Alternatives to ColorSlurp
Color picker for Mac and iOS with a magnifier and palette management. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
ColorSlurp
Color picker for Mac and iOS with a magnifier and palette management.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as ColorSlurp.
Pika
Pick colors from your screen with a macOS utility.
Pika is a free, MIT-licensed open source screen color picker for macOS only, with format copying and keyboard shortcuts but no iOS app or paid tier.
ColorZilla
Browser extension eyedropper, color picker and gradient generator.
ColorZilla runs as a free browser extension with an eyedropper and gradient generator, but it can only pick colors visible in the browser window.
Sip
A macOS menu bar color picker for collecting, organizing and sharing color palettes.
Sip is a paid macOS menu bar picker with palette organization, a color dock, contrast checking and color blindness simulation, but has no iOS version.
Just Color Picker
A free portable colour picker and colour editor for Windows and macOS that works offline.
Just Color Picker is a free portable picker for Windows and macOS with screen freeze and many code formats, but no iOS version.
Gpick
An open-source desktop color picker and palette editor written in C++ with the GTK toolkit.
Gpick is an open source desktop picker and palette editor for Windows and Linux, so moving to it means leaving macOS and iOS.
Also worth comparing
These listings name ColorSlurp as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Eyedropper
A GNOME app for picking colors from the screen and viewing them in many color formats.
ColorSlurp is a freemium Mac and iOS picker with a magnifier, palette management and contrast checking, with full features on the paid tier.
Instant Eyedropper
A free screen color picker for Windows and Linux that copies the picked color to the clipboard.
ColorSlurp is a freemium Mac and iOS picker with a magnifier and palette management, where full features require the paid tier.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Pastel
Generate, convert and manipulate colors from the command line.
WebAIM Contrast Checker
An online checker that tests foreground and background color contrast against WCAG AA and AAA levels.
Coolors
Fast color palette generator for browsing and tweaking combinations.
Sim Daltonism
A color blindness simulator for Mac and iOS that filters a screen region or camera view.
Colour Contrast Analyser
A free desktop app for checking foreground and background color contrast against WCAG, with eyedropper pickers.
HTML Color Codes
A web color picker and reference for Hex, RGB, HSL and OKLCH color codes.
