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24 alternatives to An OKLCH-based perceptually uniform color system/theme builder
I've been using a version of this internally for a few months but decided to polish it a little to finally deploy it. It's a color system generator that creates accessible, perceptually uniform color palettes using the OKLCH space. It takes one seed (primary) color, generates relative key colors from multiple color harmony schemes (analogous, complementary, etc) that are then used to create 26-step color ramps each. Shades from the ramps are then used to generate semantic color roles, or can be used for creating custom palettes. All colors are gamut-mapped to the sRGB gamut with chroma…
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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The new way of working with color
2023 · oklch.com · its alternatives →
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Hello HN! I found that picking out plausible but diverse skin tones for my digital art and game development projects was kind of difficult, and I got curious about if there was a way to define a color space that made it easy. I've built a color picker and procedural generation algorithm based on the space as well as a bunch of other fun js features and demos throughout the page that use the equations. If you find it interesting, I have lots of explanations of how I built it and what properties the space has. The methodology might be a bit shaky, but hopefully the result is as helpful for…
Aug 2026 · toneyalexander.github.io · its alternatives →
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Improving on Solarized using the OKLab perceptual colorspace
2022 · meat.io · its alternatives →
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In 2023, I tried building dynamic color theming by programmatically rotating HSL values. The results weren't good—garish combinations, inconsistent luminosity, completely unusable for UI work. That kicked off a two-year (sporadic) rabbit hole into color theory like Josef Albers' "Interaction of Color," perceptual color spaces (OKLCH vs sRGB), and effects like Bezold-Brücke. I learned that programmatic palette generation is genuinely hard. Nothing beats a trained eye. But I carried on anyway and made the Color Palette Pro. What it does: It generates 6 palette types (analogous, complementary,…
Nov 2025 · colorpalette.pro · its alternatives →
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Pandacolors▲290One click color generator with real time preview
2017 · pandacolors.com · its alternatives →
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OKLCH color scale generator: lightness, chroma, hue and curve control, WCAG & APCA contrast checks, and export to Tailwind, CSS, SCSS and SVG. Free and open-source.
Jun 2026 · lab.colormeup.co · its alternatives →
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Generate color palettes with a click of the mouse
2021 · mobilepalette.colorion.co · its alternatives →
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2014 · colormoo.com · its alternatives →
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ColorMagic▲175Generate ideal color palettes with the power of AI
2023 · colormagic.app · its alternatives →
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Generates six color schemes based on one selected base color
2017 · donesmart.com · its alternatives →
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A tool for creating new color shades based on a neural network and trained with the Tailwindcss palette.
2020 · tailwind.ink · its alternatives →
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Generate color combinations in one click. Colormind creates cohesive color schemes using a deep neural net.
2017 · colormind.io · its alternatives →
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Pick, edit & visualize - your free palette generator tool
2024 · pixelied.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I’m Emil, the maker behind Palette. I’ve been tinkering with AI and colorization for about five years. This is my latest colorization model. It’s a text-based AI colorizer, so you can edit the colorizations with natural language. To make it easier to use, I also automatically create captions and generate filters. Let me know what you think. You can see some of my results on my reddit page: https://www.reddit.com/user/emilwallner/?sort=top
2022 · palette.fm · its alternatives →
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I worked on many apps where each customer needs their own branded theme. The problem is that you can't just shift hue and call it a day. Yellow at 50% lightness looks completely different from blue at 50%. That's why I built this library to generate perceptually uniform themes. Zero dependencies, runs at runtime, outputs CSS vars, Tailwind tokens, SCSS, or JSON. Ships with presets for shadcn/ui and MUI. try it out quickly: npx hextimate "#006677"
Apr 2026 · hextimator.com · its alternatives →
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VANGOGH▲288Generate color palettes using keywords, powered by AI
2020 · thevangogh.in · its alternatives →
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A fun way to discover interesting color combinations.
2020 · colors.lol · its alternatives →
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Culrs 2.0▲285Thoughtfully crafted and easy-to-use color palettes
2019 · culrs.com · its alternatives →
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A novel and easy way to design beautiful color gradients.
2020 · mybrandnewlogo.com · its alternatives →
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Tailwind CSS v4 OKLCH Palette Generator, free forever.
2025 · its alternatives →
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