Color Palette Generator

Generate beautiful color palettes for your brand, website, or Liinks page. Pick a base color and instantly get complementary, analogous, triadic, and monochromatic palettes, free, no sign-up required.

From one color to a full palette

Choosing one brand color is easy. Choosing the four or five colors that go with it is where most people get stuck. Enter a base color and the generator builds every classic color harmony from it using the color wheel, so each palette is balanced by construction rather than guesswork.

Click any swatch to copy its hex code, then use the palette in your website, slides, social graphics, or link-in-bio page.

Palette types included

Each palette type answers a different design question:

  • Complementary: a high-contrast pair from opposite sides of the wheel
  • Analogous: neighboring hues that feel calm and cohesive
  • Monochromatic: tints and shades of one hue for a clean look
  • Tints and pastels: progressively lighter or softer variants
  • Neutrals: grays that carry your base color’s undertone
  • Color scale: an eleven-step 50 to 950 scale, ready for a design system
  • UI states: success, warning, error, and info colors tuned to your brand

Using your palette well

A common rule is 60/30/10: one dominant color for backgrounds, a secondary color for large elements, and an accent for buttons and links. Check that text has enough contrast against its background, especially for the lighter tints, before you commit.

Frequently asked questions

What is a complementary color?

A complementary color sits directly opposite your base color on the color wheel. The pair has the highest possible contrast, which makes complementary palettes good for accents and calls to action.

Can I enter a specific hex code?

Yes. Type or paste any hex code as the base color, or use the color picker, and every palette updates instantly.

How do I copy the colors?

Click any swatch to copy its hex code to your clipboard.

Is the color palette generator free?

Yes. There is no account, no limit, and no watermark.

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