Color Palette Generator
Generate beautiful random color palettes, fine-tune each color with shades, export CSS or Tailwind code, and share palette links instantly.
Tip: press Spacebar to quickly generate a new palette. Use the History arrows to move back and forth through palettes generated in this session.
Click "Generate" or press Spacebar to create a new color palette.
How to Use the Color Palette Generator?
Generate or Adjust Your Base Palette
Start by clicking the "Generate palette" button to create a random set of colors. Use the plus and minus buttons to add or remove colors until you get the ideal number of shades for your project. If you want to explore previous ideas, the History controls let you move back and forth through palettes created in this session without losing anything.
Fine-Tune Colors with Shades and Smart Copy
Click on any color pillar to open the shades panel. You can pick from 12 light-to-dark variations for each base color and update your palette with a single click. For quick reuse, just click on a color circle to copy its HEX code directly, making it easy to paste into your CSS, Figma, Photoshop, or any design tool.
Export Your Palette for Code, Design and Sharing
Use the Export palette button to copy the full HEX list, CSS variables with readable color names, or Tailwind color config. The CSS variables can be dropped straight into your stylesheet, while the Tailwind snippet can be pasted into your tailwind.config and used immediately in your React or Next.js projects. You can also download a high-quality palette image and open it directly in Photoshop or other design tools to sample colors with the eyedropper. The Palette share URL recreates the same colors in the Color Palette Generator, and the "Open in Color Gradient Generator" link sends the same colors into the gradient tool as perfectly spaced gradient stops.
Why designers use color palettes instead picking colors on the go?
1. Consistency across every screen and asset
A well-defined color palette keeps your website, app UI, social media graphics and print materials visually connected. Instead of guessing a new color every time, designers reuse the same core set of tones for backgrounds, buttons, text and highlights, which makes the brand feel more professional and intentional.
2. Faster decisions and fewer revisions
When you already have a palette, you do not need to pause the design process to pick a fresh color from scratch. Designers can quickly choose from a small set of approved colors, which speeds up layout work and reduces back-and-forth changes later because the color logic is already agreed and documented.
3. Clear visual hierarchy and emphasis
Color palettes typically include primary, secondary and accent colors. Designers use this structure to guide user attention — for example, primary buttons in one color, secondary actions in another and subtle neutrals for backgrounds. This makes it much easier for users to understand what is important and what is supporting information.
4. Better collaboration with teams and clients
A documented palette gives everyone the same reference, whether they are writing code, designing in Figma, editing images or reviewing mockups. Instead of saying "that blue" or "a lighter orange", designers can refer to specific named colors or HEX codes from the palette, which keeps communication clear and reproducible.
Benefits of Using Color Palette
- Builds a consistent visual language for your brand across web, mobile, print and social media.
- Saves time by giving you a ready-made set of colors instead of manually exploring random values for every new design.
- Helps maintain accessible contrast levels when you reuse tested combinations for text, backgrounds and buttons.
- Makes it easy to hand off work to developers by sharing CSS variables, Tailwind configs or palette images directly from the tool.
- Encourages more thoughtful, harmonious color choices instead of mixing random shades that may clash or feel unbalanced.
- Keeps your favorite palettes reusable via shareable URLs, so you can reopen and refine them any time inside the Color Palette Generator.