Colour picker
Pick colours from anywhere on screen (Chrome and Edge) or from an image, and find an image’s main colours.
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Runs in this page in your browser; nothing is uploaded.
About this tool
Pick a colour from anywhere on your screen or from an image, and get its HEX, RGB, HSL and CMYK values. Use it to grab a brand colour from a web page or an app, to take the colour of one spot in a photo, or to find an image’s main colours for a palette.
Picking from the screen uses the browser’s EyeDropper feature, which only desktop Chrome and Edge offer; any browser can pick from an image. Images get up to 8 main colours with their shares. Everything runs in your browser and images are not uploaded.
How to use it
- In Chrome or Edge, select “Pick a colour anywhere on screen”, then click the spot you want. Press Esc to cancel.
- Or choose an image under “From an image”. Move the pointer over it to see the HEX value under it, and click to pick that colour.
- Check “Main colours” for the image’s main colours and their shares; select a swatch to pick it.
- Copy the notation you need from the table, which also shows the contrast on white and black. Select a swatch under “Picked” to see an earlier colour again.
Common questions
Why is there no button to pick from the screen?
Screen picking needs the EyeDropper feature, which only desktop Chrome and Edge support. In other browsers the page explains this, and you can take a screenshot and pick from it under “From an image”.
Why does a picked colour differ slightly from the original pixel?
To keep picking smooth, an image whose longer side is over 1600 pixels is scaled down to 1600 first, which blends neighbouring pixels. Thin lines and noisy areas can therefore change slightly; crop the image first if you need an exact pixel.
How are the main colours found?
Pixels are sampled evenly across the image and similar colours are grouped with k-means clustering. Up to 8 colours are listed, largest share first, and mostly transparent pixels are left out.
Are picked colours saved?
No. “Picked” keeps the 24 most recent colours only while the page is open, and they are gone after you reload or leave. Images are read in your browser and not uploaded.
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