Analogous Colour Palette Generator
Pick a base colour and get its neighbours on the wheel. The most reliably harmonious scheme there is, because nature uses it constantly.
Describe the edit — the AI assistant does it on the canvas.
2 free credits · No signup · ~10 seconds
Why analogous schemes feel calm
Neighbours on the wheel
An analogous scheme takes hues within roughly 30 to 60 degrees of the base. Because the colours share underlying pigment, they blend rather than compete, which is why the result reads as calm almost regardless of which base you choose.
It is what nature does
Sunsets, foliage, ocean depth gradients — these are analogous ranges. That familiarity is why the scheme feels settled to viewers who have never thought about colour theory, and why it is the safest option when you are not confident.
The trade-off is emphasis
Everything harmonising means nothing stands out. An analogous palette gives you no natural accent, so a call to action can disappear into the page. Many designers use an analogous base plus one complementary accent for exactly this reason.
Vary lightness, not just hue
Because the hues are close, hue alone will not separate elements. Lean on lightness and saturation differences instead. A palette that looks distinct as swatches can turn into mush once it is applied at scale.
How it is calculated
The base is converted to HSL and the hue is rotated in both directions by a fixed step, with lightness varied to keep the set usable. HSL is used because rotating hue in RGB produces mathematically valid but visually erratic results.
How to analogous colour palette generator
Pick your base colour
Set the picker to your starting colour. Nothing to upload.
Read the palette
Neighbouring hues appear immediately with their hex codes.
Copy what you need
Click a swatch to copy one hex, or copy the whole set.
Analogous Colour Palette Generator — in the editor
The real editor, start to finish — no signup needed to try it yourself.
2 free credits · No signup · ~10 seconds
Where analogous palettes fit
Calm interfaces
Build a UI palette where nothing shouts and everything belongs together.
Illustration
Pick a coherent range for a scene without colours fighting.
Slide themes
Set a restrained deck palette that stays readable across many slides.
Warm brand systems
Explore a range around a single brand hue rather than jumping across the wheel.
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What people use it for
The jobs the editor was built around — and what it does differently on each one.
Colourways you can revisit
Every edit is a layer, not a bake. When the brand shifts, reopen the file and change the colour rather than rebuilding the variant from the original.
Cutouts with awkward edges
AI background removal that keeps hair, foliage and soft shadows instead of stamping a hard outline around them. The output is a transparent PNG, ready to place.
No export, edit, re-import loop
The Framer plugin runs on the canvas you are already working in, so a recolour or a cutout does not mean a round trip through a second application.
Ten options in the time one used to take
Recolour once and step through the alternatives, so a client review can look at the whole range instead of the one version there was time to make.
Brand colours matched exactly
Pick a colour straight off an existing asset and get the hex, rather than eyeballing it against a screenshot and hoping it is close enough.
Free to preview, priced per export
Previewing is unlimited and costs nothing. A credit is spent only when you download a full-resolution file, so exploring an idea is never the expensive part.
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Generate an analogous palette
Pick a base colour and copy the hex codes.