Color Shades & Tints Generator

Generate shades, tints and tones from any base color as an even, copy-ready scale. Build the light-to-dark ramps your UI needs in seconds.

A shades and tints generator builds a light-to-dark scale from one color, which is exactly what a UI color ramp needs. Pick a base, choose tints toward white, shades toward black or softer tones, set the number of steps, and copy each hex, so it works as a color shade generator or a tint maker. The steps are spaced in a perceptual color space so the jumps look even to the eye. It runs in your browser.

Read the guide: Shades, tints and tones explained

How it works

  1. 1

    Pick a base color

    Choose the color you want to build a scale around.

  2. 2

    Choose the ramp

    Switch between tints toward white, shades toward black, or softer tones.

  3. 3

    Copy

    Set how many steps you want, then click any swatch to copy its hex.

Instant & 100% private — nothing is uploaded

Every color is generated and converted right on your own device. Nothing is sent to a server, so there are no waits, no limits, and no copies kept anywhere.

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between a shade, a tint and a tone?
A tint mixes a color with white to make it lighter. A shade mixes it with black to make it darker. A tone mixes it with grey to make it softer and less saturated.
How do I make a color lighter or darker?
Pick your base color and choose tints to go lighter or shades to go darker. The tool builds an even scale you can copy step by step.
Why use this for a UI color scale?
Buttons, borders, hovers and backgrounds usually need several steps of one color, for example a 9-step blue ramp from a pale #EFF6FF down to a deep #1E3A8A. An even ramp gives you consistent values instead of guessing each one.
How are the steps spaced?
Steps are blended in a perceptual color space, so the jump from one to the next looks even to the eye rather than bunching up at one end.

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