Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Shade
Super easy color contrast insights and recommendations
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Shade launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Palette For Mac▲205A menu bar based colour contrast analyser
2016 · often.studio · its alternatives →
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Color palette for material design
2015 · materialuicolors.co · its alternatives →
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Colorado▲202Browse great color schemes, shared by creatives like you
2017 · moesaid.com · its alternatives →
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Make a palette of color swatches for style guides
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Contrast▲341A macOS app for quick access to WCAG color contrast ratios
2017 · usecontrast.com · its alternatives →
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Color Tool▲87Create, Share & apply color palette to your UI
2017 · m2.material.io · its alternatives →
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EasyColor▲82Color systems and palettes from famous tech companies
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Sketch Palettes▲183Sketch plugin to save and load colors into the color picker
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Litur for macOS▲150A better way to find, collect & organize your colors
2020 · litur.app · its alternatives →
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Kelir▲120Color picker, color pallete and color gradient for your Mac
2016 · scrapdenton.org · its alternatives →
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Styleguide▲153A tool to make creating and maintaining styleguides easy
2015 · hugeinc.github.io · its alternatives →
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