Studio: from a few colors to a complete theme

What Studio generates

Studio takes the handful of colors you care about — a brand primary, an accent, a photo's palette — and builds the working set a real interface needs around them: tint and shade ramps, surface and text neutrals, and semantic tokens (background, surface, border, text, accent) that stay consistent in perceived lightness. Export the result as CSS variables, Tailwind config or DTCG design tokens.

Why the ramps are built in OKLCH

A ramp is only useful if its steps look evenly spaced. In HSL, equal numeric steps bunch up in the darks and jump in the brights, because HSL lightness is not how eyes judge brightness. OKLCH lightness is perceptual, so a 10-step ramp built on equal L intervals reads as a smooth ladder, and every hue in the theme can share the same L values so a blue button and a green button carry the same visual weight. The OKLCH scales guide shows the method in detail.

A typical workflow

Start from a brand color in the picker or a palette from an image, generate the theme, then verify the pairs you will actually ship — body text on background, accent on surface — in the contrast checker. If a pair fails, adjust lightness here rather than swapping hues: in OKLCH the fix rarely disturbs the rest of the system. Existing palette collections in the library can be opened in Studio the same way when you want tokens for a palette you found rather than built.

Exports engineers actually paste

Studio targets the hand-off gap between Figma swatches and a repo: Tailwind v4 `@theme` blocks, `:root` CSS variables, and DTCG JSON for Style Dictionary. Because everything stays OKLCH-native until export, you are not rounding through HSL on the way out. Free forever, no account — share URLs are optional client encodings.

Need a compact duo/trio first? Start in Color pairs, then open the result here for ramps. Prefer browsing? Pull a starter from Explore and lock the roles you like.

Studio versus palette generators with paywalls

Many popular generators gate exports, cloud saves, or contrast behind a plan. Colorise Pro Studio keeps core OKLCH systems, live contrast, and token export free in the browser. Read the honest comparison with Coolors and Adobe Color when you are choosing a daily driver.

Build systems, then refine

Pair Studio with the OKLCH picker, contrast checker, and Explore archive — or extract a starting set from a photo.

  • OKLCH picker
  • Color pairs
  • Explore palettes
  • Extract from image
  • Contrast checker
  • OKLCH scales guide
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Frequently asked questions

What is Colorise Pro Studio?
Studio is a free OKLCH palette system builder — lock roles, explore harmonies, check contrast live, and export Tailwind, CSS, or DTCG tokens.
Can I export Tailwind v4 @theme tokens?
Yes. Studio exports Tailwind-ready @theme blocks plus CSS variables and DTCG JSON from the same OKLCH roles.
Does Studio keep my work private?
Palette work runs in the browser. Share URLs are optional client-side encodings — we do not require accounts for core Studio use.
Studio vs the OKLCH picker — which should I use?
Use the picker to refine one color with gamut feedback. Use Studio when you need a multi-role system — surfaces, ink, accents, ramps — and token exports for a product codebase.
Can I import colors from Explore or Extract?
Yes. Open a palette in Studio from Explore, send an extracted set from the image tool, or paste HEX / share URLs. Locked roles stay fixed while you regenerate the rest.
What export formats does Studio support?
Tailwind @theme blocks, CSS custom properties, DTCG JSON for Style Dictionary pipelines, plus copyable HEX/OKLCH lists for hand-offs.
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