Pick Any Color from an Image in Seconds
Use our free Image Color Picker to upload a photo, screenshot, or any image and extract exact color codes. Click any pixel for its HEX value, then convert that into RGB, HSL or CMYK in the same browser — no software needed. The image is decoded by your browser's File API and sampled from a canvas, so the file itself never leaves your device.
This page is the walkthrough, the tool is the button
If you only want to grab a value right now, skip the rest of this page and open the Image Color Picker - it is the tool itself, and it works the same way on a phone as on a desktop.
What follows is for the other case: deciding which pixel is worth taking, what to do when the same color reads differently in two places, and how to turn one extracted value into something a codebase can hold. One distinction matters most: this tool reads files. To read something that only exists on your screen - a video frame, another application - the screen Color Picker is the tool for that, and it needs Chrome, Edge or Opera on a desktop.
How to Pick a Color from an Image
Upload Your Image
Drag and drop or click to upload any image — JPEG, PNG, WebP, or BMP.
Hover to Preview
Use the magnifying glass to hover over any pixel and see its color in real time.
Click to Extract
Click any pixel to extract its exact HEX, RGB, and HSL color values.
Copy & Use
Copy the color code with one click, or explore the auto-generated palette.
Try It Now — It's Free
Our Image Color Picker works entirely in your browser. No uploads to any server — your images stay private.
Frequently Asked Questions
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The Complete Guide to Picking Colors from Images
Whether you're a web designer trying to match a brand's exact colors from their logo, a developer building a theme based on a reference image, or a digital artist looking for the perfect shade — being able to pick colors from images is an essential skill. Our free Image Color Picker makes this process instant and effortless.
Why Pick Colors from Images?
Images contain a wealth of color information that can inspire your designs. A beautiful photograph might have the perfect color palette for your website. A competitor's landing page might use a color scheme you'd like to analyze. A client's brand logo contains their exact brand colors. By extracting colors directly from images, you eliminate guesswork and ensure pixel-perfect color matching every time.
Common Use Cases
Designers frequently need to extract colors from images for various projects. Recreating a color scheme from a mood board, matching UI elements to a brand guideline PDF, identifying trending color palettes from design inspiration sites, or building cohesive themes from photographs are all everyday scenarios. Developers also benefit when implementing designs — extracting exact HEX values from mockups ensures the final product matches the designer's vision perfectly.
How Our Tool Works
Our Image Color Picker processes everything locally in your browser using HTML5 Canvas technology. When you upload an image, the tool reads the pixel data directly and provides real-time color information as you hover. The magnifying glass view gives you zoomed-in pixel precision, while the automatic palette generation uses color quantization algorithms to identify the most dominant and representative colors in your image.
Color Formats Explained
The Image Color Picker gives you one value per click: the HEX code of the pixel you landed on, such as #ff5733. That is deliberate, because HEX is lossless - six hex digits are the same three bytes written in base 16. From there the Color Converter turns it into rgb(255, 87, 51) for code, hsl(11, 100%, 60%) when you want a lighter or more muted relative, or CMYK when something is going to press. Keep the HEX itself whenever a channel has to match exactly, since HSL round-trips through whole numbers.
Tips for Better Color Extraction
For the best results, use high-resolution images with good lighting. Avoid heavily compressed images where color banding may distort values. If you're extracting brand colors from a logo, use the original file rather than a screenshot when possible. After picking your colors, use our Palette Generator to build harmonious color schemes, or our Contrast Checker to verify accessibility compliance.
All of our color tools are completely free, require no sign-up, and work on any device. Start picking colors from your images today and take the guesswork out of color selection.
What to Do with the Value You Extracted
A copied HEX is the beginning of the work rather than the end. Four steps turn it into something a project can keep. First, convert it only when a notation is required: the Color Converter prints RGB, HSL, HSV and CMYK from the same value, and HEX stays the version that cannot round. Second, name it for its job - --action outlives #1a73e8, because the number will be retuned and the role will not. Third, test the pair rather than the color: readability depends on the combination, so run the extracted value against the background it will actually sit on in the Contrast Checker. Fourth, collect the relatives - if the file gave you three or four colors, the Palette Generator is the fastest way to see a full set built from one of them.