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Coolors

A fast colour palette generator for design projects and brands.

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  • Rating

    4.7 / 5

  • Pricing

    Freemium

  • Difficulty

    Beginner

  • Works on

    Web, iOS, Android

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What is Coolors?

Coolors is a colour palette generator where each press of the spacebar creates a new scheme, and you can lock the colours you like while exploring the rest. The free plan includes the generator, contrast checks and thousands of community palettes, while Pro removes ads and lifts saving and export limits.

Pros: what Coolors does well

  • Generates palettes in seconds
  • Lock and tweak individual colours
  • Large library of community palettes

Cons: where it falls short

  • Ads on the free plan
  • Some saving and export options need Pro

Who Coolors is for

Designers and creators who need a fresh, consistent colour scheme quickly.

Who can skip it

Teams that already work from a fixed brand palette.

Coolors alternatives

Not sold on Coolors? These do a similar job, and each card says what it has in common.

All Brainstorming resources

Khroma

Focus: ai. Shares colour palettes and design tools with Coolors. Free (Coolors: Freemium). Rated 4.5 (Coolors: 4.7).

Web AppFreeWeb
4.5Visit

Leonardo

Focus: accessibility, contrast and design systems. Shares colour palettes with Coolors. Free (Coolors: Freemium). Rated 4.6 (Coolors: 4.7).

Web AppFreeWeb
4.6Visit

Realtime Colors

Focus: typography, web design and tailwind. Shares colour palettes with Coolors. Free (Coolors: Freemium). Rated 4.6 (Coolors: 4.7).

Web AppFreeWeb
4.6Visit

Paletton

Focus: colour wheel, colour schemes and design. Shares colour palettes with Coolors. Free (Coolors: Freemium). Rated 4.5 (Coolors: 4.7).

Web AppFreeWeb
4.5Visit

Gradientool

Focus: gradients, design and generator. Shares colors with Coolors. Free (Coolors: Freemium). Rated 4.4 (Coolors: 4.7).

Web AppFreeWeb
4.4Visit

FontBrief

Focus: fonts, typography and font discovery. Shares branding with Coolors. A website, not a web app. Free (Coolors: Freemium). Rated 4.2 (Coolors: 4.7).

WebsiteFreeWeb
4.2Visit

Free alternatives to Coolors

Want to spend nothing? These free picks cover similar ground.

draw.io

Focus: diagrams, flowcharts and uml. Also in Brainstorming and Workflows, like Coolors. Free (Coolors: Freemium). Adds Windows, macOS and Linux. Same 4.7 rating.

Web AppFreeWeb, Windows
4.7Visit

Animista

Focus: css animations, web design and front-end. Also in Brainstorming and Workflows, like Coolors. Free (Coolors: Freemium). Rated 4.6 (Coolors: 4.7).

Web AppFreeWeb
4.6Visit

Haikei

Focus: svg generator, backgrounds and shapes. Also in Workflows and Brainstorming, like Coolors. Free (Coolors: Freemium). Rated 4.6 (Coolors: 4.7).

Web AppFreeWeb
4.6Visit

Piskel

Focus: pixel art, sprites and animation. Also in Brainstorming and Workflows, like Coolors. Free (Coolors: Freemium). Adds Windows, macOS and Linux. Rated 4.6 (Coolors: 4.7).

Web AppFreeWeb, Windows
4.6Visit

Blockbench

Focus: 3d modeling, low poly and texturing. Also in Brainstorming and Workflows, like Coolors. Free (Coolors: Freemium). Adds Windows, macOS and Linux. Rated 4.5 (Coolors: 4.7).

Web AppFreeWeb, Windows
4.5Visit

Happy Hues

Focus: web design and inspiration. Shares colour palettes and colors with Coolors. A website, not a web app. Free (Coolors: Freemium). Rated 4.5 (Coolors: 4.7).

WebsiteFreeWeb
4.5Visit
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