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Color Picker

Pick colors, generate palettes, and extract colors from images. HEX, RGB, and HSL in one browser-based tool.

Visual Picker Palette Generator Image Extractor 100% Free

Drop an image or click to upload

Click anywhere on the image to pick a color

No saved colors yet

How it works

Three simple steps — everything happens in your browser.

1

Pick a color

Click the color area or enter a HEX, RGB, or HSL value to select your base color.

2

Explore the values

View the matching HEX, RGB, and HSL values, then copy the format you need.

3

Build a palette

Generate harmonious combinations, sample an image, and save the colors you want to keep.

Why choose ToolKnit Color Picker?

Visual color control

Choose an exact shade with the saturation canvas and hue slider, or type a value directly.

Useful palette modes

Create complementary, analogous, triadic, split-complementary, tetradic, and monochromatic schemes.

Image color extraction

Sample any pixel from an image and review its dominant colors without sending the file away.

Private by design

Color processing and image sampling run locally in your browser. Your files do not upload.

Pro Tips

  • ●Use the browser eyedropper to sample a color outside this page when your browser supports it.
  • ●Try complementary colors for bold contrast and analogous colors for a calmer visual hierarchy.
  • ●Right-click a saved color to remove it from the local palette.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

A color picker lets you select a color visually or by entering a code such as HEX, RGB, or HSL. It updates the matching formats instantly.
Enter a HEX color such as #3B82F6 and the matching RGB value appears automatically. You can copy it with one click.
A complementary color sits opposite the base color on the color wheel, creating high contrast and visual impact.
Every selection is available as HEX, RGB, and HSL, ready to copy into CSS, a design system, or another tool.
Yes. Upload an image, click any pixel to sample it, and review the automatically extracted dominant colors.
Pick a base color, save it to the palette panel, then repeat for any colors you want to keep nearby.
HEX is compact CSS notation, RGB represents red, green, and blue values, and HSL uses hue, saturation, and lightness for more intuitive adjustments.
Yes. Use the colors you create in personal, commercial, or client projects without attribution or restrictions.