Color Picker
Finding the ideal color has never been more straightforward; use our HTML color picker to explore millions of hues and their corresponding harmonies.
Color Picker
Operate the color picker by clicking and moving your cursor within the selection area to choose a color. You can also enter HEX, RGB, HSL, HSV, or CMYK values in the fields above to find a specific color. Click the swatch to save it to your palette. After choosing a color, you can discover different harmonies with the dropdown menu below the picker.
Color Harmonies
Color harmonies are visually pleasing pairings of two or more colors based on their arrangement on a color wheel. Also called color chords, these harmonies are valuable for developing a color palette or can be utilized as a complete color scheme by themselves.
Complementary colors
Colors situated directly opposite each other on the color wheel are referred to as complementary. These colors create a high level of contrast and serve as effective accent colors when combined with a more neutral palette.
Triadic colors
Triadic schemes are composed of three colors spaced evenly from one another on the color wheel. Much like complementary colors, triadic combinations are typically very vibrant with high contrast and are most effective when one color is dominant.
Tetradic colors
Tetradic color harmonies are made from two sets of complementary colors positioned 60 degrees from each other on the color wheel. These schemes are a superb foundation for building color palettes; you can refine them by using various shades, tints, and tones.
Analogous colors
Analogous schemes are made by choosing colors that are immediately next to a selected color. Often seen in web design, analogous combinations, when used with a complementary color for contrast, can provide remarkable versatility.
Neutral colors
Neutral schemes, similar to analogous ones, are created by selecting colors on either side of a chosen hue but at half the distance. While analogous palettes often use colors 30 degrees apart, neutral palettes use colors only 15 degrees apart.
Color Shades, Tints and Tones
Shades, tints, and tones are produced by adding black, white, and gray, respectively, to a base color. These variations are highly beneficial in web design for typography and backgrounds and are frequently matched with a complementary color to create contrast. Experiment with them on your selected color using the dropdown menu below the picker.
Color shades
Incorporating black at different levels to a color creates progressively darker versions, or 'shades', of that specific hue. Shades are excellent for link hover effects or as backgrounds for footers and headers.
Color tints
Tints are the result of adding white to a color, leading to progressively lighter variants. Tints can also be applied to CSS hover effects and work very well for modal backgrounds.
Color tones
Tones are generated by mixing gray into a color, which can yield a nearly infinite assortment of hues based on the level of gray used. While less frequent in web design, tones are valuable for text elements like comments, quotes, or highlights.