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Checked November 2026

Tintly vs Color Hunt

A free, curated gallery of community color palettes. Here is what each does, in plain terms, so you can pick the one that fits.

In short

What Color Hunt is

Color Hunt is an open, curated collection of palettes. Anyone can create and submit a color combination, and its curators hand-pick what is published. People report that you do not need an account to browse, that likes are kept in your browser, and that palettes can be sorted by new, popular and random.

Our notes on Color Hunt come from its About page and public write-ups about it, not from a full product review.

Where Color Hunt is stronger

  • Hand-picked palettes with real taste behind them, ready to browse and copy.
  • No account needed to explore, and a fast, simple interface.
  • A community that submits and likes palettes, so trends surface quickly.

Where Tintly is stronger

  • Generating and locking, editing and exporting to web formats, which a gallery does not aim to do.
  • Contrast, color-blindness, image and gradient tools.
  • A library of millions of palettes, written color guides, an API and an MCP server.
Feature by feature

The comparison

FeatureTintlyColor Hunt
Free to useCan you use the core tools without paying?YesFree. No plans, no card and no ads. Every tool and every export format is open to everyone.YesFree to use.
Works without an accountCan you generate and copy colors without signing up?YesEverything runs in your browser. Sign in with Google only to sync your saved palettes.YesReported to work without an account; likes are stored in your browser.
Palette generatorGenerate palettes and lock the colors you like?YesSpace bar to generate, lock colors, undo and redo, up to 12 colors, and a shareable link.NoA gallery of submitted palettes, not a generator.
Colors from an imagePull a palette out of a photo?YesExtract a palette from a photo on your device. The image is not uploaded.Not confirmedNot stated on the pages we read.
WCAG contrast checkerCheck text and background contrast against WCAG?YesAA and AAA, translucent colors, a one-click fix and a full palette matrix.Not confirmedNot stated on the pages we read.
Color-blindness previewSee a palette as people with color-vision deficiencies do?YesFour kinds of color-vision deficiency, for palettes and for images, with warnings for colors that look alike.Not confirmedNot stated on the pages we read.
Gradient toolsBuild and export gradients?YesLinear, radial and conic CSS gradients, gradient palettes, a mesh gradient maker and a gallery.Not confirmedNot stated on the pages we read.
Export formatsWhich formats can you export to?YesHEX, CSS variables, Tailwind v3 and v4, light/dark theme, SCSS, design tokens, SVG and PNG. No Photoshop ACO or GIMP GPL files.Not confirmedNot stated on the pages we read.
Tailwind scaleMake a 50 to 950 scale for Tailwind?YesA 50 to 950 scale from any color, as a v4 @theme block or a v3 config.Not confirmedNot stated on the pages we read.
Written color descriptionsExplain what a color means and where to use it?YesA written guide to every color in a palette, with psychology, meaning, signs and symbols, and a page for any hex code.Not confirmedNot stated on the pages we read.
Palette libraryA large library of palettes to browse?Yes15 million generated palettes and 2 million premium palettes, searchable in plain words, plus curated collections.YesCurated, community-submitted palettes, sorted by new, popular and random.
Public APIA documented way to use it from code?YesA free JSON API with 13 tools, 60 requests a minute per key.Not confirmedNot stated on the pages we read.
MCP server for AI assistantsConnect it to Claude, Cursor and other assistants?YesA free MCP server with the same 13 tools, for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Codex, Gemini CLI and Cline.Not confirmedNot stated on the pages we read.
Other toolsAnything beyond palettes?YesPhoto editor, collage maker, image recolor, color mixer and picker, fonts, a website visualizer and more.PartlyFocused on browsing and copying palettes.

Choose Color Hunt if

  • You want inspiration from a hand-picked, community-liked gallery.
  • You only need to copy a finished palette.

Choose Tintly if

  • You want to adjust a palette and check it for accessibility.
  • You want exports for CSS, Tailwind or design tokens.
Questions

Common questions

Is Tintly a replacement for Color Hunt?

They do different jobs. Color Hunt is a hand-picked gallery for inspiration. Tintly has curated and premium collections too, but also generates, edits and checks palettes. Many people use a gallery to find a start and a generator to finish.

Where we looked

Read in November 2026. Products change: check Color Hunt’s own site for current features and prices. Color Hunt is a trademark of its owner, and Tintly is not affiliated with it.

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