🖼️ Image Color Picker
Click any pixel to sample its exact color, or extract the 6 dominant colors automatically. Exports to CSS variables and JSON.
Drag & drop an image here
Supports JPG, PNG, GIF, WebP
Crosshair cursor samples the exact pixel. Zoom lens shows 5× magnification.
About This Image Color Picker
An image color picker extracts precise color values from any uploaded image — either by clicking a specific pixel with the eyedropper or by automatically analysing the image for its dominant colors. This tool returns HEX, RGB and CSS named color values with palette export in CSS and JSON formats.
This image color picker samples pixel-level color data from photographs, illustrations and screenshots using the Canvas API — giving you the exact HEX and RGB values at any point you click. The built-in 5× zoom lens follows your cursor to help you land on precisely the pixel you want, making this image color picker accurate enough for brand color extraction and design system work.
Beyond point-and-click sampling, this image color picker analyses the entire image to surface its six most prominent colors using a color quantization algorithm. Each dominant color is returned with its percentage of the image, RGB values and nearest CSS named color equivalent from the full 148-color lookup table. In Chrome and Edge, the native EyeDropper API lets you pick from anywhere on your screen — not just the uploaded image.
The palette generator sorts extracted colors by luminance to create a cohesive visual sequence, then exports the result as CSS custom properties, a JSON array or a plain comma-separated HEX list — ready to paste directly into a stylesheet or design token file.
Capability: Samples pixel-level color data from images entirely client-side using the Canvas API — no file is sent to any server.
How to Use This Image Color Picker
How the Image Color Picker Works
- Upload an image using the file picker, drag & drop it onto the zone, paste from clipboard, or click Sample Image to try a demo
- Click anywhere on the image to pick the exact color at that pixel — a zoom lens shows a magnified view as you hover
- Click Extract Dominant Colors to automatically analyse the image and find its 6 most prominent colors
- Click Generate Palette to sort extracted colors by luminance into a cohesive palette strip
- Switch between CSS Variables, JSON and HEX tabs then copy the export for use in your project
The canvas-based image color picker provides pixel-exact sampling on every click — accounting for browser zoom and CSS scaling so the sampled coordinates always map to the correct point on the original image. The native EyeDropper API (Chrome/Edge) extends this to any screen content: open a reference image in another tab, click Pick from Screen, and sample directly without re-uploading.
Who Uses an Image Color Picker
An image color picker sits at the intersection of design and development. These are the workflows it serves most directly.
- Brand designers extract exact hex values from logo files, photography and brand assets — ensuring color consistency across print, digital and motion work.
- Web developers match website CSS to photography, product imagery and illustration palettes without guessing — copy the hex directly into a stylesheet.
- UI designers build color systems from product photography: extract the dominant palette, sort it by luminance, and export as CSS custom properties ready for a design token workflow.
- Marketing teams maintain visual consistency across campaign assets by verifying that digital creatives use the correct brand color values from source files.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is an image color picker?
An image color picker is a tool that extracts precise color values from uploaded images — either by clicking a specific pixel with an eyedropper, or by automatically analysing the image for its dominant colors. This image color picker returns HEX, RGB and the nearest CSS named color for every sampled point.
How do I pick a color from an image?
Upload your image using the file picker, drag and drop it, or paste from clipboard. Once loaded, a crosshair cursor appears over the image. Click any pixel to sample its exact color — HEX and RGB values appear immediately alongside the nearest CSS color name. The zoom lens magnifies the area around your cursor to help you pick precisely.
What image formats does this color picker support?
This image color picker supports JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF and WebP formats. All processing uses the Canvas API directly in your browser — no image data is sent to any server at any point.
How does dominant color extraction work?
The tool samples pixels across the image at regular intervals using Canvas getImageData, then groups similar colors by reducing their precision to identify clusters. Colors are ranked by how many pixels fall within each cluster. The six most visually distinct high-frequency colors are returned, each with its percentage share of the image.
Can I pick colors from my screen without uploading an image?
Yes — in Chrome and Edge, the Pick from Screen button uses the native EyeDropper API to sample any color visible on screen, including content in other tabs or outside the browser window. The button is automatically hidden in browsers that do not support this API (Firefox, Safari).
How do I export extracted colors to CSS?
After generating a palette, the export panel appears below the palette strip. Switch to the CSS Variables tab for a block of --color-1: #hex; declarations. The JSON tab exports a hex array. All HEX returns comma-separated values for quick pasting.
What is the eyedropper tool in an image color picker?
The eyedropper in an image color picker samples the exact color of the single pixel at the point you click. This tool enhances that with a 5× magnifying zoom lens that follows your cursor, showing a enlarged view of the pixel grid so you can land precisely on the color you need before clicking.