Color Palette Generator
Color Palette Generator expands one base HEX colour into eleven swatches by rotating its hue and changing its lightness.
Harmony
Shades
How to use it
- Enter a base color as a HEX code
- Review the generated harmony (complementary, analogous, triadic) and shades
- Copy any color to your clipboard with one click
The harmony row is the base, its complement (hue +180°), two analogous hues (±30°) and two triadic hues (±120°). The shades row takes the base hue and saturation and sets lightness to five fixed values — 20, 35, 50, 65 and 80 — so they are absolute lightness steps, not tints or shades relative to the base. Saturation is never changed. The output is HEX codes to copy; there is no accessibility or contrast check on any pair, so verify text and background combinations separately with the WCAG Contrast Checker. An invalid base HEX simply produces no palette.
FAQ
No. The tool does no WCAG or contrast check at all. It only rotates hue and sets lightness; check any text and background pair with the WCAG Contrast Checker.
They keep the base hue and saturation and replace lightness with fixed values of 20, 35, 50, 65 and 80. They are not lighter or darker relative to your colour's own lightness.
Saturation is left untouched everywhere. The only input is a HEX colour; an invalid one produces no palette.