FREE COLOR TOOLS

Color tools
for creators.

Generate palettes, explore colour schemes, check contrast ratios, and build with colour. All free. No account needed.

ALL TOOLS

Palette Generator

Generate beautiful palettes with the spacebar. Lock colours you love, tweak hue and saturation, export to CSS or Tailwind.

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Palette Explorer

Browse curated palettes filtered by mood, style, and topic. Send any palette straight to the generator.

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Color Wheel

Pick harmonious colours using colour theory. Explore complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary harmonies.

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Tints & Shades

Generate a complete tint and shade scale from any hex colour. Copy as CSS variables or Tailwind config values.

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Contrast Checker

Check WCAG AA and AAA contrast ratios for any text and background colour combination. Instant accessibility audit.

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Gradient Maker

Build beautiful CSS gradients with multiple colour stops. Choose angle, type, and copy the ready-to-use CSS output.

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Gradients Gallery

Browse curated named gradients. Click any to copy the CSS gradient string directly to your clipboard.

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Color Extractor

Upload any photo and instantly extract a color palette. Click any swatch to copy the hex code.

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Color Picker

Pick any color and get its HEX, RGB, HSL, HSV and CMYK codes, plus tints, shades and harmonies.

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Image Color Picker

Click any pixel in a photo to get its exact hex code. Your image never leaves the browser.

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HEX to RGB Converter

Convert HEX to RGB and RGB to HEX in one box, with HSL alongside.

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Color Mixer

Blend two or three colors and get every step in between as hex codes.

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Color Blindness Simulator

See an image or a set of colors the way people with common types of color blindness see them.

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Color Names

132 named colors with hex codes, from sage green to navy blue, each with its own page.

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Color Meanings

What each color family and shade stands for, and how to use it in a brand or design.

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Color tools FAQ

Are the Zaps color tools free?

Yes. All thirteen tools run in your browser and work without an account, and the color names, meanings and palettes are free to browse and copy.

Which color tool should I start with?

To build a palette from scratch, use the color palette generator. To match the colors in a photo, use the palette from image tool. To check that text is readable, use the contrast checker.

Can I use the colors in my own projects?

Yes. Copy hex codes, CSS variables, or gradient CSS into your own work. The palette generator also exports a Tailwind config and PNG or SVG images.