Always-on color detection with AI-powered color names
Users
28
+2 in 30 days
Rating
0.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
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0
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Store rank
#135K
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Version
1.0
updated 7 Jun 2025
Users
monthly, 17 months
Latest, 16 Oct 2026:28 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month
Ratings count
monthly, 17 months
Latest, 16 Oct 2026:0 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month
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About Smart Color Detector
🎨 Unlock a World of Color with Smart Color Detector! 🎨
Ever stumbled upon the perfect color on a website and wished you could instantly grab it? Smart Color Detector is your ultimate companion for capturing, identifying, and utilizing colors from any webpage with unparalleled ease and intelligence.
✨ Key Features:
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* **Instant Hover Detection:** Simply activate (Alt+C) and move your mouse! See color information update in real-time in a sleek tooltip.
* **Pixel-Perfect Accuracy:** Get the exact color from images, canvas elements, and backgrounds.
* **Smart Color Naming (AI-Powered):** Goes beyond basic names! Our "Color Intelligence" engine (utilizing advanced algorithms and libraries like NTC) provides descriptive and context-aware color names, including color family and temperature (warm/cool).
* **Comprehensive Color Info:** Instantly view HEX and RGB values for any detected color.
* **One-Click Copy:** Click to copy the HEX code directly to your clipboard.
* **Native EyeDropper Support:** For ultimate precision, use Ctrl+Click to engage the browser's built-in EyeDropper API.
* **Gradient & CSS Variable Aware:** Detects and displays information about CSS gradients and resolves CSS variable colors.
* **Accessibility Insights:** Get quick contrast ratio information to help you design more inclusively.
* **Lightweight & Fast:** Designed to be non-intrusive and efficient.
🚀 How to Use:
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1. **Activate:** Press `Alt+C` (or your chosen shortcut) on any webpage.
2. **Detect:** Move your mouse cursor over any element. The tooltip will display live color information.
3. **Copy:** Click to copy the current color's HEX code.
4. **EyeDropper (Precision):** Hold Ctrl and Click to use the native browser EyeDropper for pixel-perfect selection.
5. **Deactivate:** Press `ESC` or `Alt+C` again.
💡 Perfect For:
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* Web Designers & Developers
* Graphic Artists
* UI/UX Professionals
* Digital Marketers
* Anyone who works with color!
🌟 Why Smart Color Detector?
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We've built this tool with a focus on accuracy, ease of use, and providing genuinely useful color intelligence, not just raw data. From pixel-level sampling on images to understanding computed styles and CSS variables, Smart Color Detector aims to be the most intuitive and helpful color picking tool in your browser.
🔮 Exciting Features Coming Soon:
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* AI-powered color harmony suggestions
* Color palette generation from pages
* Enhanced accessibility checker tools
Download Smart Color Detector today and streamline your color workflow!