Colorchef is a modular, all-in-one color and UI utility tool designed for indie developers, designers, and solopreneurs. It simplifies decision-making around color, shadows, layout, and components, helping you move faster without sacrificing visual quality.
✨ Features
🎨 Generate and tweak color palettes with ease
🪞 Build custom box shadows visually
🌒 Convert palettes to dark themes instantly
🔘 Checkout styled buttons with instant previews
📐 Generate golden-ratio palettes from images
⚡ Lightweight and responsive interface
📋 One-click copy for code snippets (CSS, HEX)
🧩 Modules
🎨 Colors
Generate beautiful and balanced color palettes using:
Random or contrast-based generation
Format: HEX
One-click copy for dev use
🪞 Shadows
Create aesthetic box shadows using:
Customizable offset, blur, spread, opacity
Real-time preview on card-style elements
Exportable CSS code snippet
🌒 Dark Palette
Generate accessible dark color palettes from light ones:
Auto contrast-adjusted variants
Maintain visual harmony across themes
Great for theme toggles or dark UI modes
🔘 Buttons
Design clean, customizable buttons:
Real-time preview of normal, hover and disabled states
Curated styles
Export plain CSS
📐 Golden Ratio
Use golden ratio to:
Generate beautiful palettes
Use random palettes
Use your images to generate custom palette from that
🛠️ Tech Stack
Tech Purpose Next.js Framework with routing and performance benefits Firebase For storing palettes and user auth TailwindCSS Utility-first styling with responsiveness