PencilColor (BETA) — Smart OKLCH Figma Color Palette Generator

About this plugin

PencilColor is a professional-grade Figma plugin that generates production-ready, accessible color systems in seconds. Powered by OKLCH color science, it creates perceptually uniform ramps, WCAG/APCA-compliant palettes, auto-linked variables, and ready-to-use style guides. Export to CSS, SCSS, Shadcn, Tailwind, JSON, iOS, and Android formats — all without leaving Figma.

✨ Key Features of PencilColor

1. Smart Palette Generation – Create perceptually uniform OKLCH ramps (Tailwind-compatible 50 → 950) with real-time updates and advanced gamut mapping.
2. Built-in Accessibility – WCAG 2.1 and APCA contrast checks with automatic best text color suggestions (black/white).
3. Figma Variables & Tokens – Instantly generate structured Figma variables for brand, neutral, system, and custom palettes.
4. Style Guide Generator – Auto-create light/dark style guide frames with swatches, hex codes, contrast badges, and accessibility indicators.
5. Color Harmonies – Generate complementary, analogous, triadic, split-complementary, square, and tetradic ramps from any base color.
6. Functional & Neutral Palettes – System colors (Success, Warning, Error, Info) and professional grayscale palettes ready to use.
7. Intelligent Color Naming – Human-friendly names with mood, accessibility rating, and cultural associations.
8. Theme Management – Build complete light and dark theme variants with consistent spacing and balance.
9. Flexible Export Options – Export colors to CSS, SCSS, JSON, Tailwind config, iOS Swift, and Android XML.
10. Advanced Controls – Adjust global lightness, contrast, and chroma with real-time OKLCH previews.

✨ New update:

1. UI Improvement
2. Accessibility
3. Local Styles
4. Local Styles & Style Guide
5. Color adjustment slider range for fine-tuning within an optimal range.
6. Custom color picker with a built-in option to copy the color code.

We're Here for You:

Questions? Ideas? Just want to chat about colors? Drop us a line at [email protected] – we're all ears and always here to help.