Shademix: Color Picker & RAL

Shademix is a precision color toolkit for designers, decorators, painters, photographers, brand teams, and architects.

Drop in a photo or use your camera, tap any pixel, and instantly get the matching code in every major color system - RAL Classic, NCS, Munsell, HKS, Federal Standard 595, Pantone-equivalent, Sherwin-Williams, Benjamin Moore, Farrow & Ball, and Dulux. See cross-system equivalents ranked by perceptual distance (Delta E 2000), the full hue family within any system, and seven types of color harmonies computed in OKLCH.

Build palettes from scratch or extract them from an image with the dominant-color analyzer. Check accessibility against WCAG AA/AAA. Simulate how your palette looks for the four most common types of color blindness. Preview colors under six different illuminants - daylight, tungsten, fluorescent - using Bradford chromatic adaptation. Get warnings when a saturated screen color won't make it through CMYK print, with an in-gamut approximation suggested.

Prepare artwork for the press with the built-in print-ready check: pick a preset (A4 flyer, business card, large format), see the effective DPI your pixels deliver at that size, keep critical content inside the bleed and safe-margin guides, and export a single-page PDF with crop marks that any print shop can use.

Export your palettes to Adobe ASE, GIMP GPL, CSS variables, Tailwind config, JSON, or a print-ready SVG swatch sheet. Share with anyone via a single link - no account needed.

KEY FEATURES
- Eyedropper from photo or live camera
- 10 color systems with cross-system matching
- Same-hue family browser within any system
- Color format conversion: HEX, RGB, HSL, HSV, CMYK, LAB, LCH, OKLCH, OKLab
- 7 harmony types in perceptually uniform OKLCH
- WCAG AA/AAA contrast checker
- Color blindness simulation (protan, deutan, tritan, achromatopsia)
- Lighting / metamerism preview (D50, D65, D75, A, F2, F11)
- CMYK gamut warning with in-gamut suggestion
- Print-ready check: effective DPI, bleed and safe guides, crop-marked PDF export
- OKLCH gradient generator with copyable CSS
- 30 curated mood palettes - Mediterranean, Scandinavian, Tokyo Neon, Ghibli, Bauhaus and more
- Save palettes locally + side-by-side comparison
- Export: ASE, GPL, CSS, Tailwind, JSON, SVG
- Share palettes via link
- Works fully offline - your photos and samples never leave the device

PRIVACY
Shademix runs entirely on your device. No accounts, no analytics, no servers. Your photos, samples and palettes stay with you.

NOTE
Pantone-equivalent values are curated approximations for design exploration only and are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or licensed from Pantone LLC.

Recent changes:
Updated to target Android 16 (API 36) with the latest compatibility and security improvements.