How does the tool extract colors from the image?

It downscales the image and runs a k-means clustering algorithm on the pixels to group similar colors and identify the most dominant ones.

What output formats are supported?

You can export your palette as CSS variables, SCSS variables, a Tailwind configuration object, JSON design tokens, or all formats simultaneously.

How are the shade scales generated?

The tool holds the hue and saturation of the extracted base colors constant while stepping the lightness value to create a smooth ramp from light tints to dark shades.

Can I customize the naming of the generated tokens?

Yes, you can choose between numeric names (e.g., color1, color2) or semantic names (e.g., primary, accent) and define a custom token prefix.

What image file formats can I upload?

The tool supports PNG, JPG, JPEG, WebP, GIF, and AVIF image files up to 10MB.

Image Palette to Design Tokens

Examples

1. Generating Tailwind Theme from a Hero Image

Frontend Developer

Background

A developer is building a landing page and wants the UI theme colors to match the primary hero illustration provided by the designer.

Problem

Manually picking colors and calculating Tailwind shade scales (50-950) is tedious and often results in inconsistent contrast steps.

How to use

Upload the hero illustration, set the palette size to 5 colors, select the Tailwind shade scale, choose the Tailwind config output format, and set the token prefix to 'hero'.

Palette Size: 5, Shade Scale: Tailwind (50-950), Output Format: Tailwind config (JS), Token Prefix: hero, Naming Style: semantic

Outcome

An exportable Tailwind configuration object containing 5 semantic color families (primary, secondary, etc.), each with a complete 50-950 shade scale.

2. Extracting CSS Variables for a Brand Redesign

UI Engineer

Background

A UI engineer needs to extract the core colors from a new brand logo image and implement them as CSS custom properties in a global stylesheet.

Problem

The logo contains multiple shades, and the engineer needs to quickly extract the 3 most dominant colors and format them as clean CSS variables with a 'brand' prefix.

Palette Size: 3, Shade Scale: None, Output Format: CSS variables, Token Prefix: brand, Naming Style: numeric

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