Color Palette Generator — Free
Pick a base color and generate a harmonious palette. Choose from complementary, triadic, analogous, split-complementary, or tonal shades.
5 harmony types
Complementary, triadic, analogous, split-complementary, and tonal shades.
Visual preview
See the palette as a color bar. Hover a swatch to copy its HEX directly.
Copy individually or all
Copy each HEX separately, or grab all at once as a newline-separated list.
What is a color palette generator?
A color palette generator takes a single base color and produces a set of complementary colors that work well together, based on established color theory relationships. Pixvert's color palette generator supports complementary, triadic, analogous, split-complementary schemes, plus a set of lighter and darker shades of your base color.
Picking colors that look good together by trial and error is slow and often inconsistent. Color theory gives predictable relationships — colors opposite each other on the wheel (complementary), evenly spaced colors (triadic), or neighboring colors (analogous) — and this tool computes those relationships instantly from any starting HEX color.
Each generated palette includes ready-to-copy HEX codes, making it straightforward to move directly from choosing a palette to using it in a design tool, CSS file, or brand style guide.
How to generate a color palette
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Pick a base color — choose or type the HEX code of your starting color
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Select a harmony type — choose complementary, triadic, analogous, split-complementary, or shades
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View the generated palette — see the resulting colors laid out with their HEX codes
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Copy the colors you need — click any swatch to copy its HEX code
When to use a color palette generator
Building a brand color scheme
Start from a primary brand color and generate a complementary set for accents and backgrounds.
Designing a UI
Generate a consistent set of colors for buttons, alerts, and highlights that all relate to your base color.
Creating chart color sets
Use an analogous or triadic scheme to pick distinguishable colors for a data visualization.
Exploring design directions
Try different harmony types on the same base color to compare visual moods before committing.
Why use Pixvert's color palette generator?
- ✓Multiple harmony types: complementary, triadic, analogous, split-complementary, and shades in one tool
- ✓Instant HEX codes: every generated color comes with a ready-to-copy HEX value
- ✓100% private: palettes are generated locally in your browser
- ✓Free, no signup: generate as many palettes as you need
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a complementary color scheme?
Complementary colors sit directly opposite each other on the color wheel, creating high contrast — commonly used for calls to action that need to stand out.
What is the difference between analogous and triadic schemes?
Analogous colors sit next to each other on the wheel, producing a harmonious, low-contrast look. Triadic colors are evenly spaced (120° apart), giving a vibrant but balanced palette.
Is my color data sent to a server?
No, the palette is computed entirely in your browser from the base color you choose. Nothing is transmitted.
Can I generate lighter or darker versions of a color?
Yes, the shades option generates a range of lighter and darker variations of your base color, useful for hover states and backgrounds.
How accurate are these color relationships?
The tool uses standard HSL color wheel math to calculate hue relationships, matching the color theory used in design tools and textbooks.
Can I check contrast between the generated colors?
Not directly on this page — use Pixvert's Contrast Checker to verify WCAG contrast between any two colors from your palette.