Open the Pick tab, drop or upload your image (or tap Use camera for a live frame), then tap any pixel. Shademix samples a 5×5 pixel average for stability and shows the exact code in every supported color system. On phones, press-and-hold for the magnifier loupe.

Ten catalogued systems: RAL Classic, NCS, Pantone-equivalent, Munsell, HKS, Sherwin-Williams, Benjamin Moore, Farrow & Ball, Dulux, and Federal Standard 595. The closest match in each system is ranked by ΔE2000 perceptual distance.

The web app is free with all six tools accessible. Shademix Pro is a one-time €4.99 lifetime purchase (no subscription) that unlocks: every color system, every format (CMYK, OKLCH, OKLab), all 7 harmonies, all pro tools (lighting, gamut, gradient generator), unlimited saved palettes, and pro export formats (Adobe ASE, GIMP GPL, Tailwind config, SVG).

Yes. On first visit the service worker caches the entire app plus all color databases. The iOS and Android apps work fully offline - the eyedropper, lookup, harmonies and tools never require an internet connection.

Never. Every pixel of every photo you load is processed on your device, in the browser canvas or Capacitor webview. Shademix has no backend, no analytics, and no telemetry. See the full Privacy Policy.

Open the Library tab, tap a palette, then choose Export. Free tier supports JSON and CSS. Pro adds Adobe ASE (loads into Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), GIMP GPL, Tailwind config, and an SVG swatch sheet. Procreate users can import the SVG directly.

Our Pantone-equivalent (PE-) entries are visual approximations for design exploration only - we are not licensed by Pantone LLC. For production print work where exact Pantone is required, always cross-reference using an official Pantone color guide. Other systems (RAL, NCS, Sherwin-Williams, Benjamin Moore etc.) use published spectral data and match to ΔE2000 perceptual distance.

Open the Tools tab and pick Accessibility. Shademix builds a full pairwise contrast table for your active palette, badging every pair against WCAG 2.1 AA (4.5:1) and AAA (7:1) for normal text and the relaxed thresholds (3:1 / 4.5:1) for large text. Use this to catch unreadable color combinations before they ship.

Yes - the Color Blindness Simulator in the Tools tab uses the Brettel-Viénot-Mollon transform to render your palette as a person with protanopia, deuteranopia, tritanopia or achromatopsia would see it. About 8% of men and 0.5% of women have one of these forms of color vision deficiency, so this is essential for inclusive design.

On iOS / Android: open the FAB menu in the bottom-right and tap Restore. Apple / Google will reissue the receipt for the same Apple ID / Google account. Pro is shareable via Apple Family Sharing and Google Play Family Library at no extra charge. On the web there is no Pro subscription - the web app is free with the core tools.