1. Should you try Khroma? Overview

What it is	Khroma — Taste-Trained AI Color Palette Generator (Gal Shir / George Hastings side project, 2018, Active, Not Shut Down) Khroma (khroma.co, launched 2018 by designer Gal Shir / George Hastings, web-only side project) active 2026-08, no.
Country / HQ	USA
Best for	Solo designers / brand strategists at blank-canvas stage
Check before buying	Watch out: Teams needing shared token lib + Figma/Adobe sync (Coolors Pro/Tokens Studio)
Editor rating	4.5 / 5

2. Features What it does

Feature	What it does
Taste training	50-color pick onboarding → fine-tunes pretrained net on your affinity — Re-trainable, client-side only
Generation views	Palette pairs, gradients, type pairings (text on bg), image-overlay mockups — Not full 5–6 color systems
Color data	Hex / RGB / HSL per swatch, WCAG AA/AAA contrast on type pairings — Contrast readout, not Stark-grade audit
Search/filter	By hue, saturation, brightness, hex, RGB; like/block to steer — No folders/tags beyond browser-local saves
Export	Copy hex/CSS one click; save to local favorites grid — No ASE/SVG/PDF/Figma plugin/API
Platform	Web only (no iOS/Android/desktop/offline); localStorage for model+favorites — Clear cache = wipe

Plan	Price / mo	Key limits & who it fits
Free	$0 forever	Everything: unlimited generation, training, search, WCAG readout, favorites (browser-local), no account, no cap, no watermark

Access type	Details
Access	access_type: web-only-no-account-no-offline access_display: 🌐 khroma.co (browser-only, localStorage model+favorites, no iOS/Android/desktop, no offline, no API)

Source	Rating	What it says
ToolRadar / RightAIChoice / ToolMango	4.3–4.7/5 on value (free beats all), 6.8/10 capability — “personalization genuinely better than random generators; niche, web-only, export basic”
Techvernia	4.3/5 — “does one thing exceptionally: reflects your taste back at scale; no account sync, sparse updates, mild long-term-support risk”
Muzli 2026 roundup	“best for designers who know what they like but can’t articulate why; skip for precise brand-system work”
Recatools	6.8/10 — “blank-canvas discovery tool, not a platform; no API/Figma/versioning”

✔ Suitable	✘ Not suitable
• Solo designers / brand strategists at blank-canvas stage • UI/UX devs seeding CSS variables / design tokens • Illustrators/posters wanting taste-matched pairs • Juniors building color confidence • Anyone refusing another $3–20/mo sub	• Teams needing shared token lib + Figma/Adobe sync (Coolors Pro/Tokens Studio) • Precise brand-system scaling (need tints/shades per role) • Print/CMYK prepress (no CMYK export, screen RGB only) • Enterprise procurement (no SSO/DPA/support) • People who hate retraining after cache clear

Competitor	How it differs	Best for
Coolors	Spacebar random + lock, fast iterate, Pro $3–5/mo, Figma/PDF/SVG/ASE	Free / $3-mo
Adobe Color	Wheel rules + CC export + ASE, accessibility sim	Free (CC included)
Huemint	Palette on real website/product mockups, ML context	Free
Colormind	Deep-learning from photos/film/art, API	Free
Paletton	Pure color-theory harmonies, teaching	Free
Canva Palette Gen	Extract from uploaded image → Canva	Free
Muzli AI Colors	Keyword/mood → palette + Figma/CSS/Tailwind export	Free

Who should pick it	Solo designers / brand strategists at blank-canvas stage
Who should skip it	Teams needing shared token lib + Figma/Adobe sync (Coolors Pro/Tokens Studio)