ColorPalette Pro vs Pantone Connect Palette Generator

ColorPalette Pro is a web app for generating customizable color palettes from a base color. It creates analogous, complementary, split complementary, triadic, tetradic, and tint-and-shade palettes, with square, triangle, circle, and diamond variations for each type. Colors can be entered as text, adjusted with sliders, selected with an eyedropper, recalled from history, chosen at random, or supplied through a URL. Supported color spaces include OKLCH, LAB, LCH, HSL, and RGB. UI mode generates interface palettes with surface and on-surface colors, including light and dark versions. Palette values can be copied as CSS, saved as a CSS file, or rendered as an image; a URL can preserve the chosen color and most options for sharing. Palette images can be dragged into Figma for sampling. The app matches color names through an API using hex values and uses Color.js for color-science functions. It is open source under the MIT license, and its maker says there are no plans for ads or subscriptions. The eyedropper is unavailable in Firefox and mobile browsers.

Pantone Connect Palette Generator creates palettes from a mood, theme, or concept using semantic search and Pantone trend research. The beta is available to authenticated Pantone Connect users, including free-account holders, and Pantone says it is built using Microsoft Azure OpenAI. Generated palettes can be saved to Connect, edited, exported into a design workflow, downloaded for creative files or vendor color specifications, and shared with a team.

Pantone Connect provides access to over 15,000 colors and nearest RGB, CMYK, Hex, and L*a*b* equivalents. Basic account holders can save and share up to 10 palettes. Premium includes tools such as color extraction, conversion, color data, harmonies, trending palettes, simulations, and accessibility support. Connect is available on the web, iOS, and Android, with an extension for Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop. Premium is required to use Pantone Libraries in Adobe Creative Cloud apps. Pantone Connect Basic is free with an account. Individual Premium costs $29.99 per month or $89.99 per year; subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled before the next billing date.