
Coolors
Coolors is a color palette generator and collection of color tools for designers, creators, and anyone working with visual combinations.
What Coolors is
Coolors is a color palette generator and collection of color tools for designers, creators, and anyone working with visual combinations. Press the spacebar to generate color schemes, or explore more than 10 million palettes by color, style, topic, or hex value. The Image Picker extracts colors from photos, and the site also has a collage maker and image converter. Its Contrast Checker calculates text and background contrast ratios to support accessibility checks. Palette Visualizer previews colors on designs, alongside a color picker, Tailwind color previews, and an AI Color Bot. Export options include PDF, image, CSS, ASE, SVG, code, Tailwind, and embed. Free accounts can save up to 10 palettes, one project, one collection, and five favorite colors. Coolors is available on the web and iOS, with Figma, Adobe, and Chrome extensions listed. Coolors Pro costs $3/mo and removes ads, allows palettes up to 10 colors, and adds unlimited saved palettes, projects, collections, and colors, plus AI access and advanced exports.
Good
- Generates schemes and offers more than 10 million palettes.
- Image Picker extracts colors from photos.
- Contrast Checker calculates text and background ratios.
- Exports include PDF, CSS, SVG, and Tailwind.
- Available on web and iOS, with listed extensions.
Watch out
- Free accounts are limited to 10 saved palettes.
- Free accounts have one project and one collection.
- Free accounts can save five favorite colors.
- Coolors Pro costs $3/mo.
Who it suits
Coolors suits people who need to generate or browse color palettes, extract colors from images, or check text and background contrast. Its export options and extensions also suit users who want to carry palettes into other design tools.
Verdict
Coolors combines palette discovery and generation with image, contrast, preview, and export tools. The free account has firm saving limits, while Pro expands saved items and adds AI access and advanced exports.
Plans and prices
From Coolors's own pricing page, checked 28 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Coolors Pro | $3 a month | Removes ads · palettes up to 10 colors · unlimited saved palettes, projects, collections, and colors · AI access · advanced exports · $3/mo |
The facts
Each one read from Coolors's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Accessibility
- The Contrast Checker calculates text and background contrast ratios to help make content more accessible.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Exports
- Palette export options include PDF, image, CSS, ASE, SVG, code, Tailwind, and embed.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Image tools
- The Image Picker extracts colors from photos, and Coolors also offers a collage maker and image converter.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Palette discovery
- Users can explore more than 10 million palettes and search by colors, styles, topics, or hex values.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Palette generation
- The palette generator creates color schemes by pressing the spacebar.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Payment security
- The page identifies Paddle as the provider for secure payment.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Preview and color tools
- Palette Visualizer previews colors on designs, and the site also offers a color picker, Tailwind color previews, and an AI Color Bot.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- Coolors describes itself as a color palette generator for designers, creators, and anyone seeking visual harmony.checked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free account limits
- The page says free accounts can save up to 10 palettes, have 1 project and 1 collection, and save up to 5 favorite colors.checked 28 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Integrations and apps
- The homepage lists an iOS app, Figma plugin, Adobe extension, and Chrome extension.checked 28 Sep 2026
The company
- Maker
- The homepage credits Coolors to Fabrizio Bianchi and identifies Fabrizio as its creator and maintainer.checked 28 Sep 2026
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