Image Color Picker
Pick the exact colour of any pixel in a photo or screenshot — Ctrl+V to paste, click for HEX and RGB, plus a ready-made tints and shades card. All local, nothing uploaded.
Tints & shades
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Point your phone camera at the code to open this tool.
Pick the exact colour of any pixel in a photo or screenshot — Ctrl+V to paste, click for HEX and RGB, plus a ready-made tints and shades card. All local, nothing uploaded.
How to use Image Color Picker
- Open the toolNo signup and nothing to install; it works as soon as the page loads.
- Read the resultChange any input and the result is recalculated immediately.
Nothing you enter leaves your device
All of the work happens inside your browser. Whatever you type is never packaged up and sent to a server, and no request this page makes carries it.
That makes it safe for contract amounts, personal details and internal documents you would rather not hand to a third party — close the tab and it is gone.
What this tool does not do
Image Color Picker only does what a browser can do on its own — it talks to no backend service. So it keeps no history for you and syncs nothing across devices; if you need a record, copy or download the result.
It is also not a substitute for professional judgement. For legal, medical or tax decisions, treat the output as a starting point rather than a final answer.
Frequently Asked Questions
- How do I pick a colour from an image?
- Drop the image in, press Ctrl+V to paste it, or click to choose a file. Hover to magnify a single pixel, then click to lock that colour — the HEX and RGB fields update instantly.
- Can I paste a screenshot straight in?
- Yes. Press Ctrl+V anywhere on the page and the image on your clipboard loads immediately. The fastest route is Win+Shift+S on Windows or Ctrl+Shift+Cmd+4 on macOS, then paste.
- What are the tints and shades in the colour card?
- They are the same colour mixed towards white (tints) and towards black (shades), using the values.js maths. Click any swatch to copy its HEX — handy for building hover states and borders from one brand colour.
- Is my image uploaded anywhere?
- No. Your own browser decodes the image and reads it pixel by pixel with canvas, so nothing is sent to a server. Screenshots of internal dashboards are safe here.