How to Pick Colors from an Image — Free Online Color Picker & Eyedropper

Why Pick Colors from Images?

Designers, developers, and creators constantly need to match colors from existing images — a brand logo, a photo, a competitor’s website, or a mood board. Manually guessing HEX codes is slow and inaccurate.

Common use cases:

• Brand color matching — extract exact colors from a client’s logo to build their design system.
• Web development — pick a color from a screenshot to match CSS values precisely.
• Interior design — identify paint colors from inspiration photos.
• Fashion — match clothing or fabric colors for coordination.
• Art and illustration — sample a color palette from a reference photo.
• Social media — match your post’s color scheme to your brand or a specific aesthetic.

How to Pick Colors Online (Step by Step)

The PPImage Color Picker lets you click on any pixel in an image to get its exact color value.

Step 1 — Open the Color Picker

Go to ppimage.com/color-picker. Works in any browser — no plugins or extensions needed.

Step 2 — Upload your image

Drag and drop the image you want to sample colors from, or click to browse. Any image format works — JPG, PNG, WebP, etc.

Step 3 — Click to pick a color

Hover your cursor over the image. A magnifier shows the zoomed-in pixel area. Click on any pixel to select its color.

Step 4 — Get color values

The tool instantly displays the selected color in multiple formats:

• HEX — #3B82F6 (for web and CSS)
• RGB — rgb(59, 130, 246) (for CSS and design tools)
• HSL — hsl(217, 91%, 60%) (for color manipulation)

Step 5 — Copy and use

Click on any color value to copy it to your clipboard, ready to paste into your CSS, Figma file, or design tool.

Color Format Cheat Sheet

Pro Tips

• Zoom in on the exact pixel — the magnifier helps you pick precisely the right shade, especially when colors blend at edges.
• Sample multiple colors — pick 4–6 colors from a photo to build a complete color palette for your project.
• Check contrast — after picking colors, verify that text-background combinations meet accessibility standards (WCAG 4.5:1 contrast ratio).
• Use with the palette tool — for automatic palette extraction, try the Color Palette tool which generates a harmonious palette from your image automatically.
• Screenshot first — want to pick colors from a website? Take a screenshot, then upload it to the color picker.

Related Tools

• Color Palette Extractor — automatically extract a harmonious color palette from any image.
• Image Compressor — optimize your images after finalizing your color scheme.
• Add Border — add a border in your picked color to create a cohesive look.

Extract colors now with the free Color Picker — instant, precise, no sign-up.