Color Palette Extractor

Monochromatic — shades of one color. Analogous — neighboring colors on the color wheel (for example, blue and green). Complementary — opposites (blue and orange). Triadic — three colors spaced 120° apart. Split-complementary — a base color plus two colors next to its opposite.

Use shades of gray with a slight tint of your primary color for a more cohesive palette. Or use pure gray (#808080 and variations) for a neutral background. Tools like Coolors and our generator offer automatic neutral colors.

For a web project, 5–7 colors are usually enough: a primary color, 1–2 accent colors, light and dark backgrounds, and a text color. Minimalist sites can get by with 3–4. Too many colors make maintenance harder and disrupt visual hierarchy.

Add colors to tailwind.config.js under theme.extend.colors. Or use CSS variables and specify them in the config. The generator can provide a ready-to-use config snippet — copy and paste it into your project.

Many generators show the contrast between colors in a palette. For text and backgrounds, check color combinations with Color Contrast Checker. Choose pairs with a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1 for normal text to meet WCAG AA.