Frequently asked questions.

A color palette generator is a tool that produces sets of colors that look good together — typically 4–6 hues arranged by established harmonies like complementary or triadic schemes. Our palette generator creates random harmonic palettes at the press of a button, lets you lock colors you like and reshuffle the rest, shows live HEX/RGB/HSL values, and flags which combinations pass WCAG contrast checks.

Start with the feeling you want customers to have (calm, bold, trustworthy), map that to a hue family using color psychology principles, then check what your competitors use so you can stand out. Once you have one brand color, expand it into ramps and neutrals — our guide on building a design system from a single brand color walks through the full process.

Nothing fundamental — they're two notations for the same thing. RGB writes a color as three decimal numbers (red, green, blue amounts of light): rgb(9, 132, 227). HEX writes exactly those numbers in base-16 with a #: #0984E3. Use whichever your tools prefer; every swatch on this site gives you both instantly. For a deeper comparison of all models, see RGB vs HSL vs LAB vs CMYK explained.

WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) defines minimum contrast ratios between text and its background so content stays readable for people with low vision or on poor screens: 4.5:1 for body text, 3:1 for large text. Around 8% of men have color vision deficiency, and everyone benefits from readable interfaces. Every palette in our explore gallery ships with computed contrast ratios per pair.

Check the room's natural light first (north-facing rooms need warm undertones), identify a paint's hidden undertone against pure white, then follow the 60-30-10 rule: 60% dominant wall color, 30% secondary textiles, 10% accent. Our room-by-room paint guide covers every step, and the paint colors catalog organizes 60+ shades by family with undertone notes.

Yes, everything is free, and no account is needed — there isn't even a login. The Site is supported by advertising. Your saved palettes, theme preference, and game scores live in your own browser's local storage, never on our servers.

Absolutely. Individual colors can't be copyrighted, and palettes you generate here are yours to use in client work, products, branding, or anything else — no attribution required. We only ask that you don't republish the site itself or scrape it at scale (see our Terms & Conditions).

Build or pick your palette, then open the Palette Exporter. It converts your colors into Tailwind config, CSS custom properties, structured JSON tokens, or an SVG spec sheet — ready to paste straight into a project. The design-system guide explains how to structure the tokens professionally.