Extract color codes from any image. Click anywhere on your image to get HEX and RGB values instantly
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Our Image Color Picker tool is a professional eyedropper utility that allows designers, developers, and creative professionals to extract exact color codes from any image. Whether you're matching brand colors, creating color palettes, analyzing competitor designs, or finding the perfect shade for your project, this tool makes color extraction simple and accurate.
The tool works entirely in your browser, meaning your images are never uploaded to any server - ensuring complete privacy and security. You can pick colors from photographs, logos, website screenshots, design mockups, or any other image. The color values are precise down to the pixel, giving you exact matches for professional design work.
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Digital colors can be represented in multiple formats, each with its own advantages and use cases. Our tool provides both HEX and RGB formats to suit different applications:
HEX (hexadecimal) colors are the most common format in web design and digital graphics. They use a 6-character code preceded by a hash symbol (#), like #FF6B6B. The format breaks down as #RRGGBB, where each pair of characters represents the Red, Green, and Blue components in hexadecimal (base-16) notation. Values range from 00 (none) to FF (maximum, which equals 255 in decimal).
When to use HEX: Perfect for CSS styling in websites, HTML color attributes, graphic design software (Photoshop, Illustrator, Figma), digital design tools, and any web development project. HEX codes are compact, easy to copy-paste, and universally supported across all design platforms.
RGB (Red, Green, Blue) represents colors using three numbers from 0 to 255, like rgb(255, 107, 107). Each number controls the intensity of red, green, and blue light. This format is intuitive because it directly corresponds to how digital displays create colors by mixing light.
When to use RGB: Ideal for CSS when you need transparency (using rgba with alpha channel), programming and software development, image processing applications, working with canvas elements, and when you need to programmatically manipulate color values. RGB is also more human-readable for understanding color composition.
Bright Red:
• HEX: #FF0000
• RGB: rgb(255, 0, 0)
• Means: Full red (255), no green (0), no blue (0)
The Image Color Picker is an essential tool for various professional scenarios:
Brand Identity & Design: Extract exact brand colors from logos and marketing materials to ensure consistent branding across all platforms. Match competitor colors for competitive analysis. Create cohesive color palettes by picking complementary colors from inspiration images. Designers use this tool daily to maintain brand consistency and discover color combinations that work well together.
Web Development: Get exact color codes from design mockups to implement in CSS. Match colors from reference websites or screenshots. Extract colors from client-provided images for accurate website styling. Developers can quickly grab color values without switching between multiple tools, streamlining the development workflow.
Photography & Image Editing: Identify exact colors in photographs for color grading and correction. Match skin tones, sky colors, or specific elements across multiple photos. Extract dominant colors for creating harmonious compositions. Photographers and retouchers use this tool to achieve precise color matching in their work.
E-commerce & Product Design: Match product colors accurately for online listings. Ensure product photos display consistent colors across different images. Extract colors from competitor products for trend analysis. E-commerce professionals need precise color representation to reduce returns due to color mismatches.
The color picker supports all common image formats including JPG/JPEG, PNG, GIF, WEBP, and BMP. Both photographs and graphics work perfectly. The tool maintains color accuracy regardless of the source format, ensuring you get precise color values every time.
No, absolutely not. All image processing happens entirely in your browser using HTML5 Canvas technology. Your images never leave your device, are not uploaded to any server, and are not stored anywhere. This ensures complete privacy and security for confidential design work or sensitive images.
Different displays (monitors, phones, tablets) have varying color calibration, brightness, and color gamut capabilities. The HEX and RGB values you extract are mathematically accurate, but how they appear visually depends on your display settings. For critical color work, use a calibrated monitor and consider that end-users may see slightly different colors on their devices.
The tool extracts the visible color as it appears in the image. If an image has transparent pixels, clicking on transparent areas will pick the background color. For precise alpha channel information, you'll need specialized image editing software. However, the RGB format can be manually converted to RGBA by adding an alpha value (0-1) for transparency.
The color picker is pixel-perfect accurate, extracting the exact RGB values of the clicked pixel. However, be aware that image compression (especially JPG) can slightly alter colors from the original. For maximum accuracy, use PNG format which has lossless compression. The tool provides the mathematically correct values based on the uploaded image data.
While the tool provides accurate digital color values, converting digital colors to physical paint colors requires caution. Paint color perception depends on lighting, surface texture, and surrounding colors. Use the extracted colors as a starting reference, then consult with paint suppliers who can provide close matches. Many paint brands offer color-matching services that can convert digital color codes to paint swatches.
Logos typically have solid, consistent colors that pick cleanly. Photos have gradients, shadows, highlights, and color variations due to lighting. When picking from photos, click on the area with the truest representation of the color you want. For logos, any part of a solid color area will give identical results. Consider using color averaging tools if you need the "average" color of a photograph.