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kmeans-colorsAdobe Color

Best for: Developers and designers extracting color palettes from images on the command line

Best for: Building harmony-based palettes with accessibility checks inside the Adobe ecosystem

Free

Free and open source, dual-licensed under MIT and Apache 2.0.

 Free

Tool pages can be used without paying or signing in; saving palettes to a library may require an…

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Tool pages can be used without paying or signing in; saving palettes to a library may require an Adobe account.

Command line Web
  • Extracts dominant colors or a palette from an image
  • Also does binarization and color style transfer
All 3 strengths
  • Extracts dominant colors or a palette from an image
  • Also does binarization and color style transfer
  • Usable as a CLI or a Rust library
  • Generates palettes from a base color using monochromatic, complementary, analogous, triadic and other harmonies
  • Extracts palettes and gradients from uploaded images
All 4 strengths
  • Generates palettes from a base color using monochromatic, complementary, analogous, triadic and other harmonies
  • Extracts palettes and gradients from uploaded images
  • Built-in contrast checker reports WCAG contrast ratios
  • Simulates how a palette appears across types of color blindness
  • Command-line only, with no graphical interface
  • No GitHub releases; installation may need the Rust toolchain
  • Web only; no downloadable application is offered on color.adobe.com
Downloadable app Web application, Hosted service
Open source Not open source
License: MIT OR Apache-2.0 License not stated
No account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Offline features available Not stated if it works offline
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Catalog checked October 2, 2026
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Catalog checked September 20, 2026

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