Image Color Picker · Complete guide
How to use the Image Color Picker
Upload a photo and instantly get its dominant colors as HEX and RGB. Perfect for moodboards, design systems and branding.
What does the Image Color Picker do?
Upload a photo and instantly get its dominant colors as HEX and RGB. Perfect for moodboards, design systems and branding.
It's part of the MagicBG toolbox— a suite of free, browser-based utilities that never upload your files anywhere.
Why use this tool?
- Build brand palettes from reference photos
- Match design tokens to product photography
- Craft moodboards without a design tool
How it works
- 1
Drop an image into the tool.
- 2
The palette is extracted automatically — up to 10 dominant colors.
- 3
Click any swatch to copy the HEX code.
Features
- Up to 10 dominant colors per image
- HEX and RGB values
- One-click copy
- 100% in-browser
Best use cases
- Design system token discovery
- Interior design moodboards
- Fashion and product branding
Pro tips for the best results
- Use large, well-lit source photos for the truest colors.
- Convert HEX to HSL if you want to build a full tonal ramp.
- Pair with an accessibility contrast checker before shipping.
Frequently asked questions
How are the dominant colors chosen?
The tool buckets pixels by similar RGB values and ranks the most common ones. It's a fast client-side quantization — no server call.
Ready to try the image color picker?
Free, private, no signup. Runs in your browser — your files never leave your device.
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