← Developer Utilities

Color Palette

GET /colors/scheme/:hex

Generate a harmonious color palette from any starting hex color. Supports multiple color theory modes: analogic, complement, monochrome, triad, quad, and more. Returns a configurable number of colors (default 5), each with hex, RGB, and HSL values. Useful for design tools, theme generators, brand color exploration, and any creative application that needs to derive related colors from a base color.

Parameters

hex required

Hex color

mode optional default: analogic

Mode

count optional default: 5

Colors

Example Requests

Basic usage
curl "https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/colors/scheme/4287f5?mode=analogic"
Analogic palette from blue
curl "https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/colors/scheme/4287f5?mode=analogic"
Complementary colors from red
curl "https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/colors/scheme/ff0000?mode=complement"
Monochrome palette with 8 colors
curl "https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/colors/scheme/2ecc71?mode=monochrome&count=8"
Triad palette from purple
curl "https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/colors/scheme/9b59b6?mode=triad"

Live Response

{
  "data": {
    "colors": [
      {
        "hex": "#3A80F0",
        "name": "Blueberry",
        "rgb": "rgb(58, 128, 240)"
      },
      {
        "hex": "#3E4DF2",
        "name": "Royal Blue",
        "rgb": "rgb(62, 77, 242)"
      },
      {
        "hex": "#6842F3",
        "name": "Blueberry",
        "rgb": "rgb(104, 66, 243)"
      },
      {
        "hex": "#9F45F4",
        "name": "Electric Violet",
        "rgb": "rgb(159, 69, 244)"
      },
      {
        "hex": "#D549F5",
        "name": "Heliotrope",
        "rgb": "rgb(213, 73, 245)"
      }
    ],
    "count": 5,
    "mode": "analogic",
    "seed": "#4287F5"
  },
  "success": true
}