Color Palette Generator
Generate color palettes, lock shades you like, and explore combinations for websites, illustrations, presentations, and personal projects.
Swipe sideways to see all five swatches.
Your Colors, Listed
RGB values and lock status are calculated from the live worktable. Nothing here is a static sample.
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Check Color Contrast
This color contrast checker measures text against a background using WCAG relative luminance. Passing two colors does not mean an entire website is accessible.
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
Contrast ratio 21.00:1
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Explore Color Combinations
Eight ready-made collections. Load Palette replaces the worktable. If any swatch is locked, you will be asked to confirm.
How Colors Relate
Example colors from the current first swatch:
Start With One Color
See the Colors in Context
These mockups use the current palette. They are layout sketches, not accessibility certificates. Check pairs in the contrast laboratory.
Editorial website
A short paragraph set against the surface and background roles from the live palette.
Accent linkPresentation slide
Subtitle using the current text role.
Label A · Label B
Simple poster
Color Reference Notebook
What Is a HEX Color?
A six-digit HEX code names an sRGB color as three channels: red, green, and blue, each from 00 to FF. #23395B is a dark blue used in the initial worktable.
Practical use: copy HEX into CSS color or background. HEX codes explained.
RGB vs HSL
RGB stores light per channel. HSL stores hue, saturation, and lightness, which is how this generator walks the wheel without treating every channel independently.
Practical use: keep hue, change lightness to build a monochromatic ramp. Open the generator.
Complementary Colors
Complements sit opposite on the hue circle, near 180 degrees. They can feel sharp if both are strong.
Practical use: one as field, one as accent. Scheme types.
Analogous Colors
Neighbors on the wheel, often within a few dozen degrees. They tend to sit together with less friction.
Practical use: backgrounds and related UI chrome. Color relationship diagram.
Triadic Colors
Three families near 120-degree spacing. Useful when you need more than one accent, if saturation stays moderate.
Practical use: one dominant, two supporting notes. Start with one color.
Color Contrast Basics
Contrast ratio compares relative luminance of two sRGB colors. AA normal text needs 4.5:1; large text 3:1. AAA is stricter.
Practical use: test type against fills in the contrast laboratory. Contrast guide.
Guides
About and Contact
Hue Parcel is an independent informational resource with browser-based color tools and practical guides. It is not a design studio and does not sell palettes.
Kevin Deane
2825 Windy Hill Rd SE Apt 2305
Marietta, GA 30067
kililipiqo15@gmail.com