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PROJECT / DESIGN TOOLS

Color Studio

From one color to an accessible design language. A live color studio for designers and developers.

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01 / WHY?

The purpose.

Replace arbitrary color suggestions with a mathematically computed color system ready to use in a product.

02 / WHAT DOES IT OFFER?

Key features.

  • 50–950 shade scale preserving the base color
  • Monochromatic, analogous, complementary and triadic harmonies
  • Live light and dark interface previews
  • Gradients and semantic status colors
  • Computed WCAG ratios and a custom contrast checker
  • CSS, Tailwind 4, Tailwind 3 and JSON exports
  • Local palette collection and one-tap copying
03 / BEHIND THE SCENES

Challenges and solutions.

Challenges I faced

Produce coherent shades within the sRGB gamut and avoid assuming that one base color is readable in every theme.

How I solved them

Use OKLCH lightness and chroma curves, binary-search gamut mapping and contrast checks on final HEX values. Theme primary colors adapt for readability, while the 500 shade preserves the user's input.

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