color-palette

Generate accessible brand color palettes with semantic design tokens.

4|1|Updated Mar 18, 2026
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/xcrrr/claude-skills --skill color-palette-xcrrr
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Skill: color-palette
Source: https://github.com/xcrrr/claude-skills/tree/main/skills/design/color-palette
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/xcrrr/claude-skills --skill color-palette-xcrrr

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve?

This skill helps design teams create purposeful, accessible, and cohesive color palettes for digital products and brands, ensuring brand consistency and WCAG-compliant contrast across surfaces.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Generate a primary color palette and neutral scale tailored to a brand, with semantic roles for primary, secondary, success, warning, error, and info.
  • Validate contrast and accessibility across text and UI components, including dark mode considerations.
  • Document color tokens as design-system-ready references (e.g., color.brand.primary.500, neutral.800) and provide guidance for usage in UI.
  • Use cases: brand launches, design-system onboarding, accessibility audits, data-visualization color schemes, and palette refreshes.

Quick Start

Generate a full, accessible brand color palette with semantic tokens and a neutral scale for web and mobile design.

Frequently Asked Questions about color-palette

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
How do I generate an accessible color palette with semantic design tokens?

Generate an accessible color palette by creating primary, secondary, and neutral scales tailored to your brand, assigning semantic roles for success, warning, error, and info. This produces WCAG-compliant design tokens like color.brand.primary.500 and neutral.800 with built-in contrast guidance for UI components.

What is the best way to plan dark mode colors for a design system?

Plan dark mode colors by validating contrast and accessibility across text and UI components during palette generation. The approach generates semantic color tokens with dark-mode considerations, ensuring surfaces and interactive elements maintain readability and brand consistency in both light and dark themes.

Can I validate WCAG contrast ratios for text and UI components?

Yes, you can validate WCAG contrast ratios for text and UI components. The palette generation process checks accessibility across surfaces and provides contrast guidance, ensuring your digital products meet compliance standards for both standard text and interactive interface elements.

How do I document color tokens for design system onboarding?

Document color tokens by generating design-system-ready references with structured naming conventions like color.brand.primary.500 and neutral.800. The output includes semantic token documentation, usage guidance for UI, and neutral scales, streamlining design-system onboarding and accessibility audits.

Does this approach support data visualization color schemes?

Yes, this approach supports data visualization color schemes. You can generate accessible, brand-aligned palettes with semantic roles and neutral scales specifically tailored for data visualization, ensuring charts and graphs maintain contrast, clarity, and brand consistency across digital products.

What color palette limitations should I consider for brand launches?

Consider that palette generation focuses on digital products and UI components, providing semantic tokens and neutral scales. It ensures WCAG-compliant contrast and brand consistency, but complex print color management or non-semantic gradient generation may require additional specialized tooling beyond the core palette documentation.