Realtime Colors

Use it when

You’re choosing a UI or site palette and need to see colors and type working together on a realistic layout before locking tokens in Figma or code.

What it does well

• Live mockup preview: palette roles update across a full page (hero, cards, buttons, text) as you edit
• Font pairing alongside color so typography and palette decisions stay in one pass
• Contrast-oriented checks to catch weak text/background combinations early
• Export paths for CSS-oriented handoff (including Tailwind/SCSS-style outputs) plus a Figma plugin route
• Randomize-and-lock exploration without accounts, seats, or credit meters—genuinely free to use

Skip it when

• You only want a curated gallery of ready-made palettes—use Color Hunt
• You want AI that learns your taste and recommends combos—use Khroma
• You need a one-click neural scheme generator without page context—try Colormind
• You’re building a full design system or multi-page product UI—Realtime Colors is exploration, not a DS host
• You need team billing, SSO, or paid support tiers—there aren’t real paid plans here

Fits your workflow

Open the site → set text/background/primary/secondary/accent and fonts → check contrast on the live mockup → export CSS/variables or push into Figma → apply tokens in your main design file or codebase. Use it early in visual direction; don’t treat the mockup as the production layout.