Huey

What Is Huey?

Huey is a free color palette generator in the color tools category that enables users to rapidly create color palettes across various hues of the rainbow. Its core purpose is to generate complete color families instantly, supporting designers and developers in building cohesive color schemes for web and UI projects. Huey fits into the early stages of the design workflow, where establishing a brand's color foundation is essential before applying styles in code or mockups.

What Huey Does

• Generates color palettes spanning multiple hues, such as spring bud, emerald green, opal, cobalt blue, blue violet, orchid, amaranth, and gamboge families.
• Produces instant exports compatible with CSS variables, SCSS, PostCSS, Tailwind, and JavaScript for direct integration into development workflows.
• Creates full color families including tints, shades, and variations within a single hue to meet branding and accessibility needs.
• Displays contrast information for color pairs within each hue family to aid in evaluating usability.
• Allows quick generation of palettes on page load, with randomization for exploring diverse options across the color spectrum.
• Supports whitelabel solutions by producing WCAG-compliant color scales tailored to specific brand guidelines.

How Huey Can Be Used

• Designers input a base hue to generate a full palette family, then export to SCSS for styling component libraries in projects like dashboards or marketing sites.
• Developers use Huey during prototyping to create Tailwind-compatible colors, copying CSS variables directly into their build process for rapid iteration.
• Teams building whitelabel applications select hues matching client brands, verify contrast ratios via the built-in chart, and integrate compliant palettes across light and dark modes.
• UI builders explore rainbow-spanning palettes for thematic websites, such as nature-inspired sites with emerald green families or tech products using cobalt blue scales.
• Frontend workflows involve loading Huey to randomize palettes, refining selections based on contrast data, and exporting to PostCSS for modular CSS architectures.

Who Is Huey For?

Huey serves UI/UX designers, frontend developers, and design teams working on web applications, component libraries, or branded digital products requiring fast, export-ready color palettes. It suits projects involving CSS frameworks like Tailwind or SCSS preprocessing, especially where WCAG compliance and hue-based color scaling are priorities, from solo freelancers prototyping sites to agencies handling whitelabel solutions. Experience levels range from intermediate users familiar with CSS variables to advanced teams optimizing for accessibility in production environments.Visit Huey