Palette Previewer

See exactly how your palette behaves before you commit it to your artwork.

Palette Previewer is a fast, lightweight colour-analysis tool for pixel artists, artists, designers, and developers who need precise control over their colours.

Preview your palette in real-world situations — sprites, tiles, ramps, UI elements, text, contrast, and accessibility — without the distractions of a full graphics editor.

• Analyse foreground/background contrast ratios
• Check WCAG AA/AAA compliance
• Extract palettes directly from sprites
• Preview palettes on sprites and tiles
• Examine colour ramps and palette structure
• Check colour accessibility
• Preview text and UI elements in real time
• Inspect colours using a clean, distraction-free workflow

Why Palette Previewer?

Colour decisions should not be guesswork. Palette Previewer shows you exactly how your colours behave in real usage: text, tiles, sprites, accessibility, and contrast.

You get:

• Accurate luminance and contrast calculations
• Visual previews that match real‑world usage
• A fast, native single‑file executable
• Zero dependencies and zero setup

Features

• Palette Extraction: load a sprite and instantly extract a clean palette
• Contrast Analysis: WCAG AA/AAA scoring with visual previews
• Tile Mode: checkerboard, ramps, and tile previews
• Accessibility Mode: foreground/background pairing with pass/fail indicators
• Sprite Mode: inspect and recolour sprites
• Summary View: a clean overview of your palette structure

How to Use

• Left‑click a swatch to set the Foreground colour
• Right‑click a swatch to set the Background colour
• Switch between Summary, Sprite, Tiles, Ramps, Contrast, and Accessibility
• Load .pal, .gpl, .hex, .txt, or .png files

Built for a Focused Workflow

• Fast, native Windows application
• Single-file executable
• No installer
• Zero dependencies
• No account required
• No cloud processing

Platform

Windows 64-bit
Single-file executable. No installer. No dependencies.