Create Inspiring Palettes

Your Ultimate Color Scheme Generator

Generate a beautiful, ready to use color scheme in seconds with this free online color scheme calculator. Explore a matching color palette, an interactive color wheel, and HEX, RGB and image color pickers, all free and built to enhance your designs and projects.

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Every Color Tool You Need

Free Color Tools, Built to Work Together

Generate a scheme, build out a full palette, check it for contrast, and export the exact codes you need. Eight free tools in one connected workflow for logos, UI kits, and website color schemes.

Color Scheme Generator

Pick a base color and instantly generate complementary, triadic, analogous and monochromatic color schemes for logos, brands, and websites.

Color Palette Generator

Build a custom palette for your brand, UI, or web design and export Canva-ready hex codes, Figma styles, Tailwind config, or CSS variables.

Color Wheel

An interactive online color wheel for exploring color harmony and the relationships between hues in real time.

HEX Color Picker and Converter

Convert HEX to RGB, RGB to HEX, HSL and CMYK instantly, or pick an exact HEX color code visually.

Image Color Picker

Upload any image, extract its full color palette, and click a pixel for its exact HEX code.

Color Contrast Checker

Check WCAG AA/AAA color contrast for accessible, ADA-friendly design, plus a built-in simulator for protanopia, deuteranopia, and tritanopia.

CSS Gradient Generator

Build smooth linear and radial CSS gradients visually and copy the code straight into your stylesheet.

Random Color Generator

Generate a single random HEX and RGB color in one click, perfect for quick inspiration when you do not need a full palette.

Our Services

Discover Our Color Wheel

See how colors relate to each other in real time on our interactive online color wheel, then generate a complementary, analogous, or triadic color harmony in one click for your next creative project.

Color Palette Generator

Create beautiful, perfectly balanced color combinations instantly with the Color Palette Generator. Explore harmonious color schemes, generate random palettes, customize individual shades, and find the exact colors for your website, brand, UI design, or creative project.

Palette Generator

Unlimited custom palettes

Color Wheel

Explore harmony live

HEX · RGB · HSL

Instant code export

100% Free

No signup required

Check Your Color Contrast, Free

WCAG AA/AAA tested contrast checking with a built-in color blindness simulator for protanopia, deuteranopia and tritanopia.

Why Choose Us

What Makes Us Unique

Simplicity

No signup, no clutter. Pick a base color and every tool, from the color wheel to the palette generator, works in a single click.

Precision

Every palette ships with exact HEX, RGB, HSL and CMYK values, so the color you see is the color you export.

Creativity

Unleash your artistic potential with diverse color schemes that inspire and enhance your creative projects.

User-Friendly

A clean, mobile-friendly layout keeps the focus on your colors: generate, compare, and export without leaving the page.

Color Academy

Learn Color Theory

Not sure which color scheme fits your project? Color Academy explains color theory in plain language, from what complementary colors are to how monochromatic, triadic, and tetradic schemes work, with a live generator built into every guide.

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Free color scheme generator, palette maker, color wheel, and color picker. No account needed.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Quick answers about the color scheme generator, palette tools, and contrast checker.

Is this color scheme generator free to use?

Yes. Every tool on ColorSchemeCalculator, including the color scheme generator, palette generator, color wheel, color picker, contrast checker, and converter, is completely free, with no signup, account, or watermark required.

What's the difference between a color scheme and a color palette?

A color scheme is a small set of colors chosen by a specific relationship on the color wheel, like complementary or triadic. A color palette is a broader set of colors, often including tints and shades, built for a specific project such as a brand or website.

How do I find the HEX code of a color in an image?

Upload the image to the Image Color Picker, then click anywhere on it. The tool reads the exact pixel color and instantly shows its HEX, RGB, and HSL codes, plus a full color palette extracted from the rest of the image.

Is the color contrast checker WCAG and ADA compliant?

The Color Contrast Checker tests any two colors against WCAG 2.1 AA and AAA thresholds, which the ADA compliance guidance in the U.S. is generally based on, and includes a built-in simulator for protanopia, deuteranopia, and tritanopia color blindness.

What are complementary, triadic, and monochromatic color schemes?

Complementary schemes pair colors from opposite sides of the color wheel for high contrast. Triadic schemes use three evenly spaced colors for a bold but balanced look. Monochromatic schemes use different tints and shades of a single hue for a subtle, cohesive palette.