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Happy Hues vs Realtime Colors: catalog facts
Happy Hues	Realtime Colors
Best for: Curated color palettes shown applied live to an example website UI	Best for: Previewing a UI color set on a realistic web page before committing to it
Free Free web tool.	Free Stated as '100% Free! Forever.'; the plans section lists Basic, Pro and Enterprise all at $0.00 and calls… Full pricing details for Realtime Colors Stated as '100% Free! Forever.'; the plans section lists Basic, Pro and Enterprise all at $0.00 and calls itself a generic section.
Web	Web
Shows palettes in real UI context instead of flat swatches Free to use with no signup	Previews five roles (text, background, primary, secondary, accent) on a full sample site with dark/light toggle Exports to CSS, Tailwind CSS, SCSS, custom code presets (DaisyUI, shadcn, Flutter, Bootstrap, Material UI and others)… All 4 strengths for Realtime Colors Previews five roles (text, background, primary, secondary, accent) on a full sample site with dark/light toggle Exports to CSS, Tailwind CSS, SCSS, custom code presets (DaisyUI, shadcn, Flutter, Bootstrap, Material UI and others), shades, gradients and QR code Contrast checking, color locking, randomization and color schemes (monochromatic to tetradic) built into the toolbar Companion Figma plugin and a 'Realtime Themes' VS Code extension from the same developer
Limited to the curated set of palettes provided Web-based only, no downloadable app	The GitHub repository holds only README, LICENSE and images; the note says it won't be updated since the… Repository license is CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, which forbids commercial use and distributing modified versions Full limitations for Realtime Colors The GitHub repository holds only README, LICENSE and images; the note says it won't be updated since the site moved to a hosting service Repository license is CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, which forbids commercial use and distributing modified versions
Web application	Web application, Hosted service
Not open source	Not open source
License not stated	License: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Happy Hues happyhues.co Catalog checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Realtime Colors realtimecolors.com realtimecolors.com/docs/about-realtime-colors figma.com/community/plugin/1234060894101724457/realtime-col… marketplace.visualstudio.com/items github.com/juxtopposed/realtimecolors/blob/main/README.md github.com/juxtopposed/realtimecolors github.com/juxtopposed/realtimecolors/blob/main/LICENSE.md Catalog checked September 20, 2026

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