Coolors
Generate or browse color palettes and use image picking and contrast checking tools.
About Coolors
Coolors generates color palettes and lets users browse existing palettes by topic, style, color, or hex value. It includes an image picker to extract colors from photos, a contrast checker for text and background colors, and a visualizer to preview palettes on design examples.
It also provides color information such as variations and conversions, Tailwind palette previews, gradient creation, photo editing, and collage tools. Palettes can be organized into projects and exported as PDF, image, CSS, ASE, SVG, and code, with access via web, iOS app, and Figma, Adobe, and Chrome extensions. Some features require Pro.
Key features
- Generate color palettes with spacebar interaction
- Browse palettes by topic, style, color, or hex value
- Extract colors from uploaded images to create palettes
- Calculate text and background contrast ratio
- Preview palettes on real design examples
- Export palettes as PDF, image, CSS, ASE, SVG
Best for: Designers and creators who need to create, explore, and test color palettes for projects.
Good for
- Combines palette generation, image picking, contrast checking, and preview tools in one place
- Supports export to PDF, image, CSS, ASE, SVG, and code formats
- Available as iOS app and Figma, Adobe, and Chrome extensions
Watch out for
- Some features require a Pro subscription
- Image uploads are limited to 10 MB
- Camera image capture may be unavailable on some devices
Coolors at a glance
- Website
- coolors.co
- Category
- Design & Creative › Color Tools
- Type
- Online tool
- Pricing
- Not confirmed. Check the site
- Platforms
- Browser extension, iOS, Web
- Open source
- Not stated
- Language
- English
- Last checked
- Oct 5, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 5, 2026
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