Precise color tools for designers and developers.
Mathematically accurate conversions, WCAG 2.1 and WCAG 3.0 APCA contrast, palettes and gradients — computed in your browser, nothing uploaded.
the chromatic atelier — 5 swatches
Utility suite
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Color Converter
One value in — HEX, RGB, HSL, HSV, CMYK, Lab, OKLCH, CSS name and Tailwind out. Copy any format.
OpenContrast Checker
WCAG 2.1 ratio and WCAG 3.0 APCA Lc side by side, with a live preview and a fix suggestion when a pair fails.
OpenPalette Generator
6 harmony modes from one base colour, including double-complementary. Export as CSS, SCSS, Tailwind or JSON.
OpenTints & Shades
A 10-step 50-900 scale for design tokens. Tints lighten, shades darken — never swapped.
OpenGradient Generator
Linear, radial and conic CSS gradients with a live preview and 22 curated presets.
OpenColor Picker
A canvas hue/saturation/lightness picker with keyboard control and your last 10 colours.
OpenColor Blindness Simulator
See any palette or image through 8 types of colour vision deficiency.
OpenImage Color Extractor
Upload an image, get its 5 dominant colours — nothing leaves your browser.
OpenTailwind Color Mapper
Find the nearest Tailwind CSS v3 token for any colour, with the full family scale.
OpenCSS Variables Exporter
Turn a list of named colours into CSS custom properties, SCSS, Tailwind config or JSON.
OpenDirect converters
One conversion per page — deep-linkable, instant.
In the pipeline
color-kit.com provides 9 free color tools — a Color Converter (HEX, RGB, HSL, HSV, CMYK, Lab, OKLCH, plus 12 dedicated converter pages), a WCAG 2.1 and WCAG 3.0 APCA contrast checker with an in-house APCA implementation, a palette generator with 6 harmony modes, a tints & shades generator, a gradient generator, a color blindness simulator covering 8 CVD types, an image color extractor, a Tailwind CSS color mapper, and a CSS variables exporter. Every tool runs entirely in the browser — no image or color value is ever uploaded to a server.