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Pick a color from your camera

Point your phone or webcam at a wall, fabric, product or plant and pick its color live, or freeze the frame and pick exactly with the magnifier. The video stays on your device.

The camera only starts when you press the button. The video stays on your device.

Picked colors

Colors you pick show up here. Pick as many as you like. They stay here until you import or clear them.

Opens the editor and adds these colors as one group, with names, shades, contrast checks and code export.

How it works

  1. The camera color picker with the Start camera button

    1Start the camera

    Press “Start camera” and allow access. On phones the back camera is used; switch cameras with one tap.

  2. A live camera view with a crosshair in the middle

    2Aim and pick

    Center the object in the crosshair and press “Pick center color”, or freeze the frame to zoom in and pick any spot with the magnifier.

  3. A grid of picked color swatches with HEX codes and color names

    3Collect your colors

    Every pick lands in the grid below with its HEX code and name. Pick as many as you like, copy them or remove the ones you don't need.

  4. The PickXColor editor showing the imported colors as a named group of cards

    4Open them in the editor

    Press “Import into PickXColor editor” to add all colors as one group, with names, shades, contrast checks and code export.

Frequently asked questions

Is it privacy-safe and GDPR-compliant?

Yes. Your camera feed is opened and processed entirely in your browser. It is never uploaded, stored or sent to a server, and we never see it. There's no account, no tracking and no cookies, and the tool pages don't load anything from third parties. Because none of your file data reaches us, there is no personal data from it that we could process.

The colors you pick are kept in your browser's local storage, so they survive a reload. Clear them with the Clear button or by deleting this site's data.

Is it safe to use?

Yes. Nothing is installed and your file is only read, never changed. The camera only starts when you press the button and stops when you leave the page or switch tabs. The browser always shows when the camera is on. You can check it yourself: open your browser's developer tools on the Network tab while you work: your file never shows up in a request.

How accurate are colors from a camera?

A camera sees color through the light around it, so the same object looks different in daylight, under warm bulbs or in shade. For the most faithful result, use even daylight, and avoid shadows and reflections. The center pick averages a small area to smooth out sensor noise. For matching paint or fabric, compare a few picks.

The camera doesn't start. What can I do?

Allow camera access when your browser asks; if you blocked it before, allow it in the site settings (the icon next to the address bar). Close other apps that use the camera, such as video calls. The camera only works on secure (https) pages, which this site is.

Does it work on iPhone and Android?

Yes, in Safari, Chrome and other current mobile browsers. It uses the back camera by default; tap “Switch camera” for the front camera.

What can I do with the picked colors?

Copy all HEX codes at once, or press “Import into PickXColor editor”. The editor adds them as one named group on an infinite board, with human color names, HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH and CMYK values, Tailwind-style shades, WCAG contrast checks and code export for CSS, Tailwind, SCSS, Swift and Jetpack Compose.

Is it free?

Yes. It's free with no sign-up, no watermark and no limit on how many colors you pick.

More ways to pick colors

Every tool runs in your browser and adds to the same picked colors.