
Specula: Shades & Shadows Lab
Extract Colors from Photos
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Extract the chromatic soul of your images with pixel-by-pixel precision.
Specula is the quintessential color toolkit built for UI/UX designers, front-end developers, digital artists, illustrators, and creators. Take a photo or import an image from your camera roll to instantly generate stunning, balanced, production-ready color palettes.
KEY FEATURES:
- INTELLIGENT COLOR EXTRACTION: High-performance algorithms analyze image data in milliseconds to capture dominant, vibrant, and muted colors.
- PRECISION TOUCH LOUPE PICKER: Explore fine photo details with an elastic magnifying loupe and tactile haptic confirmation.
- IN-DEPTH CHROMATIC VALUES: Inspect and copy HEX codes, RGB integers, and HSL values with a single tap.
- DYNAMIC COLOR HARMONIES: Select any color and preview complementary, analogous, triadic, and monochromatic color schemes.
- ACCESSIBLE WCAG CONTRAST CHECKER: Calculate WCAG 2.1 contrast ratios and verify AA & AAA standards for text readability.
- PRO DEVELOPER CODE EXPORT: Export palettes for Tailwind CSS (tailwind.config.js), CSS Variables (:root), and clean JSON.
- HISTORY & FAVORITES: Save your favorite combinations, bookmark top picks, and organize your collection.
- 100% PRIVATE & OFFLINE-FIRST: Entirely on-device processing. No photos are ever uploaded to cloud servers.
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What's New in Specula
1.1
October 5, 2026
What's new in Specula 1.1: - Full Multi-Language Support: Specula is now available in English, Italian, Spanish, French, and German! - Precision Loupe Picker: Magnify and sample colors pixel-by-pixel directly from your photos with responsive haptic feedback. - Instant Color Harmonies: Generate complementary, analogous, triadic, and monochromatic schemes effortlessly. - WCAG 2.1 Contrast Checker: Instantly verify text legibility with AA and AAA accessibility compliance badges. - Pro Code Export: Copy ready-to-use palettes for Tailwind CSS, CSS Variables (:root), and JSON. - Performance improvements and bug fixes.
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