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Build a reusable palette as you sample
Keep every sampled color together with readable HEX, RGB, and HSL values, so a reference palette is ready for design and development work.
Screen Color PickerDeveloper & Data
Pick colors from anywhere on screen.
Screen Color Picker grabs the exact color of any pixel anywhere on your display - a button, a logo, a photo - and keeps a running palette with HEX, RGB, HSL, and contrast details you can export when you are done sampling.
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What it does
Grab the exact color of any pixel on screen.
Sample any pixel on the screen.
Build a palette as you pick.
Read HEX, RGB, HSL, and contrast.
Export the colors you collected.
See the workflow
Grab the exact color of any pixel on screen.
Sample any pixel on the screen.
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Check text contrast while the colors are still together
Foldout compares the latest two samples and reports AA, large-text AA, and AAA results before the palette reaches production.
Why it belongs
Why Screen Color Picker earns a place in the toolbox.
The practical details that make this job faster, clearer, or safer than doing it by hand.
Pick from anywhere
Sample the precise color of any pixel on screen - a brand button, an app, a photo - without a screenshot detour.
A palette that grows
Each pick joins a running palette, so you can collect a whole scheme in one pass.
Numbers and contrast
See HEX, RGB, and HSL plus contrast details, then export the set for design or code.
How to use it
From opening the tool to saving the result.
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Start the picker.
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Choose a point on screen.
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Review saved color values.
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Copy or export the palette.
Questions
Before you try Screen Color Picker
Does it need permission?
macOS may request screen access when sampling display pixels.
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