About Color Hut

Color Hut is a free set of color tools for designers and developers: color picker, gradient and shadow generators, contrast checker and image color extractor.

What you can do on Color Hut

• Color Picker – Pick any color and copy it as HEX, RGB or HSL.
• Gradient Generator – Build linear or radial CSS gradients with multiple color stops.
• Box Shadow Generator – Design layered CSS box shadows and copy the code.
• Contrast Checker – Test color pairs against WCAG AA and AAA contrast requirements.
• Image Color Extractor – Pull the dominant colors out of an image.

Open the Color Picker & Palette Generator

How it works

• Free to use: no account, sign-up or payment is required.
• Colors, gradients and shadows are calculated locally in your browser, and images used by the color extractor are analyzed on your device. Nothing is uploaded to our servers.
• Works in modern desktop and mobile browsers, with nothing to install.
• The interface is available in English and Chinese.
• The site is supported by advertising, which keeps every tool free.

Who runs Color Hut

Color Hut is built and maintained by an independent developer who focuses on small web tools that are fast, clean and respectful of your privacy. Each tool is meant to do one job well, load quickly on any device and work without an account.

Why we built it

Designers and front-end developers juggle color formats, gradients and accessibility checks many times a day. Color Hut gathers these small but essential tools on one page, and the image extractor works locally so your artwork is never uploaded.

Feedback

If something does not work as expected, or you would like a new option, let us know via the Contact page. Every message is read.