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24 alternatives to Palette For Mac

A menu bar based colour contrast analyser

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Palette For Mac launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Contrast▲341

   A macOS app for quick access to WCAG color contrast ratios

   2017 · usecontrast.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Shade▲105

   Super easy color contrast insights and recommendations

   2017 · halogensoftworks.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Contrast Safe▲88

   Small macOS menu bar app to check your colors against WCAG

   2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Sip for Mac▲393

   The best way to collect, organize & share your colors

   2017 · sipapp.io · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Culrs Mac App▲245

   Thoughtfully crafted color palettes now on your mac menubar

   2019 · culrs.app · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Color Peeker▲115

   Color code in the menu bar

   2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Sip▲157

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

   2014 · theolabrothers.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Color Library▲116

   Automated color separation

   2016 · colorlibrary.ch · its alternatives →

9. 9
   ColorSnapper▲177

   The missing color picker for Mac.

   2015 · colorsnapper.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Kelir▲120

    Color picker, color pallete and color gradient for your Mac

    2016 · scrapdenton.org · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Drop▲303

    Beautiful color picker with Touch Bar support

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Hello Color▲209

    Color contrast generator

    2016 · jxnblk.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Falettes▲166

    Unlimited color palettes

    2017 · scrapdenton.org · its alternatives →

14. 14
    QuickLens▲81

    Inspect the UI of apps, illustrations & websites like a PRO!

    2021 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Culrs▲244

    A simple, smart approach to choose color palettes

    2016 · culrs.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Color Palette Generator▲204

    Enter the URL of an image and find its color palette

    2015 · degraeve.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    UI Palette▲220

    UI colors, tools & trends all in one place

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Sketch Palettes▲183

    Sketch plugin to save and load colors into the color picker

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

19. 19AC
    Additional color palettes for the Mac OS X color picker▲5

    2014 · midwinter-dg.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Contrasts – Color Checker for macOS▲13

    Get Ready for the Accessibility Act — Fun & WCAG-Compliant!

    2025 · contrasts.app · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Materialette▲177

    A material design color palette on macOS / Windows / Linux

    2016 · mike-schultz.github.io · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Pochade▲61

    Color Picker for Mac

    2014 · fuelcollective.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    PLTTS▲196

    Easily find a matching color palette.

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    RGB - 9: Not the Prettiest Colour▲57

    Nerding out on the influentials gadgets and a Mac collection

    2016 · 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 →