About Color Tools

Choosing colors that work well together — and that everyone can actually see clearly — is part art, part math. These tools handle the math: generating color harmonies from a single base color, pulling the real dominant colors out of a photo, checking contrast against the same accessibility standard designers are held to, and simulating how a design actually looks for someone with color blindness.

Frequently Asked Questions

Are these based on real accessibility standards?

Yes — the contrast checker uses the official WCAG 2.x relative luminance formula and the same AA/AAA thresholds used in real accessibility audits, not an approximation.

How accurate is the color blindness simulation?

It uses the simplified RGB-transformation approach common to most web-based simulators, which gives a good practical sense of the effect. It's an approximation, not a clinically precise simulation of any individual's actual vision.

Is an uploaded image ever sent anywhere?

No — every tool here that uses an image processes it locally in your browser via the Canvas API. Nothing is uploaded.

Are these tools free to use?

Yes, completely free, with no sign-up and no usage limits.