Color Palette Generator

What the Color Palette Generator does

The Color Palette Generator creates a random 5-color palette with HEX codes for each swatch, giving you a quick starting point for a design's color scheme.

How to use it

1. Click Generate New Palette to create a random 5-color set.
2. Copy the HEX code for any swatch you want to use.
3. Keep generating until you find a combination you like.

Common uses

• Getting quick color scheme inspiration for a new design project.
• Finding a starting palette to refine manually for a brand or website.
• Generating color combinations for a mood board or presentation.
• Exploring color pairings you might not have thought to try manually.
• Producing a quick palette for a personal project like a resume or portfolio.

Good to know

Randomly generated palettes are a starting point for inspiration, not a substitute for intentional color theory — for a brand or professional project, it's worth checking generated combinations against accessibility contrast requirements and adjusting saturation or lightness by hand once you've found a hue combination you like.

Professional color theory typically considers relationships between hues (complementary, analogous, triadic) rather than pure randomness, which is why a randomly generated palette can occasionally feel visually jarring even when each individual color looks fine on its own — adjusting the saturation and lightness of a randomly generated starting palette to bring the colors into better harmony is a common next step after generating one.