Color Shade Generator
Generate lighter and darker shades of any color with adjustable intensity levels and comprehensive shade collections. Perfect for design systems, brand guidelines, and sophisticated color variations with professional color tools.
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1Base Color
Choose your base color to generate shades
RGB: 59, 130, 246
2Shade Settings
Customize your shade generation
3 shades10 shades
How it works: We generate lighter tints by increasing lightness and darker shades by decreasing lightness while keeping the hue and saturation constant.
Preset Colors
Click any color to generate its shade variations
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