Pick a color, choose a harmony rule, and get a 5-color palette ready to copy — instantly, in your browser.
Each option applies real color theory to the base color you picked above.
Pick a photo, logo or screenshot and get its main colors. The photo stays on your device.
Check that text is readable on its background. Click a palette color to use it, or pick your own.
Build a gradient from your palette, then copy the CSS or download it as a background image.
Move the sliders until it looks right, then copy the CSS.
Palette Forge builds a 5-colour palette from a starting colour, a harmony rule or a photo, with hex codes and a WCAG contrast check. It also makes CSS gradients and box shadows from your colours.
Yes. Choose or drop an image and Palette Forge finds its five main colors. The image is read in your browser and never uploaded.
Yes. The gradient generator builds linear, radial and conic gradients from your palette, and the box shadow generator makes soft, layered or inset shadows. Copy the CSS, or download the gradient as a PNG.
Yes. It checks text contrast against WCAG, so you can pick colours that are easy to read.
Yes. It is free to use, with no account, no watermark and no paywall.
No. It runs entirely in your browser, so your files and text stay on your device.
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