Guides

Every Palette Generator guide in one place

Reference articles on choosing, converting, pairing and implementing color palettes — written to sit alongside the live tools on the homepage.

What Is a Palette Generator?

A plain-language look at what a palette generator does, how it turns one color into a coordinated set, and when to reach for it.

How image-based extraction reads pixels, clusters them into a handful of dominant colors, and returns a usable palette.

Complementary, analogous, triadic and more — the harmony rules behind every generated palette, explained on the color wheel.

A step-by-step walkthrough of converting any hex code to RGB, HSL and CMYK by hand, and why HSL makes palettes easier to build.

How to keep a generated palette usable: WCAG contrast, color-blind-safe pairings and testing before you ship.

Turn a generated palette into a real brand system with a primary, supporting neutrals and a considered accent.

Practical patterns for wiring a generated palette into CSS custom properties, Sass variables and a Tailwind theme.

What separates a good free palette generator from a frustrating one, and the features worth expecting at no cost.