Color Palette Generator AI vs ColorDesigner

Color Palette Generator AI creates 13-color brand systems from text prompts and extracts dominant colors from images such as photos, logos, screenshots and product images. Image extraction uses k-means clustering. Users can lock selected colors, change hex values and regenerate the rest of a palette around those choices. The tool checks text and background combinations against WCAG 2.1 AA and automatically corrects failing pairs. Export options include CSS custom properties, Tailwind configuration, W3C design tokens JSON and shadcn/ui themes. Ready-made configurations are available for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and generic coding agents. Saved palettes receive permanent links with preview images and can be remixed. The free API supports generation, image extraction and programmatic palette retrieval. The Free plan is free and includes unlimited generations, every export format, shareable links and API access, with no account required. Accepted image formats are JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF and SVG up to 5MB; at least three extracted colors are needed to make a system. Uploaded images are processed for extraction and not kept, while saved palettes are stored.

ColorDesigner is a web and extension platform for creating color wheels, palettes, and gradients. Its listed 13 tools include a palette builder, gradient generator, color mixer, color wheel, converter, image palette extraction, image color picking, contrast checker, and color comparison. The palette builder creates tints, shades, tones, and complementary, analogous, split-complementary, triadic, and tetradic harmonies. The Free plan costs nothing and includes 12 tools, HEX export, up to five saved colors, five palettes, and one project. Pro is $37.20 a year, billed annually, excluding tax; it adds unlimited saved colors, palettes, and projects, plus export in HEX, RGB, HSL, LAB, LCH, OKLAB, and OKLCH. Subscription plans include a 14-day free trial; the one-time payment option has no trial. The Figma plugin creates tints, shades, harmonies, and stepped gradients from selected layers or local styles, but supports solid fills only. The Photoshop extension includes a color wheel, OKLCH support, harmonies, and stepped gradients with hue interpolation across color spaces.