The image and its colors go to a new board, next to everything else you copy.
Your image stays in your browser. Nothing is uploaded unless you save it to a board.
How to get the colors of an image
Paste or drop an image
Press Ctrl + V with a screenshot in your clipboard, drag a photo onto the page or choose a file. It works on your phone too.
Get its main colors
You get 5 to 8 dominant colors with their HEX and RGB codes and the closest Tailwind class. Click the image to pick any other color.
Copy them or save them
Copy one color, the whole palette as CSS, Tailwind or JSON, or a short AI prompt. Or save the palette to a Colurus board.
Why use it
Matching a brand, a photo or a design you like starts with its exact colors. Instead of guessing with an eyedropper, you get the colors that really shape the image, in the codes you paste into Figma, CSS or Tailwind.
If you build with AI, a screenshot's palette is the fastest way to tell an agent how something should look. The AI prompt gives it the exact hex values with a role for each one, so the result matches your reference instead of a generic theme.
Questions
How do I get hex codes from an image?+
Paste the image here with Ctrl + V (Cmd + V on a Mac), drop it on the page or choose the file. The main colors show up right away, each with its HEX code. Click a code to copy it, or click any point of the image to get the exact color of that pixel.
Can I extract colors from a screenshot?+
Yes. Take the screenshot, then press Ctrl + V on this page: there's no need to save it as a file first. The tool notices small accents too, like a colored button on a mostly gray interface, because vivid colors count a bit more than their area.
How do I turn a color palette into an AI prompt?+
Open the "AI prompt" tab under the palette to see it, then press Copy. You get a short text with the mood of the palette (light or dark, warm or cool, vivid or muted), every color with a suggested role such as background, text or accent, how much of the image it covers, and rules for using it. Paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor or any AI agent along with what you want to build.
Is it free? Do I need to sign up?+
It's free and you don't need an account to extract, copy or export colors. You only sign in with Google if you want to save the palette to a Colurus board.
Is my image uploaded anywhere?+
No. The image is read inside your browser and never leaves your device while you use the tool. It's only uploaded if you choose to save it to your own Colurus board.
How are the dominant colors picked?+
The tool groups the pixels of the image by how similar they look to the eye (in the OKLab color space), then keeps the groups that cover the most area, skipping colors that are almost the same. Use the − and + buttons to get between 5 and 8 colors, and click the image to add others, up to 12 in total.
More than a palette tool: Colurus is a clipboard with moodboards
This tool is a small piece of Colurus, a cloud clipboard with history. Save the palette and you get the rest for free.
Your clipboard, on every device
Paste screenshots, text, links or code with Ctrl + V and copy them back exactly as they were, on your laptop, your work PC or your phone.
Moodboards that keep the colors
Group what you save into boards. Every image you paste comes with its palette, ready to copy as HEX, Tailwind or CSS.
A whole board as an AI prompt
One button turns a board into a style prompt for Claude Code, Cursor or any AI editor: colors with roles, type, spacing and mood.