Free Color Palette Generator — Beautiful Color Schemes
Generate harmonious 5-color palettes in one click. Lock the colors you love, click any swatch to copy its hex code, or drop an image to extract its dominant colors. Perfect for designers and developers.
How to Use the Color Palette Generator — Beautiful Color Schemes in 3 Steps
- Click Generate to create a random harmonious 5-colour palette.
- Lock any colours you love, then generate again to remix the rest.
- Click a colour to copy its HEX code, or export the full palette.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a color palette?
A color palette is a set of colours chosen to work together in a design — typically 4–6 colours including a primary, secondary, accent, background, and text colour. For example, our site uses blue (#1F5EFF) as primary with dark navy text and light backgrounds. A good palette keeps websites, logos, and slides looking consistent and professional.
How many colours should a palette have?
Five is the sweet spot for most designs: one dominant colour, one or two supporting colours, one accent for buttons and highlights, plus a neutral background and text colour. Fewer looks flat; more than six gets chaotic. Our generator creates balanced 5-colour palettes you can use as-is or tweak.
What is the difference between HEX and RGB?
HEX (#1F5EFF) and RGB (31, 94, 255) describe the exact same colour — HEX is just the compact code web designers paste into CSS, while RGB lists the red, green, and blue values separately. Our tool shows both, plus HSL, so you can copy whichever format your design software needs.
What are complementary colours?
Complementary colours sit opposite each other on the colour wheel — like blue and orange — creating strong contrast that makes elements pop. Analogous colours sit side by side (blue, teal, green) for calm, harmonious designs. Our generator can build palettes in complementary, analogous, triadic, or monochromatic harmony modes.
Can I use generated palettes commercially?
Yes — colours themselves cannot be copyrighted, so any palette you generate is free to use in client work, products, and branding without attribution. What you cannot copy is someone else's trademarked brand identity as a whole. Generate freely and make it yours.
How do I export my palette?
Click any colour to copy its HEX code instantly, or use the export button to download the full palette as a PNG swatch sheet or copy all codes at once. Designers often paste the HEX list straight into Figma, Canva, or their CSS file. Your locked colours are kept while you regenerate the rest.
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