color combinations list – select the color theme to return a list of color combinations. the site include test tool to see how colors look on the screen.

another color combo tool - select one or more colors to return a list of combinations. the author noted that this tool does not follow the color rules.

color contrast checker – contain color slider tool to set colors for foreground and background and to check if the combination pass the color and contrast difference threshold.

a very nice sleek color picker with slider you can add to your website. and it’s free! (found it via digg.)

just a note about testing with example given. you need to add a <div> with id ‘CLCPUpdateDiv’ somewhere on the page to show the color (or you’ll get error):

Code:

see demo here.

my biggest nightmare working on web development projects is trying to come up with a good color scheme for the site. i’m never a designer and i’m colorblind when it comes to this.

at work the graphic designer does the job. but when i’m on my own, i rely on this web-based color scheme generator.

just select a color on the color wheel, click here and there, you can get some good color combinations out of it.