palette thief

Free Color Palette Extractor & Generator

Upload any image and extract its colors instantly. Generate random palettes, analyze harmony and contrast, export to CSS, Figma, Tailwind, JSON, PNG and more. Free. No account. No uploads.

What is Palette Thief?

Palette Thief Ultimate is a lightweight, free color palette extractor and generator.
It runs entirely in your browser — no installs, no dependencies, no data leaving your device. Everything happens locally in your browser. Nothing is uploaded, stored, or tracked. Palette Thief runs in any modern browser on any device. No installation, no app store, no waiting.

Extract Colors From Images

Export to Every Format

ONE TOOL. EVERY FORMAT.

Random Color Palette Generator

What's New in v3.0

v3.0 Update is about convenience, White/Dark Mode is now added, undo/redo buttons are in the game, from now on you can expand all tints and lock all colors, added an auto save indicator on top and a copy button to the gradient generator, a version badge now shows you the current version of the app, a lot of improvements and bug fixes.

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Something not working as expected? Email us by clicking the link below
we read every report personally and fix issues fast. No accounts, no forms, just a straight email. feedback form is also located on the report page

Access the changelogs and be the first to find out what changed by clicking the link below.

zero tracking

No servers. No uploads. Your images are processed entirely in your browser and never sent anywhere. No analytics, no cookies, no third-party scripts watching you work.

Instant extraction

zero latency

Drop any image and get a full color palette in milliseconds. No waiting, no processing bar, no server round-trip. Just instant results in your browser.

extract color palettes from images and gifs free, no upload, color palette generator with no account needed

BUILD YOUR COLOR EMPIRE

Save any palette to your library with one click. Rename, reload and delete palettes whenever you need. Export your entire library as a JSON file and import it on any browser or device — your palettes go where you go.

for designers
and
developers

  • Image color extraction with median cut algorithm

  • 5 random palette presets with Spread, Vibrancy and Chaos sliders

  • Intelligence score — Harmony, Contrast and Range analysis

  • Color detail sidebar — every color space, WCAG rating, tints and shades

  • Sort by Hue, Saturation or Brightness. Shuffle. Remove duplicates.

  • Gradient maker with live CSS output

  • Export: CSS vars, JSON, Figma Tokens, Tailwind, HTML, PNG card, WebM video, GPL

  • Share any palette via URL

  • Full keyboard shortcut system

  • Palette library with JSON export and import

free color palette tool

A small, stubbornly independent color tool

Free Forever

Lifetime Updates. No subscriptions. Ever.

Palette Thief is free. Not free with limits, not free with a watermark, not free until you need the good stuff. Everything — every export, every feature, every update — free forever. No account to create. No subscription to cancel.

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