Khroma

Khroma is a free AI color palette tool that learns which colors you like and generates personalized color combinations for designers, illustrators and developers. Instead of serving random palettes, it trains a small neural network on the colors you choose at the start, then keeps suggesting combinations that match your taste and hides the ones you would reject. It is a focused inspiration tool rather than a full design suite.

What is Khroma used for?

Khroma is used when you need color ideas that feel like your style, quickly, and want the codes ready to paste.

• Training a personal color algorithm by choosing a starting set of colors you like
• Browsing endless generated combinations shown as typography, gradients, palettes or applied to an image
• Searching and filtering by hue, tint, value, a named color, or exact hex and RGB values
• Saving an unlimited library of favorite combinations to reference later
• Copying color names, hex codes, RGB values and CSS for each pair
• Checking the WCAG accessibility rating of text and background pairs before using them

Who Khroma is best for

Khroma suits brand and UI designers looking for fresh color directions, illustrators building a palette for a series, front-end developers who need accessible color pairs, and students learning color theory. Teams that need shared palettes, version control or direct sync into a design tool will need to copy values over manually.

Khroma pricing

As of October 2026, Khroma is free to use. There are no paid plans listed on the site, and you can create an unlimited library of saved combinations after signing up. It runs in the browser, so there is nothing to install.

Limitations to keep in mind

• It works with color pairs and small palettes, not full brand color systems with tints and shades
• There is no plugin for Figma or other design tools, so values are copied by hand
• The algorithm is personal to your choices, so teams cannot share one trained model
• It offers inspiration rather than guidance on how to apply colors in a layout

Khroma vs alternatives

Adobe Illustrator includes Generative Recolor, which applies AI color variations directly to vector artwork, so it is the better choice when you already have a design to recolor. Canva Magic Studio includes palette and brand kit tools inside a broader design editor. Recraft lets you set color palettes for AI-generated images and vectors. Kittl is a design editor for graphics where color is one part of the job. Khroma wins when you only want fast, personal color inspiration with accessibility data and no subscription.

Tips for getting started with Khroma

Pick a varied starting set of colors that you genuinely like, including some muted tones, since this training shapes everything Khroma shows afterward. Use the typography view to judge text and background pairs, then check the WCAG rating before committing. Save liberally while browsing and prune your library later. When you find a favorite, search by its hex code to see more combinations built around it.

Khroma FAQ

Is Khroma free?

Yes, Khroma is free to use, including unlimited saved color combinations, with no paid plan listed on the site.

How does Khroma work?

Khroma trains a neural network on colors you choose, using a model that learned from thousands of popular human-made palettes, then generates combinations matching your taste.

Does Khroma show accessibility information?

Yes, Khroma shows a WCAG accessibility rating for each color pair, along with color names, hex codes, RGB values and CSS.

What is the best alternative to Khroma?

Adobe Illustrator is a strong alternative for recoloring existing artwork, and Canva Magic Studio suits people who want palettes inside a full design editor.