Realtime Colors
Focus: typography, web design and tailwind. Shares colour palettes with Coolors. Free (Coolors: Freemium). Rated 4.6 (Coolors: 4.7).
Web AppFreeWeb
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Coolors
A fast colour palette generator for design projects and brands.
Built with love by Shushant Lakhyani. Building bestproductivityresources.com
What is Coolors?
Coolors is a colour palette generator where each press of the spacebar creates a new scheme, and you can lock the colours you like while exploring the rest. The free plan includes the generator, contrast checks and thousands of community palettes, while Pro removes ads and lifts saving and export limits.
Pros
- Generates palettes in seconds
- Lock and tweak individual colours
- Large library of community palettes
Cons
- Ads on the free plan
- Some saving and export options need Pro
Who should use Coolors
Designers and creators who need a fresh, consistent colour scheme quickly.
Who may not need it
Teams that already work from a fixed brand palette.
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