Strongest fit
Who it is built for
- Designers seeking palette ideas from a theme or name
- Creators extracting a palette from an image
- Developers needing palette data or CSS gradients
ColorMagic
Free AI color palette generator for design projects
ColorMagic is a free color-palette tool that generates schemes from names, themes, text, hex codes, and images. It also provides a random color generator, color mixer, contrast checker, CSS gradient code, palette downloads, and a color-palette API.
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- Best for
- Designers seeking palette ideas from a theme or name
- Pricing signal
- Free
- Primary category
- Design
- Last verified
- Jul 31, 2026
The decision
Should ColorMagic make your shortlist?
Start with the job, the team, and the constraints. Product fit becomes much clearer when those three line up.
Practical use cases
Jobs it can take on
- Generate a color palette from a keyword, brand name, or hex code
- Extract a palette from an uploaded image
- Check contrast and copy CSS gradient code for a palette
Before you choose
Know the tradeoffs
- ColorMagic may display ads to help maintain the free service.
- The Color Palette API may be changed or removed without warning.
Inside the product
What you can actually do with it.
The core product capabilities, grouped around the work they enable.
AI palette generation
ColorMagic generates color palettes from text, names, themes, and hex codes.
Image palette extraction
The image tool extracts a color palette from an uploaded image or photo.
Design utilities
The service includes a color mixer, contrast checker, random color generator, and CSS gradient generation.
Typical workflow
Enter a name, theme, text, or hex code, or upload an image to generate a palette. Users can then copy colors and CSS effects, download the palette as a PNG, or save palettes after logging in.
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