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24 alternatives to Color Peeker

Color code in the menu bar

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Color Peeker launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   System Color Picker▲233

   The macOS color picker supercharged

   2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Palette For Mac▲205

   A menu bar based colour contrast analyser

   2016 · often.studio · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Color Converter▲100

   Convert HEX/RGBA/HSL to code snippets from macOS menubar

   2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

4. 4AC
   A color picker for named web colors▲731

   I had this idea kicking around in my head for quite a while. Took an evening to make this, and a short morning to polish it a bit. So here it is!

   2022 · arantius.github.io · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Coloree▲73

   A better color picker for developers with an AR companion 🎨

   2019 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Drop▲303

   Beautiful color picker with Touch Bar support

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Colorx - Menu Bar Color Converter▲4

   Very simple color converter that lives in your menu bar

   2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   .colors()▲115

   🎨 A color picker for people who live in their text editor

   2018 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Kelir▲120

   Color picker, color pallete and color gradient for your Mac

   2016 · scrapdenton.org · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Real-time Colors▲59

    Real-time UI Color Palette Tool

    2023 · realtimecolors.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Color Picker Pro, Open Source Color Picker for Mac Os X▲55

    Color Detection Tool for Designers and Developers. Contribute to oscardelben/Color-Picker-Pro development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2011 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    ColorSnapper▲177

    The missing color picker for Mac.

    2015 · colorsnapper.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Sip▲157

    Simple OSX app to sample & encode any color on your screen.

    2014 · theolabrothers.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Contrast Safe▲88

    Small macOS menu bar app to check your colors against WCAG

    2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    New Tab Color Clock▲85

    Shows HEX code color and time simultaneously as new tab.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    ColorGrab▲168

    Steal beautiful colors from Dribbble shots easily

    2018 · colorgrab.vercel.app · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Color Sense▲114

    Your top choice for a color picker extension on Safari

    2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Kotor Color Picker▲71

    Grab colors, collect, and use later on your menubar

    2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Color Converter▲73

    Convert HEX & RGB colors to UI- and NSColor 🎨

    2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    ColorNoise▲74

    Productivity booster with brown noise for macOS menu bar

    2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    ColorMe▲103

    ColorMe allows you to visualize The CSS Color Function.

    2017 · tylergaw.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Hue - Tint Picker▲22

    Pick hues in your dock icon

    2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Pikka - Color Picker▲110

    Color picker & color schemes generator for macOS

    2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Data Color Picker▲82

    Create visually-equidistant palettes for data visualizations

    2018 · learnui.design · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →