Image Palette Extractor
Quick answer
Upload an image—get 5–8 swatches with HEX codes.
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Lighting bias
Photos with heavy shadows skew dark clusters—crop to subject or adjust exposure before extracting.
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Palette extraction clusters similar pixels to representative swatches—k-means and frequency counts are common approaches. Use it when you want UI accents that harmonize with photography.
How to use this calculator
- Open the tool: Upload a high-res image.
- Tune inputs: Choose cluster count.
- Read the output: Copy swatches into your theme or Figma.
Real-world examples
- Landscape photo: Sky blues may dominate—lower weight or mask sky if you want subject colors.
- Logo PNG: Clean vectors extract more reliably than noisy JPEGs.
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Tips & gotchas
Name tokens semantically (`--photo-accent-1`) not by HEX alone—design systems evolve.
FAQ
Copyright?
You still need rights to the source image—palette extraction doesn’t change licensing.
Does this tool send my text to a server?
Calciverse runs in your browser; we do not store your inputs on our servers for these utilities. Anything that uses network APIs (for example DNS lookup) only sends what you explicitly request.
Why do results differ from another site?
Rounding, defaults, and implementation details (color spaces, tokenizers, DNS resolvers) can differ. Compare definitions, not just the headline number.