Website palettes
Background, text, buttons and accents that pass contrast from day one — previewed on a live page before you export CSS.
Free · No sign-up · Runs in your browser
AI Color Palette Generator
Create beautiful and balanced color palettes for websites, brands, apps, UI designs and creative projects. Generate, customize, preview and export your colors instantly.
No account needed Nothing leaves your device CSS, PNG, SVG & JSON export
Made for every project
What Can You Create?
From a landing page to a full brand identity — the AI color palette generator gives every project a color foundation you can actually ship.
Brand palettes
Primary, secondary and accent colors that stay consistent across packaging, decks, ads and every touchpoint.
UI palettes
Design-token-ready color systems for components, states and themes — exported straight into your workflow.
Logo colors
Start from a single meaningful hue and expand it into a memorable, reproducible mark across print and screens.
App palettes
Light and dark themes with accessible interaction states, mapped to success, warning and error feedback colors.
Social media palettes
Scroll-stopping color combinations for posts, stories and thumbnails that keep your feed visually consistent.
Five steps
How It Works
A complete color workflow — from a one-line idea to exportable code — without leaving your browser.
Enter an idea or choose a color
Describe the mood — “calm ocean blue” or “luxury gold” — or start from a HEX, RGB or HSL value.
Generate palette
The generator blends color harmony rules with your input and returns five balanced colors instantly.
Customize colors
Lock the keepers, edit any swatch, switch harmony modes and fine-tune until it feels right.
Check accessibility
Test any foreground/background pair against WCAG AA and AAA thresholds with the built-in contrast checker.
Copy or export
Copy HEX, RGB, HSL or CSS variables — or download PNG, SVG, JSON and ready-to-ship stylesheets.
Try it now
The whole workflow lives on one page. Open the AI color palette generator and see for yourself.
Everything included
Main Features
Twelve professional tools in one free page — every button does exactly what it claims.
AI-style prompt generation
Describe colors in plain words and get a matching palette — interpreted instantly on your device.
Random palette
One click, five fresh colors — always balanced, never muddy.
Color harmony
Monochromatic to tetradic — six real harmony modes built on hue math.
Lock colors
Keep your favorites pinned while the rest of the palette regenerates.
Shade generator
Every color expanded into a 50–950 ramp, ready to copy shade by shade.
Contrast checker
Live WCAG ratios with AA and AAA pass badges for text and UI elements.
Image color extraction
Pull dominant colors from any photo or logo — processed locally, never uploaded.
Gradient generator
Linear and radial gradients with angle control and one-click CSS output.
Live preview
See your palette applied to a real page layout the moment it changes.
CSS export
Copy variables or download a stylesheet with named, production-ready tokens.
JSON export
Structured palette data with HEX, RGB and HSL for any pipeline or tool.
PNG & SVG export
Download a polished palette board for decks, docs and client reviews.
See it in context
Live Website Preview
Every palette in the generator is applied to a real page layout — header, hero, buttons, cards, text, background and footer — so you judge colors in context, not in isolation.
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Get Started
New · v2.0
Design that feels alive
A modern product page wearing your palette — colors update here the instant you change them in the generator.
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FeatureFast workflow
Ship designs in hours, not weeks.
PopularSmart defaults
Accessible colors out of the box.
NewTeam ready
Share palettes with one link.
This is a live demo — to see another color scheme applied.
The rules behind the colors
Color Theory, Built In
The generator uses the same harmony rules designers have relied on for a century. Pick a mode and the math happens for you.
Monochromatic
One hue explored through lightness and saturation. Calm, cohesive and impossible to get wrong.
Analogous
Neighbors on the color wheel, about 30° apart. Natural, comfortable and rich — nature's favorite scheme.
Complementary
Opposites attract 180° apart. Maximum contrast and energy — perfect for calls to action.
Split complementary
A hue plus the two neighbors of its opposite. The contrast of complementary with less tension.
Triadic
Three hues spaced evenly at 120°. Vibrant yet balanced — playful brands love this one.
Tetradic
Two complementary pairs forming a rectangle on the wheel. Bold and colorful — handle with a dominant hue.
Design for everyone
Accessible Color Combinations
Beautiful palettes still need readable text. Contrast measures the difference in brightness between two colors — and WCAG defines exactly how much is enough.
4.5:1 AA
Minimum ratio for normal body text against its background under WCAG 2.1 level AA. The everyday standard.
3:1 AA
Required for large text (24px+) and for UI components like buttons, inputs and icons against adjacent colors.
7:1 AAA
The enhanced level for normal text. Aim for it on content-heavy pages where long-form reading matters.
Who uses ChromaKit
Use Cases
Web design
Designers build page palettes, verify text contrast and export CSS variables the same afternoon.
Brand identity
Founders and brand designers explore directions fast, then lock the winners into a consistent system.
Apps & products
Product teams map palettes to semantic tokens — primary, surface, success, warning, error — for both themes.
Marketing & social
Content creators keep every post, story and thumbnail on-brand with repeatable color combinations.
Presentations
Export a palette board as PNG or SVG and drop it straight into slides and client proposals.
Learning color theory
Students experiment with harmony modes and see abstract rules become concrete, copyable values.
Good to know
Frequently Asked Questions
What is an AI color palette generator?
It's a tool that turns a short description, a starting color or an image into a balanced set of colors you can use in designs. ChromaKit interprets your words in the browser, applies color harmony math and returns five ready-to-use colors with HEX, RGB and HSL values.
Can I extract colors from an image?
Yes. The image color extractor analyzes JPG, PNG and WebP files entirely in your browser using canvas technology. Your image is never uploaded to a server, and the dominant colors it finds can be copied or turned into a working palette.
Can I export CSS variables?
Yes. You can copy CSS variables with one click or download a ready-made stylesheet. The tool also exports design tokens in CSS, JSON and Tailwind formats, plus PNG and SVG palette images.
Do I need an account?
No. ChromaKit is completely free with no sign-up. Palettes you save are stored privately in your own browser, and you can share any palette with a simple link.
Can I use generated colors in commercial projects?
Yes. Color values are free to use in personal and commercial work. The palettes are a starting point, so refine them until they fit your brand and always check contrast for accessibility.
Create Your Color Palette
Type an idea, pick a harmony and watch five balanced colors appear — free, instant and entirely in your browser.