ColorPop
Sample any pixel on screen with one shortcut. Keep the ones you like, name them, and copy them in whatever form your code wants.
ColorPop is included in my bundles, along with over twenty other apps.
One shortcut, one pixel
⌘⌥P goes straight to the eyedropper from anywhere — no window opens — and puts the hex on your clipboard.
No screen-recording permission
The eyedropper is the system’s own color sampler, so there’s no privacy prompt to grant and nothing watching your screen.
Named for you
A picked pixel is six hex digits. ColorPop suggests the nearest known name — the SVG keywords plus Apple’s crayons — so it reads as “Cantaloupe”. Editable, always.
Palettes that stay yours
Every pick lands in Recents. File the keepers into named palettes, several at a time. The library is a plain JSON file you can back up.
Contrast, before you ship
WCAG ratios against white and black with AA/AAA verdicts, so you find out here rather than in review.
Copy it the way you need it
Hex, rgb(), hsl(), SwiftUI, AppKit, UIKit, a CSS custom property — or the color itself, for another app’s color well.
Screenshots
Placeholder images — replace colorpop/screenshot-<n>-{light,dark}.webp before launch.
Get ColorPop
Free to try. A license removes the occasional reminder and supports the work. Requires macOS 14 or later. No screen-recording permission needed. Buying more than one app? ColorPop is included in my bundles.
Support
Questions or bug reports? Email ben.dansby@gmail.com and you’ll get a reply, usually within a day or two.
For privacy questions, see the privacy policy.