About ColorMix

ColorMix is a small set of free color tools for designers, illustrators, and creators. It does three things well: extract palettes from images, generate harmonious color schemes, and check WCAG contrast.

Everything runs in your browser. There’s no account, no upload, no waiting. Drop an image, click a button, copy the colors. That’s it.

The site is built and maintained by a small team of creators who care about color. We use these tools ourselves, every day, for illustration work, brand design, and front-end projects.

What we believe

• Color tools should be free. The algorithms aren’t new. There’s no reason to charge for them.
• Privacy is non-negotiable. Your images never leave your device. We can’t see them and we don’t want to.
• Beautiful beats bloated. Most palette tools are cluttered with ads and sign-up walls. We’re not.
• Aesthetic matters. The tool’s design is part of the product. A color picker should itself be pleasing to look at.

How it’s built

ColorMix is a static site built with Next.js and Tailwind. The color extraction algorithm is a custom median-cut implementation that runs in the browser using the HTML5 canvas API. The contrast checker follows the WCAG 2.1 specification. The mood palettes are hand-curated by humans, not generated.

The site is hosted on Vercel’s free tier and costs effectively nothing to operate. It is funded by unobtrusive advertising.