Specula: Shades & Shadows Lab

Extract Colors from Photos

Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

Extract stunning palettes from photos! Features interactive loupe picker, WCAG accessibility contrast, harmonies, and Tailwind/CSS exports. 100% offline and private! 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: - 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.

Version 1.1

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    Information

    Seller
    Pierfrancesco Amendola
    Size
    20.4 MB
    Category
    Graphics & Design
    Compatibility
    Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
    • iPad
      Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
    • iPod touch
      Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
    • Apple Vision
      Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
    Languages
    English
    Age Rating
    4+
    Copyright
    © 2026 Pierfrancesco Amendola. All rights reserved
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