How are the palettes made?

By rotating your base colour around the colour wheel. Complementary is the opposite hue; analogous are the neighbours; triadic and tetradic are evenly-spaced sets. These relationships are the classic starting points for a harmonious scheme.

Which scheme should I use?

Analogous schemes feel calm and cohesive; complementary schemes give strong contrast for accents; triadic and tetradic offer more variety. Try each against your design and pick what fits.

Is anything uploaded?

No. The palettes are generated in your browser. Click any swatch to copy its HEX.

Palette Generator

Generate complementary, analogous and triadic palettes from one base colour. Runs entirely in your browser.

Base colour#15803d

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tetradic

Processed on your device. This file is never uploaded.

1Pick a base colour.
2Compare the generated schemes.
3Click any swatch to copy its HEX.

Harmonious colours from one choice

Colour schemes that work tend to follow relationships on the colour wheel. Give this tool a base colour and it builds the classic sets — complementary, analogous, triadic and tetradic — by rotating the hue, so you can see several coherent directions at a glance.

A starting point, generated locally

These schemes are a strong foundation to refine rather than a finished palette, and every swatch copies with a click. It all runs on your device with nothing uploaded.