Color Palette Generator
Generate shades, tints and harmonious colors from one base HEX color, each with a copyable HEX value.
Color Palette Generator — Enter a single base color in HEX and instantly get a full palette around it — lighter tints, darker shades, the complementary color and an analogous and triadic set. Every swatch shows its HEX value with a one-click copy button. Everything runs entirely in your browser; no color is ever sent to a server.
What is Color Palette Generator?
The Color Palette Generator is a free online color scheme maker for designers and front-end developers who need to build a full palette around a single base color. Enter one HEX color and it instantly derives lighter tints, darker shades, the complementary color, and analogous and triadic harmonies using HSL color math — every swatch shown with its HEX value and a one-click copy button. Use it to pick UI colors, build a shade/tint ramp, or find matching accent colors for a brand. It is a HEX color palette generator, shade/tint creator, and complementary color finder rolled into one.
How to use Color Palette Generator
- Type a base color in the Base color (HEX) field using #rrggbb or #rgb format, or click the large color picker swatch to choose one visually.
- Set Shades per side to 2, 3, or 4 to control how many lighter tints and darker shades are generated on each side of the base color.
- Read the Shades & tints section: lighter tints appear above the base color and darker shades below, each labeled (Lighter N / Base / Darker N) and shown with its HEX value.
- Read the Harmonious colors section for the complementary, analogous (+30deg / -30deg), and triadic (+120deg / -120deg) colors.
- Click the copy button next to any swatch (or beside the base field) to copy that HEX value to your clipboard.
Examples
Complementary color from pure red
Input
#ff0000
Output
#00ffff
Triadic color from pure red
Input
#ff0000
Output
#00ff00
Building a brand shade ramp
Enter your brand blue (e.g. #4f86f7) and set Shades per side to 4 to get four lighter tints above and four darker shades below the base, giving a 9-step ramp you can copy color by color into your design tokens.
Frequently asked questions
- What color formats can I enter?
- The base color is entered as a HEX value in either #rrggbb (six digits) or #rgb (three digits) shorthand. If the value is not a valid HEX color, an 'Invalid HEX color' message appears and no palette is generated. All output swatches are shown as #rrggbb HEX.
- How many shades and tints does it generate?
- You choose 2, 3, or 4 shades per side. The tool produces that many lighter tints (interpolated toward white) and the same number of darker shades (interpolated toward black), plus the base color in the middle.
- What harmonious colors are included?
- It outputs the complementary color (hue rotated 180deg), two analogous colors (+30deg and -30deg), and two triadic colors (+120deg and -120deg), all computed by rotating the base color's hue in HSL.
- Can I pick a color visually instead of typing HEX?
- Yes. Click the large swatch with the built-in color picker to choose a color; the HEX field updates automatically, and the palette recalculates instantly as you change it.
- Is my color data uploaded anywhere?
- No. Everything runs entirely in your browser using local color math — no color value is ever sent to a server, so it works offline and keeps your palette private.
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