Rechroma
AI-powered color palette creation tool using Oklab/Oklch color spaces for sophisticated design system and UI color management.
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Description
Picking colors that actually work together — and stay accessible and consistent across an entire product — is harder than it looks; most people either eyeball it or grab five random hex codes from a Pinterest board and hope for the best. Rechroma turns this into a structured workflow: start from a single color or an uploaded image, and it generates a full palette with tints, shades, and roles (primary, secondary, accent, etc.) that hang together perceptually, not just visually.
The technical differentiator is that it works in Oklab and Oklch color space instead of plain RGB/HSL, which map much more closely to how humans actually perceive lightness, chroma, and hue — so scales generated this way look evenly-spaced and don't have the 'muddy middle' problem you get interpolating in RGB. It adds built-in contrast validation for accessibility, and (Pro) exports straight to Figma variables, CSS, and SCSS so a palette built in Rechroma can drop directly into a design system instead of getting hand-copied hex by hex.
💬 Our review
The short version: Rechroma solves a specific, real problem — building a coherent, accessible color system instead of guessing — and the Oklch-based math is a genuine technical edge over tools that still work in plain RGB.
Most general design tools (Figma itself, or plugins like Coolors) either don't validate contrast at all or treat it as an afterthought; Rechroma builds accessibility checking and perceptually-even scale generation into the core workflow, which matters if you're building a real design system rather than picking a one-off brand palette. The free tier is generous — full palette generation, recommendations, and contrast checks with no paywall — so the $5-9/month Pro tier is really about storage, Figma sync, and code export rather than gatekeeping core functionality. The tradeoffs: it's brand-new (2026, still on early-bird pricing) with no dedicated pricing page yet, and it's narrowly scoped to color — you'll still need a separate tool for typography, spacing, or the rest of a design system.
💰 Pricing
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Gratuit : génération de palettes, recommandations, échelles, vérification de contraste. Pro : 5 $/mois (tarif de lancement jusqu'au 31 déc. 2026), puis 9 $/mois — stockage, explorateur de palettes, sync variables Figma, export code.
Pros
Mathématiques de couleur perceptuelles (Oklab/Oklch) plus précises que RGB/HSL
Palier gratuit généreux incluant la vérification de contraste
Export direct vers variables Figma, CSS et SCSS
Génération de palette depuis une image ou une couleur unique
Cons
Outil très jeune (2026), encore en tarification de lancement
Pas de page tarifaire dédiée, tout sur la page d'accueil
Se limite à la couleur — ne couvre pas typographie ni espacement d'un design system complet