# Image Color Picker

Canonical URL: https://offlineutils.com/image-color-picker
Category: Color
Published: 2026-07-06
Publisher: offlineutils.com
Runs entirely in the browser; nothing entered into the tool is uploaded.

> An Image Color Picker lets you sample the exact color of any pixel in an uploaded image as HEX and RGB, and automatically extracts the image's dominant color palette — all in your browser with no upload.

Drop an image and move over it to read the color under the cursor live; click to lock a color and copy its HEX or RGB. The tool also extracts a palette of the most dominant colors using a fast in-browser histogram, so you can grab a whole scheme from a photo, screenshot, or design in one go. Every swatch copies with a click. The image is drawn to a canvas locally and never uploaded.

## Features

- Sample any pixel's color as HEX and RGB
- Hover to preview, click to lock a color
- Automatic dominant-color palette extraction
- One-click copy for every color
- Works with photos, screenshots, and design exports
- Runs entirely in your browser — image never uploaded

## Use cases

- Grabbing a brand color from a logo or screenshot
- Building a palette from a photo or piece of artwork
- Matching a UI color to an image in a mockup
- Finding the exact HEX of a pixel without a design app

## How to use it

1. **Add an image** — Drop an image in or click Add image.
2. **Sample a color** — Move over the image to preview, then click to lock a color.
3. **Copy colors** — Copy the picked HEX/RGB, or any swatch from the extracted palette.

## When to use it, and when to use something else

- **vs Browser/OS eyedropper** — use Image Color Picker when you want HEX and RGB side by side plus an auto-extracted palette from the whole image. Use Browser/OS eyedropper when you need to sample a color from anywhere on screen, not just an image.
- **vs Opening the image in Photoshop** — use Image Color Picker when you just need a quick color or palette without launching a heavy app. Use Opening the image in Photoshop when you need precise editing, layers, or color-profile management.

## Frequently asked questions

### How do I get the color of a pixel in an image?

Drop the image in, move your cursor over it to see the color live, and click to lock it. The HEX and RGB values appear with copy buttons.

### How is the palette extracted?

The image is sampled into a color histogram (bucketed per channel), and the most frequent buckets are averaged into a handful of dominant swatches — a fast, deterministic approach that runs locally.

### What image formats work?

Any format the browser can decode — PNG, JPEG, WebP, GIF, and more. The image is drawn to a canvas for pixel-accurate sampling.

### Is my image uploaded?

No. The image is decoded and sampled on a canvas in your browser; it never leaves your device.

## Related tools

- https://offlineutils.com/color-converter
- https://offlineutils.com/color-palette-generator
- https://offlineutils.com/color-contrast-checker