Color Shade Generator
Generate shades, tints & tones with a visual grid.
The Color Shade Generator turns any colour into a professional scale of shades, tints or tones. Pick a step from the visual grid to copy its HEX, RGB, HSL and HSV, or export the whole palette as CSS variables.
What is a Color Shade Generator?
A color shade generator builds a graded scale from a single colour — lighter tints, darker shades and muted tones. Fontily's produces a balanced, design-system-style ramp with a visual grid, copyable values in four formats, and one-click CSS-variable export.
Features
- Shades, tints and tones from one base colour.
- Adjustable number of steps in the ramp.
- Visual grid to pick any step.
- HEX, RGB, HSL and HSV per swatch.
- Export the whole palette as CSS variables.
How to Use the Color Shade Generator
- Enter a base colour (HEX, RGB or via the picker).
- Choose shades, tints or tones and the number of steps.
- Click a swatch in the grid to see its values.
- Copy a value, or export the full ramp as CSS variables.
Benefits
Design systems need consistent colour scales for backgrounds, borders, hover states and text. A shade generator produces even, predictable ramps in seconds, keeps your UI cohesive, and exports straight into your stylesheet as variables.
Use Cases
- Design-system colour scales (50–900).
- Hover, active and disabled UI states.
- Backgrounds, borders and text tints.
- Brand palette expansion.
Conclusion
Fontily's Color Shade Generator turns one colour into a complete, copy-ready scale of shades, tints and tones. Enter a colour above, pick your steps, and export the palette as CSS variables — free and instant.
Frequently asked questions
A shade mixes a colour with black, a tint mixes it with white, and a tone mixes it with grey. This tool generates all three as even, professional scales.